Atlanta bound.

baseball tickets- check.

baseball glove- check.

binoculars- check.

sunscreen- check.

my new red sox tshirt- check.



Well, we are leaving for Atlanta in a few hours and I am SO excited! I woke up early this morning so I could get everything in before we left. I was at the walking track by 6:30 am then had to go to the salon to do one haircut and wax my eyebrows :) Then I cleaned my car out, washed it on the outside and got gas. Now I am home just finishing up our packing! YAYYYY can you tell how excited I am ???! When we get home I will update everyone with lots of pics I am sure.

Btw, that house that we were going to look at sold before we could look at it. At first I was very disappointed but I had prayed about it so I know it was just not the right house God has for us. Something else better will come along!

ALSO I know I said last week that I would be posting pics of our bedroom for Show Us Where You Live Friday...well, I forgot that would be in Atlanta so you will just have to wait til next week for that!

ONE MORE THING :) Tomorrow is my dad's birthday so I just wanted to go on ahead and wish him a happy birthday!!!!!!! We love you so so much and hope you have an awesome day!!

Ok, I'm done. Have a great weekend everyone :)

so bad, I know.

I have been so busy this week working, cleaning, and getting things ready for our trip that I have not even been on here to recognize one of the most important men in my life! Daddy's & Daughters always hold a special place for each other and I can say I am definitely a daddy's girl! (I'm a momma's girl too!) My dad is the best man that I know & I know that I am the luckiest girl alive. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with the 2 most amazing men in my life- my dad & my hubby :) Thank you, dad, for everything and I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH!!! and Happy (late) Father's Day!



We are leaving tomorrow for Atlanta & I am SO excited! This trip was Josh's graduation gift from me & our parents. Josh loves the Boston Red Sox and they are playing the Braves & we will be there Friday and Saturday at the game!! We were planning on leaving Friday but turns out my dad got free tickets to tomorrows Braves vs Yankees game! So all the guys are going to that game while me & my mom shop :) I have heard that the Lenox Mall in Atlanta is pretty much awesome so that is where we will be. I am just SO excited. This trip is coming at a good time because I need to just get away!

I hate coming home to a dirty house after a trip so I have been cleaning like crazy! Oh yea, another really cool thing? We are going to look at a house tonight!! It is a foreclosure and is a really good price. Who knows what will happen!!

grow, baby, grow!

Annie came over this afternoon for a little while and it was so good to catch up! I hate that we live like an hour away from each other :( But she got me the cutest thing and I love it!!!

It's a kitchen herb kit! I planted basil, sage, and thyme. She has one and said it started growing within a few days. I'm so excited!! I want to have a big garden one day so I can grow my own fruit and veggies so this is good practice :) Thanks, Annie!!

Ok, so about 3 years ago I decided I wanted to let my hair grow out. My hair had been short for a long time and I just wanted a change. Then Josh and I got engaged so I couldn't cut it because I had to have it longer for the wedding. But I FINALLY got it cut short again yesterday and I love it!! Shelby did a great job :) No more long hair for me...well, until I get tired of this! But I love it so much & it feels so good so I don't see that happening any time soon. It's a good thing that Josh likes my hair short. The only thing he does NOT like is dark hair!! He would freak out if I came home with brown hair. He doesn't even like "brown highlights"!!! He is lucky that I like my hair blonde also :) Here is the my new hair!

home tour!

Today is Show Us Where You Live Friday!! The theme is playroom (don't have!), bonus room (don't have one of those either), and laundry room..... and there is NO way I am showing you guys our laundry room. Sorry :) It's not even a ROOM. It's a closet/laundry room/pantry/Kobe's stuff/miscellaneous- you get the picture! So we will move on to our bathroom since I missed last week. I have not done anything in a couple of weeks because honestly.. well, we have both been very busy and have not done much cleaning the last couple of weeks!! Only things here and there. But the bathroom was clean long enough to take a few pics!

Here we are looking into our bathroom. This is also Kobe's room during the night and while we are gone. He loves his little bed!

I look forward to the day where we each have our own sink...

Our lovely toilet that I know you are just dying to see!

Our closet in our bathroom! I love having a place for all of my hair stuff!

So there you go!! I know that bathrooms are not the most interesting thing but check back next week to see my favorite room in our house- our bedroom! Yay!

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Oh yea, sad news. Hunny bunny died :( I don't know what happened.... we woke up yesterday morning & Josh went in there and came back and said it was dead. So sad, I know. We can't even raise a bunny...how in the world will we raise kids one day?????!

all set up

After months of planning, I am FINALLY getting things ready for my embroidery business! I am so excited. I am in the process of placing orders and trying to decide on a name... and I finally have my "embroidery room" set up!

I bought this sewing table off Craigslist and it is perfect. It was white but my mom painted it this dark color for me since I love dark furniture :) The sides fold out if I need more room. She also put new knobs on the drawers and I just love them!

....and my FAVORITE is this chair!!! It was my moms chair and she painted it the same dark color. I picked this fabric out at Hobby Lobby and covered it with it and it was so easy. I just used a staple gun & it took like 10 minutes. I just love love LOVE it!!

