The NEVER ending project finally ENDED!

Eventful weekend. For a month now, I have been working on our master bathroom. It has been a exhausting! Bryan and I textured it b/c the previous owners painted the drywall and it just looked goofy. We also had to take down their gorgeous flower wallpaper. So a month ago (maybe three weeks) we textured it! A week goes by and I decide we need to go ahead and paint it. Well we originally thought we would paint it the same color as our bedspread. (Blueish/greenish color) So I went to Home Depot (They don't call it HOME for no reason, IT HAS BECOME MY SECOND HOME!) and had them color match the bed spread. Went home, tried it out and DID NOT like it. So I went back to the HD and decided I was going to do a tanish color with brown glaze. So i bought all the supplies and came home ready to paint. By the end of the weekend I got the entire bathroom painted the base color (goes under the glaze). A week goes by....I decided I need to finish it up! So I get out the brown glaze and get after it! I get a big chunck done and then STOPPED! It was not looking good AT ALL...it honestly looked like leather on our walls!! HIDEOUS! So back HOME (depot) I go! I decide to get a couple samples of different things...some whites/tans etc. I get back to the house and try some out with some different glazes(see below!) At the end of the day I decided to GO BACK with the original plan(color of the bedspread). So away I go painting the entire bathroom again. The good news was that I didn't have to prime it b/c the color i chose covered up the leather brown! So by the end of Saturday night the base color was down!!! This morning it was time to complete the NEVER ENDING project! I glazed it, touched up, took down blue tape (which has been up this whole time) put our hardware back on the walls, cleaned the bathroom and wa la! DONE! THANK GOODNESS!!! Check out the Turnbows new MASTER bathroom below.....Kind of hard to tell in pics but it is a light green with a pearl white glaze over it. Very calming....(Before, MIDDLE, and afters below!)

The One with the Blue Door

Well, we are moved! Thank goodness! Bryan and I both agreed, we don't want to do that again for a LONG time! Cammie and Rodney (Bryan's parents) came out to help! That was a lifesaver. So the actual day we moved it decided to be rainy and cold! YUCK! That was just the beginning though of the glorious day....When I moved from my old apt from SW fort worth to the one up north, I used Apple Movers. They did a great job and moved quickly; so, I decided we would use them again for the move into the house. Well lets just say they weren't what we were expecting. 2 guys showed up. One of them needed to take a shower (he says his family calls him the black sheep of the family) and the other really wasn't that bad, just quiet. So after talking our ear off for a little bit they finally got started. Well the Black Sheep seemed to not care very much about getting our furniture loaded gently. He did not wrap the furniture and would just load a piece up and make it go CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK all the way down the three flights of stairs.....I sat their cringing....They took FOREVER, but eventually got everything on the truck and over to the new house. Problem #2....our new carpet...I asked the black sheep if they had anything to lay down on our carpet as they brought in the furniture. He said no, so I suggested I would go lay out some flattened boxes for them to walk on, however, he told me I couldn't do that because "he wouldn't want to hurt himself" he then proceeded to check and make sure we had homeowners insurance in case he did fall....I was STEAMING!!!! I then suggested towels by the front door so they could wipe their feet. He said they would walk over, but not take the time to wipe their feet. I was thrilled they were our movers! We decided that they could place the big furniture in the house and leave all the boxes in the garage and we would bring them in b/c I didn't want them trucking back and forth with their UN WIPED feet over our new carpet! At the end of the day though...we got moved in and we were pooped! The next few days were spent unpacking, painting, cleaning and doing yard work! Below are pics of the extravagant events that took place!

This is what the apartment looked like prior to moving....a disaster zone!

Bryan and I working on the house before moving in...we tried to get most the major painting done before moving in!

Unpacking....

