The Boyfriend Jean

I have to say that the boyfriend jean isn't a trend that I thought much of until recently. I think (thought) it can look pretty sloppy, and I am not into sloppy (although you probably wouldn't think that if you saw me in my yoga pants on a daily basis.).

And then, I saw someone who pulled of the look perfectly. She looked adorable, and everything changed for me as far as the boyfriend jean.

What do you think?

On One Hand

On one hand, I am really excited because I feel like everything is really falling into place for our move.

Two weeks ago, we closed on our land near the farm. One week ago, we got an offer on our house. A day later I got a Facebook message from a builder who had heard we were building and was interested in doing our construction; I had never met this contractor (we have mutual friends), so his message was totally out of the blue.

I feel totally at peace with this move and that this is the direction that we are supposed to be going.

I am so excited about our house plan. I have been looking through every design magazine/blog under the sun dreaming of floors, countertops, furniture, and fixtures. I can't wait to plan everything out for our new house.

But.

On the other hand, I have started to get these little panicky feelings every once in a while. It will hit me suddenly that this move is real, that it is imminent.

Miss Priss and I had a conversation on the way to school the other day about how much she is going to miss her school next year.

I went on a walk along the waterfront and over the bridge one morning, and it occurred to me that I won't be seeing that beautiful view every morning soon; I had told myself when we moved here that I would never again take it for granted, but, in the almost-seven years since, I have.

We had our BFFs, my sister, brother, and their families over for dinner Saturday night, and I realized that it was probably the last time we will ever have people over in this house.

My uncle came into my office this morning to tell me that he had heard that we had sold the house and that he was sad to see us go, and my aunt called to tell me the same thing.

Little (and big) things keep making me sad, and I know it will only get worse as August approaches.

I know we are making the right decision to move, but that does not mean that it isn't going to be one of the hardest things that I have had to do. I love our life here -- but, then again, I hate our life here. If only we had a normal life here...

So, over the next few months, you will probably hear a lot of contradictory things from me -- excitement followed by terror; happiness followed by sadness.

I don't have a mental problem, I promise.

I'm just moving.

A List

1. Yesterday was one of those days where I just should have stayed in bed. It stunk.

2. I totally understand why they don't allow people to bring guns into government buildings. It is because the people in those buildings make it impossible for one to get anything done in said buildings, so one would be likely to take out one's gun and shoot someone just to make oneself feel better.

No, I am not a violent person. I was just on the verge of tears yesterday when it took me three tries to get into the courthouse with Bubba and Sassy; evidently we are very dangerous people with my cell phone and camera in tow. Once we finally got in the building I still could not get the certified copy of my marriage license that I needed because I didn't have exact change of five dollars.

And that is why I pay my taxes...

3. I have been making a lot of delicious smoothies lately, and I am going to give you some recipes soon. This time of year always makes me want smoothies.

4. I am starting tennis lessons tonight, and I started a Beginner Ashtanga class last Thursday. Both classes are in the evening, and both last an hour-and-a-half. By then end of both, I will be so skinny you won't be able to see me -- or at least my bandas will be happy.

5. My sister and I are taking the girls to their first concert this weekend. They are beyond excited. I can't wait to see their little faces! They have made posters and everything.

Okay, that's it...

Weekend Tidbits

Did y'all all have as dreary of a weekend as we did? Yuck, yuck, yuck.

The Farmer and I had a pretty productive weekend even with all the wet weather. We went to Supper Club in our new town on Friday. We have had the best time going to Supper Club for the past three months. Everyone has been really welcoming, and it seems that the chillens are going to have plenty of kids to play with out of the Supper Club group. Really, it fills me with relief! I am so not good at meeting new people, so this has helped me ease into our new social scene. And hopefully I can get the kids together with some of the other children before school starts so that they will at least recognize a few faces. For Miss Priss, this will be her fourth school in four years (and this is the first time we've moved!), and she is a lot like her mama, so I just worry about her.

The Farmer brought home a bunch of watermelon boxes, and we have spent a lot of time packing today. We filled up about a million boxes, and it seems that we haven't even made a dent in this house. It just goes to show how much junk a family of five can squeeze into a teeny tiny space. I have no clue how we will get it all out of here.

Wait...Packing?

Yes! We have a contract on our house! As my grandmother says, the Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we will close on June 2nd. I am beyond ecstatic, and I am praying that nothing will fall through. Will you pray that for us, too?

Our move will definitely come at an interesting time. We won't have started picking tomatoes yet, but we will be pretty darn close -- we will just be in that frenzy right beforehand where we are making sure we have all of our ducks in a row. The Farmer will be picking watermelons, but he will be at a little lull since it is right after Memorial Day. The kids and I will move to my in-laws' beach house for the summer while The Farmer will move to our farm house. In August, the kids and I will join The Farmer in the farm house while we wait for our house house to be built. So, on June 2nd our furniture will move to the farm house, but in the meantime we have to find somewhere to put the furniture that is in there now. All while both The Farmer and I are getting busier with work by the day!

Now, I am not complaining. I would much rather have this problem than not have this problem. It just gives us a lot of logistics to figure out.

I also spent a good portion of this dreary day cooking. Our book club/bunco group always does a sign-up for meals for any of our members who have new babies, and it seems our membership is popping out babies left and right these days. So, I decided to fix meals for everyone at once. I have been making Spinach Lasagna Rolls from Gina's Weight Watchers Recipes . They are really, really good, and I highly recommend them whether you are watching your weight or not! (I am also giving the new mommies brownies, so I am not hinting that they need to go ahead and start watching their weight...).

So, I am sure that is all information that you could have done without, but there you have it...I am nothing if not thorough. Here's to a lovely week!

Big Fun Was Had By All

A couple of weekends ago, my beautiful friend got married. It was a great because I got to get together with all of my best Clemson girlfriends/sorority sisters and their hubbies, and that is always a wild time.

(This was also when I fell down the stairs.)

Here some pictures from our weekend. The beautiful bride & groom:

All of us girls with the bride:

And then the craziness started:

And continued on into the night:

Gosh, I love those girls!

Currently Jamming

I LOVE One Republic, and I have been listening to this song on repeat lately. I love it -- and I really love rocking out to it in the car! So, if you happen to see me, just look the other way and pretend you don't know me...

I hope you're having a happy day. My parents and friends made it safely to Tel Aviv! Thanks for the travel prayers!

Two Things

I am off in a minute to Nanny's funeral, but I wanted to check in with two quick things today:

1. Today a big group of people from my church is heading to Israel (assuming they get to head on from New York -- dang volcanoes! They are en route to JFK now). This group includes our rector (I guess you would call him our head minister -- we're Episcopalian!), LP and The Minister, and my parents, as well as many other people I love. So, please take a moment to say a prayer for them, if you wouldn't mind!

2. Hop on over to my friend Jen's blog. She is celebrating her blog birthday this week, and I guest posted today. And, if you aren't already reading NOLA Girl, then you should be!

See you tomorrow! Smooches!