New couch!!

Lukas and I have been tossing around the idea of a new couch. We had a few hand-me down couches that we had our pick from.. but we decided to go with something new! We shopped around for a few weeks. I think i sat on more couches these past 2 weeks then ever before in my life! But we both agreed on this one:

We also decided to go with some new end tables and a coffee table. We found these ones at the same place we bought our couch. We actually got them for a really good deal because they had marked them worng. We got them about 100$ cheaper! Sweet.


We are getting excited. Fingers crossed we are still moving in on the 10th!!

lyss :)

First Real Purchase

Luke and i made our first real purchase for our house. (besides the "Merry Christmas" decoration for our door). We bought 16 boxes of flooring. Luke and I are going to rip out the carpet in the dinning room and office and lay flooring. We are also putting the same flooring in our kitchen.

Before we move in anything, we are scrubbing down the house, laying the flooring, and painting.

For the kitchen, we are not doing much besides the floor.

The dining room is going to get a neutral color on the wall. (tan-ish color more than likely)

The living room we are leaning towards a green/brown/ with pops of blue. This is still in the planning stage. (it depends on if we decide to get a new couch or not) Here are some pics that i like:



Our bedoom is blue and brown. Luke had bought a really nice bedding set when he moved to Harrisburg so we are going to stick with that for a while. I think we are going to do 3 walls blue and 1 wall brown.

The guest room is going to be random for now.

The office is Luke's baby. He can do with it what he wants. The only rule is that i have to have some space in there for me to do my work too.

The upstairs bathroom is somewhat up in the air for now.

lyss :)

October Activities / party

graveyard cake

popcorn hands

yummy food!

Cctober poems!

did you know ALL pumpkins float!

Red ribbon week!

i love fall and i am so sad its over!

lyss :)

House Details

The down low on the house situation.

So after deciding that the little green house was not for us, i was set on slowing down on the house hunting. But my mom found this cute white house 2 blocks from our house. We decided that we would go walk through it... however my step dad was in NY for work and i wanted him to be there...but we decided to walk through on a Monday without him. We loved it. It was bigger than the green house and less expensive. There were very few things we did not like. (yes it needs some cosmetic work). The next morning our Realtor texted Luke and informed him that there was another offer on the table. Actually that the buyer and sellers have been going back and forth for a week and if we wanted any chance at this house we had to act.. and act fast. That day.. yes.. less than 24 hrs after seeing the house and only sending pictures to my step dad, we put an offer on the house. We decided that we would put in our best and final offer. Later that afternoon, the sellers accepted our offer.

My initial reaction was "im gonna vom" It was overwhelming. But after it all sunk in excitement started to set in. A fews days later my step dad got to walk through the house and we got his approval.

This week is a big week. Meeting with the bank tomorrow and home inspection on thursday. I hope all comes back well. I am not a person who likes to jump through hoops and work through red tape... and i know its only the beginning... and its not going to be smooth sailing..but i can only wish.

lyss :)