information overload

Well I am only 3 days in to the new job and I feel like my brain is about to explode from new information. This job is a lot harder than I thought it would be. The hours are very long. I worked 14 hours on my first day and was told that I will be working about 60-70 hours every week. Which means Nick is on his own for dinner now. I won't be getting home until at least 7 or 8 every night, sometimes 9 or 10. Not exactly ideal hours, especially if I still have this job when we decide to start having children...that will be interesting. There is allot of information to take in and learn and the computer program I am trying to learn is insanely complicated and I don't know how I am going to learn it in a week!! Hopefully it will get easier and I will feel comfortably enough to go to an appointment by myself in a week and a half.


WE had a great weekend at the beach and it was so nice to see my family. When I saw my mom I gave her a hug as if I hadn't seen her in months :) It is so hard to go from living right by them and seeing them whenever I want to not seeing them very often. It is going to be so hard once they are back in Michigan. It's funny how things change when you grow up, when I was in college I wanted to be so far away from them and now I just want my parents to move down here so we can live close again. They keep saying that in 5-6 years they might but that just seems so far away! Anyways..back to the weekend. We had a great time, went to Homeport on Friday and went for a romantic walk on the beach at 1 am. There was a full moon and it was basolutely beautiful. We even ran in to my parents on the beach, lol, that was interesting. WE spent Saturday at the boat house with friends and family and went for a boat ride. Then went to a cocktail party at a friends house on the island. WE spent Sunday on the boat with my family and Nick even got to drive for a while. He is trying to learn all about my dads boat and driving it in the intercoastal waterway so that we can take it out by ourselves one day. WE went to dinner in Wilmington on our way back to Durham and had a great time. Hopefully everything works out so we can go back this weekend, Nick and my dad have a fishing trip planned. Nick has been dying to go fishing ever since we got down here.


I am getting really excited about going to Michigan next week for Nick's sister wedding. It will be really nice to see all of Nick's family again, since we didn't get to spend much time with them at our wedding.
I miss my friends in Michigan so much and I am really hoping it all works out so that I can see them on Friday after the rehearsal dinner. We also have two other weddings this year in Michigan..so we will be back in November and December!

Well that is all for now, I will post some pictures tonight from this past weekend on the boat. Hope everyone is having a great week so far!!!!!

New beginings and fresh paint

Well it's about time..I finally got a job!! I interviewed earlier this week at a kitchen remodeling company. I was really excited when they first called me, especially because it was 20 minutes after I had submitted my resume. Well once I got there I was told I wasn't qualifed enough for the position I appled for but that they had another position that would be great. I left feeling sad and disappointed but also a little optimistic that maybe I woudl get this other postion. They called me Wed. for a second interview for today.
To make a long story short I was offerd a postion as a Kitchen Design Engineer. Which is a really cool job. Basically the company does full kitchen remodels at discounted rates and they include everything from counters and cabinets to flooring and all the little extras. Well after the customer has chosen there kitchen colors, etc. I come in and completely design the kitchen layout from top to bottom!! I am getting trained on a special computer program to do this, will get a company car and laptop, and get to travel all over the state desining kitchens!! I am so incredibly excited. These past few weeks without a job have really been hard. I thought I would love not having to work, and just enjoying my days, but I was miserable. Stuck in the apartment all the time while Nick is at work. I can not wait to be back in the working world and interacting with people again.

In my last two days of being unemployed(I start work on Monday) I decided to paint our living room..I was so sick of all of the white walls. So we decided on blue for the living room and I am going to paint the dining room a little lighter blue.
I absolutely love it!!!!


We still have to finish the top part by the ceiling(I can't reach it) and paint the dining room. Hopefully I can finish that in the next week or two.

