Sewing.

Is any one else tired of being a slave to fighting your favorite store for that perfect dress/skirt/shirt?
I am so tired of dreaming of certain things and not being able to find it any where.
So, I have decided to try and find a cheap sewing machine and learn how to sew.
Here are some things I would love to make in the next few months:

1. Curtains for our new home
2. Full skirts that are long enough to be modest and wear to work
3. Pillows for the couches and bed
4. Shower curtain
5. Outdoor Curtains for our amazing, huge porch. :)

Do any of you know where I can find a good deal for a sewing machine?

LOVE!
B

Approved!

Saturday, Ryan and I decided to go look for an apartment in the Energy Corridor so we would be close to my job. We spent all day looking at several different places and finally decided on one.
I fell in love with this place as soon as we walked in.
We decided on a one bedroom, one bathroom with a study apartment just 5 miles from my job.
It has a beautifully large back porch and his and her sinks, which I hear is a MUST!

We put in our application last night, paid all the ridiculously fees and waited.
I had to send off my offer letter from my new job this morning and wait to see if we got approved.

At 12pm, I got a phone call from AMLI to say that we were approved to move in November 23!
WOOHOO!
So, just 3 weeks before the big day, on Thanksgiving weekend, we will be moving into our new home.
Don't worry, neither one of us will be sleeping there until after the wedding, to stay with the tradition.
We are so excited about life together!

Do you have any words of wisdom on your first home with your husband?

Much love people!
B

Weekends off!

The past 8 years, I have worked a retail/service related job, which means that I have worked weekends and an up and down random schedule for 8 years. To those of you who have not had to experience this kind of a schedule, you should pray for the people who have to do this. It has been a very stressful and difficult experience. You can never make plans more than a week in advance, your sleep schedule is pretty random, you can't be involved in a mid week bible study, you can pretty much just slave your life away to your job.
I don't understand how people with families do it.
A few months ago, I began to pray for a new job with quite a few qualifications.
I felt like my standards were to high but I knew the Lord had a plan. After all, He knows the desires of our hearts.
I applied to about 60 different jobs all which had to potential to fit at least 8 out of my 10 standards.
I never got a call for an interview.
Until 2 weeks ago, Thursday, September 22.
I got a phone call from Lori at an architecture firm here in Houston.
She scheduled an interview for Tuesday with me.
I went in on Tuesday, super nervous, and succeeded in the interview. She scheduled me for a second interview right then and there for Thursday.
Thursday morning I went in and met with Lori again along with one of the partners.
To say the least, we laughed the whole time.
I felt like I had the job right then and there.
I asked when I would here anything, and they said by Monday.
The NEXT MORNING, I got a call. I got the job!!!!
I finally get to work a Monday-Friday 9-5 job.
I finally get to make plans.
I finally get to put money in my savings account.
I am so thankful for how the Lord has provided.
Praise Him for His provisions.

We got engaged!

May 23, 2011, Ryan Allen Fletcher asked me, Brittany Paige Burchfield, to be his wife. I couldn't be a happier girl than to marry this special man. He is such a wonderful part of my life.
Here is the story I promised so long ago that I would tell:

Back in October of 2010, Ryan and I began to discuss what our next step in the relationship would be. We looked at rings for the first time and I thought "it" would come any day. Well, 6 months later, April rolled around and we looked at rings again. We found this beautiful ring but I knew it was WAY out of the budget and so I had to expectations.
After looking at rings again, I knew it was to come any time. Ryan had a different plan.
I started to get frustrated, impatient, restless that Ryan was never going to ask me.
So, I tried to quit thinking about it. Of course, I couldn't.
In May, Ryan and I had made plans to go out to Camp to see some of our friends.
The week before our trip out to Camp, Ryan told me he couldn't go any more because he had a couple doctors appointments. So, I would have to go alone.
I took off work on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to spend time with my best friend, Meredith.
I called her Sunday to see if I could come out to camp early and she made up some lame excuses as to why I shouldn't. The truth was that Ryan was out at the Camp already trying to set up his romantic proposal.
I ended up waiting to leave for the Camp early Monday.
As soon as I arrived, things felt weird. I couldn't get in touch with Ryan and I felt out of place there, which is not normal, since Camp is like my second home.
I spent all day hanging out with my best friends, Jennie and Meredith, talking about Ryan and him proposing, and how I was sick of waiting and how frustrated I was in waiting. They just kept encouraging me to be patient and not to worry.
After dinner, Jennie, Mer and I hung out for a while and then we had to go light a camp fire for a fake group.
The girls took me out on the golf cart and as we drove up to the meadows campfire, I saw how beautifully lit up the wooded area was. I even said to the girls, "WOW! This is so beautiful, I wonder what group is here?" The girls just thought I was silly.
Then we pulled up and I saw Ryan, at the end of a trail of tiki torches and candles, standing there waiting on me. I looked at Jen and Mer and asked, "Is this for me?" Then, of course, they scooted me out of the cart and Ryan came and got me. We hugged for a long time and then sat down underneath all the candles, fire and lanterns. Ryan began to pour His heart out to me. I actually wasn't sure at this point if He was proposing or not. I mean, brother talked for like an hour. Somewhere in the middle of his talking, his best friend walked in with a cheesecake for us. It was so random. Then we cried together and walked over to a cross and prayed together. Ryan got down on one knee and handed me the ring I thought I would never see again.
Of course, I said YES. :)
Then, we drove up to the Marmax conference room to see all of our friends. It was so fabulous.
Im so lucky to be in love with my best friend.
I cant wait to walk down the aisle to my best friend.

WELCOME BACK BRITTANY!

Im throwing myself a welcome back party to blogging so that I'll be a little more excited and accountable to show up and write.

Life has changed quite a bit in the past few months.
Yes it has. 
I haven't updated in about 3 months. CRAZY!
Well since my last post, I got ENGAGED!!!!
On May 23, 2011, my best friend, love of my life, Ryan Allen Fletcher asked me to be his wife. I of course said YES and can not wait to marry my man.
We have had so much fun planning and getting things going thus far, and have officially set the date for December 10, 2011.
We are very excited!
I will have to tell you all about how He proposed on another day, it is a very long story.
I have so much to catch you all up on, but that will come later.
As for now, welcome to the party!
Thanks for coming and staying so consistent.
Much love people,
B

checking out already...

Ryan and I are going on a mini vacation to Alabama next weekend. We are leaving early Thursday and coming home later Monday evening.
I am beyond ready. So excited. Need to leave. NOW.
Work is the only thing stopping us from leaving yesterday.
So, heres to the countdown.
7 days.
:)
Much love.
B

Dream. Dream. Dream.

I have so many dreams.
This is one of the qualities my mom has passed on to me.
I live in this happy place where I am a dreamer.
I wish that reality didn't stall my dreams so often.
So, today I thought I would share a dream with you.

I wish that I could own my own business with my sister.
We would do crafty things and flowers and weddings. We would enjoy life together, in our creative thoughts.
I so wish I didn't have to have a big girl job and could turn this dream into a reality.
I really want to do crafts all day.
I want a craft room and then I want everyone to love everything.
And BUY it.
haha.
I told you I was a dreamer.

But really, the Lord knows the desires of my heart, right?


Another laugh.

"For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope."
                                                       -Jeremiah 29:11

I love my Jesus and the heart He has given me.
Much love people.
B