It's All Coming Together!

So much moving has happened this past year! I can hardly wrap my head around it. First, Mom and Johnny decided they were officially moving to the lake and started building a home. Then, Luke and Tiffany decided they were coming back home to Arkansas. My parents put their house up for sale (still on the market, anyone you know looking for a centrally located 3BR 2B?), have now sold the trailer at the lake, and now their lake home is almost finished! On top of all of that, Dustin and I moved back home to Arkansas this year and have now bought our first home and will be moving (AGAIN) in a month! Sheesh! No more moving for this side of the family. After May, we're done!

We will be going to the trailer soon to clean out our stuff. Mom will probably (hopefully) be moving by the end of April, and Dustin and I will be moving in the middle of May. Here is an update on my parent's new lake home. I hope they love it, because nobody is moving any more! But really, how could you not love this?

Almost finished!

The view into what will be the screened in porch from the side deck

The indoor part of the fireplace, the living room

The entryway and living room

The bonus room upstairs, aka, Addi's playroom

Hope you have a fabulous weekend (despite the chance for severe thunderstorms)! 

Oh, and one more thing...Mom sent me this picture this morning of Addi. Just look at this face. I could just eat her up! 

My friend is famous! Well...kinda.

This is one of my bestest friends since 1st grade, Christie Weiche. Isn't she beautiful? Anywho, I've been meaning to post this for awhile, I just keep forgetting. She has worked with ABF since she graduated and they have noticed her beauty and charisma as well. They've used her in a series of their U-Pack commercials. She's at the end saying, "ABF U-Pack. How can I help you?" Genius! She worked that line like nobody's business! She is also on a more updated commercial, but it's not on their website. In the newer one, she has a lot of voice overs. Click on either of the links that will take you to ABF's videos to check out her skills. She is on both videos that say "commercials".

I'm so proud of you, my little Wacky Weiche!

ABF U-Pack Commercial

Can I get a hallelujah?

Home, Sweet Home!

 We FINALLY, after 5 years of apartment living, have a house!!! 

Well...it will officially be ours on May 8th, the closing date. The thought of it is enough to delight me for the next 7 weeks...

Goodbye Apartment Grotesqueness

Hello, jacuzzi tub...

Yeah...I'm not getting out of this thing for a good week.

P.S. You didn't think that was our tub did you? Uhh, no. Not with that yellow stain in the corner of that picture. Eww...I just got the hibbie-jibbies. 

Reunited and It Feels SO Good

My classroom pet, Snowball the mouse, is home with me over Spring Break. You know, so the BIG rats, the ones that are free, don't bug him when no one is at the school. Poor guy gets bullied around when his mama isn't there. (No seriously, I found mouse poop on top of his cage after a 3 day weekend once. All mouse food is securely locked up now...SCARY!) As you can see, Rudy just can hardly contain himself when Snowball is home. 

Hmm....maybe if I lay up here long enough, my weight will bust the screen and I'll be in!

Utt-oh....I think she's coming!

I pwomise I was just talking to him. Honest, mom.

The Offer is on the Table...

Today was a big day for the Collyge kids. We made our first offer on what we hope to be our first house. Dustin's parents, Amber, John, and Morgan came in last weekend to play House Hunters with us. We showed them 3 houses, and they gave a 10 to the one we made an offer on today.

Today, Corky (Dustin's dad) and my mom and Johnny came up down to Little Rock for moral support while we tried to decide our offer. Mom and Johnny hadn't seen the house yet, so they were excited. We absolutely l.o.v.e. it! It has just been finished being built and is perfect for our "future family". It's a bit further of a drive for Dustin, but the drive is beautiful. It's a couple of miles off I-30 in Benton, down HWY 5, which is a curvy road full of pine trees and well kept older subdivisions. 

I knew it was the house from the moment I saw it, but since Dustin is so anal thorough, it took him awhile to warm up to the idea. Luckily, because I can get a little impulsive easily excited. No, really, he has been working and worrying his little hinney off with this house stuff. He's seen 3 three different banks, has had to find a realtor, fire a realtor, find a new realtor, call the insurance company, and if you know his little OCD self, he's been crunching numbers nightly. Although, his insanities hard work has really impressed me, and I'm lucky to have him!

Here are some photos of the house! We hope you like it as much as we do!

Entryway

The Living Room

The Kitchen

View from the Kitchen to the Living Room

The Master Bedroom

The Master Bathroom

The Guest Bathroom

The Utility Room

The Hallway to the Utility Room, Garage, and Master

Hallway to the Guest Bedrooms

The Guest Bedrooms / Hall Closet

One of the Guest Bedrooms

Free March Desktop Background!

Here is the new free desktop background for March from shabbyprincess.com Go to her blog and the download link will be there. It's really easy to upload your own photo - I just copied and pasted it one right to it! SUPER CUTE!!!