Last day of August

Today's August 30 which means only one more day of August left. Starting in September, I will be blogging about fall and other things coming up such as Holidays and my birthday. But for now, we're still in August, so back to this post. 

I've been in school now for 16 days, and I'd say it's going very well. All my in-class classes are going great. And my online classes, surprisingly, are going great as well. As far as a favorite class...I really don't have one that just stands out as a favorite. They're all just about equal except History of Southern Baptists. That class is SOOO boring, but it's required. I've found a great church to go to up here - FBCG and a wonderful college group to go to on Thursday nights. I've only been to one, and it was great. I can't wait to go to this Thursday's. 

I'm very excited about this weekend though. I get to go home. I haven't seen my husband and family in over 2 weeks!! Its been killing me. We're going to Hogwaller Mud Bog (I think), going to a fabulous restaurant for my grandmother's birthday, and the Gator's first football game is Saturday!! GO GATORS! So this weekend is going to be jam-packed and lots of fun. I'm really hoping my mom takes some "trash the dress" pictures of me and my wedding dress without actually trashing the dress, because I love it!

Well, I still really can't believe that the last day of August is really upon us. However, I'm really excited to see what September brings.

Date Book

My husband and I have been married almost 3 months, and it's been the best 3 months ever. It's almost like we're dating again. To keep up this "honeymoon" phase as some call it, I've been looking all over the internet for creative date ideas and things to spice up our marriage. After dating for 4 years, dates become very monotonous. We do the same things over and over again. Don't get me wrong - I love spending time with my husband, but when you do the same things over and over again...well, it gets very boring. So, to avoid this problem, I have come up with 3-ring binder of date ideas and even gift ideas. It's called our "Date Book." I saw it on a blog and thought what a creative way to store these date ideas where even my husband can have access to it. (Genius!!) 

To create my own, I took a 3-ring binder I had laying around, scrapbook paper I already, page protectors, some stickers, and a picture of us for the front cover. I will post pictures once I'm done. 

My tabs include: Calendar, Holidays, Themes, At-Home Dates, Out of Town Dates, Printables, Inspirations, Supply Lists, and Special Things.

My New Addiction =)

So recently I discovered the wonderful world of Pinterest.com. This site is absolutely amazing. You can get all kinds of inspirations on this site from photography ideas to wedding planning to decorating your dream home and much more. I'll be posting some of the wonderful pictures I've gotten off there on here along with some of the blogs and websites the pictures come from. The blogs and websites that some of the pictures are associated with are absolutely amazing and such a life saver. In my House Ideas and Photo Ideas Tabs, the pictures you see come off of Pinterest.com. I hope you enjoy the pictures as I post them.

School

Well, school started yesterday and so far, so good. All 3 of my in-class classes have gone really good. My 2 online classes are what's going to give me the most trouble, I think. There's so much work to be done each week in both of them. Plus I still have my other 3 classes. But I'll get everything done. My goal is to at least make dean's list this semester since this is my last semester at BCF before going full-time at SJRSC. 

Well, living by myself is a big adjustment. It's really lonely without Josh along my side. I miss seeing him everyday and just being with him. But after December, I'll be able to see him everyday. Anyways, I have liked being able to cook whatever I wanted to eat whenever I wanted to. Steph has come over and eaten with me and hung out the past couple of days which has been nice. I'll put up pictures of the apartment soon. I just haven't had time.

Newlyweds

So it's been a little over 2 months since Josh and I got married, and these past couple of months have been amazing! We have laughed so hard and had so much fun together. Our wedding was absolutely a dream come true, and was so beautiful. We had so much fun on our honeymoon to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We went to Dollywood, the Dixie Stampede, Ripley's Aquarium, hiking, toured Cade's Cove, several car museums, an aviation museum and lots more. 

Since our honeymoon, I haven't been doing much at all except watching my grandmother and getting things ready to go back to school. Josh has been working then laid off and now working again (thankfully!!). It's been really stressful with Josh not having a job for a month. Luckily, God provided enough money for all our bills to be paid. God, then, provided a job and then a call about an interview about another job. Now, I'm praying that god gives Josh the courage and drive for this job; and if not, to provide him with another job soon afterward. I'm also praying that God provides me with a part-time job while I'm up at school.

I'm really excited to continue this next chapter of our lives together! It's going to be stressful and hectic, but we're going to make it through it together.