The Inevitable Post

Well...I suppose it's time. For the post. You know.

The "how are you holding up in Florida all by your lonesome with no one except Dan in a brand new house with a brand new car" post.

And the answer, is I'm doing wonderful! ... Now.

It was really rough in the beginning for me. Moving into a house MUCH smaller than the one we had in GA, that house not feeling like home for a month, not having a car, and feeling like I'm not doing anything that will make a difference were all really hard for me. I was okay, because I am well aware we are in one of the best apartment complexes in Melbourne for our price range, I managed to keep myself busy around the house, and Dan is wonderful. (So wonderful, in fact, I think I have to write a blog post about him someday...) But the hardest thing is it just didn't feel like we fit in.

Both Dan and I have a lot of personality. Therefore, we have a hard time getting along with people who, shall we say.... don't. I, more than Dan, have a hard time with being friendly to people I see as fake. Dan can pretty much be friendly to anyone. I on the other hand, not so much, which is pretty snobby, but with much Bible and Jesus, I think I'm getting better.

Now, we've met people. Who DO have personality. And it's much more awesome than meeting people who don't. Like... a starbucks compared to shoveling cow manure, more awesome. And the people we've met are pretty awesome in themselves. As a matter of fact, we're stacked busy tonight! We've been invited over to our friends John and Mandi's house for game night, AND with the pastor's 6 kids to play volleyball in the church gym. (Meanwhile poor Dan got up at three this morning to go to work, and as I type is sleeping quite soundly in his room). We're being showered with love.

Now, I also have a car, which makes me feel better about just about everything, and I feel much better about my purpose in life right now. It's been quite the lesson in learning what God's will for me is, especially since I came here 'guns blazin'" with the idea that I needed to get a job right away. Obviously that wasn't God's plan, because here I am, perfectly happy and content having a clean house and being here when Dan comes home, so I can peek around the bedroom door and run towards him, and we can play our daily round of tag as he runs away from me. The little booger.

So, yes. I am doing wonderful. It wasn't always that way here, but I do enjoy Florida, the beach, the lake in my apartment complex, and the workout room. But honestly, most of all, I love being with Dan, being his wife, and the two of us growing together. That's what makes home, home, anyway, right?

Mmmhhmm, I think so. :)

The future colors of the Dashlee home

Well, obviously I can't paint an apartment. Well...I can, it would just be useless.

ANYWAY...I'm inspired. When we get a house down here when our house sells, these are the colors you will see when you come visit us. Notice the when, and that it is not an 'if.' :)

The camera distorts the colors a little bit, but you'll get the general idea.

This is the living room. The walls will be grayish blue, and the accents will be cream, crimson, and black.

This will be the master bedroom colors. The camera really did not pic up the green color well, it's a much softer jade color. That jade color will be on the walls (maybe not all of them, I haven't decided whether to do an accent wall or not). The accent colors will be crimson (like our bed cover), black, and cream.

These are the Master bathroom colors. Probably my favorite color panel besides the living room, and I can see myself changing this to the master bedroom on 'accident.' The walls will be the cream color, and the accents will be chocolate and both these blues. The theme is 'modern circles.'

This will be the guest bathroom....BAD camera. I tried to tweak it on photoshop but alas, it was useless. The walls will be the coffee color, which is alot more tan and alot less yellow than the picture. The accents will be chocolate and a very warm teal color. NOT green. :)

And, again, one of my favorites...the walls will be the same color as the guest bathroom, the coffee color. And the accents will be cream and chocolate, and a tiny little bit of burnt orange. Just a TINY bit.

The kitchen and the dining room I couldn't show you because one of the colors is metallic. Spicy, I know, but I think it'll look good. I'm going to paint a burnt red on the walls, and then sponge a metallic copper over it. Gives it a very textured look and goes perfectly with the theme I picked for pictures; black and white cities. Our dishes are black and white, so I need pictures to match them. ;) Plus....anyone can take good black and white pictures.

If anyone has experience decorating in a modern style...throw it at me. I love the way it looks, I just don't have ANY experience with it. I grew up country...very different than modern, so it's making it quite a challenge for me to come up with accessories that match the color scheme.

Now for a nice cup of hot green tea.

Meet Veronica

The very, VERY expensive Veronica.

Turns out she wasn't exactly as cheap as we thought she was. However, we're still getting a good deal on her. She runs good, especially now that we just poured 700 bucks into her to get the water pump and the coolant system working correctly. Now, all she needs are brakes! ...and a ball joint, and the A/C needs replaced, and a new steering wheel cover. But we can baby step all that, and for now, she'll get me to and fro.

Plus...she's DANG sexy.

SO! Meet Veronica!




Hopefully, I will have many more stories to share that involve Veronica...I don't like to pour money into something and then have it go bonkers on me ;)

Special Things...

There are a lot of things I find special to me. Like my Bible Dan got me this last weekend. My husband. My family. My new couches that I like to take naps and read my Bible on. My kitties, and my gecko babies outside (So far there's Laura, who hangs out in our porch lamp, Mongo, the bronco gecko, and several others who live in the bushes, like George, Hubert, Liam, and Nelson).

But... I really like fancy dates. They're pretty special. Like the one me and Dan went on yesterday! Dan got to come home early at around lunch time, so that was nice. We pretty much hung out and got groceries. Then Dan was tired from early P.T. so I decided to let him nap, while I watched a show I recently found out I love: 4 Weddings.

When Dan woke up we decided it was time to get dressed. SO I started getting dressed, but Dan said "Let's not get dressed until the very end so it's a surprise." I thought that would be fun...so off I went to do my makeup (fard, as Dan calls it), hair, etc, and Dan sprayed on his cologne. That I LOVE. It reminds me of the first time I hugged him at the airport, the VERY first time I saw him in person as a couple. Mhhhmm.

Finally, we were all dressed, so I said "Are you ready?" and he said "As ready as I'll ever be!" So I came out of the bathroom and he came out of the bedroom, and we stared at each other and our mouths dropped. He had the butt of a god, and I had the figure of a greek goddess...or something. So then we got in the car, and went to TEXAS ROADHOUSE!

Nobody knows the goodness of a steak until they have a texas roadhouse steak. It's the only thing I've seriously wondered if it will be in Heaven. So we ate. And ate. And ate some more. We ate. Alot.

And then, we drove back to Ross. My favorite clothing store, and the one here is HUGHNORMOUS. Gihormough. And I love it.

Anyway, without further delay....here are pictures for you to enjoy. :) They are in backwards order, because...because that's how they uploaded. And I don't know how to fix it.










Moral of the story: I love my husband. And dates are important, even when you've only been married for six months. And, since tonight is my parents date for their 21st anniversary, they obviously are when you're old, too.

Just Kidding. LOVE YOU MOM! :)

The Hovel

I *think* I am beginning to feel somewhat at home here. I always used to laugh at my mom when she would say she never wanted to move again because it's like a little birdie having her nest torn apart. Ahem...it's NOT FUNNY!
So, here are the pictures of my new home. Finally fully furnished, pictures all hung up, the only thing missing: curtains. But those are expensive. They'll have to wait.

My poor, poor kitchen.

The Guest Bathroom

The Welcoming Guest Bedroom

Complete with Miniature Library

The living room and family room, from the kitchen

Dan and his usually wonderfully delicious self

The kitchen from the living room

We have a lot of people over, so we decided we need a lot of places for people to sit!

Well, that's not all of it, but that's most of it. :) I do want to say that I do NOT own pink couches, I own deep, dark, red, wonderful couches. Not pink couches. Also, I'm about to go make some Salmon, salad, and garlic bread for dinner tonight.