It happened...

The one thing that I thought all this time I would be completely hysterical about, mad at the world, inconsolable... need I go on. My sister is pregnant.

Strangely enough, it was more the hubs that had a full out temper tantrum and went on and on and on about it. See I have been going to a Bible study all summer at my moms. We are doing a study of joy even in rain of our lives finding the joy that comes from GOD alone! I really think that it is the reason I am not beating my hands on the floor screaming why??? At our last meeting we were discussing finding joy even in our worst disappointments. Well I hadn't planned on totally unleashing all that is IF to this small group of women... but the moment presented itself and for once with people I don't know that well and have no idea if they have any idea about IF, and then of course my mom,  ( whom I have never really been able to discuss this part of my life with because well,... she doesn't understand and just wanted to fix what couldn't be fixed) I let it all out. I was calm and collected then I burst into tears.. Explaining that I am so thankful for my husband and relationship with God, because without both, who knows where I would be at this point. How really it was hard for me in the first few years. I smiled through the pain and then unleashed the wrath of an infertile woman on my husband and God. Then something changed and I realized that with God it was going to be possible but that it wasn't the right time. But needless to say, I got it all off my chest. It was much easier than I had thought it would be. But the message has really helped me. Along with other things that have happened over the past year. I am blessed with so much Joy I can't let the unjoyous ( if that is a word)  over shadow.

But, that has got to be the reason this is not hurting me more. I think I am more worried for this child than I am about her being pregnant. She is not married as of now, and her boyfriend doesn't have a job right now. I mean PERFECT freaking timing right??? I think I also had some notice... she blurted out over here one night that they were trying. She actually said to me..."Morgan, I am not getting any younger!!!" I almost punched her in the face. But, she has always done things her own way and not listened to ANYONE. So, how would this be any different?

So, my problem comes in that now my husband who was pushing for us to start trying again said last night... I don't even want to try anymore. I don't want to get pregnant and be pregnant at the same time. Which I can completely understand and kind of agree... I don't want to share the lime light that we have tried so hard for, for so very long with  "Miss. we really weren't trying" ( ok I know that was totally catty.. sorry)

So, I am going to be an aunt in late February. If you know me in real life this is not public knowledge yet so please don't say anything. This was a quick post I apologize for typos or if there are parts that don't make sense..

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls...

Well, I sure didn't chase one, but I got one... in my living room. When we bought our house we knew that they previous owners might have walked away from it because of all the leaks that they had. My hometown is known for its pin hole leaks in the plumbing, due to a glitch in the code enforcement between about a 20 year time period. So, most if not all of the people in my hood have had to re plumb or fix multitudes of leaks. Our thought was, 1: they already had them so hopefully they fixed the problem, 2: for the price we were getting it was worth taking the chance, because we would run into this problem with any houses in our price rage and area we wanted to live.

So, Wednesday started out like any other. I got up to take a shower so I could get ready to go pick up some chairs that I scored for $5 each and then to lunch with my best friend. During my shower I noticed that the water wasn't draining... I was like oh crap! I still needed to shave my legs and the water was getting close to the bottom of the door. So, I hurried and got out. Sent a text to Robbie (who I thought was still at work... but was actually about to come into the house) showing a pic of the water just sitting there. I then got the plunger. It wasn't working correctly, but the water finally started going down. About the time it was all gone, Robbie yelled up to me that water was coming through the ac vent all over the floor and chair sitting by the fire place. I was like WHAT?!?!?!? I really thought he pulling my leg. I ran down and sure enough, my chair that I have been planing to recover was SOAKED! Water was everywhere in that area. We dried it up with towels and called Home Warranty Peeps asap. They sent someone out and low and behold... IT'S NOT COVERED! Yeah we paid for the "covers everything" home warranty and it has yet to cover anything we have called about. :( BOO!

The plumber called a restoration company that deals with the mess and cause of our problem... the infamous shower pan. This guy measured the water under our already warping wood floors... 100%. Upstairs there was water under the flooring in our bathroom. The ceiling was wet... His thoughts. New floors up and down, new ceiling, new shower. But that they shower pan was not going to be covered by homeowners either. BOO! Well, until we found out it cost like $40 bucks.

