Have you guys seen this? This kid is amazing!

Youtube overload? NEVER!!! Watch out punk ass kid! haha

Have any of you seen this? Hysterical!

You sneeeeaky mom!

This was too funny not to share. Hope you enjoyed. Happy Saturday~

Hannah

Humpday!

It's finally here! Wednesday around my parts mean after work drinks at Hickory Tavern (1/2 price wine by the glass AND bottle). Needless to say my gal pals and I partake in this every week!

Fair warning-this post will be somewhat of useless ramblings...

I got my November Birchbox yesterday! It was amazing, as usual Only thing different this time, was I didn't immediately open it, I waited for the neighbor to come over and we opened it together (lame you say?) Oh no, you see my neighbor, E, doesn't get Birchbox and was curious about it so I texted her to walk on over and see for herself how awesome it is! This month I got green nail polish, teeth whitening, chocolate chipotle candy, perfume and lip gloss.

In other news, I feel like everyone is posting about their new favorite tv shows this fall so here are mine:

Of course I still watch Grey's, How I Met your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire and of course none other than Rachel Zoe! I know a lot of people are into Revenge and Pan Am-well this girl is not-not my glass of merlot.

On my last not so important note: I am totally suffering from seasonal allergies! I have never had them before moving to NC-must be all the pines-and this totally sucks! I cannot breathe through my nose and have an almost constant sneeze, ugh! Hopefully it gets better soon, I have too much to do to be worrying about this. Anyone else having this problem right now?

Happy day!

Hannah

What to say about Tuesday...

Except that it isn't Monday anymore and we are almost to Humpday! Thank the good Lord!

Not too much going on here, Saturday night I hosted a Scentsy party at my house for some of my best girlfriends / neighbors. Scentsy is my absolute favorite candle company! The hors d'oeurves consisted of warmed Hawaiian bread with spicy spinach artichoke dip, homemade jalapeño salsa, homemade pepper jelly (to be paired with cream cheese and Carr's crackers), lil sausages and mini eclairs. Of course an assortment of fine red wines for these fine ladies.

And all served on my favorite chalkboard dishes!

Note to self: take more pictures so i don't have to use lame internet ones as replicas.

That's all for today folks. More musings from me to follow soon.

Happy day after Monday!

Hannah

Charles David-need I say more?

So I received a Facebook notification that Charles David shoes are now available through the Gilt Groupe (well as of 9pm tonight). I am zoo in love with his line of the best leathers and suede! I think I have died and gone to shoe heaven!

glam!

haute boots!

for a lovely cause...

Tell me what you think about this amazing designer?!?!

The ABC's of little of ME!

I've seen this on some other blogs and thought it was a fun idea and great way to get to know each other a little better. So here goes about me:

A. Age: 28

B. Bed size: King

C. Chore that you hate: mowing the lawn, ugh it's always too hot!
D. Dogs: Nah
E. Essential start to your day: shower, has to be first otherwise I'm no good to anyone!

F. Favorite color: grey
G. Gold or Silver: Both, but my wedding set is platinum and it's my fav piece so...

H. Height: 5'3
I. Instruments you play: Nothing, I'm not musically inclined
J. Job title: nurse (Home Care Specialist)
K. Kids: none...as of now ;)
L. Live: NC
M. Mother’s name: Nancy

N. Nicknames: Han, Banana, Hinie (don't ask!), angel (my dad), HB, sissy
O. Overnight hospital stays: kidney stones and knee surgeries
P. Pet peeves: oh lord, how much time have you got? one uppers, 2 faced people, hearing people chew/drink, wrinkled clothes, dirty house, unorganized spaces, dirty cars, smokers...maybe I'll stop there ;)
Q. Quote from a movie: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." errs Bueller's Day Off
R. Right or left handed: Lefty

S. Siblings: Older sister and younger bother

T. Time you wake up: 6-6:30 EVERY DAY
U. Underwear: of course
V. Vegetable you hate: brussel sprouts, collard greens (gross!)
W. What makes you run late: I despise running late, I NEVER do.
X. X-Rays you’ve had: Teeth, chest-pneumonia, knee, pelvis
Y. Yummy food that you make: I don't cook very well, the hubs is amazing though--he makes the best spaghetti and anything he puts on the grill is guaranteed to be better than a restaurant
Z. Zoo animal: zebras-my mom always wanted to have a zebra

Did you hear?

