New Door. New Attitude!

Today I have to tell you about the newest addition to the Scott family home: Our BRAND NEW DOOR! Not as excited as me? I understand, you're jealous. It's cool.

Anywho...I finally convinced the hubs that we desperately needed a new front door. If you knew Nick and I during our complete home redo (speaking of I need to post some more before and afters...maybe another post) you would know that I was the voice of reason during the whole process: "No we shouldn't do that. It will be fine if we just do this. No we should re-use those. We really don't have money for that." so on and so forth. However for some reason Nick did not think the front door was that bad. I honestly think it was because he was just thinking about how many Nikes he could have gotten off EBay. My Dad also didn't think we needed a new door -

Dad: Does your door close?
Me: well yes....
Dad: Does it lock?
Me: ummm yes
Dad: well then you don't need a new door!

In my opinion your front door is like the smile of your home. If you have a beautiful face but crooked yellow teeth you will not be getting a modeling career. So I won and finally got my new doors! We also got a new storm door because let's face it, you can't very well put a crappy old storm door over a beautiful new door! Drum roll please...

OUTSIDE BEFORE



INSIDE BEFORE



OUTSIDE AFTER



INSIDE AFTER



ONE MORE AFTER



I must also say another Thank You to our great friends Callan and Amy whose wedding present to us was a donation to the Scott family door fund. Your plaques are being engraved as we speak ;)


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Hope this helps...

I seem to be really horrible at keeping up with my blog. And I really want to use it like most people who blog as a way to preserve a lot of our memories. So after going on my "Jessica Jog" I came up with a brilliant idea. I call it a "Jessica Jog" because it was day 3 of couch to a 5k. So it's not really hard yet, but I'm trying and that's what matters right?

Well I tell you all of this to say I did this same program last year about this time the old school way (keeping time manually) and recently discovered a wonderful iPhone app that does all that hard time keeping for you. So the whole process is much more enjoyable. Well as enjoyable as running (Jessica Jogging) can be for this couch potato. So then I thought "there's gotta be an app for blogging." And according to my husband I'm addicted to my phone (not true). So if I could easily blog from my phone without opening it in safari I will be more likely to blog more frequently. Right? So here it goes. Oh and don't tell the hubs that I paid money for this app :)


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I could watch this everyday!

Well again, I apologize for my lack of blogging. I promise I will try my best to get better. But for now I will leave you with a link to what is in my opinion the BEST wedding video of all time. Well the best wedding video highlights to be more specific. Vanessa McKellar, videographer extraordinaire, did a magnificent job perfectly capturing every moment and emotion. If you want to see the full length feature film come on by the Scott home and I would be happy to show it to you. Like I said, I could watch this movie every day for the rest of my life.

http://vimeo.com/20008506

Enjoy!

Finally Floors!!!

First of all, I am apparently awful at blogging...because it has been forever. But things have been a bit crazy. This post won't be long...mostly pictures because I am exhausted. Nick and I love our new floors. So please enjoy! ( I will try to do some Before and Afters)

Sort of Dark, but the entry way

Still need to get a new front door...maybe my Christmas present.

Dining Room Before

After

Breakfast Area Before

Breakfast Area After

Kitchen Before (BLOOD RED Cabinets) - Mom had started removing some of the paint in this picture.

Kitchen After - Thanks Mom! (Still want to change the counter top...another Christmas Present?)

Guest Room Before

Guest Room After...A little less Wild.

That's all for now. I'm sleepy. Check back later or come on by and see us!

Goodbye Sweet First House

Today I said good-bye to a dear friend, my first home. Not my first ever home (that will be an even sadder day in the life of Jessica), but the first home I owned all by myself...with a little help from the folks. As the purpose of this blog I am moving on to bigger and better things...getting married and moving back to the area I grew up. So with that comes the selling of my home in College Station.

In the two short years I have owned you little house we have shared many a memory. We've had some really great times: Getting Bear and Rosie, Nicholas graduating, Getting Engaged!, Engagement Party, Nicholas getting a job and many more.

And we have had some really bad times: Little Ruby passing away, Getting a new roof, Nick losing his Aggie Ring in the back yard, Getting a new hot water heater, and the "Jedi Rat" experience. You were my first real experience of being an adult and independent. Sure I lived in apartments, had my own car, but you taught me that home ownership is not only fun and rewarding but hard and stressful.