Rodney and Cammie hard at work taking down wall paper! (Left) Cammie locking herself in the closet while painting.....we had to go open up a window in there to make sure she didn't pass out!! (right)

Bryan taking down tape from guest room (left) Cammie using the "low rider" vacuum...I guess Bryan and I are going to have to get a new vacuum that works on carpet that is a little longer.... (right)

The guest bath which is stilled taped off b/c there is some painting left to do! Meredith helped paint this room! I think afterwards she decided she didn't like painting as much as she had initially thought she would! (Left) Workout room without any workout equipment haha (right)

We have extra bedrooms so come visit us ANYTIME!

Family room...Bryan watching sports...go figure! Please note the two camping chairs we have in the middle of the room...yes, we need some additional furniture....that is going on the wait list unfortunately...so for now, camping chairs...


The kitchen and breakfast area!

Master bedroom and bath....bath is going to be textured and painted in the near future!

The really big/awesome backyard! Needs some work, but will be looking good soon!

Couldn't forget about the "little guy"...he helped A LOT with the move! =-)

YAY FOR OUR FIRST PLACE!!!!

Hump Day!

Well Wednesday=humpday=we are on downhill slide of the week!! WEE!! Tomorrow is Friday for me though! Bryan's Friday was today....so I guess Tuesday was our hump day! Anyhow, good news, the Area Director (my boss's boss) canceled our field ride. =-) LOAD OF STRESS, GONE! So, now Bryan and I can finished getting everything ready for closing day! YAY! Hope everyone's week is going as well as ours!! xoxo

What a week!

It's been a long week! My weekend is here, but Bryan is working today and tomorrow. =-( He has to work weekends unfortunately! So, Sammy and I hang out together! He's a good bud! This week seemed exceptionally long! Maybe because we are getting all the little logistics for the big day (CLOSING DAY) finished up! So next Friday at noon Bryan and I will be sealing the deal and within a split second spend most of our savings, be home owners and have a mortgage! SCARY! While it is scary, we are both SO excited. We will have a place that we can really say is ours, something that we bought together! I joke with a lot of my doctors about how the "honey-do" list has already started. The good news for Bryan is he can't really start it until we have the money! haha... No, there really isn't that much that has to be done on the house. The biggest thing is the back fence needs to be fixed. There is a hole in the back and we don't want the little guy (Sammy) getting out. Speaking of the backyard, I can tell Sam is going to be VERY excited, considering right now when we throw the ball for him he goes sliding into the wall. He gets his momentum up and then all of sudden he has to stop and BAM! into the wall he goes! haha...He's SPEEECCIALLL....lol. So besides the house we are also working on those darn things called taxes...I think someday I might write a book titled "Everything Noone Tells You About Being a Grown Up!" I think is something that should definitely be a "required read" in college! =-) Apparently after you already pay a lot of money out of your pay check every two weeks, the government likes to collect a little bit more at the end of the year so that way they can bail out everyone else who can't manage their money! (I guess they pay for roads and other necessities too...) Next week is going to be even more crazier then this week! I have my boss's boss (the Area Director) riding with me! Talk about high anxiety! So if everyone could say a little prayer....I'd be appreciative! So Thursday is the big ride along with him and then Friday we close. We take possession of the house Friday, but apparently it is normal to let the sellers have two additional days to move out because they don't like to move out until they have money in hand...whatever...I was planning on having a sleepover...I guess we can scrap that idea....As soon as we get the house we will take pics and post them!!!!!!!!

