feeling crafty!!

With Jason out of town I was left with very little to do. So today I felt like being crafty. I thought of a bridesmaid gift and figured I was NOT, i repeat NOT, going to spend what they wanted for it in the store because I COULD DO IT MYSELF! So my mom and I set out for Michael's. We picked up what we needed and headed home to give it a try... AND.. well i wish i could post pictures but i know some of the girls read this so.. I CAN'T! But they are adorable, maybe i'm a little biased. But let's just say i will end up spending $13 (and yes, that's total for everything for all 5 girls) on something that would have costed me $150!!! hoooray for great deals and being semi-crafty! I just hope the girls will like them. So far everything I've gotten them I've gotten on sale... saving me almost $100 on the other items!

On another note, we're getting closer to being in the 200's which is very very exciting for me!

AND!!! They are going to start construction on our house within the next two weeks!!

So I'm going to be sitting around maybe watching P.S I love you..(maybe not because I'm extremely emotional about not being able to see Jas for another 7-8 day).. and thinking of other crafty ways to save!

The House!!

I haven't really blogged about the house so since ya brought it up i figured what better of a time? we're building a new house in the preserve at charleston park! we will be the proud owners by november (Hopefully!) we are down sizing quite a bit.. but it's our first house so it'll have to do... 1134 square feet to be exact! 3 bedrooms 2 baths. complete with a garage and a Teny Tiny back yard! We've been extremely blessed! we've recieved a couch from a sweet couple at church and a tv and tv stand from someone else. my mom has bought us coffee tables and jason has a computer desk for our computer room. so that leaves us with needing a kitchen table, bedroom furniture for 2 rooms (because we're hoping to get new furniture and not re-use the ones we have).

our ideas:

we will be painting the living room tan

our bedroom a teal'ish blue

the guest bedroom green on top and white on the bottom

and the computer room will be gray with black and white photos in it. we're also planning on putting old signs in there to rough it up a little.

as of right now this is what our house looks like:

we are soo excited that they will be laying the foundation shortly and then the next step is the put up the walls!!

mor pictures of the progress to come!

So there's your look at the future home of the NEW Chinnis family! Enjoy!!

happy blogging...

328 days!!

i'm so ready to be married.. ughh it's crazy how many people have told/questioned me on why i'm getting married right now... but then there have been alot of women who have told me they got married at my age and it was so worth it! granted i know life was different back then but i know this is the right choice for us so i can only pray that we find it equally as worth it.

our house is making progress and we couldn't be more excited!! i'll post pictures later! have i mentioned how excited i am to start decorating our little space?? i'm a little nervous about my decorating style.. who knows how it will turn out?! but it will be fun :)

no new wedding plans to tell you about! i'm really interested to know what y'all want to know about? what am i kidding.. i don't even know if anyone reads this silly blog other than me and jason(rarely!) but if you do tell us about yourself (even if we know you drop us a line!) and what you'd like to know about.. i'll get the clue if no one responds..LOL!

Enjoy! Have a safe and happy 4th of July!