..:5 for FRIDAY!:..

welp, it is BACK TO SCHOOL! I have to admit, I am REALLY excited to get back in the classroom with all my new kiddies. I am also excited to get into a routine again. EVEN MORE exciting, WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR HOUSE!

WOO! Just typing all that makes me feel like I am going to be a chicken with my head cut off... but, I am ready!

This week, I am linking up to confess a few things...

1.  I am so excited to have a nice new bed!!!we are having all of our furniture delivered this coming week. I feel like a little kid on christmas. Hubs and I did tons of bed tests and decided on the KING! Woohoo!

2. We bought a lot of paint.  We didn't buy any samples... So, I hope it works because, I mean... A LOT of paint. So, I cannot  wait to see how this house turns out! Hubs and I are about to tackle this mostly on our own... send us some good thoughts.

3.oh, I chopped off 12 inches of my hair. It is kinda the best thing I ever did. I love it. If you follow on instagram, you probably saw the beaut. The biggest surprise was the amount of shampoo I did not need in the shower..#whoops

4. signing all the paperwork for our house was not as exciting as they make it seem on HGTV. I didn't leave with keys in my hand and we were sitting in the middle of Panera... but none of that matters now. However, if I were the title lady, I would at least bring you some balloons!

5. decorating my classroom is one of my most favorite things I do in my job. Next to having a bunch of little babes in tow, I love the redoing of a classroom and all the new supplies that comes along with it. I also feel like this could possibly be the best year ever at my job!

..:change:..

This year has been down right, close the front door, STINKIN crazy.

Since last july, so much has happened in my life. I planned a shower, and my wedding, took classes, moved my husband back to school, traveled for friends weddings, visits to the hubs, moved•yes again• picked out a dog, then decided we wouldn't be good pet parents and told them they should find a better home, hubs totaled out our car(thankfully he was okay!) took more classes, moved hubs home from school, sold our house, moved all of our stuff into storage, moved back in with my parents, house hunted like crazy, put offers on houses, watched our 'dream' home be sold to someone else, put more offers in and..

as of this minute we could possibly finally have a home of our own!!!

•fingers crossed over and over•

With that being said, it's been one heck of a 12 month period of time. I am ready for life to slow back down and get into a normal routine.

But this year taught me a lot.  It's been a great year in so many ways and it's been a downright crappy one in others. But the best part about it? Tomorrow always came and it was always a chance for me to have a fresh start.

If we happen to actually get to purchase this said home that I mentioned above, it's going to be OUR first home. We will get to pick the paint together, buy new adult like furniture, plan how we use the rooms and live there for as long or as short as we would like. That's just crazy and absurd to me.

You see, we didn't live together before we got married (unless you count your parents telling you to get your shower gift and wedding stuff out of their basement so they can host your rehearsal dinner there,  2 weeks before your wedding day and then offering to help you pack a truck, living together...) and the house we moved into was the hubs 'baby'. He fixed it all up and did a great job on it.

See, it's a beaut. But it wasn't 'our' home. I simply moved into his place. So to say I'm excited about 'our' first 'home' together, well that would be accurate.  #wifeyprobs

So whoever and whatever you believe in. Throw us some good thoughts as we truck on through the process. Our luck can only go up, we hope!