Friday Favs: The Lettered Cottage
on Nov 20, 2009 in friday favs blogs Do you know about The Lettered Cottage? No? Well, is it one of my favorite blogs. This is Layla and her husband Kevin,and they live at the Lettered Cottage. Layla's vision for their basic old home is amazing, and it is so fun to watch as they slowly...

To Be My Husband's Wife: Part 6
on Nov 18, 2009For the rest of the posts in this series, click here. It's now November of 2009, which means that I am just one month away from my two year anniversary at this "job." And I have to say that I've never been happier. Staying at home allows me so much f...

The Real Edward Cullen
on Nov 17, 2009 in twilight brothers My brothers and soon to be sister in law were over last night and we somehow got on the topic of the New Moon premiere. I'm not a Twilight fan, but Steph is, and she is super excited to see the new film. We were talking about the idea of vampires, et...

Stare at My Staircase Party
on Nov 17, 2009 in stairs I'm joining up to Stare at My Staircase Party over at The Stories of A to Z. Beth did a fabulous job revamping her staircase, and I thought I'd join in and share our little stairway's transformation! We started with this yucky picture, with the stain...

Dare to DIY: A Thanksgiving Project
on Nov 15, 2009 in crafts DIY thanksgiving I'm participating in Kim at Newlywoodward's Dare to DIY Blog Party. This week our challenge was to Dare to be Thankful! Here's my contribution to the party. I've had a Thanksgiving tradition for the last few years where I find some time to sit down a...

Friday Favs: Country Music
on Nov 13, 2009 in friday favs country music I don't believe I had ever heard a country song in my life before I moved back to the States when I was 19. I had a vague notion that there was an entire genre of music labeled "country" and I even told a joke about it. What happens when you play a...

To Be My Husband's Wife: Part 5
on Nov 11, 2009 in to be my husband's wife For all the posts in this series, click hereThe mortgage company strung me along for the next two months, promising me that "next week" they would have news about when I could start. We were fine financially, because from the beginning we had chosen...

Dare To DIY
on Nov 9, 2009 in crafts DIY Kim over at Newlywoodwards has invited me to be a part of her Dare To DIY party extravaganza. Over the next six weeks she's daring us to do a bunch of different projects, and share them all through a very fun party! I am so excited. Head on over to h...

Project Curb Appeal - The Final Reveal!
on Nov 6, 2009 in project curb appeal The day has finally come to reveal our finished Project Curb Appeal. It is hard to believe that we started this project four months ago, and we are just finishing up now. I really expected to have this done a lot sooner. However, time and money crunc...

A Real Bedroom
on Nov 5, 2009 in bedrooms inspiration I don't often come across bedrooms that appeal to my sense of style. A lot of professionally (or otherwise) decorated bedrooms seem too done up, or simply unrealistic. For me, a bedroom is glamorous, romantic and relaxing. It's where I am headed with...