Old Navy/GAP/Banana Republic had a 30% off sale on ALL items for 48 hours only! I hope you all took advantage of this as I did. I heard about it through Pretty in Pink Megan. So awesome! Here are some of the pieces I got:

BR madmen pumps-$120 and I got for $84--seriously!!

Old Navy Herringbone shorts (great for fall/winter with tights under)

Old Navy Red? coat (looks a bit coral to me though)

Old Navy seude boots (already on sale too-shut up-can't beat this price!)

Any awesome finds for any of you out there?

On another note-I'm sure you have heard that Steve Jobs died and I (as the rest of the world) am saddened by this. He was truly a revolutionary man of the digital age. RIP Steve.

Well hello again!

Sorry I have been MIA from blog world for over a month! Crazy, I know! I swear I have been zoo busy. We moved in to our house (see below for pics-I know I need to hang more stuff, soon I promise), we entertained my sister and brother-in-law, my brother-in-law and his wife, my in-laws, and all in different weeks. The hubs also deployed to Afghanistan (insert sad face). But the neighborhood hosted an awesome closing of the pool party where I met almost everyone. I'm sure I am missing all kinds of things to update you guys on, it will come to me slowly, but for now enjoy these pics!

front of my lovely home

back of the house

living room

dining room

love my kitchen (ordered a custom chalkboard for the desk area)

the hubs office (needs lots of work!)

my photos and some other bedrooms

the loft aka my tv lounge room

the master

master (hubs side) disregard the pillow under the bed ;)

master bath

Hope you enjoyed the pics! Promise not to neglect you for another month!

It's my birthday!

So today I become another year older, another year wiser and another year closer to 30! Yikes! I never thought I would be the type to be affected by a number but as it creeps up on me, I have to admit I am totally affected!!!

Interesting fact about my birthday...my brother and I are the same age for 8 days every year, confused yet? His birthday is Aug 21 (he turned 27) and mine is Aug 29 (I turned 28). So every year if you ask us between Aug 21 and Aug 29 how old we are, we are the same age but are not twins!

My sweetie took me to the lovely Ironwood Cafe in Southern Pines Sat night for my birthday and of course it was amazing. They give you the most delicious birthday treat... ice cream cupcake!

me and sweetie leaving for dinner

On other news, we are pretty much moved in. the only things left are hanging curtains and the office. Thank the lord! More to come later. Happy monday all! I think I'll hit the pool today and relax before heading back to work tomorrow!

Moving week is upon me!

we are doing our final walk through on Tuesday and closing/moving in on Friday and i am way too excited for words! of course this all means that the hubs and i have been packing away our clothes/shoes/pictures/etc. and he actually counted my shoes-i have 66 pair which i don't think is too bad but he sees it differently.

we have also patched and painted all the holes in the walls and put together a nice little box to take to goodwill.

fyi-if you have decals on your walls like i did, they come off easily but you can still see what was there afterwards, so you will need to paint over it! bummer, i know!

here are the final pics i have before we get all moved in--it has been raining here so i don't have any pics from this week =(

disregard my husband in the pic, hehe

Happy week all!

HDC

thursday already?

like every other girl out there in blogger world, i am obsessed with pinterest and shoes! so today i thought i would post some of my favorite new shoes for fall. esp since we all know the hubs and i move in to our new home next friday-yay-and i don't have any pics to post of that.

love this color, great for fall and suede...shut the front door!

blue suede with peacock clip

these are a must have for every girl!

perfect for a night out

taupe-i think i will wear these year round

last but not least, my fav and a timeless look...drool

i of course love my boots but this post is all about heels! what shoes are looking forward to sporting this fall? is everyone else ready for fall like i am?

HCD

no words can express

fair warning--this post might not make sense but i just need to get my thoughts out there.

not to be debbie downer, but life has been rough and i am more than ready for it to start getting better! one of my best friend's brother died on saturday (he was only 38 y/o) and the funeral was today. i have been to quite a few funerals in my day but this was rough! it was not expected, he was not sick, there was no accident or suicide, hopefully the autopsy will reveal something. i couldn't help but think how horrified i would be if it were my brother or sister as we are all very close. not to mention, the last funeral i went to was my step-dad's in 2005 and of course it brought back all the emotions of that. i tried my best to be strong for my friend "C" but really there is nothing anyone can do to make the pain go away.

on another note, my husband is deploying to the middle east shortly after we move into our new house and that totally has me freaked out! i know i should be used to this by now as he has been in the air force for 8 years now but since the announcement of the navy seals being killed last week i am terrified and don't know who to tell. it's not a normal occurrence for seals or for my husband's unit to be in "harms way" over there--by this i mean people usually don't know they are there. (hence why we don't state when/where they go and when they return.)

prayers are welcome and needed in nc!

now that i have all of that off my chest, here is what else has been going on with me since i neglected the blog world last week-my bad-

we do our final walk through on the house next tuesday (aug 16) and close that friday (aug 19), so excited for this! my sister and bro-in-law will be in monday the 20th to help us get settled in. i am scheduled to be off work from the 19th-29th which happens to be my 28th birthday! and my hubby surprised me with a new turquoise jpk purse that i love!

