I'm a big kid now!

It's official...I'm an adult!  I have been very, very busy the past week.  After 2 years of living in my house, I finally decided to step in my yard longer than the 15 seconds it takes me to go from my car to the house.  I got up Sunday, bought a shovel and a rake, and called my sister for assistance! 

                                                                     


My tools :)

She came over and we talked for awhile then headed to Nelson's farm for fruits and veggies.  What just happened?  We came back and realized we needed gloves so we headed to Walmart where I ended up buying a bunch of soil as well.  Three hours later we finally started digging up the front yard and an hour later I was OVER it!  So we came inside, cut up our fruits and veggies, and talked some more.  Needless to say we didn't get very far...BUT sister is a trooper for working all day while pregnant!

The next morning I went to school and was telling my friend/co-worker about our attempt and she said she would be happy to help.  So for the next 3 days she came over and we dug up the entire flower bed out front!




Before - This is after Sister and I tackled it for an hour...so actually this isn't too bad :)

 

After Day 2

 

Day 3 we laid the rocks down and Day 4 we bought plants! During this process by roommate, Jamie, re-screened the back patio and cleared out all the foreign animals (dead/alive) that I had accumulated over the years :)  I don't deal well with bugs, spiders, cob webs, etc.



All ready for rocks!



Added the rocks!
 

I am hoping to get this done tomorrow.  Although EVERYONE makes it a point to tell me...it's never done!  Yeah, I know I have a To Do List...DUH!   Sister has off tomorrow for her doctor's appointment (gender reveal) so I took a half day tomorrow to celebrate/work in the yard!  Actually starting to like this yard work stuff after seeing the fruits of my labor!  I'll post final pictures soon...I know the suspense will kill you this week ;)

On a more fun note I got to hang out with one my good friends from Tampa and his girlfriend Saturday night after work.  Sunday I went to Disney Live in West Palm.   Seven kids vs. four adults and no one got hurt!  I can't believe how many Disney songs I remember verbatim.  I totaly rocked "A Whole New World" and "Under the Sea"!  I wish I had some pictures, but the show was dark and I am rockin' an iPhone 3 until May 26!  #noflash

~Heather






Fast Forward

I am going to REALLY fast forward my life.  In the past seven years the following - what I consider major - events have occurred:

2006:  July - Started working at Tiki Bar

           August - Started my first year teaching 5th Grade at LWP
           December - Cole and I broke up

2007:  November - Cruise to the Bahamas

2008:  February - Bought my first car (nice little Valentine's Day present to myself)

           April - First Key West trip

           June - First time at Bonnarroo Music and Arts Festival

2009:  Clearly a blurr...I have no recolectoin of this year, but Sister got preggers

2010:  February - My nephew, Jaxen Heath Alexander, was born :)

           May - Got engaed
           October - Finally got an iPhone after swearing I wouldn't
           December - Bought a house

2011:  March - My grandma passed away - the only grandparent I knew :(
           May - Got UNengaged
           August - Started my first year teaching 6th Grade at SOMS

2012:  May - House flooded
           June/July - House remodel - CONSTRUCTION ZONE and still a work in progress

2013:  January - Cole came to visit, Sister got engaged and annouced 2nd pregnancy

I thought I'd leave the details to imagination!  It was hard enough remembering these things and some I would rather forget!

So now it's 2013!  I have a career, a second job, a house, 5 more payments on my car, and SINGLE - BUT not quite ready to mingle!!!  I'm thinking 2013 will be dedicated to my house, my friends, and doing fun things!   Not that you can't do fun things while in a relationship, but I've found there is a lot less discussion.  Life is so much easier while having to answer to no one.  Trust me, I totally  miss have a significant other for physical reasons but emotionally...NOT so much! 

In the words of John Mayer:
Nothing to do, nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one but me
And that's all I need
I'm perfectly lonely
Cuz I don' belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me

So here's to finding myself in 2013!

~Heather