One more random rambling! :)

Soo.....on my 'bucket list' of things to do is run a full marathon. I have ran 2 half marathons and will run another in May and then another in June and probably another in the fall all with my sista and other friends. The whole marathon thing though has always been in the back of my mind but I would waver back and forth about it. I'm doing it though! What's even better--in FLORIDA! :) My future sister in law, and step mother in law, and I are doing the Disney Marathon on January 9th. I'm sooo excited. :)

Random Ramblings....:)

**5 school days till spring break! I'm soooo ready for a break! I am physically and emotionally exhausted and ready for a break in routine for a few days even though it's going to be a really busy spring break.
**Wedding planning is in full swing again--we are almost down to 3 months--woohoo! This past week I met with the wedding coordinator, florist, met with our families about decisions of food and such for the reception, got the rest of the invitations today and am finishing up the formatting for all the invitations. I ended up doing them myself because it was sooo much cheaper and seriously they are a piece of paper! I'm currently working on making mailing labels for all the envelopes. I got the aisle runner today and the matted picture frame for everyone to sign. I meet with the reception hall this week to go over all our decisions about food/beverage/rental items for the night of the reception. Over spring break I'm hoping to get all the invites printed and ready to go so that I don't have to think about it anymore! :) I also plan to get all the centerpieces planned out so that I can get anything random i.e. flowers or floating candles ordered. We also are going to start working on getting the favors ordered and start working on the seating arrangement chart. I have my last dress fitting on Saturday and my jewelry should be here soon! Woohoo! :)
**House stuff continues to plug along. This past week our carpet was installed, fridge and stove installed, bought a new area rug from Bed Bath and Beyond, went and bought all the tile/supplies to do the bathrooms (hopefully that will be done this week!), the blinds should be here anyday. After that it will be lots of finish work like touching up paint, putting trim back up, etc. It's nice to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel for the upstairs anyway.
**I'm soooo blessed to be marrying such a great man. These past 4 months have been intense and quite a whirlwind and he has been so supportive through everything. I can't wait to marry him. :)

Carpet/Fridge/Stove/Craigslist!

So....my new favorite obsession! Craigslist!!! We have sold over $1000 worth of stuff on there in two days and it has been so easy! Most of the stuff that we put on except for a few things only last a few hours and then they are sold. We have had people picking stuff up from our house all weekend and all night tonight! I am now convinced that it's the fastest way to make money ever! I even got my dad to start selling things on there and he as well has had huge success. We have a few more things left to sell on there but they are big ticket items and then we are putting up a few more once I can locate them in the basement and take pictures! This is wayyyy better/easier than having a garage sale. We just have so much stuff that we didn't even know where to begin. So anything that didn't have a need in our house or we wanted to replace/upgrade and that didn't have family significance got put up there. We have sold a stove, a mini fridge, a fridge from the garage, a futon, a bike, an armoire, a dining room table/chairs, a king bed. More to come....a big screen tv, a recliner, and a tv stand. It's awesome--I love it.

Our house is like a war zone right now because Lowes comes today (hopefully soon!) to install our carpet in all the bedrooms/hallways. We moved everything out of the rooms ourselves/took up all the carpet which doesn't sound like a big job but it was huge. I am dreading starting to put it all back together tonight. It will take several evenings to get this under control again.

Our fridge and stove came today too!! It will be delivered tonight as well!!! It's so exiciting to see things come together one thing at a time!

Getting Closer....

We continue to get closer and closer to all sorts of exciting things:

1. We are finally getting closer to spring break! It has been a long haul since Christmas and we both need some time to get stuff done and rest. Even though it will be a wayyyy busy spring break it will be good to have some time to switch gears for a few days.
2. We are down to 115 days till our wedding...just a little over 3 months! We are beyond ready and excited. We have a serious amount of wedding planning that needs to resume but our lives have been more than chaotic lately.
3. The house is coming along and is absolutely beautiful! The painting is all done and is gorgeous. I love it! We should have all the hardwood done tonight--we layed hardwood in the kitchen, dining room, and living room. It is gorgeous--I'm glad that we invested in it. Monday Lowe's comes to install all the carpet in all the bedrooms and then our friend will install our tile in our bathrooms! Next week our new fridge and ceramic top stove comes! In about two weeks all of our blinds should be here/installed too! It feels good to start to see some light at the end of the tunnel even though things are way tore up right now. I'm sooo glad that we are doing this. I will definitely post pictures soon.