Sunday morning, rain is falling...

worst part about moving to our glorious new home...PACKING! ugh, i hate packing, although we have hired movers to pack up, move and set up our furniture-we are moving all of personal stuff. which unfortunately for me means a lot of clothes, shoes, pictures, and holiday stuff. since it has rained all day we decided to attack the attic and organize jeff's military stuff, our plethora of wires (who knew being a wireless home you needed so many wires?) my gift wrapping stuff and holiday stuff. not looking forward to taking pictures off the wall and repairing the holes, hopefully i will be asked not to help in that area =)

however, yesterday we had fun making one of our favorite recipes-oprah's mar-a-lago turkey burgers. yum! if you haven't had them before you have to make them, like now! they take a while to make but zoo worth it. we tend to cut the recipe in half and still have enough to make 6 burgers. click here for the recipe.

i also checked out another blog today and found this site, ideeli, check it out and sign up if you like to shop and who doesn't! you may have heard of it before, i have not, therefor i checked it out and thought i would add it. happy shopping all!

HCD

i'm lovin it!

i'm linking up with jame from this kind of love for my first...

i'm loving my husband (of course) he is sooo good to me and does an amazing job protecting this great country. not to mention he is quite the looker and i'm not biased am i? =)

he has such a love for his country, me, god, his family. he is the absolute best thing to happen to me, hands down!

the beau!

i am also loving the progress on our new home, should be moving in aug 22! this girl cannot wait! not to mention my sis and bro-in-law are making the 9 hour trip here to stay the week with us to get all moved in and we plan on showing them all this quant little spot in nc has to offer.

sis & bro-in-law

also lovin the new lia sophia fall line! check it out here

tunes of the week i'm lovin'...

try these out

maybe next year

san francisco

moves like jagger

last but certainly not least i'm loving all the teasers for the movie of the hunger games! i absolutely loved the books and cannot wait for the movie!

and remember what you cherish most, here is something i found on pinterest that suites my husband and me just fine!

HCD

DIY...

i have been itching to do some projects lately but like an addict weening myself away from DIY drugs (ha!) i am waiting until we get moved into the new house before starting any new "projects" in order to keep my husband's sanity. so my only way to keep my thoughts in order and remember what i actually want to do are to blog about them. so here are some ideas i have...

for the 3rd bedroom i would love to make a headboard, something like this would be too cute! found all of these (of course) on pinterest.

i also found this really cool chevron board w/ hooks. how cute would this be to hold your jacket, keys and what nots as you are coming and going out the door--love!

i also found these lovelies and who doesn't love a wreath? it is becoming more and more popular to hang them in your house instead of just on your front door (although i still love a beautiful front door decoration). these are so cute and it does't look too hard to make, check out the directions.

Source: mudpiesandmarigolds.blogspot.com via

Source: livingwithlindsay.com via

on another note, i know my last post(s) were kind of down and gloomy ~my apologies~ it seems everyone has been in a rut this past week. any who, i am out and won't let "the man" get me down, pinky promise. i have found some great music to listen to and a book to read ~thank the lord~ if you haven't heard these before check them out.

john legend "stay with you"

christina perri "arms"

kenny chesney "you and tequila"

i would link them on here but i'm running late for work, sorry my friends!

now i have 2 questions for you: what are your favorite diy projects and what are you listening to right now?

happy tuesday!

HDC

Monday again!

I had a very relaxing weekend and hope everyone else did as well! We lounged at the pool for a bit, did some shopping and had date night! I have to admit, I am not ready for the work week to start yet; can't I have 1 more day, please!

On another note, we went to see the progress on our home and actually took my camera this time! Here are some pics of the progress!

Ok ladies, off to work I go, this week we get flooring (tile and hardwoods) and hardi-plank on the exterior--weather permitting. Happy Monday!

HCD