Water Is A Go

I have been trying my best to not drive by our lot every chance I get and so far I haven't done so bad. Once a week seems reasonable right? Haha Not much had happened in the first few weeks. They flattened out the lot and added some of the wooden planks for laying the foundation.

 Thursday, December 13th, we met with the actual Builder to finalize the building plans so they could get started. We were so excited to sign off on the release and have it officially being built. I made it to Monday, December 17th, before I drove by again. YES... I know.. that is no where close to a week later... but I couldn't help it! They had layed all the plumbing pipes. Who knew I would be soooooo excited about having water pipes ready to go! Hahaha 

I managed to control myself and haven't been by since. Haha I think Monday's will have to be my once a week cheek in. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get the Christmas Present I want tomorrow on Christmas Eve when I stop by... A concrete foundation finished! 

Winter with Mr and Mrs Winters

Christmas is probably my favorite time of the year.  Let me clarify... All the fun things to do at Christmas make it my favorite time of the year NOT the cold weather, dry skin, and ice on my windshield that I have to scrape off! Those things I do not like... I would much rather it be 105 degrees outside than 45 degrees. 

I do love all the fun get togethers and things to do though. This week has been a fun one. Work has been busy but I officially hit my 90 Day mark at my new job and passed all expectations! I even got my first raise. Not a bad way to start out the week.

On Thursday I went to a painting class with my friend Mrs. Winter sand her mom.

 It was so much fun. We drank wine and painted Santa Clause. I was a little freaked out at first because when we showed up there were blank canvases on our tables. I am not and have never claimed to be an artist! Haha The only real painting experience I have is from painting ornaments/boxes/mugs/etc for Holidays at my Grandmothers as a child. I recently found some of these crafts and realized ... I SUCK! lol I was hoping the gap of 6 years since our last Holiday Crafting Session gave me enough time to really improve on my artistic skills with no practice at all. Surprisingly, mine didn't turn out too bad.

I could sit here and point out all the things I did bad but let's just leave it at the painting is not perfect. Haha

Saturday the Hubby and I met up with Mr. and Mrs. Winter to go ice skating. I realize every year how much older I am by how out of shape I am and how much my feet hurt in those terrible skates! lol I always forget how uncomfortable they are until I'm there. It was fun though! While we were there we had some yummy hot chocolate and took pictures in their little prop sled. 

Later we went to dinner at this wonderful little Italian restaurant and stopped next door to watch some glass blowing. Sadly I didn't get a pic of that. Guess that means we'll just have to go back sometime!

After that we went and looked at Christmas Lights and man did we hit the jack pot! There was a neighborhood that had a competition and the 1st and 2nd Place winners houses were CRAZY! This was the second place winners house. 

From the picture it looks like a normal house with Christmas Lights but these were tied to the peoples own radio station. You could pull up in the neighborhood community area's parking lot across the street, tune into their station, and watch  all the lights dance on and off to the music. It was AMAZING! 

I have to say this week was full of Christmas Cheer! Hope yours was too. Merry Christmas!

Puppy Getaway

The Hubby and I were excited when our friends, Candace & Tyler asked us to puppy sit and watch their house this weekend! Of course we took up the offer. Roxy and their puppy Louie and best buds so we brought her with us.

Friday night Kevin and I went and ate at a new restaurant called Five Guys. I had eaten it before and knew he would love it. It's these really good burgers! Then we rented "Step Up" and picked up some ice cream. We spent the rest of the night curled up on the sofa watching the movie and watching these two play tug-a-war.

Aren't they adorable? They spent all day Saturday doing this too! The Hubby and I worked Saturday morning and then went shopping. Can I tell you how wonderful and how terrible of an idea that was!! I found a great jacket... A Tan London Fog Trench Coat. Not a long one but a thigh length. And I found some adorable Ralph Lauren Cheetah gloves. (I've decided Marshall's is my new favorite store!!)

