i made it

i made it!!! through the night that is at our house. no waking up at 1am to drive to someone else's house because i heard scary noisies. i did it and i am proud! i fell asleep just fine- a matter of fact Dave called me at about 11 to check on me because he had heard from me to say i was going to bed...and he woke me up. i did wake up around 2:30 and had a little trouble falling back asleep but i just reminded my self the Great Protector was watching over me.

i am excited because after i get off work today and Dave finishes up this job he is working on we are going to my parents to spend the night. we haven't spent a lot of time at my parent's house since we got married. we are going to pick up bellacino's (my dad's favorite) on the way there and tomorrow dad and Dave are are going golfing and me and my mom are going to hang out. fun times!

Struggles...

I love being married-everything about it I love...well except one thing that I had thought would be easy to adjust too but it hasn't been. With Dave being a fireman every 3rd day he is at the fire department for 24 hours. Some wives might count it a blessing to have 24 hours all to themselves, but my issue is I hate being alone at night. Being a scardy-cat is something I have dealt with since I was a small child. Since we've been married I am been making the 45 minute drive to my old roommate's house to stay with her...but that has got to stop. When I am at home alone at night I just don't sleep well at all. I am a light sleeper with Dave there...I practically don't sleep when he is gone. I know that fear is not from the Lord and I need to give it up. Please pray with me that I can overcome this fear! Tonight I am going to try and stay at the house by myself!

crazy busy weekend.

aaaaaaaaaah. i love the weekends. we got a lot done around the house. we took the shutters off the front of the house and painted them black. i took pics but i don't have my camera with me today at work. it looks awesome...much better than the washed-out hunter green color. i totally missed my friend amanda's baby shower...i thought the invitation said it started at 12...as i grabed if off the fridge on my way out the door at 11 i realized it said it was from 10-noon. i need to pay better attention! i bought dave a tree climber stand for hunting. we put it together friday afternoon and then he did a little demo so i could see how it works. he then wanted me to try it...not a good idea...i ended up about 10 feet in the air and then fell. tree climber stands aren't made for girls. oh and my favorite part of the weekend...saturday morning we sleep in a little bit...till 8:30- and then we went to waffle house. hmmm good. i love that place!

ready for weekend

I am so glad today is Thursday. I love weekends! (who doesn't?) I've got a lot going on this weekend tomorrow I am helping Dave clean a newly built house in the Cliffs, Saturday I have a baby shower for my sweet friend Amanda, Saturday night Dave and I have a birthday party to go to, Sunday I am going to my parent's church for pastor appreciation Sunday and then I am racing back to GVL for a lingerie shower for my dear friend Lindy who is getting married in 2 weeks! So far this month as already been packed with a fun weekend and the rest of the month is jam-packed with things to do! Below are a couple of pics (sorry they are so blurry I forgot my camera and these are from my phone) from the Michael Buble concert I went to last Saturday with my friend Sarah. We ate at an awesome new restaurant in downtown GVL called Stellar. They have awesome cheese fondue!

(Oh and just for the record the reason we look like we are so close is because we were...Sarah won 3rd row seats!!)

I (heart) Wednesdays!

I love Wednesdays!!! Mostly because Wednesdays are like Thursdays in my work week since I don't work Fridays! One more day! Yahoo! I am blessed to have a great job were I was able to set my own hours (I work from 7-4) and I don't work Fridays! I am the office manager at Dillard-Jones Builders, LLC. Lots of people have asked what do you do Jessica? Well alot- everything from collecting the money to paying it out to punchlist and walk-throughs to handling complaints or praises. There is rarely a dull moment. We build some awesome homes. Check out our website at http://www.dillardjones.com/.

Happy October

I can't believe it is already October. Its seems like I just got married last month...which would have been June. It is amazing how fast time flies! A couple of weekends ago Dave and I woke up at 5 in the morning to go meet some friends to drive to Columbia, SC so Dave and Mike could run in the US Marine Corp Mud Run.

Bad Blogger!

Ok- so I might should win the award of the worst blogger ever. I haven't blogged since May. I don't think there is anyway to catch everyone up! So instead of complete run down I will start fresh and give you the condensed version of my life over the past 4 months.

I planned a wedding in 3 months.

Married the most amazing man.

Experienced the Extreme Home Make-Over (TR-style).

Started a new job.

Those are the high points. I will try and post some pictures of the different things that have been going on. Dave and I are still trying to find a church home and can't quite decide were we want to settle down.

We started back with our Brookwood small group this fall! Man we love those guys! We are doing an awesome new study- One Month To Live (http://www.onemonthtolive.com/). Its a great book full of wonderful truths.

Well-its about time for lunch. My sweet husband made my lunch for me last night. :o)