Good Things Come To Those Who Wait...

As we speak our new furniture is being delivered...yes we finally got moved into our house! I promise as soon as everything is decorated and looking beautifully I will post pictures! Currently we still have boxes ALL over the garage, hidden in closets and in my car! However, everything is coming together rather nicely! What a joy it has been to have Mr.Queen Bee home this week to help out and enjoy his company! Tonight I am making potato soup, and we are going to SIT and ENJOY ourselves in our new home for the first night! I cannot wait, it is going to most fabulous!

Stay tuned for pictures....XOXO <3

Falling into Friday

Pumpkin Spice Latte in hand, leggings as part of my Friday attire, and freshly painted fall fingernails; I am officially falling into Friday!

Growing up I thought summer was the only season that mattered. However, the older I get the more I fall completely and totally in love with Autumn! Changing leaves are charismatic to me, in the way that they change so elegantly before falling to the ground. I adore pumpkins and how you can decorate with them, enjoy them in a tasty dessert, and even bake the seeds that fill them! I like breaking out my crock pot for the fall season to enjoy homemade soups, after it has been in hibernation all summer. Plus, I love thinking that in a few short months my loving Fiance will have a couple "off months" from traveling and our whirlwind life will calm down enough for us to spend more than 2 evenings together every week. With all that said, I am totally loving the high of 64 that is to occur today in Charlotte, and I hope the fall weather sticks around until December, now that'd be fabulous!

Pretty Fall Nails

To Die For Pumpkin Spice Latte

Lovely Changing Leaves

One Of My Fall Decor Purchases, I May Not Be A Hancock Yet But Oh Well!

Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.  ~George Elio

In Case Any Of You Were Wondering..

My life is a complete whirlwind tragedy right now..WHEW! Over the last 2 weeks, Mr.Queen Bee & I  have been told multiple times that we would be closing on our new home...have we closed yet? NOPE! Meaning I am living out of boxes, bags, a half empty house and sleeping in our spare bed! Also, on a side note...the spare bed is NOT comfy, so sorry to all of our family & friends who have slept there. It will certainly need to be updated when we do move, hopefully on Monday.

Not that I am getting my hopes up, AT ALL. But, hopefully Monday will be the day we close and everyone we have paid to make this happen will actually follow through on the jobs they are supposed to be good at.

On the other hand, coaching cheerleading in the mix of all this has been a great experience! I had about 25 kids on Tuesday night, in one class! Talk about chaos, but loving chaos! On Wednesday, I had only 5 of my competition kids. However, with only 5 kids we focused on what they needed to focus on separately and I even had a parent tell me how great I am with the kids..LOVED hearing that!

I think that is a decent catch up post..love you all <3

365 Days Of...

Lets preface this post by saying, I am totally uncontrollably addicted to shopping. While purchasing a house and planning a wedding, shopping has officially been put on the back burner. Honestly, would I prefer a new wardrobe over marrying my best friend or buying our first house, I guess not. But, that doesn't mean this whole transition is easy, nor is it being taken lightly. I am pretty certain I am going into shopping withdrawals...with that said I have decided to embark on a clothing journey. I plan to wear a different outfit every day for 365 days! This isn't to say I won't purchase a single thing, but I am hoping that it will prove a point to myself, that I have enough stuff to make it work and I can live without new stuff constantly while saving money of course.

The plan? Start with every single item in my closet/dresser/spinny closet gadget. Once a shirt/dress/skirt/pant is worn it will be "retired" and moved into another closet until I have officially worn every piece of clothing I own. Ready to embark on a new journey, starting tomorrow morning. Hope you all follow along & encourage me during this journey..I am certain Mr.Queen Bee will be very appreciative! XOXOX <3

Lowes & Vegan Stories, that's an interesting combo!

You know you've officially grown up when Lowes Home Improvement becomes your favorite place to spend Thursday date nights, HA! Yes, this was Brian and I last night, at 9PM wandering around Lowes to find paint, ceiling fans, kitchen valances, washer and dryer plus 1 million other things that our new house will need! Talk about expensive...whew!

On a different note, a little comedy from a recent vegetarian/vegan! Mr.Queen Bee and I decided to do mexican for dinner, a interesting feat for a vegan! I ordered what I thought was pretty simple, a "quesadilla" with peppers, onions and a side of guac...well after a strange look by waitress #1, we were approached by waitress #2 to inform me that couldn't be done? So I ended up with sides of EVERYTHING, a side of peppers, a side of onions, tortillas and a side of guac, necessary I think not? Plus, our waitress seemed to look at me for the rest of evening as if I were an alien and very high maintenance, ha! We even had 2 managers come to make sure everything was okay! While this is quite entertaining, so were the other 2 occasions where I ordered salads without chicken and got back "ha, why?" and "are you serious?" Just as an FYI that is NOT okay for all of your restaurant workers out there, come on now people!

But, enough ranting! I am officially on week 3 of being a vegetarian come Saturday and i LOVE it, glad I started this journey..pushing myself more and more each day to be completely vegan. I certainly don't want any little baby chickens, pigs, cows or fish looking at me like this....

Home is where your story begins..

A few snapshots of our NEW house :) Cannot wait to get in here with fresh new paint, clean carpets,  new decorations and lots & lots of new furniture!! Blessed beyond words!

Manic Months, to say the least

Okay, so I haven't blogged since MARCH..which might I add is a bit insane. But with a little push from all of my blogging friends and there creativity, I decided it was time to let it all hang out again! Plus its a great way to keep up with the girlfriends that I cannot talk to or see everyday, miss you all dearly!

Just a quick catch up post!

From what I remember from April, May and June! They were pretty average months, work, shopping, family time, squeezing in one-on-one time with Mr.Queen Bee during his busiest work months and a fun tubing trip and might I add my first camping trip! That was an experience..to say the least! Plus, my beautiful neice won 1st runner up in her FIRST pageant, shes such a doll!

But July took on a whole new approach!  A much awaited week-long vacation with the man of my dreams and our furry son Cooper! We started the vacation on a whim by deciding to drive to Wilmington after work on Thursday, throwing clothes in a suitcase and hitting the road in a little over an hour! Upon on arrival, we checked into the cutest hotel/bed & breakfast the Wilmingtonian, check it out here! I highly recommend it and for all of your families with furry children, its pet friendly! After spending 3 relaxing days in Wilmington, we packed up and headed to Ocean Isle to spend the remainder of our vacation with Mr.Queen Bees sissy, her hubs & a couple of there friends! Little did I know that after patiently waiting or I am sure Mr.Queen Bee would say not so patiently waiting, Mr. Queen Bee finally popped the QUESTION and I can officially say that we are getting married! Yes it is official I am going to become a MRS in January and this definitely put a new spin on things! Plus, in July it became official that our offer was accepted on our first house! Blessing after blessing in July and my head is spinning! With visions of furniture, bridesmaid dresses, dj, ceremony music, amongst a million other things sleeping at night has become an issue and concentrating at work with a million things on my desk plus a million things on my mind has become quite entertaining!

See a couple snapshots from the Queen Bee life and the last few months below!