Thankful Thoughts

November 3: "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24. I am so very thankful for the good the Lord. He forgives me for my sins, sees past my imperfections, and loves me everyday.

November 4: I am thankful for my puppies. They may be wild and crazy, but they are also sweet, loving, furry, and they make great snuggle buddies.

November 5: I am thankful for my little brothers. They are hilarious and have grown up so fast. I am so proud of the young men they have become! Makin' a sister proud!!! :)

November 6: Today I am thankful for life itself. We never know when our time on Earth may come to an end. I am making it a personal goal to enjoy life a little more and not to take myself so seriously.

All of my friends are doing it....

...naturally, I must do it too! JK!

November is the month of Thanksgiving. To celebrate the upcoming holidays and the end of another year, each day I am going to list something that I am thankful for.

In true Jessica fashion, I will start by playing catch up. :)


November 1, 2011: I am thankful for my loving and supportive husband.

November 2, 2011: I am thankful for our families who are always there when we need them and who bring us tremendous joy. 

The Perfect Color

If you've ever been to our home, you know that at one point in our lives we were HUGE fans of the dark, bold, ugly colors. Pumpkin Pie ring a bell? At the time, we thought that these colors were great and were a true representation of our personalities. Apparently, our personalities have changed! After seeing how great our hardwoods looked we decided that we needed to have our home painted. We also decided that this time around we were hiring a professional to get it done QUICKLY! This is what our home looked liked with our bold color choices (aka BEFORE our most recent paint job).

Living Room BEFORE - obviously in the midst of being painted!

Hallway BEFORE - Color Blocking in the home!?!

Office BEFORE- Pumpkin Pie anyone?!?

Guest Room BEFORE- I wish my guest room looked like this. But... the walls were painted this color!

Master BEFORE - One word! DARK!

Slumber Party for one night while everything was covered in plastic! This picture is proof of who is the pushover when it comes to the dogs!!

Living Room AFTER - Almost the same color  "Accessible Beige-Sherwin Williams"

Hallway AFTER - No more color blocking! Continued the color from the living room here.

Office AFTER - My fave color by far! "Watery - Sherwin Williams"

Guest Bedroom AFTER - Still a little green! "Recycled Glass - Sherwin Williams"

Master Bedroom AFTER- Much lighter! This color is tricky. It is a blue with grey undertones in natural light and more of a bluish green in artificial light. I love it!"Sea Salt - Sherwin Williams"

So, there you go! We still have to hang things in all the rooms except the living room. I think I want to change out some accessories too. We shall see! Have a great day friends!

What do you think? What are some of your favorite paint colors?

Playing Catch Up..... continued.

So, I have decided that not only have I married an old man... I've married an old man with old friends. Just kidding... remember that Jeremy turned 30 this year so I am having a ball with the old man jokes! :) A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to help celebrate a dear friend's 30th b-day. Nanda (dear friend's lovely wife) planned an awesome "roast & toast" surprise party for "Big John" at Fosters in Raleigh. We all had a great time surprising Jon on his birthday.

Hubs and the Birthday Boy!

A little "roast & toast" going on! 

LOVE!

Jeremy & I visited with Jason & Chicky in Southern Pines last weekend. We had an awesome time! The guys played golf on Saturday while Chicky and I checked out the shopping in downtown Southern Pines. I was VERY impressed. SP is such a cute little place. I loved it and the peaches were AMAZING! Good times! 

We started the day at the Farmer's Market for fresh peaches! YUM!

Upon our arrival in dt Southern Pines we saw this! We LOVE a SALE!

Chicky & I at the Jefferson! Fun times! It was a really humid night and we think that may have made our pictures a little cloudy.

Jeremy & Jason

Our awesome hosts! We love you guys and can't wait to visit again soon.

I have more sad news to share with everyone. My sweet, sweet friend Jenna is moving to Dudley. This means that I will no longer have the pleasure of seeing her everyday at school. SAD FACE!!! Jenna & I were teaching neighbors during our first year of teaching. She was a life saver many times throughout that year and the years to come. I am very excited for her new journey in life, but sad that she will not be close by any longer.  To say goodbye, we did what any group of smart women would do... we had a PARTY! All of the girls were there to celebrate Jenna's friendship and wish her well. I wish I could say that we talked her into staying but.... we didn't. :-/ Good luck to my dear friend Jenna! I love you and can't wait to see you soon!

Love you Jenna! 

The Crew!

I'm behind again...

We have been extremely busy the last few weeks. Jeremy and I have celebrated our 1 year anniversary, vacationed in Ocracoke, had the hard woods refinished, and moved everything out of our home twice now! But it has been fun and rewarding! I'm going to do the usual catch-up blog post and use pictures to tell the story of what we have been up to!

Ocracoke Vacation 2011

Hubs and I really enjoy vacationing at Ocracoke. It's very laid back and truly their isn't a whole lot to do but lay on the beach, enjoy a beverage, and get lost in a good book (I actually read 4 while we were down there!). This year we decided to rent a house and take the pups with us. They LOVED this idea! We rented the cutest little home with a huge fenced in back-yard. It was perfect for us! Jeremy fished ALOT and I read ALOT! We were both in heaven.   :) 

Jeremy was excited!

We made a pit stop for some delicious fudge! This place was featured on the Food Network and I can see why! Their fudge was so, so GOOD!

YUMMY!

 

 

We have arrived!

Our 2011 Vacation spot!

 

Jeremy's first catch of the week!

 

 

 

 

Where we celebrated our anniversary!

I love good food!

And so does J!

One year down... forever to go!

One year old wedding cake for dessert! It got smashed on the drive down, but it was STILL delicious!

What is this?!

Our gateway to serenity! It was like having our own private beach. :)

Can't visit without taking this photo!

 Vacation was very relaxing, but we were ready to get back home to see these! 

 HA! Just Kidding! This is what our hardwoods looked like when we left for vacation! And this is what we found throughout our home when we got back (insert happy squeal here!)!!!! 

HUUUUGE difference huh? If you live in Greenville & need your hardwoods refinished please call Jesse Brady. He is the BOMB!

Okay, this blog post is super long! I'll finish catching up tomorrow! Happy Monday sweet friends. Hope you are all staying cool!