I had so much fun decorating you (with the help of my Mom, of course - And I think she is even more heart-broken then I am). I loved trying to squeeze multiple people into your tiny space for parties, showers, and dinners (parking was always a concern).


I will remember you fondly and I can only hope my next house with my future husband leaves me with the same wonderful memories you have. I hope the new owner loves you just as much as I have!

Bachelorette Weekend!!!

I am exhausted! I just had one of the best weekends with some of my best friends. We rented a river house in New Braunfels. We went to the Dry Comal Creek Winery on Friday and had a Wine tasting. I'm not really a big wine drinker but the Sangria they had was Delicious! And they had the cutest dog named Charlie.

After a little grocery shopping we went home to get ready to go to the Gristmill and to Gruene Hall. We were hit on by some crazy group of young boys who thought we were high school...yea right. Thankfully my girls weren't having it and sent them on their way.

During the day Saturday we floated the River. I have never done this before. It was cold and semi-rainy but still really fun. Not as relaxing as I thought it was because the of all the rain they have recently it was pretty fast. Finally Saturday night Callan and Amy planned this very nice steak dinner at the house. They had everything decorated so cute and everyone made it so special. The house we were staying in has two more next to it that share the outdoor space. Well we were right next door to a bachelor party...funny huh? And they were sweet enough to move out of our space for a nice girls night.

Finally they had a lingerie shower set-up upstairs. I will spare you the pictures...mainly because I would turn bright red. Thanks Ladies for making my bachelorette weekend so much fun!


Just because I love this picture and perfectly describes our relationship! I love you Amy!

$11 Beer

I know that sounds like a weird Blog Post title but you will understand soon enough...Around my senior year at Texas A&M my Aunt Sally told me she would take me to a Brad Paisley concert. She is his biggest fan because my Uncle (her husband) looks a wee bit like him. Mom and I think he should take a few pictures in a cowboy hat and give it to her for a birthday present. We have been unsuccessful at convincing him of this. Anyways I graduated from College three years ago and we had not gone to a Brad Paisley concert.

At the beginning of this year Aunt Sally said there was a concert in The Woodlands and we should go. So of course I was on board. We even convinced my Mom to come and make it a girls weekend. Well about a week out from the concert Mom and I realized we were going to an Outdoor concert. Mind you it is August in Texas...no one is hanging out outside...especially when we had a Heat Advisory for the area. But we were still determined to have fun.

So we are off to the concert. We get to the ticket counter and Aunt Sally says "Hi, I got tickets through the Fan Club we should have three tickets." The girl looks at her like "Yea Yea Lady I got your tickets." Then slience........................Aunt Sally is starting to sweat. Not just from the heat but knowing that there are two Crazy Ettinger ladies waiting next to her ready to strike at any moment. Then we hear "Ummmm excuse me, I paid for three tickets....from the fan club.....they need to be together....and they need to be GREAT seats." Panic strikes all the Pavillion workers because they see the crazed look in Ginge's eyes. I'm now trying to keep all other patrons out of our line as they might be hit by flying appendages when my Mom is told to calm down. Long story short - they find three tickets magically together and a row better then where we were previously seated.

Now to the gate. I easily get past the high security gate even though our tickets are blank tickets with the seat and concert information written on them. Kinda sketchy but hey we were going to roll with it. Until I hear "Hey lady this isn't even a real ticket!"

Oh Lord, Please don't let my mother strike this woman.

My mother shouts - "Well YOUR workers gave me this ticket!"

I interrupt - "I have the same type of ticket and I got through."

The gate lady begrudgingly lets Mom through. My mother then says under her breath "I'm a 58 year old woman dang it! I have better things to do then sneak into a Brad Paisely concert."

Ok time to cool the ole gal down. I see a beer stand. "Mom let's get you a cold beer!" She agrees - "Give me two beers and make them cold. I am NOT impressed with your establishment so far." The two guys look real concerned...they pop the tops and then say "That will be $22." My Mom has a five dollar bill out. Oh god. "How much did you say?"

"$22. They are $11 a piece." Mom pays the young men. Thank goodness this was my Mom and not my Dad because he would've been embarrassingly loud..."$11 a piece you've got to be crazy!"

Needless to say Mom has crossed Brad Paisley concert off her Bucket List and I don't think she will ever go back with us. But I had a great time. I've never been so close to the stage and Justin Moore, Darius Rucker (aka Hootie), and Brad all put on a great show. Thanks Aunt Sally!