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Making a Gingerbread House {Wordless Wesnesday}

We picked up these gingerbread house kits at Ikea the last time we were there.  The kids had a lot of fun making their own home with candies like they like.

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Piano {Wordless Wednesday}

One thing I really miss having is a piano. While visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, I got to enjoy Mark’s music as he played almost daily on their beautiful piano.  As soon as we close on this house, and move in, I think our next big home purchase will be a piano. My fingers are […]

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We found a House

When we decided it was time for a change, and made the decision to sell our home of 1 year, it was hard. For me, it was extremely emotional. We had spent 6 years moving around, renting where we could find the cheapest prices, and we had finally decided to settle our family down, in […]

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A 2 year old, a Hammer, and a Single Pane Window

What do you get when you mix a 2 year old, a Hammer, and a Single Pane Window? Are we remodeling? you ask.  No, No we’re not. This happened shortly after Princess R, the mentioned 2 year old, locked herself (for the 3rd time) in one of the bedrooms. I attempted using the hammer to […]

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Home Essentials for the Fall

Have I told you how much I love fall? yeah, I may have mentioned it a time or two, or three, or every post. I just love this season!! Something about the cool crisp air is just so refreshing, and brings out the ambition in me. Every home needs these essentials when Fall weather hits […]

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It’s so SOFT!! {Wordless Wednesday}

I entered a contest with HGTV Home and Shaw Flooring. I didn’t win, but just for entering, Shaw sent me this gorgeous area rug. I’m not kidding when I say this is soft. It’s like walking on a cloud. Don’t believe me, ask Princess R. She faceplanted into it and exclaimed “Soft!”

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Mailboxes – Think About It!

  Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Mumfection     This week’s topic MailBoxes   What? Seriously, mailboxes. I want to hear your thoughts on mailboxes. Do you love them, hate them. Are you a P.O box only kind of person, or a two timer?   This thought was provoked by my good friend Diane’s […]

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One copper vase – Many uses

To be honest I don’t even know what to call this particular item. It’s had many uses in our home. It’s a piece that I love. If you’ve been around here awhile, you may remember when I picked it up. It was about 1 year ago, at a yard sale, for about 50 cents!  What […]

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Is this home? A Theme Song for the blog

Have I told you all about this house we’re living in? No? Well, I think I may have purposefully been avoiding it. See, when we first looked at this home, we loved it. It has a great layout, and lots of land. The problem was we looked at the home while it was still packed with […]

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Our new Home

I’m back! I hope I didn’t lose too many of you in this week of absence. I tried to have enough guest posts to keep you all entertained, and hanging around.  What I wasn’t expecting was for our internet to take so long to get set up. We’ve moved a lot in our married life, […]

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