We were going to have my friend Katie take some family pictures Saturday night but it was WAY TOO WINDY! If your not from Oklahoma you probably don't realize how windy a normal day in OK can be. If your not careful all your pictures will look like you were standing in front of a fan! Haha which looks great for those Victoria's Secret model shoots but not so great for a family pic! We decided dinner with her and her husband was a better idea!

Sunday the puppy's finally had worn themselves out.

It only took 2 days! The Hubby was thrilled because this meant they wanted to snuggle on the sofa all day while we watched football.

Candace and Tyler are great friends and had left us an easy cook meal to eat and so we decided to cook it Sunday.

(It's really Candace knowing my terrible ability to cook and trying to teach me simple recipes when I'm not looking! Haha which thumbs up to her because it worked!) It was this chicken taco crockpot recipe and it was delicious!!

Now it's time to go back to the in-laws and get ready for a full week of work. I'm so glad they asked us to watch their house and puppy though! Always fun to get a weekend away!

The House of Robinson

The Hubby and I are THRILLED to share that we are officially building our first home! We had been looking for an older home and decided the better route for us was to build. For the past 6 months we have been going around talking to different builders and looking at different neighborhoods. Finally, it has all fallen into place! On October 4, 2012 we signed a little slip of paper to get it all started!

We are so excited and couldn't wait to take a picture of that sold sign!

It will take approximately 6 months to build depending on the weather which puts us moving in sometime during April of 2013! I can't believe we are building a house!! 

I don't think we had prepared ourselves for what to expect. There are so many little decisions that have to be made and they are ALL up to us! I am sure we will be able to handle it all but that doesn't mean we might not have a few panic attacks along the way. lol

 On Monday, November 19th of 2012, the Hubby and I met with Amanda, the design and architectural consultant, to go over all the small details of the actual house itself. Below is our new floor plan!

We were able to pick out where we wanted our windows, doors, ceiling heights, cable and ethernet hook ups, and even the light switches! Kevin and I both left with headaches from all the decision making! We still have two more meetings to go for flooring, finishes, lighting, etc. I just hope we can survive them!  It has been a really amazing experience so far and I can't wait to keep track of it all on this blog! 

Messages From Cookies

I am not one for believing the non-sense fortunes I typically see in those fortune cookies I get at chinese restaurants. You know, the ones that every one says you should add "in bed" to the end every time. Sometimes they turn about to be really funny and typically they don't relate to anything in real life but I have to admit... the last few I have gotten have been spot on and it's a little creepy! 

The first one I posted about back in July when Kevin and I moved in with his parents.

Like I said in my earlier post... it was actually perfect timing because I was starting to really worry about whether we were doing the right thing.  

*As of last month we are officially building our first house!!*

The next fortune cookie came the night I decided to call my wonderful friend's mother about applying for a job at the company she worked for. I had been debating for weeks if I should do it or not. I knew I was miserable at my current job and I was just nervous it wasn't going to be what I wanted or that I wouldn't even be considered. 

It was almost like it was the exact statement I needed to hear. As soon as we got home I picked up the phone and then sent in an application! My friend Katie's mom was more than willing to help!

 The next one is kind of blurry. Somehow I managed to eat chinese a second time at the end of that same week... I have no idea how that happened!!   (It's kinda a problem I have. haha) I had not heard anything back about the application and was starting to think I might not. I was really having a hard time at my job and I was starting to wonder how much longer I could deal with it all and still be happy. I opened up the fortune cookie and this is what I read.

SEE!! CREEPY RIGHT?! 

I tried to be patient and a week later I got a call. I did two interviews over the phone, took a couple of tests, and then had an interview in person... I wasn't out of the building before they offered me the job! I cannot even begin to tell you how thankful I am for Katie's mom. I know I would not have been considered for an interview let alone for the actual job itself had it not been for her!

The last one came on my last day at my old job. I worked in retail and it had been a CRAZY busy Saturday. Not only was I exhausted and had to close the store on my last shift but the other manager that had opened had done NOTHING that day so I knew I wasn't going to get out anytime before midnight! I managed to take a 15 min break and picked up this fortune cookie....

