As I mentioned on my FB page a while back, I am OBSESSED with these houses. As I also mentioned, I am so disorganized during the holiday season that I meant to post this how-to BEFORE Christmas, but here we are. So - apologies for the lateness, but to make up for it I am giving away a few of t...

I finally finished these silly things! Let me just say...I hate making curtains! But now I've learned I hate making striped curtains even more! When we started doing the living room project (new floors, furniture, paint etc) I found these curtains on a blog called the Yellow Cape Cod. (this is ...

So I've been wanting a new tattoo (on the inside of my left wrist) for a while now. At first I was wanting it to represent my anxiety and be a reminder to have no fear and stay strong. Then I got to thinking I wanted it to be more than that. I wanted something to help remind me to not only have ...

Today was the first day of school for Nora. First Grade. A new school. Yikes! Up until a few days ago Nora was not excited. Truthfully you could say she was downright negative and ugly about starting school. But after the principal took her for a little tour, meet the teacher and finding out som...

I'm so excited about this room. When we bought this house almost 8 years ago, we had no real use for this bathroom. It was ugly. Yellow tile in the shower, brown cabinets and lime green marble countertop and linoleum floor. I looked and dug and found a picture (film so i took a pic with my phone...

It's coming together slowly but surely! There for a time I thought it was all going to hell in a handbasket or more like...a party at chuck e cheese instead of a pretty alice in wonderland party at our house. I never thought *save the date* notices were that important until now...Luckily I sent ...