Moody

I don't really have much to say tonight.  It's been a really long day and my to-do list still isn't complete.  Even if I ever tried to be a morning person, my life just requires me to be up too late to make that happen.  I get tired and grumpy way too early, like now, poor eric.  I don't know, I guess I just need routine...maybe once I'm married.

One exciting thing from today was that our invitations have made it to the shop where we ordered them and they have inspected and counted them and everything looks good.  Now we just need addresses and we'll get this suckers mailed :D

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~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Early bird :D

Figured I would start my blogging early today because I was up early today (shocker, right?)  Few things that have already crossed my mind (I've been up since 5:45...yuck)

• I really think I could be a morning person if I tried.  After all, when driving at 6 this morning, I did realize how peaceful and calm it is.  It's not that I'm not a morning person, its just that I must have a reason to drag myself out of my nice warm bed.  If the motivation isn't there, its not going to happen.  And a to-do list is not motivation for it can be accomplished when I'm wide awake in the middle of the night when it is also quite peaceful.
• My reason for being up this morning was that I was helping a friend out, getting her kid to the school bus on time.  I've done this on a few occasions and honestly, if/when I have kids, and if/when we must be somewhere like school or church by a certain time, I can only hope that my kids are as disciplined and have as great of a morning routine as this child.  She gets up as soon as I wake her up, she immediately starts getting ready, and she's ready in like 15 minutes!  I don't even do that good and I'm 21...sad, I know.  Anyhow, I'm just realizing the importance of routine (and wishing I had one!)
• Another embarrassing topic I must admit- my brain is facebook trained.  My thoughts happen in cute cliches because they usually end up as a facebook status at some point.  It really is quite sad!  Hopefully these 40 days will break me of this destructive thought process (okay, is it really that bad?)  After all, who really needs to know all this about me?  I don't think most of my friends really care that much!

Time to get on that to-do list since my day is already started :)

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~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

No facebook day 1

• this is my favorite song right now
• We got the official notice today that the sellers accepted our 2nd offer complete with the repair amendment and our close date is tentatively set for March 31st!  I'm so excited!!
• It's really not that hard to be off facebook.  I did kind of think that it would get me away from drama but the reality is that life is full of drama and you don't have to be on facebook to see it.
• I'm so ready to see Eric on Friday!  Only four jobs and two nights of sleep stand between me and him!  I'm so thankful to have a whole weekend to spend with him.
• I started a Beth Moore Bible Study today- Breaking Free (the updated edition).  I'm doing it with my mom's church group on Monday nights.  I missed this Monday night because I had kids so she brought the dvd home so I could watch it.  I'm so excited!  Starting this and giving up facebook on the same day....coincidence?  I think not :)
• We are talking about spiritual gifts on Wednesday nights this month.  I'm aware that one of my gifts is service and another is mercy.  Does this mean that I will always be someone that never says no?  I just can't do it!  If I can do something to help someone or make someone's life easier or anything like that, I can't so no!  Unfortunately, this often leads to me getting taken advantage of and I know the easy answer would be to say no, but I just can't!  HELP!

I think this is all for now :)

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~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

ashamed

i truly am ashamed to admit this but its the truth. i woke up this morning and was reading peoples post on facebook about giving things up for lent. Now i dont necessarily observe lent but i think its a good time to challenge yourself. So i began thinking what i could give up and the first thing that came to mind was facebook because thats probably my biggest addiction right now. But i quickly shut down that idea. After all, it would be really hard to do. So i thought of other ideas that would be easier such as giving up fast food or caffiene or something like that. I quickly realized that i was defeating the purpose of this whole thing. If i didnt give up something that really meant some thing to me, it would be pointless and definitely not a challenge. So i did it, i made the decision to give up facebook for 40 days.

In other news, we are anxiously awaiting either the acceptance or counter-offer on our house. I am really hoping we hear something today!

