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!

Fun, Sun, Relaxation and WORK

These past months have been crazzzyyy - in a good way! :)

We are living in Columbus again at our house (yes, it feels good to be home!) and I am back at Troy in school and Philip is busy as a bee working at Oconee Concrete (YAY, Oconee!!!).

Pepper learned to swim last weekend when we went to visit Philip's family in Gray (will post pic later). I have decided to transfer to CSU to pursue my degree in Special Education. Oconee is doing so great and I am so proud of Philip and all of his guys on what an awesome job they are doing. They have six trucks now!! They look very impressive and resemble a giant bumble-bee! :) Mom and Dad have exciting news coming soon hopefully. Stewart just got back from baseball camp and is a little pro already. Philip, Pepper and I are getting ready to head to Gray again this weekend for Phil's b-day festivities and 4th of July weekend! :)

Pepper will be swimming some more and hopefully we will all get some sunshine and relaxation! Hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend! Be safe - and be extra careful with the fireworks!! :)

All Sorts of Craziness

So it's been a while since I've been on here...

We have had so much going on and happening in our lives-some good some not so good.
We have been really really blessed though. Philip has good news with work, more to come on that later, our basement flooded at our house in Columbus, we have been driving back and forth frequently, I just enjoyed Spring Break! :)

Tons going on, and it is so exciting when your life is moving quickly and it can change in an instant! Our lives are moving in a direction that we never expected, and it's so exciting. More details to come...Just saying hey and we've been busy! :)

Hope everyone has a blessed week!

The Creepy Crud

So-Philip and I, both our families and everyone we know seems to have the creepy crud! The only one in our house that doesn't have it seems to be Pepper Pug...

Here's to Tylenol, Mucinex and TONS of tissues...Hope everyone gets to feeling better really soon (including us!)...This stuff is soooo nasty and I am willing it to leave me!

I want to feel better so I can feel productive...I feel yucky nasty and like I am not accomplishing anything...Hope all you out there feel better if you are feeling this way too...

Here's to beating cold, sinus and flu junk! :)

Hugs and Kisses and Lots of Love! :)

So Valentine's Day is this weekend! :)

I am so excited because it's my first Valentine's Day being married to my sweet wonderful husband, Philip! I can't wait to kiss, hug and share all the mushy emotions of how much I love him! I have his present and have sent my Valentine Cards to everyone in the family, and I feel like I'm on top of it this year! NO waiting till the last minute!

I miss Philip right about now so much...he's in Columbus working and will be home tomorrow (I think?) and I can't wait to see him. I am trying to get all my school stuff done so that we can spend lots of time together this weekend-so I'm cutting this short! :)

Have lots of mushy, sweet and romantic time this weekend with the ones you love!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Stress!!! :(

Stress...Does such nasty things to you, your body, your loved ones, etc!
I know I shouldn't have too much to be stressed about, but never the less, it happens. I stress out easily. It can be the house not being clean enough (yes-I'm a clean freak!), the dog not being bathed weekly, not feeling like I have everything hole-punched and in just the proper spot in the binder, or even the car not being clean and organized to my picky-ness (sp?)specifications!

I have GOT to learn to let this stuff go! I have good skin (or at least I've always thought so!), but I've noticed that it breaks out at the onset of stress-only on the chin! YUCK! It is not pretty and therefore stresses me out worse! I feel the need to purchase new, clean makeup or new facial cleansers...run on the treadmill, do yoga, pray, whatever makes the stress seep from my pores and body! Help...any suggestions on how to let all this JUNK go!?

So anyhow...de-stress yourself...if you can! :) Otherwise, enjoy that big ole' bottle of Merlot! :) (just kidding-calm down, only a glass or two or three!) :)