Of course this all happens on July 3rd, the day my town is celebrating the 4th. So, restoration guy sets up 5 million loud fans and dehumidifiers and leaves, to be back with the adjuster on the 5th.

Crazy part, we can still use the shower as long as it doesn't stop up. It only leaks if it stops up. So, until we start demo... We are still using it.

Fast forward to the 5th. I have been prepared to FIGHT TO THE DEATH on making sure that insurance pays for the demo and reconstruct of the shower... Because it was in question since they don't cover the pan. Much to my surprise, I didn't have to fight for anything, they were going to do everything I wanted done and then some! HALLELUJAH! Farm Bureau insurance is AMAZING!

I am now picking out paint colors, wood floor samples, tile etc. Here's what they are going to do:

Livingroom - scrap and re do ceilings after replacing 1/2 of the ceiling on the end where the damage is. Paint walls & trim. But,  get this... the living room is open to the entryway... SO, they are doing the ceilings in there too. they are also going to paint... trim too!!! Oh and the stairs' walls are also continuous... so they are getting painted too!

Bathroom - Gut shower, we pay to fix the shower issue, re-do the shower, re-do floors.

Now the even more awesome part is that we have a friend who will be doing all the floor and tile work... So he is going to charge us WAY less so we can do more areas of floor... ie the flooring in the entry and the toilet room in our bathroom. ( its a different type than the living room right now, so insurance isn't going to put that in the paper work)

Ironically, we had all that they are going to be redoing on our punch out list for "one day." I am so thankful for all that God continues to provide for Robbie and me!

5 Years

Yep, celebrated 5 years of marriage on June 14th. Its really crazy to think how fast 5 years have gone by. Then again there were years during the last 5 that seemed like they would never end. Thanks to IF we have grown closer as a couple and our love has grown and changed a lot. For that I am thankful. I know there were years that I would never have thought those words thankful for IF would ever come from my mouth. But, really it is a blessing. We are stronger in all aspects of our lives because of that. We might not have children yet, but we have two sweet fur babies, a beautiful home, and loving friends and family.

The greatest night of my life so far...

Our first Anniversary... The only time we have eaten on our china :)  

Our Second Anniversary - Zack Brown Band, Beale Street, Spent the night at the Westin

Our Third Anniversary - Bone Fish for Dinner and we gave each other new carpet so we could list our house for sale... 

Our Fourth Anniversary - Steam Boat Days in Iowa with BLAKE SHELTON and Robbie's family

5 Years! Headed downtown to eat an overpriced meal in a cool restaurant that used to be a movie theater. Funny thing is we ate dinner, and were home in bed asleep by 9:30... We are getting old!

Catch me if you can...

Thats what I feel like my Blog is saying. If I had a dollar for everytime I sat down to write a post, but got side tracked... I would have about 20 bucks tops. lol I have been so busy that the blog has been on the back burner. Most times I would check on  and read the blogs I follow, posting a few comments here or there... but never enough time to actually write a post.

At this point there are so many things I need to say, but can't possibly remember them all or get caught up right?!?!

Summer has started with a bang! I am LOVIN' being a pool owner! This skin is getting sunkissed after 2 year in the dark! Literally, I didn't get in the sun for two year. Robbie joked that I must really be a russian, I am guessing they must be very pale. Anyway, still hard to believe this is our house and our lives are going so well. But, I am going to take both of those and thank God for them every minute of the day and night!

I have been a busy little beaver though, between laying out and swimming I have made a few things. You know I love being crafty. I'll share a few pics.

Super cheap HUGE frame I got and painted and added burlap, chicken wire for a cute memo board for my kitchen :)

 Painting the Kitchen wood work.. pain but looks great now that it is FINALLY done :)

 House Warming for a friend

Guest Bedroom twin beds

 Cute Hospital Door Sign for a friend and her baby boy

 Cute diaper cake and sign for my best childhood friend who is going to be a daddy in August or September. 

I am currently working on a chair and a few other things I have picked up. I think I must have been Samford from Samford and Sons in a different life. LOL my garage looks like I have been dumpster diving for trash to turn into treasures :)

Two more posts to come in the next two days, 5 Years of Married Bliss & My Fur Babies Gotcha Days

God is SO GOOD!

