I hate packing!

We packed for hours last night then we got a few hours of sleep and then this morning we were back up packing again. Ugh. We packed and packed and packed. I can't stand that we've been packing non-stop and it still looks like we haven't even put a dent in our items that needed to be packed! We have to finish packing tomorrow night after work (yikes!) because Tuesday night we have to take the U-haul over to our house and unload it. We are hoping to be able to do it in just two trips. The truck is due back Wednesday morning at 9:30am so however many trips it takes they all have to be done Tuesday night but we are hoping that it can all be done in just two trips.

Libby is going to be spending Tuesday night with Ryan's parents so that she doesn't have to be totally bored while we load and unload the truck and make trips between the apartment and the house. That also will work out well that she can spend the day with Ryan's mom on Wednesday while we get some things moved around on Wednesday morning and wait for Dish Network to come get us all hooked up.

Just three more nights in the apartment and then we'll be in our new house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bright spot of my day today was meeting my friend Kristina for coffee this afternoon. We haven't had a chance to see each other much lately so it was great to see her and catch up. She was unable to come to my shower last weekend so she brought me a gift today when I saw her. She got us a session with a photographer to go out and have our pictures taken - and we have a credit to get some prints!!! How amazing!! I'm super excited to get this done...I just have to somehow talk Ryan into getting his picture taken. :-) He hates having his picture taken but this is something that he is just going to have to do! :-)

Great girls day...

Today I left at 9:00 to head to Jacksonville...Debs treated me to a fun girl's day in honor of me getting married next week! :-) I got to her house at 10:30 and we left soon after to start our day. We ran a couple of errands and then headed over to a tea room on the beach for tea and lunch. The tea was delicious and the food was absolutely yummy! I really enjoyed it!!!

After that we went into a couple of shops and then headed over to my hair appointment. I was FINALLY getting my hair cut. It had been about eight months since my last trim so it was definitely time for a trim. Debs made me an appointment with the girl who cuts her hair. She is also the same girl who styled my updo for Debbie's wedding a few weeks ago and she did an amazing job so Debs made an appointment for me to go to her to get my hair trimmed. She actually took a ton of hair off. I looked down at the ground and saw the mound of hair and I was actually afraid to look at my hair but when you look at me I still have plenty of length - she took a lot out of the middle to really lighten up my overly thick hair and now it feels so much better!!!!! From my hair appointment we went to the Lemon Bar on the beach for some frozen drinks. She had to twist my arm pretty hard for that. ;-) It was 102 degrees outside this afternoon (literally - and that was without the heat index factored in) so a frozen adult beverage was definitely necessary! :-) After that we made a quick stop in Wal-Mart (which any special occassion for me has to include a trip to Wal-Mart!) :-) When we were finished we went back to her house and I looed at the absolutely beautiful pictures from her wedding and then it was time for me to head home.

I got home and had dinner and then started packing up Libby's room. I have it about 1/2 packed but honestly I don't know how much more packing I'll do in there. It looks like a lot is still left but that is because everything in her closet is still hanging and I have a strong feeling I'm just going to take everything down and lay it across my backseat and not worry with taking it all down, packing it, and then unpacking it on Tuesday when we move everything to the new house.

I'm soooo jealous!

Today is Friday and at Libby's summer day-camp that means that it's Carnival day in the morning, followed by snowcones, and then in the afternoon they go swimming. While she is enjoying her day doing that I have to work. Ugh. I so want to play carnival games, get prizes, have snowcones and then go swimming!! :-)

Today I hit the jackpot when it came to boxes (I hate moving - you become absolutely obsessed with boxes!). I filled up my trunk and front seat with boxes and then on the way home I stopped by Karen's work where she and her mom had boxes waiting for me. Woo hoo! Now I have absolutely no excuse...I have to start packing. Yes, I said start. We start moving Tuesday afternoon after the closing on the house and I haven't packed a single thing. Nothing. As organized as I am you would think that I would have started packing three weeks ago (I actually considered it...it just never happened). Nope. My excuse was that I didn't have boxes but now I have boxes and I DON'T WANT TO PACK. I hate packing. Seriously hate it. Oh well, at least it's an awesome reward at the end of it...we'll be in our new house!!!!! I can't wait to get all settled in. I am sooo excited for next week!! :-)