I laughed it off but in the back of my mind I kept thinking that I really hoped I would be part of a real team that actually does work cooperatively for success unlike the team I was currently on. 

I can officially say that this one was exactly right too! At my new job we are seriously divided up in actual teams and I have never been a part of a team that has worked so well together. See CREEPY! I don't think I'll be shrugging off my fortune cookies again for a while! haha

On a serious note, I do think this was a little bit of comfort sent down in God's perfect timing and in just another random and unexpected way! 

Cutest Nephew Ever!!

Since we moved back I have been watching my nephew once a week on my day off and I love it! He is growing up so fast. He is now crawling and laughing. It is so much fun to watch him learn new things. I thought I would share some pics from the last few times I have watched him. If you can't tell by the pics... He figured out how to pull himself up and stand! Now that's all he wants to do!

Tuesday aka. Sunday

Day Two of our weekend was spent reminiscing our college years.

Tuesday (aka. "Sunday") I had to wake up early to go to a meeting at work but when I got home the Hubby and I jumped in our car and headed up to the wonderful Stillwater, Oklahoma. 

We had been craving some Eskimo Joe's and new OSU COWBOYS shirts! haha This is a yearly tradition we have of driving up to Stilly and spending an afternoon walking around the small town shopping so of course we were up for it since the high today was only 90 degrees! It was wonderful compared to the 110 degree weather we have been having.

Of course we had to stop by Eskimo Joe's for the best bacon cheese fries EVER! 

If you have never been you should really go! And if you have been I'm sure you'll agree that they are the best! This is the one and only Eskimo Joe's! It has been expanded about 20 times but they have yet to build another one in Stilly or anywhere else for that matter. 

After eating lunch we walked around campus and the local shops until we found the new shirts we wanted. It was great motivation to get me excited about this football season because everywhere we walked you could hear the marching band and drum line practicing! 

We are definitely ready for Cowboy football to start up!

Monday aka. Saturday

With our schedules being abnormal the Hubby and I actually had two days off in a row together! We crammed as much as we could into those two days possible.

We, of course, chose to sleep in on Monday (aka. "Saturday")! How could you not? It was wonderful! We then went shopping at the mall. I found this cute necklace for $15 and these nude heels for only $12! I had been looking for a cute pair for weeks and didn't want to spend $80 on them. They are actually surprisingly comfy! The Hubby decided the tennis shoes he was wearing were old/warn out and he needed a new pair so he picked out these gray and orange Nike shoes. I actually really like them!

After shopping we decided to go to the movies and see Campaign, the new Will Ferrel movie. It was okay, not as good as I wanted it to be, but it was something fun to do with the Hubby. Monday night we had to be home in time for the Dallas Cowboys preseason football game. Yep... that's right, football has started! So we ordered in some Pizza and watched the game. It was great!

Zoo Fun

The first day the Hubby and I had off together since I had been back we decided to go to the Zoo...of course! lol I told you we love to do this at least once every summer so this was it! We decided we wanted to take my nephew so we had to convince my sister (his nanny for the summer) and her boyfriend to tag along. It wasn't as hard as we thought. lol

My little Sis and my Nephew are the cutest! 

I love his confused face in this picture with his big orange baseball cap!

It was a lot hotter than we were expecting so we only made it about two hours but it was fun. The nephew only lasted about 30 minutes before he was asleep in his stroller. lol We didn't stay long enough to go see the baby elephant (I was pretty upset) but we did go through the "Oklahoma Trails" part. It has all the different animals that are found in Oklahoma. The ones we weren't expecting to see was the MOB of yellow jackets that not only stopped us in our tracks but then convinced us to run all the way back around the trail. haha In no way or form did we want to be the ones in charge of our nephew the first time he got stung by a yellow jacket (ok... we ran because we didn't want to get stung either! haha) There were at least 15 of them though I swear!!

It was a fun little outing! I know the Hubby had fun bonding with his nephew!

A TV With No Cord

The week alone in my apartment was probably the longest week of my life. Partly because it was a week away from my Hubby and fur baby but more because I was in an EMPTY apartment.

