So much to do and not enough time in the day..

There is so much to do and not enough time to get it done - do you ever feel like that? We're getting ready for hubby's kids who will fly in this Saturday. We are redecorating their rooms, I am so excited! If you were to come to my house today you wouldn't think kids were coming this weekend. I have so many boxes still left to unpack, corners to clean and grocery shopping to do. The girls room is a Paris theme and Christian's room is a contemporary room. I'll share photos later when the rooms are complete. I'll have to share some of the awesome deals we got and great finds.

I have discovered an awesome Joann's here, I walked in and was like holy cow!!! It was huge and had so much stuff. They offer so many classes, so I believe I will take the beginners sewing class. I did not walk the aisles of the scrapbook stuff because I have told myself no scrapbook purchases until I get my room set up and I can look at my supplies. It's tempting though, because I have gone into one of the local scrapbook stores three times and there is some awesome new products out there and I'm dying to use some of it.

The weather here is really nice so far - compared to Houston that is.

Well.. off to more house work..

The Real Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT4dpFpiTgk

I know this video has made it's rounds but today I just felt like I needed to watch it again.

Enjoy

Universal Studios

Steven's brother came to visit us and while he was here we went to Universal Studios. This was a first for all three of us. We stayed there at Universal studios and got to use our room keys as an express pass. The "Express Pass" allowed us to get to the front of the line! It was awesome. Our favorite rides were The Mummy and Spiderman! The weather was perfect and the lines were not bad at all. I can't wait until we can go back and see all the other attractions. I want to go and visit Epcot next.

"A" "B" Honor Roll

This little girl, okay I'm in denial she's not little anymore, is moving up to sixth grade next year!! ahh.... she is growing up so fast. She got "A" "B" honor roll this year. I'm so proud of her. In honor of her good grades, I took her to get a manicure and pediure which she just loved. Mum went with us as well. It was a great weekend!

Happy Mother's Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to my MUM!!!

We have so much fun together and laugh all the time.

I miss her dearly! I LOVE YOU MUM!!
Below are pictures of Mum and I enjoying a "Tower Cake" dessert from Ruby Tuesdays.
We both have a sweet tooth and enjoy our sweets.

St. Augustine, FL

Last weekend we went on a day trip to St. Augustine. St. Augustine is the nation's oldest city, also holds the distinction of being one of the nation's most charming. Known as the "Ancient City". We drove into St. Augustine, straight to the beach and would you know it a storm was making it's way in. We rushed to the beach, to take our signature picture of our feet in the water and a picture of each of other. You can see the dark clouds in the distance, we made it back to our car just as the rain started pouring. Luckily the storm passed right on through and we were able to walk along the cobblestone streets and enjoy the sightseeing and shops. Even though it was a day trip we enjoyed ourselves. We decided our next trip we will rent mopeds and tour the town- how fun would that be! NOTE TO SELF: Check the weather forecast.

Pray for Rain....

The fires in North Florida are so bad today. I woke up and went out to our patio and you would think there was a fire in our backyard. The smoke is so strong and it hurts to breath. Firefighters continue battling windswept wildfires in Bradford and Baker counties this morning that caused the evacuation of more than 1,000 people, shut down one small town, closed at least two schools and left detours around numerous roads. I did a search on a map of Florida's counties and I was shocked at how close those two counties were to us. Makes me nervous to know it can move quickly. WE NEED RAIN!!! Hopefully the winds will settle as well, which is just feeding the fires. There is a tropical storm off the southeast coast so maybe it will bring us some rain and not more wind. The forecast for the next five days is scattered storms. I pray for rain and pray that all the displaced families can go home soon.

Last night the hubby and I went bike riding around the neighborhood. It was great, we're going to try and make it our evening routine.

SCRAPBOOK STORES!!!

Today I ventured out and located two amazing scrapbook stores and they are like within 15 minutes from me! Can we say "HAPPY" - I was like a kid in a toy store. I was in total aww.....
The first store was Pictures in Time, I met an awesome girl there and she gave me her website to join. I could of sat there and talked to her all afternoon long, it was so great to meet someone here who shared the same passion as myself. The store was offering two make and take Mother's Day cards - did I totally score or what! My stuff is still packed up so I was not able to make my Mum and MIL a card. I even stopped by Target on the way to the scrapbook store and bought two cards for $10 bucks! Let's just say I will be back at Target this evening to return them for my two cute cards I made. Loved the store!!
Then I went to a store called Scrap n' Stuff. Another great store and what's great about these two stores is they carry totally different items - a good variety of stuff to select from.
It's so nice to be back to a place where there are several scrapbook stores to shop at, in Montgomery there was only one and they were still building their inventory. I saw paper and embellishments that I have never seen before so that was so nice and refreshing. I left both stores wanting to run home and scrapbook, I get so much inspiration seeing new product and seeing the different pattern paper.

Can you guess what I've been doing?

We have been packing, moving and unpacking! We have moved from Alabama to Jacksonville, FL! My husband took a job in Florida. We're both very excited, it's not Houston, TX which we miss terribly but it's a bigger city than Montgomery. We are within a two hour drive from Orlando, Savannah, Ga and many beaches. We are excited with this new chapter in our lives. We went this week and got our Florida driver licences and tags on our cars - so it's official, we're Floridians! So right now I'm working on decorating the house. Our house is on a lake and I find myself sitting on the back patio enjoying the view. Below is my view.

Well, I must go. I have more boxes to unpack....ugh......