Finally, pictures of our new house!

DH & I went shopping Saturday & I told him I was unable to locate my usb cable to download pictures. So he bought me another one. And now, I can show pictures! Isn't it nice to be happy with the little things in life? :0)

Okay. On to the house. This is the front. The two small windows are the garage and the larger window on the right is the master bedroom.



The backyard with the deck.













My storage shed. I absolutely LOVE elephant ears & I couldn't believe it when there were so many of them growing around.


And for the last picture of the day, our orange tree. We actually have two of them. There were so many that Dane was using them as bowling balls!

I'm still unpacking and trying to get things organized. I have painted the kitchen and half of the master bedroom. But all of that will be for another day. Hope you enjoyed the tour :0)

Goal Journal

Last month, on my 38th birthday, I decided that there are still alot of things I want to do & time isn't waiting on me to do something about it. So I decided to make a Dream/Goal journal to write down what it is that I want. With the turning of 38, I realized that the big 4-0 is really close. So I will be keeping this going until January '09. Each month on the 12th (my birthday in 12-12) I will use one page to recap what I have done during the month to accomplish my goals and the other page will be a list of new goals. I'm trying to stay around 5 new ones each month. I feel that it's not too many and not too few. Some of the goals will take longer-Pay off our credit cards-while some can be done within the month-Complete cross-stitch "The Kiss". If you want to see all of mine so far, check out my list at 43 Things. And if you want to join me, I would love to have some buddies!

The card is actually from my grandparents-I'm so glad I could use it in this journal. I used watered down paints to make a wash for the pages. The rest are some stamps that I have.

NOTE: Not sure if you can read the title page.
Setting & Achieving Goals
1. Write them down. Make a list of ambitious & silly goals.

2. Must be measurable-Not too many & not too few.

3. Evaluate your goals regularly-add, edit, reward or remove at least a few goals.

4. Reward yourself & ask for support from family & friends.

Where, oh where, has my Bella Grace gone?

Hey ya'll!!! Did ya miss me? I will give a quick little run down of what's been going on since my last post.

December 22-SICK!! Had fever, chills

December 23-Dane is sick-fever of 102
December 24-decide not to go home to Alabama for Christmas because of sickness
December 25-Christmas-actually had a relaxing day doing nothing :0) Both Dane & myself are felling better , but I have a very bad cough
December 26-Drive to Mobile, AL to pick up my step-daughter who is flying in on the 27th. Did Christmas with family.
December 27-My step-daughter, Krystin, is here for a week
December 29- Close on new house!!!!
December 31-My best friend, Kimberly, and her husband & son arrived in town to spend the night with us on their way to Orlando for vacation. We went out to eat and then stayed up till midnight talking. It was really nice to see my friend.
January 1-met my sister-in-law at the half-way point between Tallahassee & Mobile. Krystin will be flying home tomorrow & she wanted to spend a day with her aunt.
January 11-my best friend Kimberly's birthday
January 16-My best friend Rachel's birthday
January 18-The ad for our rental came out today. I've been trying to get the other house ready to rent, DH hasn't had an off day in 5 weeks, so it's been alot of work. Hopefully, we will get some good news this weekend.

So that's a quick recap of my life for the last month. Somewhere in the move, my usb cable for my camera is lost, so I'm not able to post pic's of the new house. I'll get them up as soon as I can.

I have made a goals list for myself on 43 Things. I also have a journal that I'm working on. I'll see if I can get it scaned & posted for you. About the only thing I've done so far is read two books. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini & Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett. My goal is to read 24 books in 2007. Does anyone have any suggestions?