Lowe's a.k.a. what has my life become?

I used to get excited about shopping at

Old Navy, Target, Burlington, and the mall

NOW......

I get excited about shopping at Lowe's!

What is going on?!

The fiance and I have begun renovating his new house, specifically starting in the Master Bedroom. It started out as repainting the walls (which were just plain white with the exception of one wallpapered wall) and stripping the trim (which was painted baby blue). But I quickly discovered those things in themselves required stripping the paper, sanding the walls, fixing the walls, fixing the holes the fiance put into the walls (gotta love him!), and then painting!

We also made the executive decision to pull up a corner of the carpet in the closet to see if we had some nice hardwood (which we did!)

We also discovered this cool little test from Lowe's online to check the quality of your uncovered hardwood floors with water! Lowe's Hardwood Floor How-To

So we've got a room with no wallpaper, no trim, bare and gorgeous hardwood floors, a few small places to repair in the wall, and one large place to repair because we discovered ants! At least we're ant free now!

I have high hopes for this weekend and getting some serious work done!

What are your home improvement projects or are you lucky and have none?!

Summer is flying by!

It's July 20th. I've been out of school for 27 days.

Here's what I've been up to...

 Getting engaged (!!!!)

Isn't this this gift cute?! From my friend in Florida!



Meeting up with friends from high school.
Two of them are getting married this summer
and two of us just got engaged!



 Going to friends' weddings.

Which makes me think I need to get started on planning mine.

Going on vacation to visit my friend in Florida.

She lives about 15 minutes from 5 beaches...UNFAIR!

Going to Disney World!

I got to spend a day there with my Florida friend, Nicole!

There has also been BBQs, gardening, house projects, and going to see Harry Potter with my roommate. It's been a wonderful summer altogether but I still feel like it's flying by! I wonder if it's just me who feels like it's slipping by (because I have work starting up in a month and a half) or if everyone feels that way.

Welcome Back (to me!)

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!

I'm back from a break from the blogging world and hoping I can really stick with blogging this time.

So let me tell you a little about myself...

I'm 24 years old and recently engaged! Wahooo!

The ring. :)

I teach and I am absolutely in love with my job. It's the most rewarding thing I do on a daily basis and even on the toughest days, it's more than worth it.








The fiance has recently bought a house (before we were engaged) and is working on some home improvement projects, which means I'm working on home improvement projects! And I had no idea how one "little" project can snowball into a HUGE undertaking.







My close friends live all over the country from New York to Florida to Spain. I love spending time with my friends and I love traveling, so now I have the perfect excuse to do so!





I also ADORE Disney! I'm sure there will be a couple of nods to WDW and Disney movies in my upcoming posts. Plus, I just finished a trip to Walt Disney World--it was wonderful!


I suppose that's me in a nut-shell.

~M