tight quarters

this week will be quite interesting for the husband & i. we are having wood floors installed in half of our house this week & because of that the only rooms we have access to is our bedroom & kitchen. i love the thought of spending every waking moment in my bed! sleeping, eating watching movies, reading...the list can go on, but i think after this week i think i'm going to want out of my bedroom. i did however enjoy eating lunch today in bed while watching the hills from the beginning on netflix.

currently our entire house is in our garage. if it's not in there, it's in our dining room or bedroom. i feel like i'm a hoarder & it's driving my crazy! i cannot stand the clutter.

here's an idea of what our house looks like at the moment.





i didn't put any up of the hallway or the 2 bedrooms, but it basically looks the same.


















hopefully the week will go by fast! i just keep telling myself "the floors will be beautiful & totally worth it!"

one of steven & i's favorite thing to do is travel. the thought of being someplace else & seeing everything that place has to offer excites me! we had the chance to go to seattle the past week, a place where we have always wanted to go. when people asked where we were going & we said seattle, a lot of responses were "you know it rains there all day everyday right?" people tend to forget i love the rain, so this is the perfect vacation for me.

we ended up going with another couple who had actually been there on their honeymoon. this was very helpful since they already knew their way around the city. i did however have a few fears about this trip.

#1 - i hate seafood. seattle is known for it's amazing seafood because they catch everything right there! our first place to eat was called ivar's & of course it was a seafood place. i was hoping the menu would have some sort of chicken plate, but that was a negative. so...i had to brave it. i order fish & chips & who would have known, i loved it!!!! now i don't consider myself a lover a seafood just yet, but this was a baby step.

#2- i hate elevators & heights. seattle is also know for the space needle & does anyone know how you get to the very top? yup, an elevator & not just any elevator. this elevator is on the outside of the space needle so you can see outside while you're going up...yippee. i did conquer this fear not once, but twice.















one good thing about seattle - coffee on every corner! i felt like i was in heaven! everywhere we looked there was either a starbucks or another coffee house. one of our first stops of course had to be the original starbucks. i couldn't believe how small it was!
another place i feel in love with was the market. fresh veggies, fruit & all sorts of food everywhere! my only wish i that okc had something like this! the picture on the right is where they throw the fish. i just wish i could have caught it on video.














i cannot wait to go back! in all the places steven & i have been, i could seriously see us living there - minus the earthquakes & the family living here in oklahoma! we had a great time with amazing friends & hopefully we can make more trips together soon!

highs & lows

it's amazing to me how one day the weather can be beautiful, a high of 70 degrees & light wind, then the next day is rainy & cold. don't get me wrong, i love the cold rainy weather. i love curling up in a blanket with the fireplace or candles going, but at this point in the year i would just love to be outside. last saturday we went out & bought bikes and we have only ridden them once! ever since then the weather has been cold & windy & not the perfect biking weather.

i love spring for the weather, but i also love it because i get in the mood to do spring cleaning. i know you probably think i'm crazy, but i love cleaning closets out and organizing my house. my poor husband thinks i've lost my mind, but if it were up to him we would keep everything! i love the thought of getting rid of clutter & junk we don't need & putting things in containers & sorting through things just excites me! being organized just calms me. if only we had a container store in okc, my life would be complete.

snowed in

it's been a lazy day at the jeffrey house! blizzard 2011 hit us this morning & we are officially snowed in! i really love the snow. i love that it gives me an excuse to do nothing & i can't feel guilty about it. i did get a little bit of laundry done so the whole day wasn't a waste!

most of our morning was laying in bed watching the constant coverage of the weather. i know they kept saying the same thing, but we just couldn't turn it off! i'm so glad neither one of us had to go to work! after our busy weekend, we needed a day of nothing together.


we did get a little adventurous today. we wanted to see what happens when your throw boiling water in the air in 8 degree weather.



i really didn't think anything would happen, so you can tell by my reaction i was sort of surprised!

steven did venture out a bit & took some pictures around the house. i'm glad he did instead of me!

i just found out i don't have to go into work until noon tomorrow, but if it's still bad we're not going in at all. steven's not sure if he's going into work tomorrow or not. we're not even sure if we can get our cars out of the garage! i'm hoping for a repeat of today!

whirlwind weekend

i hate how fast the weekend always goes! before i know it, it's sunday night & everything just starts back over.

my poor husband worked so hard this weekend. thursday night he had a rehearsal for a recital at the opry, friday night was the recital, saturday rehearsal for the show saturday night, sunday church that morning, & then went to work sunday afternoon & didn't get home until 11pm. i'm so blessed to have a husband that works so hard to provide for our family.

tonight the BLIZZARD 2011 (imagine that in an intense movie announcer voice) moves in. our house if full of food, all sweatpants are clean & thank god for netflix! i have a feeling steven & i will do nothing productive tomorrow & i'm completely ok with that!

big picture

i think it's amazing how god sees the big picture in life. he sees every situation years before it will happen. he sees the good & bad. he knows what he is doing and it's our job just to trust him & wait to see what he has up his sleeve. every circumstance it worth all the pain & suffering because he has everything under control. you may not understand why things happen for months or even years, but he has a reason.

he is worth it all! he has seen us through everything. even though i didn't understand why things were happening the way they were, he did! he understood! he never allowed us to go without. all the worry & stress were worth it.

I don't understand Your ways
Oh but I will give You my song
Give You all of my praise
You hold on to all my pain
With it You are pulling me closer
And pulling me into Your ways

Now around every corner
And up every mountain
I'm not looking for crowns
Or the water from fountains
I'm desperate in seeking, frantic believing
That the sight of Your face
Is all that I need
I will say to You

It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it
It's gonna be worth it all
I believe this

You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it
You're gonna be worth it all
I believe this

i'm a little bit country....and maybe so is he

the past few weekends for the husband & i have been pretty lazy. a few saturdays ago we didn't even get dressed until 4pm. neither one of us went outside the whole day. i know it's laziness, but it was greatness at the same time. no where to be, no one to see. just us being together, enjoying each other, & being refreshed for whatever the next week may hold.

steven has started singing at the opry in okc on saturday nights, so it's hard for us to plan anything when he has to be at rehearsal by 3pm. if we did anything that morning it would require us to actually get up early on a saturday and who wants that? since he's been singing at the opry i think he is falling in love with country music. he sent me this picture last weekend.


being a country girl at heart, i have to admit i got really excited when he sent me this. i was finally hoping that my george strait fantasies were going to come true. (minus the wranglers) he has been listening to country music everywhere. in the house, in our cars, & i think he now has some on his phone. on friday night he was the one who wanted to go see the movie country strong & he loved it! i think i'm gonna like this new gig of his.