When I say empty I literally mean I had...

An Air Mattress

Cleaning supplies

 A coffee table to throw away

Just enough cloths to last

Two boxes of Candles

Two boxes of pictures

And my mixer

So I really mean an EMPTY apartment!

Oh... I also had my 19" TV with a DVD player but like an idiot I packed the power cord for it. Yeah... what was I thinking?! lol So it just sat there reminding me what I could be doing. It was great, let me tell you!

The night before I worked my last shift I decided to get Pei Wei to-go and eat on my air mattress by myself. If you haven't figured it out we like Pei Wei. It's a chinese restaurant and yummy! The funny part was that I opened my fortune cookie to find this...

How ironic is this?! I am packing up my car and turning in my keys the next morning to go move in with the in-laws to save up for a house!  Not even going to lie that I was starting to stress about whether we were making the right decision to do that and I kinda felt like this was affirmation from God. I feel like God has always used random scripture and quotes to talk to me all the time and this could not have come at a better time!

The next day I went to work, came home, squeezed everything I could in my car (had to throw away the box of candles because it wouldn't fit. lol Figured they would be the easiest thing to replace!) and turned in my keys. I had no idea my vacuum cleaner would be riding shot gun! Haha

I had never been that excited to make the drive back to my hometown!

2 Years And Counting

Not only was June 25th MOVING DAY but it was also the first day of the year that the temperature broke 100 degrees in Oklahoma AND it was the Hubby and my 2 year anniversary!! And man was it hot!!! Miserable more like it! 

I always forget how hot 100 degrees really is until it is here. It's terrible! And in Oklahoma it is windy too so it basically feels like you have a hair dryer blowing on you ALL THE TIME! We tried to start as early as possible but somehow we still ended up unloading the uhaul at the storage unit at 5pm... The hottest time of the day!! The move took ALL day and it was hot!!!!

If you don't know Kevin and I have decided to live with the in-laws temporarily to help us save for a down deposit on a house. So we decided that we wanted to spend our anniversary just the two of us and rent a hotel room for the night. The best part was getting to soak in the jacuzzi tub!! 

After moving in 103 degree weather we picked up a wonderful bottle of wine, got Pei Wei to go, and spent a good hour relaxing in the tub and talking. It was just what the doctor had ordered! Leaving the next morning to go back and live in an empty apartment for a week by myself was NOT!! But I'll fill you in on that later.

It's August Already?!

I can't believe it is already August! I am a terrible blogger. I didn't post one thing the entire month of July!!! There is so much I have missed that I'm going to have to just make up my missed posts in August to fill everyone in.

One of the most exciting things is we moved!!! I am so thrilled to be back in our home town with all our family and friends!! I have been catching up with everyone and trying to get life back to normal as best we can! My favorite thing of all though is that I'm back with my two favorites in the entire world!! My hubby and my puppy!!

Boxes, Boxes, and More Boxes

I have decided I HATE PACKING!! Lol It is so frustrating and exhausting! I spent ALL day yesterday and ALL day today packing. I finally have the kitchen completely packed which is always the most work. So it feels much better to have all of it done. But the boxes keep filling up! Pretty soon I'm not going to have room for any more boxes. I just hope I can finish it all before the moving truck comes on Monday!

Driving My Life Away

It's official!!! WE ARE MOVING!!!

I know I already said this in an earlier post but so much has happened and I officially booked the moving truck so that was the final step. It has been a crazy last few weeks but it has been wonderful!

This is how I have spent my days off the past two weeks.

It's a little over an hour and a half drive but it is 100% worth it!

In my older post I talked about the hubby was looking for a job... and he found one! And not just any job... It is for the same owner of the course he used to work at when we lived back in our hometown. He loved working there over a year ago and even though it is a different course it is very similar in the way it is run and he is staying connected with the Head Pro at he old course. I had already taken off work for my friends wedding back in our hometown so I was able to drive down for at least 2 days a week to visit him. It isn't my ideal situation but if it gets us where we want to be than I'm okay with it. And the Hubby is so happy which makes me happy!

