In other News

One of my best friends Miss Rachael Zicarelli aka Ziggy, Ziggarino, or the artist formally known pook, got engaged this weekend! Rachael and I were roommates my sophomore year in the sorority house and got into a lot of trouble together. Now Rachael is a pharmacist in Birmingham and I am so proud of her! I love being around Rachael and she always brings out the best in people.

Her new fiance Reed is such a fun and hilarious person. When I told Riley about the engagement he said he really liked Reed because they have the same hair type. hehe. I am so happy for them and I know they will have a wonderful marriage.

Moved in

This weekend Riley and I moved to the new place! We are so happy that we are out of that stinky old apartment or as Mr. Mcbeevee calls it "his fur palace." We are still staring at all the boxes... It felt extremely quiet sleeping here the first night, but amazing! Our bedroom is definitely my favorite room in the house. Mostly because it is the only room totally painted, but also because I love the feel of the light fresh colors. It just feels peaceful, exactly what a bedroom is suppose to feel like. I got the grey room idea from my favorite designer on HGTV, Sarah Richardson. She has this fabulous show called Sarah's House.  She buys fixer uppers and makes them into dream homes. It seems like all my favorite designers are Canadian.  My sister Elizabeth is living in Montreal while her husband Robert finishes up his thesis to become a doctor of French. They have been there for almost three months and I am so sad that I can not go visit, but I am hoping she can bring back some canadian style when she helps me fix up the house. She is loves to watch the Steven and Chris show, two scary gay designers on canadian tv, so maybe she will get some good tips. Here is the pics of sarah's master bedroom and a pic of her.

New Casa

I recently got a new job working about 30 min. away in Blacksburg, VA. Riley and I started to look for a place to live that was more in the middle for both of us. Salem seemed to be the perfect fit. It was cute, poverty free, and had this very friendly small town vibe, kinda like mayberry. After looking for about  a week at really expensive, big, and maintenance free houses, we decided to go with the complete opposite. We purchased a tiny, cheap, fixer upper. We are so excited and overwhelmed with this house! The  past 2 months have been hilarious. I now realize that I have married the clumsiest man alive, a regular chevy chase, bless his heart. After 2 paint buckets spilt, tile broken, paint in the eye, water faucet hose spewing in the kitchen and then putting the hose INSIDE my car...... it has been funny. We are going room by room and putting our/my style in each. I can't wait to see the finished product. We are still living in the apartment while we work on it. At the end of the month we should make the big move. We are just trying to finish painting and tiling before furniture goes in.  We tried to stay there one night in our sleeping bags but the paint fumes were too strong that we left at 3 in the morning.

Here is a short little video of the house and neighborhood. We need to take more pictures. 

My first blog

I had the worst heart burn tonight after eating at this really spicy Mexican place that just opened up in downtown Salem. Riley and I decided to go home and watch the Florida/Bama game. Riley purchased some Jack Daniels and coke for the game, feeling bad I did not pre-game with him. Long story short he is snoring on the couch and I have decided to start a blog. EEk, I am not a big writer but I want something to look back on and see the different events that have taken place in my life.  I seem to be more forgetful that usual, I need this blog to help me remember the constant thoughts and dreams I have, especially funny things that happen that I always forget tell people. My life is sooo busy at the moment and living far away from family and friends I feel that this is more efficient than writing emails. Sorry Mom and Elizabeth.  So here it is MY BLOG... I am just going to write whatever comes to me and not worry with grammar or spelling. As seen above.