Guess whose back!

Hello everyone! I’m sorry that I have neglected to write anything for several months… I guess it didn’t really dawn on me how long it had been since I last written until my mother called me. Apparently she thought there was something wrong with her computer since nothing new was coming up.

Well, lots has happened within the past 3 months. Scott and I bought a house (I’m sure everyone is well aware of that). We got the house I last blogged about. We have been trying to customize it to out liking and it has been more work than I think either of us anticipated. Apparently one of us thought it would be a grand idea to rip wall paper down from all the rooms that had it….easier said than done. I think we all know who that person was…haha it was me. This is our first home so it’ll take time. As of right now we do have one room completed and that’s our half bathroom.

This is without the wallpaper and with it being re-mudded

The ugly mirror that was once in the bathroom

This is one of many tiling spacers stuck to my leg.

Laying tile down….ourselves

This bathroom was a definite learning process for both Scott and I. We were able to get most of the basics done but thankfully Scott’s parents came into town and helped us finish our project.

Ta-dah!…..

Next project it our bedroom. Most of the major stuff is complete… I just need to put together some seat cushions and decorate. I will hopefully have it completed by tomorrow. Which may mean another blog. :-) We also got our backyard pretty much furnished:

And just to briefly catch everyone up on what’s going on. Scott and I just recently had our housewarming party/luau, which his parents flew down for. There they are, the beautiful Mrs. Connie Young and Sir Billington…oh, and that’s Greg

The most recent news was my trip to Ohio to do wedding planning. My maid of honor Andrea flew from Portland, OR…to which everyone in Ohio calls Ore-gone (hehe). With the help of Scott’s mom, we were able to accomplish a lot; wedding cake, bridesmaid dresses, flowers, finalized on my dress, centerpiece arrangements…and a bunch of other ideas. yay! only 304 more days left….better get started on my cranes again.

This is kind of a mumble-jumble blog…..I guess there’s just too much time that has gone by since I last blogged so I just had to highlight on everything. In conclusion-some pics from the housewarming party

Scott jumping through a tube and Mr. Porkchop looking concerned in the distance:

a high-fiving porkchop:

Me, Natalie, & Michelle

Nope, the bedroom isn’t complete

I was hoping to have pictures of the master bedroom but it’s not complete…. I started on the cushions today but once again I wasn’t anticipating how complex it would be. First I had to measure everything out and create a pattern and then sit there and cut stuff down to size. making these cushions would be 10 times easier if they were just simple plan rectangles/squares but there not, they have to fit around a stupid pillar. So this maybe an ongoing project.

The reason for this blog was just because I forgot to share something awesome in my last blog. When I got home from Ohio I was greeted with probably one of the nicest/sweetest things Scott has every done….which is tough to top. When I got home from Ohio I proceeded to the closet to change out of my travel clothes and there it was, a completely organized closet!

Scott and I still had some clothes in boxes and a mess of a closet when I left for Ohio. He organized all of my dresses together, work clothes, skirts, t-shirts, tank tops, shoes, even the dresser (which was empty when I left) was organized. Everything had a place and everything was in it’s place. Sigh, I’m so lucky!

Going out of town made me realize 2 things… I have the best fiancé ever and that maybe I should go out of town more often…haha

Things like this mean so much more to me than anything someone could have bought (aside from porkchop…he was a pretty awesome purchase).

We're putting an offer on a house!!

First off, HAPPY EASTER everyone! :-) Scott and I went house hunting yesterday and we decided that, that previous house I raved about was too done up and that we wouldn’t be able to personalize it. I guess it also helped that it’s no longer on the market. We did find a house that has a HUGE lot and we’re going to be putting an offer on it. Cross your fingers! The house needs some TLC and some updating.

I’m excited to find our house….the next step in Scott and Sabrina’s lives

Just being silly! hehe We’re on our way!

This is obviously the front of the house. You can’t really tell but it needs a fresh coat of paint and we are thinking about painting the door black and change the gold door knob to silver.


