Renting..

I am really starting to dislike it more and more!


Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE my new mountain home; however, I am really starting to hate the "renting" part of it all! Okay, so we moved in a little earlier than expected.. big deal! We paid the money we owed plus some to cover the early move in fees or what not. But that doesn't mean we should get treated any differently! 


Firstly - I have been here since February 26th and my dryer has yet to be fixed! Well not really my dryer, but the venting portion of it all. My dryer works perfectly, but the venting part that brings heat in to dry the clothes.. yeah.. it SUCKS and totally doesn't work. We have to run about 4 cycles for them to be perfectly dry. So we called maintenance, and he came out, ran some tests.. looked at some stuff, and he still can't figure out why it's not drying our clothes properly. So it's been really frustrating, and it's like pulling teeth to try and get someone to come out and fix! All we want is to be able to wash our clothes and dry them in a timely manner. 


Secondly - We had to wait 2 weeks after moving in to get our freaking carpets cleaned! Talk about walking on filth! EW! The carpets were definitely nasty and in need of a good, good cleaning.
We made numerous efforts to contact our Realtor to figure things out. No response. We emailed him. No response. We called again. No response.. are you getting the pattern? After at least 5 calls and 2 emails.. Justen stepped it up and left a "not happy message yet not super nasty", but very stern and to the point (letting our level of frustration and unhappiness known) we received the phone call back that we were desperately trying to get. Of course the Realtor was nothing but overly apologetic and stating how he doesn't conduct business this way, but it didn't fix our problems. So we got our nasty carpets cleaned!

One of the things I love so much about my husband is how well he makes his 

point known, and somehow the receiving party always seems to understand he means 

business and nothing less.

However, carpets are not the only problem we've been having. We still haven't had our new renter walk through with our Realtor to discuss what issues we have and things that need to be fixed throughout the home, due to the previous renters. Thank you for being a (insert horrible name). :) 

So we are still waiting for that, among other things.

Speaking of waiting - I waited alllllll day for a maintenance man to come to my home to conduct a normal routine check up on some of the filters in the house. We were told they'd be here between 9 and 5. Yep - I waited all day. 4:45 came around - and I no longer waited.. I headed out the door with the husband and dogs and hit the park for some daily exercise! Just to return home and discover they came while we were out! UGH - SERIOUSLY! That irks my nerves so much. 

So needless to say - this new renting experience up here in Lynchburg is not going as smoothly as we'd like. 

Hopefully things change soon, and for the better! :)

St. Patrick's Day Parade!

Almost every year Justen and I attend the yearly St. Patrick's Day Parade held in Ocean View (Norfolk, VA.). However, being new residents of Lynchburg.. that drive is a little longer than we'd like to make for a parade.
Still in the spirit though, we decided to see what our new town has to offer, celebration wise. I began my intense web searching to find any sort of fun filled events for St. Patrick's Day, but NOTHING! Lynchburg, DOES NOT have a St. Patrick's Day Parade. WHAT?!
I was in shocked; however, all of my internet searching did pay off in the end as I found a HUGE parade in Roanoke, VA. Which is only about an hour away from our house! That hour was a little more reasonable for us than the 4 hour drive to Norfolk.


I thought I'd snag a few pictures while we were there to show everyone. It is a lot different from our normal what we are used to. All in all the parade was really fun. We had a blast together, as always.. and just a blast in general. The crowd wasn't too bad, the food smelled amazing, the sushi restaurant was great, and the drive was beautiful!

And the parade started, sponsored by The McDonald House! 

It seemed like everyone was in the GREEN spirit today as well. 

From two legged to four!

They had so many fire trucks. 

I couldn't resist taking pictures of each truck we saw. Susie, these are for you :) And we had to include a little of Lynchburg in the photos.. the green fire hydrant. They are everywhere in Lynchburg.. I have only seen 1 red one, and like 25 green! How crazy is that?

Hope you enjoyed our little parade as much as we did. 

New Journies!

Well, here we are.. not only are we new residents of Lynchburg, but also new residents to the blogging world! How exciting, I know!


Blogging wasn't something I saw myself doing, until we moved and I realized my closest family and friends are no longer five minutes down the street. The question arose.. how to keep everyone up-to-date with Justen and I. *Light Bulb*
Why not start a blog? So here I am, inspired by some very special people in my life.


As many of you know, we recently moved to Lynchburg, VA! That's right folks, we packed our bags and headed north west. It's a huge change for Justen and I, but we are overly excited for this huge new journey ahead of us. A little over four weeks ago, Justen received a call to travel again, but instead of traveling and being apart we chose to take a huge step and move, and a few weeks later here we are. 


The move itself was more than dificult... expenses, stress, and the unknowing are many things we faced. However, together we are unstoppable. 


We moved into our new home February 26. WOW! What a day! Thanks to our great family and friends we were able to make this possible. We loaded our cars and a UHaul and off we went, ready to face our life's next challenge. 

So here is a sneak peek of our new home!

Front of the house.

Kitchen.

From the kitchen looking into the dining room and living room.

Stay tuned for more updates and further inside looks of our new home!