License

Today Ryan and I went to get our marriage license! We are officially licensed to be wed! :-) Next week is going to be such a crazy hectic week but we are so excited! We'll be married and in our new house all at once!!! I am soooooo not looking forward to the actual move but I am definitely looking foward to being in our new house. :-)

Our busy Saturday

So, as I said in my blog earlier today, we started the day with my bridal shower which was very nice. Then later this afternoon Libby and I went out shopping to find her dress to wear for the reception. As we were driving it started POURING down rain. Raining so hard you couldn't see past your windshield! I happen to glance in the rearview mirror at my beautiful daughter sitting in the backseat and this is what I see...

Obviously, it was raining pretty hard. Libby was apprently expecting a flood and I guess felt the need to prepare early. :-)

After shopping in just about every single store that we could think of we ended up in JCPenney where we found her dress! :-) I found one that was brown and cream and tried to talk her into picking that dress but she didn't want anything to do with it. Right next to it was a cream dress that she informed me would make her feel like a princess. Does she know how to work a situation or what?? The dress is a tad big in the shoulder straps but Karen's mom should be able to fix that for us with no problem. The best news? Her dress was 50% off. Now that's what I like!

We headed over to their shoe department and found a perfect pair of shoes. Of course Libby didn't like those. The pair that I loved that would have matched the dress perfectly were cream and clear. The pair right next to them were the ones that Libby set her heart on, though. They were exactly the same but the ones that she liked were silver and clear. On her cream dress there is a band of silver "jewels" (which I honestly didn't care for the cream and silver mix) so the silver shoes did match...I just really didn't like the look of a cream dress and silver shoes - even if they did match the accessories attached to the dress. But, of course, Libby was determined to get the shoes she wanted. Gone is the day that I get to pick out clothes for her. :-( She absolutely loved the shoes...they were silver, had a little butterfly on them, and they were "high heels". I then pointed out who made the shoes and that's why they became the perfect pair of shoes for Libby. They are made my Sam and Libby. :-)

My shower!

Today some of my lovely friends gathered to shower me with their friendship and love (and gifts!) to celebrate my upcoming marriage to my wonderful Ryan! :-) We met for lunch and I opened gifts and we chatted and we ate and it was great! It was a nice afternoon. Thanks ladies! :-)

Libby's last day of school

Well we've been very busy lately - just not with anything newsworthy. :-) However, yesterday was Libby's last day of 1st grade...I now have a 2nd grader!!!! Insane! I switched my day to volunteer in her class to Friday so that I could enjoy her last day of 1st grade with her. I kept wanting to cry...it's so hard to believe that she is growing up so fast. Not to mention that this was her last day at Littlewood and her last day seeing her friends since we'll be moving this summer. The class was so sweet...they all presented me with little cards that they made for me and they gave me a dozen of the most fragrant roses I've ever smelled. It was a party day in class since it was the last day so they had tons of fun. Near the end of the day they packed up all of their stuff and then cleaned their tables with shaving cream - which was a mess! :-)

When it was time for the final bell Libby said bye to her friends, gave her teacher a big hug, and walked out of the door to become an official 2nd grader!

Last night Libby had some more fun planned. Our Build-A-Bear had a Hawaiian Cruise party so we met Libby's friend Riley there. The girls had a lot of fun playing shuffleboard (that was their favorite game to play - which was surprising to me!), they made tissue flowers, they had relay races to see who could dress their bears in a box of swimwear and accessories the fastest (Libby won!), and some other games. Libby had so much fun! They brought their own Build-A-Bears to the party but they got to leave with a new bathing suit, towel, sandals, and sunglasses all for their Build A-Bear and they also got a beach towel for the children. So, they left with all sorts of loot.

We got home at about 8:45pm and Libby stayed up playing some Wii games with Ryan. They both had a lot to celebrate...in addition to it being Libby's last day of school yesterday we found out that Ryan is the Employee of the Month for his bank! Out of 1,200 employees throughout Florida and Georgia it was my Ryan who was picked as the Employee of the Month!! :-)