sayonara...

...crazy college apartment complex!!

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After a LONG weekend, we have officially moved in to our new house!

I will have to post pics later this week because internet has not been connected at the new house yet.

Goodbye to:

drunken college parties that last until dawn

upstairs neighboors that apparently only know how to stomp

loud music playing at all hours of the night

having to testify in the eventual murder trial involving the couple from 724B

{seriously just break up already}

the streetlight directly in front of my bedroom window

the worst apartment management company I have EVER dealt with

*sigh*

I already love the new place!

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I had a pretty eventful start to the moving process.

I will never use U-Haul again.

I reserved a truck over a month before the move.

They were supposed to contact me within 24 hours of the pick up time to let me know where to pick up the truck.

Well, that 24 hour deadline came and went without a call.

So, there ensued an ENTIRE day on the phone with U-Haul.

Eventually, I was told my reservation was guaranteed and that someone WOULD definitely be calling me with the specific details.

A little side note.

If we were not out of our apartment by Noon on Saturday then we all 3 had to pay a penalty equal to 2 months rent.

That is $2,700.00.

This is why it was imperative that we get the U-Haul by 10am.

Well, 9am Saturday morning rolls around and I still had not heard from them.

I called and explained the situation to the customer service lady.

I was trying my best not to be rude but seriously they are a national corporation.

She said she would give me a call back when she found out something.

Never heard from her!!

I decide to just go the one of the U-Haul places in town.

The gentleman there told us that our reservation was never scheduled.

By this point, I am ready to blow a gasket.

But the guy here is really nice and is going out of his way to try and help us.

He did not have any U-Haul trucks that would fit our reservation, but he did have a truck that he rented out personally that he let us get for a way better price!!

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So, everything worked out with the truck.

We got everything moved out of the apartment and had our keys turned in by 11:30!

We spent all day yesterday unpacking.

The entire house is now unpacked and in order.

There are only a few pictures left to hang.

And let me tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed the silence last night!!!

It made me want to do a happy dance!

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randomness

I FINALLY finshed summer semester on Friday!

Of course, that meant an all-nighter to finish my research paper.

But it was totally worth it.

I made A's in both of my classes this summer!!

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Friday afternoon I drove to the farm to visit the family.

My sis is 5 months along now!

I had a little "talkin' to" with the peanut and told him that under no circumstances was he allowed to make his grand entrance until I could be there for it;)

You think that will work at all!

I just noticed that I put "he" all through that sentence.

We actually do not know the gender yet because apparently the stubborn gene is very strong.

She has another ultrasound on Aug 5th so hopefully we will know then!

On Saturday, I had a girls' day out with my sis and my two beautiful nieces!

We had lunch, did some shopping, got our nails done, and ate ice cream.

We had a fab time!!

After we got home, I let the girls ride the horse for the first time.
I thought my sister would be a little nervous about them riding but she had complete trust in me. 

It was a little funny.

My oldest niece, W, is horse CRAZY.

I mean she has every horse book ever written, horse pendants, horse posters on her walls...you get my drift.

And the younger one, C, likes horses okay but she is more of a doll kind of girl.

Well, C had a blast; I had to basically pry her off of the horse!

But W was really nervous.

I was SUPER proud of her though.

Even though she was nervous she still got on and rode him.

After a little while she was a little more comfortable!

I am actually thinking about getting them both riding lessons for Christmas.

I am the only one in my family that rides and I do not get down there enough to teach them.

I left the farm Sunday afternoon and decided to stop and get a hotel for the night.

I am one of those people that need alone time to properly function as a human being.

After this crazy semester and being cooped up in a house with 3 other women,

I needed a break.

The roomies were not expecting me home until Monday.

I did not tell anyone where I stopped and I put my cell on vibrate and just enjoyed the silence of being all by myself for a blissful 24 hours!!

We are moving into our new house this weekend!!!

I am ready to be out of this apartment complex.

I am not looking forward to packing and especially not looking forward to moving in South GA heat.

So, this week will consist of work and packing. Fun times;)

But I cannot wait to get into the new place!

home sweet home

We signed a lease!!

FINALLY!

After looking at more than a dozen houses, we found the perfect one for us.

The house has:

3 bedroom, 2 bath.

an extra room that we are going to turn into a library.

{between the 3 of us we have 11 bookcases and need to get 2 more

can you tell we like to read a little bit?!}

2 car garage with storage and an attic above the garage for extra storage.

a huge fenced-in back yard with a patio.

a great place for a flowerbed in the front of the house!

{i love to get my hands in the dirt...i guess it comes from my farmer heritage}

The best part of the house is that the rent was

$200 less than our budget!!

I do not have any pics to share

because someone is currently living in the house.

But I will definitely post some when we move in August.