The backyard is huge and has a nice pool…it’s missing a little tile around the pool but nothing major (not that we know of yet)


This is the front entrance. I’m not a huge fan of the tile or foyer but you can’t beat the room it opens up to. Huge living room/dining room


2nd living room on bottom floor, kitchen is on the right, master bedroom, garage and 1/2 bathroom is on the left. I don’t like the fire place or mantle and would want to paint it (the fireplace) and add crown molding later on. Oh and the door that leads to the backyard is visible in this picture.

Kitchen and another view of the fireplace. I loooove that kitchen island…could easily be used as a buffet table.


Kitchen has lots of potential. I needed a big Kitchen and this is a perfect template for one. We want to get rid of the wallpaper and that green tile…we might eventually stain the cabinets darker and get new counter tops.


Breakfast nook, and more wallpaper…haha I love this space, I wanted to build rounded bench seating to go around the window…but Scott isn’t a huge fan of that idea.


This is the master bedroom. I love the window seating area and plan to make cushions and pillows to fill that area. I would also like to paint this room a very soft blue.


This is another living room space…yes this house is big and I don’t know what I’ going to do with all of this space. On the left there’s three bedrooms, the bathroom is right next to the stairway, there’s closet space on the right and an additional bedroom on the right.

PORKCHOP’s ROOM!! haha yeah, we will probably paint this room and this may end up being my craft room. Or a small guestroom.

We don’t have pictures of the room nor bathrooms. All of the bathrooms need updating and I’m not a fan of the vynil flooring in them.

This is the lot it sits on…as you can see there’s plenty of room for Porkchop to run around annnd grass for Scott to mow ;-)

Other than our house hunting we also took Porkchop to the puppy park last week

Porkchop decided to dig a hole while he was at the park…lol in the car on the ride home.

Someone needs a bath! Our little Scruffy puppers

Porkchop positioned the stuffed dog like this. Porkchop hiding..lol he never ceases to amaze us!

To end this blog I’m leaving y’all with my new favorite cow commercial

I love Westies

This semester I am taking Art Appreciation (my least favorite class) and on our test we have to know about this one 43’ sculpture by Jeff Koons called Puppy. This sculpture is made out of flowers and just so happens to be a West Highland Terrier.

New York photo from http://aterrier.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/jeff-koons-puppy/

Porkchop is a Su Chef

So, after looking at several houses on Saturday there’s one we really like. The only thing that we didn’t find too appealing was the back yard. We are really wanting a house with a pool and a decent size backyard (for Porkchop). You really can get a lot for your money in the DFW area so we figured if were going to get a house, why not one with a pool. You can get pretty much the same size house without at a pool as you can for one with a pool. So without further ado here is the house we really like:

Front of the house. You can’t see it but there are a bunch of garden gnomes in the front lawn. If we buy this house I think we may ask the owner for the gnomes…haha jk The dinning room which has french doors that that open to the living room.Living room, on the left from the entranceKitchen, one thing I love and another thing you can’t see is the kitchen cabinet knobs. They’re flatware; forks, spoons, and knifes- I was like “awe, I want this house just for the cabinet knobs…haha. Family room which is open to the kitchenMaster bathroomDownstairs half bathroomGuest bathroom. Very spacious for a guest bathroom and has room for multiple people to brush they’re teeth together Backyard, has a porch that you can’t see and a swing set. Yes, there’s a pool but it’s not very deep, it’s described as a play pool and as you can see there’s not much grass for Porkchop.

Also if anyone would like to take a virtual tour here’s a link virtual tour.

We should be looking at some more houses this week, I will be sure to keep everybody posted on how that goes.

On the last blog I tried to plug in a comment box and it didn’t turn out very well. I will be searching for comment boxes to post on here, I haven’t come across any that will work, I may just have to script my own box.

Now onto the main event of this blog, PORKCHOP! So Mr. Porkchop is pretty much our child if y’all hadn’t noticed. Today he helped me make dinner. Porkchop is quite possibly the best dog in the entire world. Here are some pictures of him being my little Su Chef.

cutest dog ever

Porkchop likes bell peppers-he pretty much likes anything

We also video tapped Porkchop, but it’s not another training video…it’s of Porkchop chasing the cursor on the tv.