One thing I am a little sad about it is transferring from my store. We were bored the other day at work and thought we would have some fun with a few finger mustaches! 

We have some awesome workers and I am going to miss them!

 Someone Roxy is going to miss is the stray kitten that hangs out in our complex. They have become friends!

The kitten has even tried to sneak into our apartment when we have taken Roxy out. If I wasn't allergic I would want to take it in! 

I am soooo ready to move!

Captured Moments

Yesterday my family had the opportunity to have family pictures taken by one of my wonderful friends and fellow blogger Katie. She did an amazing job and it was such a joy to have her taking them! I can't wait to have her take some of my little family for Christmas Cards this fall! We have already picked the place. Here are a few of my favs! She is talented!

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Missed Memories

Wow... I can't believe I went so long with out posting! A lot has been going on the last month and so I have really slacked on my blogging!

In the last month the Hubby and I have decided that we really want to move back to our home town where a lot of our family and friends live. While we are sad to leave the friends we have here we just really want to move back to the town we grew up in! I am so ready to be back on familiar ground! Lol

In April:
We went to a Drillers baseball game with friends. It was so much fun! Only $2 tickets to sit on the lawn and $2 food. It was a great chance to catch up with some wonderful friends!

We also went down for Easter to visit my family.

In May:
My younger sister JA graduated from OSU.


We also celebrated my 24th Birthday. Yes, that's right... I am one year away from a quarter of a century old!! Crazy how time flies.

We have also been back and forth between where we live now and our hometown for the hubby to apply for some jobs! I am lucky enough that I will just be transferred but we are praying this move will be a blessing for his career.

Baby Fun

I watched my nephew all last week and took some cute pics!

I think this first one is my favorite!

These little toys hanging off his carrier jingle and he was so focused on trying to figure out how to get his hand to hit them all week. It was adorable!

Such a cutie!

You and Me

Those of you that know me know I LOVE MUSIC. I have never been a big poetry fan but I love the poetry in song lyrics. These are amazing lyrics from one of my favorite songs and I thought I would share them. I wish I knew how to attach a song but you'll just have to deal with the lyrics by themselves. 

Wanna pack your bags, Something smallTake what you need and we disappearWithout a trace we'll be gone, goneThe moon and the stars can follow the carand then when we get to the oceanWe're gonna take a boat to the end of the worldAll the way to the end of the world

Oh, and when the kids are old enoughWe're gonna teach them to fly

You and me together, we could do anything, BabyYou and me together yes, yesYou and me together, we could do anything, Baby You and me together yes, yes

You and I, we're not tied to the groundNot falling but rising like rolling aroundEyes closed above the rooftopsEyes closed, we're gonna spin through the starsOur arms wide as the skyWe gonna ride the blue all the way to the end of the worldTo the end of the world

Oh, and when the kids are old enoughWe're gonna teach them to fly

You and me together, we could do anything, BabyYou and me together yes, yesYou and me together, we could do anything, BabyYou and me together yes, yes

We can always look back at what we didAll these memories of you and me babyBut right now it's you and me forever girlAnd you know we could do better than anything that we didYou know that you and me, we could do anything

You and me together, we could do anything, BabyYou and me together yeah, yeahTwo of us together, we could do anything, babyYou and me together yeah, yeahTwo of us together yeah, yeahTwo of us together, we could do anything, baby

Something small, told her, at least to the end of the world
-You and Me, Dave Matthews Band

Puss N Boots

Monday night we had a stay at home movie night and it was just what the doctor ordered! We decided to get a fun kids movie. We were trying to decide between Cars 2 and Puss N Boots. After a hard discussion about which one would be better we picked Puss N Boots. It was a great choice!

I don't know if you have watched this movie or know what its about but it is adorable. It has some great adult humor with amazing animations for kids. I know one kid who loved it! 

I don't know if it was all the purring and meowing or if she really just liked it that much but she was quite taken by it! Haha It made my night!