May 30, 2012

much better today yesterday.

the big dumpster arrived.

yay.

for all the trash!

much cleaner  

Can’t wait to start putting things

back together

I know

it.will.take.time.

would you cry?

if your house looked like this:

{what use to be the kitchen}

{more}

{and more}

{master bathroom}

{main bathroom}

I haven’t cried

just.yet.

Brett might tell a different story

There is no turning back now.

{Yard Work}

Brett and I are officially

‘that couple’

yard work on our days off.

Actually,

we are truly blessed to have the friends

we do.

We could not have done what we did

yesterday

without them.

When you can’t work on the inside

work on the out side.

tree #1

timber!!

seriously.

we.are.blessed.

I went to get lunch

and came back to this.

{really needed a before picture}

the supervisor for the day

made herself right at home

under the fig tree.

We.are.blessed.

May 25, 2012

We did it!

As of 5:00p.m. on

Friday, May 25th

Brett and I are

HOMEOWNERS!

we got the keys!

Saturday, demo day 1

{demo is on hold till the dumpster comes}

but we I had to demolish

SOMETHING!

{just the beginning}

it’s a start.

More demo to come!

here’s the

Journey

of our first home.

Escrow: Signed!

Today

we signed escrow papers!

{not sure what that means}

but one step closer

to a

KEY!

We received a last minute call

to try to sign the paper todays!

We were on our way!

about 45 minutes later.

done.and.done.

Bentley

acts like she’s so unexcited

but she has no idea

what is about to be hers!

{in case you forgot what she looks like}

and there’s a house…

well if you didn’t know already

yes, BD & I are buying our

first house.

to make a home.

the pictures you see now

are {hopefully} not what you’ll

see in a few months.

We have not ‘closed’ on the

house… yet

but {hopefully} by the end of May.

I really hope that once the

transformations

start happening.

I’ll be blogging about them.

we have a lot of work ahead of us.

a little background story:

LA did not want a ‘fixer upper’

BD did.

BD won.

better give me all I want

just.kidding.

for you viewing

pleasure

I can’t wait to start

before:

After:

here’s to a fun Summer!

Marathon Weekend

Marathon weekend

ended up being a

marathon

in it’s self.

We were lucky to

convince my mom to come visit

for the

BIG weekend.

I assumed

marathon.weekend

was going to be relaxing & restful.

{boy! I was wrong}

Friday we spent the day in Burbank

for a taping of

the tonight show with Jay Leno

{no pictures}

Saturday ended up being packed as well

we had a friend invite us to the

clippers {playoff} game.

suite seats.

garage parking.

free food.

yes please!

clippers ended up

.winning.

after an early night

insert marathon morning

in here.

5 hours after running across the

start.

we sat at Mutt’s

cold beer in hand

friends by our side.

followed by naps.

marathon weekend ended with

a.sprinkles.cupcake.

{or two}

::26.2::

*Warning extremely long*

First and foremost

Happy Mother’s Day

to all the mom’s out there!

Especially,

my mom and my mother-in-law!

We are so blessed to have you

both

in our lives.

exactly 7 days ago

Brett & I ran

26.2 miles

{plus bobbing and weaving}

a week later it seems like

a lifetime ago.

I was very nervous

the whole week before.

luckily I had fun things to keep me

entertained.

{more about those later}

everything laid out

in bed by 8:30p.m.

wake up call alarm was set for

3:28a.m.

the alarm went off and my heart

was bounding out of my

chest!

I choked down pb toast.

and we we’re off to the start!

honestly at this point

I was f.r.e.a.k.i.n.g out

but I kept my cool.

I we was going to do it!

26.2 miles

it’s way too early to run

when it’s dark out!

ready or not

about 20 minutes later

we were off.

fast forward

7.5 miles

only 18.7 miles to go…

fast forward

4 hours & 13 minutes

{for brett}

4 hours & 16 minutes

{for me}

and that is when we crossed

the finish line.

one of the best things about the whole thing

was running along side my best friend.

while we didn’t cross the finish line together.

we ran 25 miles together.

and I wouldn’t change the for the world.

another amazing thing:

having my mom

and the brinks

at the finish.

I still have so many

thoughts.

feelings.

and

emotions.

about the marathon.

{I hope to share at sometime!}

but for now

the hubster & I

joined

the.marathon.club.

…A Pain…

5 days ago

Brett & I did something

I never thought or said

I would do.

We ran a marathon.

26.2 miles

While we ran a marathon

we endured ‘that pain’

but it doesn’t come close

to the pain

we’ve seen over the past few days.

While we ran & finished

and I want to share more.

I ask for prayers

for our friends.

who have endured

a pain I hope I never

have to experience.

please pray for

peace

comfort

and

love.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:8