Summer Time Sweetness

So the summer is almost over for me as far as school goes...but otherwise it's still full steam ahead!

The downstairs is being painted tomorrow where the leak in the wall was so it should smell like "new house" some time tomorrow afternoon...

Porter has discovered that he is a master bird hunter and brings dead, mutilated birds to the back door and is just so proud I don't have the heart to scold him...totally disgusting little Pug that he is!

Fourth of July is here upon us this weekend and besides being grateful to our founding fathers and troops all around the world, it's also on the 3rd my father-in-law and grandfather's birthdays...thus celebration time!

St. Simon's is also upon us this year...we haven't been able to go w/ the hubby's family for a good length of time (if at all) in about three years...but NOT THIS YEAR!!! We are coming!!!!! :)

The hubby's b-day is in August as well...and our Pug Porter, who will be 1 year old! :)

Lots of fun things happening in the next month or so...will post pics when all of these fun things happen! :)

Testing!

So we are testing ALOT in this class I just started...in fact we have one this afternoon from 3-5pm. I am NOT a good tester...let me write you a paper or an essay, and I can do that all day long happily...but please, please don't make be answer a multitude of multiple choice and true/false questions! :(

I am on here blogging as I am procrastinating getting my power points out to study! I have four chapters on which I need to be cramming before 2:30pm when I have to head to the college.

I am saying a selfish prayer that I can get through this test successfully w/ a B or C...I'm not even aiming for the A on this one!

Happy Weekend to everyone...I will be studying! :(

Water, Water, Everywhere!

Oh my...out basement has had it series of issues, and we have solved them all fixing them as needed as they have occurred. Our basement is not just any basement, it's a finished one that I think is rather pretty...painted concrete floors, flat screen TV, comfy leather sofas and dim lighting...my hubby's very own MAN CAVE! :)

However, it is also the only place that houses a walk-in closet...MY walk-in closet to be exact. You see...I have an addiction to clothes that I just can't seem to kick; clothes, shoes, pocketbooks...You get the picture!

Well, we had a water line bust in the wall last night and it proceeded to spew water allllll over the room alllll night long. I only discovered it this morning when letting the dog out. Thank goodness for our wonderful plumber, Mr. C. Without him, not sure what we would do! The insurance man came, and we had to move all of the stuff outside to dry out. My clothes and all are fine, but I'm bummed that some of my favorite books are soggy and wet.

Say a little prayer that everything stays dry for awhile at the Bivins household :)

The Gym Blues

We are trying to go to the gym on a regular basis...but it just doesn't always happen. We ate pizza tonight, and I have a new book on my audio book app on my ipod - therefore I have the motivation and want to get on the treadmill so I can listen to my new book...the hubby on the other hand...now so much! :(

We are also having a hard time with our puppy, Port. He wants to go into the yard and eat, roll, and play with cat poop from the neighborhood cats that choose to do their dirty business in OUR backyard! Why, oh why, our backyard!!! Is there something you can do to deter cats???

Now off to bathe the dog for the 1,000th time this week...BUT before I do...I am not obsessed with "Pretty Little Liars"...it is actually not a bad show and beats all the other stuff on TV during the summer....other than "True Blood" that is!!! :)

I also have a TONNNN of stuff due in school by next Tuesday and am slightly overwhelmed...it helps me to write/type that down instead of thinking it to myself...I stress over school stuff so much that by the time I sit down to get it all accomplished, I have worked myself into a complete tizzy...Hopefully I can learn how to manage this...I need to get on the treadmill and do yoga and drink herbal tea and all the other stuff that is supposed to calm nerves!

Summer Time Happenings

Summer Time Is Finally Here...Along with the HEAT!!!

Porter playing in the sprinklers...

Summer is finally here along with some intense heat here in Georgia! Philip and I like to walk in the evenings now, but WOW it's hot when doing so...and we can't take Porter with us anymore because he just gets too hot with his sweet little squished nose and all! :)

I am super busy in school right now, as I took four classes this summer. I am almost done with my third one, but the fourth one is just getting started. I WANT a break...not need, but WANT! I would love to feel the sand in my toes and the smell of the ocean...it would be DIVINE!

This is the one quick weekend trip we took...by the POOL...ahhh...

Philip is super busy at work as well...S my little brother is working with him some this summer and we are so proud of him...earning his own spending moolah! He has a new girlfriend, S. wo we just all LOVE!



Port is adjusting to the family just fine and will turn 1 year old in two months right after the hubby turns 34! :)


We have been busy working, schooling, cleaning, yard-working, dog-walking, friend-seeing, etc lately and are excited to slow down and spend time with family this weekend for fathers day and my mom's BIRTHDAY!!!

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend and FATHER'S DAY! :)

The Great Desk Hunt

We have had the hardest time trying to find a new computer desk for our downstairs office area. Philip and I have scoured every single place in Columbus and online you could think to look for a new desk. All of them are either too cheap and icky looking, expensive and too big, or have thousands of parts and are hard to put together...

Case in point, we find one we think will work at Office Max and purchase it. We get it loaded up, home and down to the basement (in the rain nevertheless!). The desk had probably hundreds of pieces and NO DIRECTIONS! Oye...

So after attempting to put it together and watch the football games on TV, we gave up, put it back in the box and promptly returned it to Office Max! They were very nice, but didn't seem to care/mind that we were returning it...but that's okay, because I am hopeful that we will find an even better one that is just right for our house...

And on that note that is hopefully on the agenda for this week along with settling into new classes, praying that the rain stops, and getting all the other to-do's off the list!

Happy new week to everyone!

Big Things!

Our Little Family-Philip, Porter, and Me! :)

Philip and Porter

Mom and Puddin

Me and Porter

WOW!!!!


So it has been forever and a day since I have been on here and blogged...and I'll tell you what, it's nice to write and update on everything, whether or not anyone reads it! :) Sooo...We are still living in Columbus, we are still in the same house, yet it feels like so much has changed!


Oconee Concrete is doing great and now has TWO plants, one in Box Springs and one in Phenix City. Philip is a busy bee and really happy, which makes me happy! Also, I am still in school full time, now at Columbus State University. I love it and I am super happy and super in love with my new major, Special Education! I pray every day that I'll be a great teacher one day, and I'm making strides to make sure that happens!


Anywho...We also have sad news that still has my heart heavy...we lost our sweet baby, Pepper, this past October to Prostate Cancer...However, Philip is so sweet and went and got mom and I both new puppies. We now have new family members, Porter Bivins and Puddin Kite.



We have also had to do a lot of work around the house which has kept us busy and made our Holiday season go by really quickly and ours was SO beyond blessed by the way! :) Hope yours was too..



I am also trying to figure out how to "bling" my blog or whatever...its a lot harder than it should be, or maybe I'm just making it harder than it really is...help would be appreciated! For instance....I have lots of photos I would love to post of the new puppies, Christmas, etc...but I am not sure how to do so! :/



Well...until next time...Porter and I are off for our morning walk!