Just Getting Started...

Well, Travis and I have been busy. This weekend we were able to spend all day Saturday together. We went to Home Depot and got the materials to build a dog house. That is right...we built a dog house! It is a pretty good looking one too! :) We have pictures, but Nikki decided to break my camera after I took a really cute picture of her in her new home! Ugh. I am going to take it in to get it looked at though. (It should be under warranty still.) Anyway, I have started painting the dog house and it just needs one more coat of paint and it is ready for her to live in! Yay!!

Sunday, we had friends over for hamburgers and to play some Hand and Foot (a really fun card game for those of you who didn't know). It was so much fun! It is amazing how one calm and relaxing weekend recharges you.

We had the people from Home Depot come out and measure the square footage of the bedrooms today, for new carpet. We should have new carpet within the next two weeks. After that...tile and wood floors!! Oh I love fixing up this house!

I am teaching again this week. We had a new class start at work yesterday. These are three week classes so I will be in the training classroom for 5 weeks straight (I went to camp for one week of the last class). I really do enjoy my work. It is fun to see the light bulbs go off in their heads sometimes! :)

Well, that is about all I have for now. I will posts pictures as soon as I get my camera fixed!

House Projects

So, now that we know I am allergic to dogs, our house projects have quickly become first priority. To improve my allergies, we first moved Nikki out of the bedroom (where we kept her kennel). She now sleeps out in the living room. Travis is actually planning to build her a dog house so that she will be more of an outside dog than inside. In the next week or so we are getting new carpet in all of the bedrooms (to get rid of the dog odors and such from when there were 3 big dogs livng here with the lady who we bought it from). In the next month (or so) we are going to tile the kitchen, guest bath and laundry room (to upgrade the house from the stained concrete floors that seem to never be rid of dog hair) and we are going to get hardwood floors for the rest of the living space. We are so excited about our projects and I am so excited to actuall be able to breathe! (I will be sure to update with pictures as we get these projects underway!)

I have a consultation with my Allergist on Friday afternoon to see what else we can do to avoid the allergens. The other things I am allergic to are mold, dust and cats. So, we are going to get new allergen filters for the vents and see if that helps some. I don't really want to go through any allergy treatments where I have to go in twice a week, just to get injected with the thing I'm allergic to. Scheduling would be so hard with the work that I do and it just doesn't seem pleasant at all! So, we are going to see what happens by just making some adjustments and taking some medicine. I am taking Singulair and I haven't seen a drastic difference yet, but it takes a couple of weeks to really kick in and I haven't been the best at taking it every night. We will see. I am just so tired of waking up, unable to breathe or open my eyes because they are stuck together! You think I'm exaggerating...just ask my husband! It is really bad...

Travis is out of town this week so my main project this week will be to clean this house from top to bottom as much as possible. I am not a very good duster...just because I never think to dust the blinds and on top of things (like fans). I always dust the tables, bookshelves and anything in view. I need to get better about dusting all the time and dusting everything!!

Alright, now that I have completely bored you with my allergies and the house plans...I am going to bed.

Allergies :(

Camp was awesome! My mind is completely fried so I will have to write more about camp later, but I do have some news.

I went to the Allergist today for my skin test. I am allergic to several things: mold, dust, cats and dogs. That is right...dogs!!!! I'm so mad!! Travis and I are having to consider some changes (NO...we are not getting rid of Nikki). We are going to build her a dog house and see how she does as a "mostly" outside dog and some major carpet cleaning (or replacing) to get rid of the hair already imbedded in our floors. Ugh! Oh well. I am willing to make some drastic changes in order to keep the dog and stay healthy.

I hope everyone had a great week! Have a wonderful weekend!

Update...

Travis and I went down to The Woodlands to celebrate Pop's (his dad) birthday this past weekend. It was so much fun! We got to spend time with Mark and Jenny (Travis' brother and his wife) and their son Tristan. He is 17 months old now and Jenny is expecting again! Yay!! :) We are all so excited to have a new addition!

This week has been a good one. My work is going well. God is sooo good! My boss called me in her office on Thursday (Travis' birthday) and told me that I got a raise!! It was so out of the blue. It couldn't have come at a better time for Travis and me. God is good!

For Travis' birthday I planned a surprise dinner for him at Macaroni Grill. He thought it was just a date for the two of us. When we got there we had several friends waiting for us. He was surprise! He told me that no one had ever done any "surprise" anything for his birthday before. It was great!

We are in Arlington tonight and head down to Whitney, TX for camp tomorrow. We will be there until Thursday night. This is the last weekend of travel for awhile. We can't wait to get a weekend at home! It seems we haven't stopped traveling since we got engaged!! ugh! But we are so excited for camp and can't wait for the campers to show up and start the week!

Please send up a prayer or two this week for all of the young hearts that will be there at camp for us to show God's love to.