Grammys......and The Bachelor

Ok so we had a nice Sunday, lounged around, did laundry...then watched the grammys...I don't get famous people...there were some high points but,....the low point....Kayne West and MIA: HORRIBLE!! MIA was pregnant, which isn't a bad thing, but put something on that is flattering! NOT SEE THROUGH!! Kayne West was sporting a mullet/fro..haha..goofy..The other thing with the grammys is that I felt as though it was all British people...did anyone else feel that way? I was excited to see Carrie, I enjoy all her performances, but she sang and old song and wore a whimsical outfit that didn't fit the song. Overall the outfits were just weird. Girls were wearing fluffy/poofy dresses that looked like a horrible 80s prom outfit. So what was good in my opinion? Jennifer Hudson is an amazing singer and always gives me chills. When she sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowel I couldn't get over how great she is! Sugarland always puts on a great performance and Jennifer Nettles is a little cookey, but I love her! Adelle, Chasing Pavements was also great..she has a different voice and the song just sounded very much like a classic! Bryan's favorite was the 4 rappers...KW, MIA, TI, J-Z, and lil Wayne...go figure... Anyways, can't wait for tomorrow, Bachelor is on and we are going home! For the home dates they are coming out to the DFW area b/c Melissa is from here. I really hope Molly gets cut tomorrow. I can't stand her...she is fake and there for the wrong reasons. She just wanted to be on T.V. The moment I knew I didn't like her was when she already had a rose for the night but still stole Jason away from another girl who was trying to have a conversation with him. Greedy!! I like Jillian the best. I think she's a keeper. We will see what happens!

CATCH UP!

Ok, so we started this blog during summer...yes summer in the hopes that we could let everyone follow along with the wedding plans...Well, that never happened. So here we are in FEB! But, we are going to get good at this blog (or should we say I(Nicki) will) Bryan probably won't want much to do with it. But, the whole reason for getting it was so that family could check out what is going on with us without having to have a facebook profile. Well, that obviously is NOT a problem anymore b/c it seems as though EVERYONE is getting one! Even so, we will still blog...

So CATCH UP TIME!

Bachelorette and Bachelor parties!

We will start with wedding festivities! The bachelorette and bachelor party were a blast. I had a lot of my good girlfirends at the bachelorette party and my Maid of Honor had us play BAR FOOTBALL! We all dressed in our best Texas Tech outfits and went from bar to bar. Each bar was a "Quarter" and each type of drink was worth so many points. To be quit honest....it all got really confusing after "pre-game" and "1st quarter". It was a blast and Court did an AWESOME job planning, best Maid of Honor ever! Bryan and his friends spent quit a memorable weekend on the lake. His dad even joined them for the late night! Needless to say, at the end of the night some of the guys woke up with permanent marker all over their face...Now, seeing as how they are guys, they didn't take any pictures, and if they did, they never made it to me. Bryan always seems to complain about me taking way too many pics, but he has stated he wished he had pics from that....so no more complaining every time I pull out that camera Bryan! Enjoy the pics of the bachelorette party!

Wedding Day!

September 13, 2008 came all way too fast! Before we knew it, it was time to tie the knot. The wedding turned out great! Everything we both could have imagined. I had all sorts of help setting up! Mom, Cammie, Grandma, my Aunt Debbie, and cousins Sarah and Katie. The actual day of wasn't hectic at all. Things all seemed to fall into place...that's probably b/c of all the help from families and my amazing bridesmaids. (Our programs had a typo in them and my bridesmaids didn't even tell me, they took care of it and got them reprinted at no cost for me! I love them!) About 200 people came, as expected, and I think for the most part all 200 had a great time. The dance floor was packed throughout the night and I'm pretty sure most of all of our guests drinks were also on the dance floor. Oh well, having fun is what matters right? One word of advice to friends who will be getting married in the near future.....enjoy EVERY min of the reception, it goes by WAY to fast!

Here are some pics!!

The honeymoon....Playa Del Carmen!

Well we got off to a rocky start for the honeymoon. Hurricane Ike was our worst enemy! He ran over Houston and caused all sorts of problems for not only people that live in Houston, but also for those individuals (Bryan and I included) who needed to stop through there. So the morning we were scheduled to leave, they canceled our flight....what a drag...we finally got rescheduled on another airline and had to drive to Amarillo to leave. We eventually got there and the first day was a blast! The next day Bryan came down with a horrible soar throat and bad fever. He was like that for the rest of the week until the very last day when he started feeling better. We got him some antibiotics at the hotel "doc". Scary...but they got him back to feeling well. The Royal, where we stayed, was beautiful and had everything honeymooners could want! We will try again another year...

Until next time,

The Turnbows

So the honeymoon.....