I suppose that is all for now :) due to giving up facebook, i will probably be updating my blog more lol

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~the future mrs eric morgan :D

Good news :D

I praise God that He is in control.  I'll admit that I was a little worried about the house but I knew that if I would just turn it over to God and not worry, it would all work out, and it has!  We got the report from the roofer today and he said that there's only around $300 dollars worth of damages and that its a 20-year roof and it should still have 7-8 years left on it!  With that report, our realtor (laura), added those damages to the amendment she had already written up covering repairs we wanted done before closing and we're asking for $1000 basically to add to the fund to replace the roof in 7-8 years.  That was sent to the sellers today and we now wait for either an agreement or counter-offer.  We also heard from the lender asking if we wanted them to go ahead with the appraisal and we said yes since its not looking like anything will be stopping us from buying the house at this point.  Also got an estimate on home-owners insurance.  I was kind of having a down day, but hearing all this from Eric really made my day!!  Next time I'm in Texas, I will be taking my own pictures to show y'all the house :D

In other news, Eric will most likely be here this weekend!!!  He wasn't supposed to be until next weekend but that was reaching the three week mark of not seeing each other and after talking today, we decided that it was going to be horrible to wait that long (although not impossible if necessary).  This also really made my day.  I miss him terribly!!

I suppose that's about all that needs to be said.  I hope everyone had a great day.  Please continue to keep the Africa group in your prayers.  The last update I received was that they had made it to their first stop in Africa but I believe they still had more flying after that.

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The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D

Time for an update :)

Since my last major post was about the house, I will start there.  We have worked with our realtor to write an amendment to our contract that includes the repairs of some of the major stuff needing fixed on the house according to the inspection.  The biggest was the roof and we are still waiting on an estimate.  Once we get the estimate, we will finish the amendment and send it to the sellers and wait to see what happens.  Please pray that everything works out with the roof inspection for the estimate.  Today is the 6th and we only have till the 9th to amend our contract.  It's a little bit stressful but I just keep reminding myself that God is in control and if this is our house that we're supposed to start our new life and family in, then it will all work out!

As for wedding stuff, this week will be fun.  I get to go pay off my dress and the photographer!  I'm reaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy excited to get to bring my dress home!  I can try it on occasionally (or every day) hehe!  Not this next weekend, but the one after that, we get to take engagement pictures which I am definitely excited for!  I'm really starting to get down the "smaller stuff" and details of the actual day.  I would like to say thank you to everyone that has, is, and will be helping me.  You are all amazing.

I would like to ask prayer for my very dear friends, Michelle Downs, Bobbi Mills, and Cherry Mills.  They will be leaving tomorrow morning to go to Africa for two weeks on a mission trip.  It will be a long trip to travel and be away from their families so please keep them and the people they will be reaching out to in your prayers!

I have got to be up insanely early in the morning but I'm up waiting for Eric to get home so I can talk to him for a little bit.  Yeah, I just love him that much.

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~The Future mrs Eric morgan :D

21

I've finally reached the magic number of 21...and honestly, it feels no different than being 20 yesterday haha.

I must say though that this has been an amazing birthday.  I got to celebrate it first with my amazing fiance last weekend.  Dinner at Johnny Carino's, went to see Hall Pass, and we found a house!  Then today, I celebrated with my family.  Had lunch at Red Lobster with Mom, Keigan, and Pastor Mack.  Mom made spaghetti (my favorite) for dinner and pina coladas (and yes, the real ones haha).  I didn't really care too much for it, but hey, i enjoyed a first drink for my 21st birthday.  tradition or something right :)  I got a ton of facebook messages, texts, and calls today from my amazing friends and family.  Everyone really made this day special.  Thanks guys!

Wedding stuff:  they've accepted our offer on the house.  We've met with both the realtor and lender and having the process moving along.  We're having the inspection done Thursday.  Our approximate closing date in March 31st!  I am so insanely excited!!

I need to get some sleep now.  Gotta be up at 5:30 to get back to the gym tomorrow!

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~The Future Mrs. Eric Morgan :D  (15 weeks and 3 days!!)