Housewife Diary (Part 1)

So, obviously one of the perks of being a teacher is having my summer off. As of Saturday I was blessed with 65 days of freedom.



What am I going to do with myself?!?!!?

Well. Step 1- release my inner housewife.

My husband posted on facebook this weekend "I think my wife is a superhero when I'm not around. Where does she hide the costume?"  hehehe... what a sweetheart. Here's the story behind it:
Saturday I went yardsaling (that's my typical Saturday AM ritual). I scored a working push lawnmower for $10! So, I hauled it home in my champ-of-a-94 Honda Civic named Trevor. I lifted it out of my trunk. Filled it with gas. Sported by bikini top (might as well get some sun if I'm gonna mow, right?). And took off. My husband got home and saw the neighbor mowing his lawn and walked over and thanked him for mowing ours as well when the neighbor smiled and informed him that in fact, it was ME that did it. Yep- yours truly, wife-of-the-year.

Yesterday, by 10:30am the house was clean (vaccuumed, swept, dusted), the dishes were handwashed, dried, and put away. The wash was dried, folded, and put on its respective dressers. And I did a Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred workout. 

 I got smart and did the dishes last night before going to bed... so literally... all I have to do today is go over our budget and find out how much money we have to put toward a house payment. Sneak peak: The house hunt begins tonight at 5:30pm! First house tour! We're totally stoked!

Time to get some more housewife stuff accomplished! Maybe I'll find something that needs reorganized!!!!!!!!



 

Faux hawk fun. :)

Here's the latest news!

Only 2 school days left with the students, then 3 teacher in-service days... and then it's officially summer vacay!

Since my school is adventure-based and I teach middle school boys- my coworkers are primarily males. A few of them decided to come into school the other week with mohawks.

And since I am awesome, I decided to try my hand at hawking my hair as well. I spent my morning today researching various youtube videos on how to create a faux hawk.

Here is the outcome of my labor.

Needless to say. I'm stoked for work tomorrow. :)


p.s. I love my job. (Yellow Breeches Educational Center)

All work and no play makes Heidi a dull girl.

So, I'll just come out and say it. Jeff and I both love Nerf guns. As a matter of fact I came home yesterday from work to find him laying outside soaking up some sun and I got a Nerf gun and chased him around the yard.

We have quite the collection. :)

So, I created a gun rack for them.










That's all.

I was planning on writing more but then the internet took too long to upload that photo... so now I have to go get ready for date night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Tis the season.

My favorite time of year is rolling back around... spring... which means YARD SALES!

Last year I scoured yardsales for wedding finds (Yard Sale Beauts). This year it's for our house!

Since we got the house in September (Home Sweet Home) there was one thing I've been dieing to have for our kitchen. Our house has a country feel to it and I thought that a cute little baker's rack would be perfect for the one wall. Unfortunately, prices are about $149 for them. (Not an option.) I was surfing Craigslist last weekend and there was a local yardsale (7 miles away) that said there was a baker's rack for sale. So, I was one of their first customers the next morning.... and guess how much.................

ONLY $10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I moved it in, and filled it with what I had on hand. Above it I have strings with wedding pics held to them with mini clothes pins. Over Christmas it held our Christmas cards :)

Yesterday was a mega-yard sale day with my mom. :)

Here's my winnings:
Spiderman 3 Blu-ray, Prayer of Jabez Book, Make-up purse, Pampered Chef veggie steamer, LEGO TABLE, Black and Decker tool playset (for future children- $1)!!!, 2 crates for the front porch, shorts for my stepson, shirt for me, Nerf board, Home Sweet Home sign, and a hilarious game where you toss bulls and earn points for what position they land in. :)

Grand total........ $18!!!!


Life is good. I love sales. :)

Life is hard.

So, four months into married life. And I can't believe how tough it is!

I've been explaining to friends and family that Jeff and I fell into the "all our problems will be solved when we're finally married" category. haha

See, we did everything before our wedding day: we took classes, we did the homework, he studied the Bible together, prayed together, enjoyed weekly dates, read "10 Great Dates Before I Say I do", took a Financial Peace course, and even waited to have our first kiss on our wedding day.

And now.

Marital bliss still exists, but we've added to the mix: financial drama, work drama, family drama, communication drama, health drama, and spiritual drama.

It's nuts. haha


With that being said, I love my life.

My husband is wonderful. And we're still as in love as ever. Last night we had an awesome Date Night. A friend's neighbor (yeah, that random)- got us a wedding gift of very nice towels. We already have towels for our bathroom so we took them back to Target and scored a sweet $55 to spend on goodies.

And so we bought: DVD's.
*Battlefield: Los Angeles
*Date Night
*Class of the Titans
*Bounty Hunter (not the TV show!)
*Inside Man
*And a 4 pack of thrillers: Seven, Insomnia, Devil's Advocate.... and 1 I forget

We had a blast picking out movies we'd both enjoy and walking hand in hand through the store spending someone else's money. :)

New life.

Ladies~ married life is great!

I just went through the last of the things that are left at my parents' house... including all my wedding planning books, lists, supplies, and left overs. Bittersweet is the word that comes to mind!

It was the perfect day, but so much time went into it that I feel like part of me is missing now! Crazy, huh??

Luckily, I have a lot of other STUFF going on in my life!

I absolutely LOVE being a wife! And I have the new title as step-mom as well! So much fun :)


Today's agenda:
-Our first Christmas tree
-Decorate OUR house
-Watch Christmas Vacation
-Go out for dinner!

p.s. here's more pictures.... because I just love our photography!!!







Ladies~ married life is great!

I just went through the last of the things that are left at my parents' house... including all my wedding planning books, lists, supplies, and left overs. Bittersweet is the word that comes to mind!

It was the perfect day, but so much time went into it that I feel like part of me is missing now! Crazy, huh??

Luckily, I have a lot of other STUFF going on in my life!

I absolutely LOVE being a wife! And I have the new title as step-mom as well! So much fun :)


Today's agenda:
-Our first Christmas tree
-Decorate OUR house
-Watch Christmas Vacation
-Go out for dinner!

p.s. here's more pictures.... because I just love our photography!!!

Ladies!!!! I'm a married woman!! (Without internet access)

:)

I spent an hour on the phone with DirecTV today just to find out that they don't service our area with internet (we're out in the boondocks!)

Anyway- here's a quick few AMAZING preview pictures for you!










Also!!!!! Our wedding preview video!!!!!

Jeff & Heidi Trailer from Jonathan Tirrell on Vimeo.