weekend with the family (a video)

 (best in full screen.)

How was your Labor Day weekend?

Mine was full of family, puppies, food, and laughter.

Just like I like it.

Happy Labor Day!

saturday day dreams (house edition)

This is the first real house Husband and I have lived in since being married.
It's nothing too fancy, but to us, it's the perfect little place.
I think you have to start out in a shack (no seriously, it was a shack) to appreciate the little blessings
like, doors that don't have gaps (no more towels to keep in the air/keep out the bugs!),
a bathroom actually connected to the house with air/heat (talk about miserable!),
non-stained magenta carpet (hello, beautiful hardwood!),
and actually having a dishwasher! (I mean, there are no fights like "whose turn is it" dish washing fights.)

All this to say, I love our Tennessee abode.
It's been fun to collect and see our home designing grow to give the perfect "so us" feeling.

Here are some day dream wishes for our home that I hope to add...

*Canvases! Wedding, engagement, dating, instagram, etc.

*Chunky knit throw blanket for snuggling

*Corner rack to put out outfits for the week

*Initials for the door

*This one has to wait until we own the house, but I love bold doors/numbers

*Half wooden ladder to hang blankets on

*Key hang by the front door

*Huge leaning mirror

*A collection of old windows

*Fancy ottoman

*Pillows: Reds, Whites, and Greens

*Big, cozy sectional

*Bright red bar stools

*Bookcases

Totally looking forward to some yard-saling, antiquing, and maybe even a few DIY's!

Happy Saturday!

home.

It's been so comforting to be home for the past week. 

So many memories. So much love.

Soon I will be getting back to regular postings, with pictures galore.

But for now, I'm going to curl up and relax.

Because I can.

Joy Filled Friday (on Thursday)

You can call it hopeful wishing, but I do realize that it is not Friday, but Thursday. I am one day early for the weekend. Why? Because mine starts today, at 4:00pm. Not only does my weekend start, but so does Spring Break!! It's times like this that I really, really love my job. Working at a school allows me to still have Christmas break, Thanksgiving break, Spring break, and Summer break. I am a-okay with that.

Seeing how I will be in a car, with 3 boys, for 8 hours tomorrow, I decided to do my joys today!

(My girls are always joys of mine!)

1 51 followers on this little blog! Woohoo! Thanks guys, I appreciate the constant flow of sweet comments and friendships I've made through blogging! 2 Going "home." Since being married, I do realize that my home home is with my husband. But, there's just something about going to your "old" home that makes you fuzzy inside! 3 Late night tandem bike rides with Husband. This seems to be a weekly/daily thing and I love it!

4 Girl talks. I work in a mostly all girl office and I love our random (albeit-distracting from work) talks!

5 Eyebrow waxing. I hate the process, but love the outcome. Especially when it's been....oh, 4 or 5 months since they've been done. 6 Fun hair styles. I've been throwing around the idea to do this. Yes? No? 7 Filling out the silly quizzes in magazines. 8 Thinking something is 100x funnier only because it's not the right time to laugh and you're trying so hard to stay quiet. 9 Sleeping in with no regrets.

10 This song, on repeat, all day, every day.

 

To those who have to work tomorrow: have a happy last day of work and enjoy your weekend!

To those who don't: have a happy 3 day weekend!

To those who are cool, like me: have a happy week off from life!

I'll be posting here and there, keeping you all up to date on my spring breaking, and you bet your bottom dollar there will be pictures!