Well that is about it for now..Nick and I are headed to the beach tomorrow to see my family and celebrate my new job : ) I can't wait to get some sun!!

pool, plans, and a proposal

Nick and I had a great weekend! Very relaxing and quiet. We spent most of the day Sunday at the Easters(my sister in laws parents) pool. It was so nice to just lay out on a raft in the pool and read my book and of course stare at my gorgeous husband : )

WE spent a lot of time talking this weekend too and came up with our life plan for kids, work, school, etc. Now of course life doens't always go as planned..but for now we seem like we have it all figuired out.
I have made the desicion that I am goint back to school in the fall to get a Business/Human Resources degree. Which ties in to our plan because our 3-5 year goal is for us to Franchise Dominos stores. Nick will ultimately run the stores and I will handle all of the finances, human resources, payroll, etc. I am really excited about this! My dad worked for Dominos for over 25 years and made quite a good living at it, so obviously I am quite fond of the company. I also know a few people here in North Carolina who franchise stores and I see how much they enjoy it and how successful they are so it really gives us hope that we will do great at it. Also, my brother is going in to the same business. I guess us Soignet's just really love Dominos = ]


This weekend we are headed back to Topsail and I can hardly wait. I am half tempted to go tomorrow...I miss my parents so much. I feel like it has been so long since I haev seen them, and it has only been two weeks. I can't even imagince how hard it is going to be when they go back to Michigan int he fall and I don't see them for months at a time! I am really excited too because my Aunt Simone and her kids are going to be at the beach this weekend too. I haven't seen them since we were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year.

And probably the most exciting part of my weekend was getting a call from my best friend, Rachael on Sunday evening telling me that she is engaged!!!!!!! Her, now fiance, Scott proposed to her at a park near her house with a new puppy that had her ring tied around its neck. I had tears in my eyes as she was telling me this. I am just so incredibly happy for her and Scott. They make such a great couple and I can't wait to see what kind of wonderful wedding she plans! And even better...I get to see her in a few weeks when Nick and I drive back to Michigan for his sisters wedding.

I guess that is all for now. I can not believe how fast this summer is going by. But luckily we live in the south now so even when summer technically ends..its still warm here!!!!

I love my life

Nick and I were out running some errands today and decided to drive around and look at some houses. We had such a great time and really got to find out what the other person likes and dislikes. We figuired we would start the process a little early since we are both very picky and have differnt tastes : )
So, as we were driving around I just kept thinkign how incredibly lucky I am to have such an amaing husband. And how much I can not wait to own a house with him and start a family. It really gives me so much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to.
So I came home and made a little video of pictures from the past year that we have been together, keeping in mind that we have many many more years of happiness ahead of us!!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Our Apartment

Well I told you they were coming so here they are...pictures of our new apartment. Certainly not our dream home, but it will do for now : )
Still not completely done(the walls are a little bare and we need a few more pieces of furniture). Either way...this is OUR Home and I love it!





Well I told you they were coming so here they are...pictures of our new apartment. Certainly not our dream home, but ti will do for now : )
Still not completely done(the walls are a little bare and we need a few more pieces of furniture).

Killian Jude

My cousin James and his wife had there baby, Killian Jude,this past weekend. Unfortunately, Killian wasn't quite ready to come out. He was born premature and only weighs a little over 2 pounds. He is Intensive care right now and fighting very hard to stay alive. He has bleeding in the brain and has already undergone a blood transfusion.
PLEASE keep him and his parents, Shannon and James in your prayers!!!

1 Month update!

Well it has now been 1 month since Nick and I got married! I can hardly believe it. The time has gone by so fast. It seems like it was over in the blink of an eye. No matter how fast it went by though, it was the best and most beautiful day of my life.

We made the long 12 hour drive, which turned in to 16 hours, from Michigan to our new home in Durham, North Carolina just a week after the wedding. It took a few weeks but we are officially all moved in to our new apartment. I will post some pictures of the new place very shortly.

We are settling in nicely down here and have spent some time on Topsail Island with my family, which has been great! It is only 2 hours from us and is my favorite place to be in the world : )

We were there for 4th of July and some of my family from Georgia came as well. We had a great time with friends and family. Nick even sang a little Karaoke(not by choice, lol)

Nick is working hard at his job, and I am busy applying for jobs like crazy and keeping our home nice and clean. I am learning how to cook more and more, and actually enjoying it : ) Who would have thought!

Well that is it for now, nothing too exciting. Just our everyday life. Stay tuned for more updates from The Bakers!!!