Thanks, mom, for all your help!! I am so excited and will keep everyone informed as I get things going :)

Kobe is still VERY interested in Hunny Bunny. We have him in a crate and Kobe stays by that crate all day! It is so funny!



I have finally gotten the bunny to eat some celery... I really do not know what to do with it though! It must be pretty boring to be a bunny because he just sits there all the time. I feel kinda bad for having him in a crate all the time when he could be running around outside....but then I'm scared something is going to happen to him because he is so small.... I'm just not sure what to do!! But isn't he just the cutest thing?!!

hunny bunny

If you see an old Ford truck driving around Ashland City running over everything, it is probably me! My car is being worked on this week. Josh and his dad are changing my timing belt and doing a couple of other things.. so in the meantime I have to drive either his old white car, which is a stick shift & I cannot drive that thing without making a fool out of myself... OR there is the old, loud, big F 150. So that is what I am attempting to drive.

So yesterday we were over at Josh's parents house and while Josh and his dad were working on my car, Paige and I layed out by the pool! It was very relaxing....But poor guys. Apparently, the timing belt is very hard to get to. That is why labor is SO expensive to get it done. So I am very thankful that Josh and his dad can do it for me, even though it is going to take a few days.

After laying by the pool for a while, I went inside and Josh came in with something in his hands & he was smiling. When he opened his hands I saw the cutest little thing ever!!

This is hunny bunny!! He is our new pet rabbit :) Well, we are going to keep him for a little while until he gets super big. Josh found him at his parent's house. Their dog was chasing it so Josh rescued it :) We have him in a crate that our neighbors gave us. He is SOO tiny. He fits in my hand. I have never seen a bunny so small and I love him!! I had a rabbit a long time ago but I can't remember what it ate... I gave hunny bunny a carrot and some grass and some water but so far he just sits there. He might be a little traumatized. But I just love him!!

Kobe is a little skeptical & not real sure what to think of him. I am sure he is wondering what this little chew toy look alike is that is getting all of our attention!

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Saturday night was so much fun!! Josh and I went out to eat with his friend, Brett and his girlfriend, Crystal. We were going to eat at The Perfect Pig... I have never been there before and was really excited because I have heard how good it was. BUT they were closing when we got there :( Who knew they would close at 6:00 on a Saturday?? So anyway, we ate at some other place called Hog Heaven and it was so disgusting. Probably one of the worst places ever. So then afterwords, we went to the drive-in to see a movie!!! This was my 1st drive-in experience and I loved it. It was a beautiful night. The sky was so clear and we saw a few shooting stars :) We watched The Night At The Museum 2 and it was really good. I am a huge fan of the 1st one.... and I LOVE Ben Stiller so I love any movie he is in. But I will definitely be going back to the drive-in. It is in Dickson and they play a new movie every weekend & it is only $5 a person. It was fun!

when it rains, it pours.

There is a very serious issue that has to stop. NOW. So I am asking every one of you to be praying like crazy. There have been 3 suicides and 1 attempted suicide in less than two weeks in our county. It started on Memorial Day. There was a man (his name was Jerry) who lived across the street from the salon. He shot himself.. I heard it was because of his girlfriend. He was probably in his 40's. I feel bad because he was kinda rough looking so it made me nervous if I saw him out in the parking lot if I was by myself in the salon. But from what I have heard, he was a really nice guy.

Two days later, a 17 year old girl that went to Cheatham hung herself. She talked to the guidance counselor (a lady who goes to our church) either that day or the day before. Well, the guidance counselor called the crisis center and they did not come out. So it is under investigation. I have heard it was either because of family problems... or boy problems... I don't know.

The following week, I found out a friend of mine tried to kill herself. It just broke my heart. We used to be pretty close because we worked together at Stratton's for about 4 years. We have not been close for the past couple of years though, but she came by my yard sale just a few days before it happened. She stayed for a while and we talked and she seemed fine. But she shot herself 3 days later. I just don't get it. Luckily, she is okay, even though the bullet went straight through one of her lungs. I went to Vanderbilt to see her Friday and she had already been released. I plan on going to see her one day next week though.

Then I found out this morning that a 12 year old girl killed herself. She hung herself. TWELVE YEARS OLD. I do not know any details. My dad went by and prayed with her parents today. I can't even imagine.

NOTE: I have recently found out that this girl was 14, not 12. Still that is so young :(

I can not even begin to tell you how bad this breaks my heart. I don't get it. These people had their WHOLE lives in front of them. I do know what it is like to be very depressed. But I also know the love and hope that Jesus gave me and he helped bring me through all of that. I just wish that they would have felt that same love and same hope that I did. I wish they would have talked to someone. I wish that I could have done something to prevent it. There are so many "I wishes" in situations like these. We can't go back but one thing we can do is pray for each and every person out there dealing with depression or drug addictions. I pray that God brings people in their lives that they can talk to. I pray that God gives them love and hope and that they can feel it and know he is there. I pray for the families & friends that have been affected by this and I pray it does not happen again.