~ October Beginnings ~

What a month October has been! So many things to do and so little time :)

So to start things off...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BARBOUR!!! It definitly was not an exciting birthday this year. We are trying to save every penny possible right now because the Seller accepted our offer on a townhome in downtown Atlanta!

This was definitly a lot more work then I remember our first house being. Maybe it's because I am handling every aspect of it, but man its stressful. Everything is a huge headache and you have to stay on top of everyone to make sure everything gets taken care of and nothing falls through the cracks. Plus, with a townhome/condo there are so many other things to worry about such as the HOA. The negotiation process was pretty entertaining if I do say so myself. We submited the offer and they countered. Well my husband didn't even want to counter so we just resubmitted our origional offer and said thats the best we could do and we left the offer on the table for the whole week. Well they didn't even take the whole week and they ended up taking our offer! I was super excited but Mr. Barbour was not. When they didn't take our first offer he started looking at other properties and started getting excited about those. Well needless to say he is now really excited which is pretty cute. Just the other day he was saying how he is already planning ideas of stuff he wants to do to the outdoor space. :)

So our closing is November 17th and time is flying by. It's already been two weeks since we made the offer and now only three until we close. I can not wait to get out of the apartment and into somewhere I can make my own again :)

Ups & Downs of September

There were definitly a lot of up and downs at the Barbour Shoppe in September. We live and we learn and hopefully make better choices in the future!

So lets start off with the ups! I have been very fusterated in my line of work for a couple of years now, so I finally bit the bullet, got some courage and I am FINALLY going back to school to be a nurse! I love learning about the body, helping and listening to people. I have been wanting to do this for so long now and it scared me to death to think of starting over. I've always felt like at this point in my life I should be established in my career and be pretty successful, but I'm not there and I think it is because I just do not like Accounting. Being miserable at a job you will never be on top because you do not care enough to change it you just end up doing what you have to to get by. So I am changing that and I am starting school in January! I should have went into the medical field in the first place, but I talked myself out of it because I was so good with numbers I went for finance instead. Oh well you live and you learn right? Just sometimes you learn the hard way :). Oh and as always Savannah Banana is doing great!

Now for some downs..... Mr. Barbour got stationed in SC and has been living there for three months now and I miss him like crazy! That man is my best friend. We talk everyday whether we have anything to say or not we just want to feel like we are in the same room together. Kind of dorky, but we even put the phones on speaker so we don't feel like we are on the phone. I love him :). He does try to come home every other weekend, but it always seems so far in between. Thats one of the prices you pay for being a military wife I guess. Luckily/hopefully he will be moving back in January so I am pretty excited about that.

On top of that we found out our septic tank system needs to be replaced, because the pipes in the yard are crushed.... This is horrible! Do you have any idea how much it costs to replace a septic system??? Try about $10,000! Talk about wiping out all of our plans we had.... and our savings. We had this great idea that we would buy a townhome for us to live in and also buy another rental property to hopefully get some additional income while we were both going to school. Well that plan went down the tube when the whole septic tank issue evolved. Hopefully October brings the Barbour Shoppe some better luck :)

~FRIENDSHIP~

So it's been a while. I am having a hard time thinking about things to write about, but here we go! So lately I have been reminiscing ALOT about a couple of the bestest friends I have ever had. Sometimes when you move around it is really hard to stay in touch with like you would really want to. Here are a couple of the best girls I know. This is my Kristen!

And this is my Jessica, I just recently talked with my girls for the first time in like six months (which is way to long)! Well... my Jess is having a baby!!! After trying for so long and thinking they wouldn't get the chance at being parents God answered their prayers! I sure wish I was there to be excited with her through all of this because it would definitly be a blast!

On top of that Kristens' birthday is in 10 days. I haven't seen her in two years now. We both moved to different states and we haven't been able to make it home at the same time!

Great friends are hard to come by, so take in all of the moments and make a memory.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I thought I would try my hand at making some homemade chocolate chip cookies. I have to say they turned out pretty good!




The first batch came out a little light, but the second batch was perfect. Hopefully the girls at work will enjoy because there are way to many for just us two!

The Barbour Shoppe

I have been intrigued for a while to start a blog. I have several friends who find a lot of great information as well as awesome friends in the blogger world. I thought it was about time I joined all the fun. Sit, back and read all about me at The Barbour Shoppe!

Enjoy!