My little Rock Stars rocked that test today! My student teacher text me to let me know they did a good job, per the teacher who gave my test. I was more worried about them, than I was my tests.

I love the specialist I saw today. He was funny, charismatic, and optimistic! He agreed there were two masses. Of the two he was more worried about the little one. I had an ultra sound and mammogram. And let me add the mammo was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. He did find a cyst under the larger mass that could be causing the fibrous tissue to be inflamed. So, he said after seeing the test results, he is not worried in the least about either. The other might just be a fatty lobe or something like that. He is going to be cautious though and see me back in 3 months and a couple more times leading up to 1 year out. He did say even with mammo and ultrasounds 3% of women can still have cancer, and that is why he wants to monitor me for the next year just to make sure. But lets be honest, that is a pretty tiny percentage.

So, a day of shopping with my mom was my celebration of two huge weights being lifted today. Both sets of test went well! Happy Happy Happy! Thanks for the prayers!

Prayers for a day of tests

Well today is the first day of the SAT 10 testing for my sweet little firsties... I'm so nervous how they will handle absolutely no talking, paying close attention, and stress of taking this test. More stressing is that I won't be there to cheer them on. They will have someone else, that they are not used to being with giving the test... Because I have to go for tests self. Today I have an appointment with a breast specialist at west clinic. A little over a week ago I found a rather large lump and a small lump. After going to my obgyn she referred me to the specialist. I'm nervous to say the least. Please pray this is nothing and that my kiddos don't lose it while I am not there and do well on the first day of testing.

getting back to normal or so it seems

well we are completely in our new home... working on getting everything put in its place. We tackled painting the shutters before we moved in, bought a new front door and finally painted it to match the shutters.

We were able to get the trim and moldings in the living room painted. But let me tell you... I QUIT after that. Painting poly'd wood is tough! We used Kilz and 3 or 4 coats of paint with primer in it and if you hit it just right it just peels right off :( So, even though we still have the kitchen, entry hall, dining room, mud room, & laundry room left to paint, I am not doing it! Well as of now... :)

Our pool was easier to fix than we expected. It took us about 3 weeks of vacuuming and 25 lbs of shock but it is ready for swimmers. We have realized that the lovely shade trees are going to be our biggest enemy. I see a lot of vacuuming in our future... like everyday. We have replaced the light so now we can go swimming at night ;)

I ordered our new address announcements tonight. We are hoping to have a big rib fest pool party once school is out to show the house off. We were going to have a housewarming type party to have friends and family over to see the place, but really don't want people to get us stuff, so we are going to hold off until I am out of school and we can get our last two room situated. (playroom and dinning room are left... but we just don't use them regularly yet so they are kind of catch all room right now.)

So here are pictures in all of their glory. If you are fb friends, you will see a lot of the same but a few new ones :)

Here are a few before pictures... then progress pictures

 New shutters

 Moving Day

 Moving Crew

 My new sink that you could bath a pony in.

 In the middle of paint trim

 My painting partner... she just wanted to help

 Coat number 3 or was it 4 GAH!

 Easter Sunday - Living room complete just in time for family

 A mirror I just bought cause I loved... fits perfectly above the mantle

 Beginning the pool cleaning... what on earth have we gotten ourselves into?

 Our clearance door... it was a whopping $74 buck! Yep for once in my life I found the deal of a lifetime! Well other than the one we got on our humble abode!

 Once we got the door painted I painted the molding around the door... For some reason it was an off white color and didn't go at all!

 The door makes me so happy! I just love it! I am finally at HOME!

My beautiful house and red tulips! (even though they only lasted about 4 days)

 The pool is cleaned out, water was tested, just need to scrub the sides down

 My Hobby Lobby inspired entry hall. The blue piece was a friend at schools and I painted it to go with the decor. The lamp was my grandparents and I painted it and recovered the shade with chevron fabric. Now all I need is a red vase or something for the blue table.

 Zeke in our new better than eBay chair I am going to reupholster and paint once I find the right fabric.

Zoe conked out in the chair. She is finally feeling at home too!