Happy Monday friends! I’m so excited to share my Halloween porch with you today! It’s really simple.. nothing fancy. I’m just impressed with myself that I actually got it decorated early enough to blog about it before the holiday hits. Unlike my outdoor Christmas decor last year that I blogged about the first week in January. Ha! Yeah. I know that was super helpful to all of you. :) Continue reading “Happy Halloween porch!”
It has been so hot here lately. The hottest weather we’ve had in a while. And then something happened yesterday. It rained! And just like that, there was a hint of fall in the air. Continue reading “Mirrored console table – ready for fall!”
Happy Monday everyone! K. You know how when you click on my blog there is a green menu bar at the top and on the left side there are the words “House Tour?” And you click on it only to find there’s nothing there but a “coming soon!” Well it finally came! So happy to report that I spent a good amount of time last week and this weekend rounding up pics I’ve shared on the blog and putting them all together to create a house tour. YEA. That little project has been on my to-do list for oh.. about a year since I made the move to WordPress. Ha! Continue reading “House Tour is finally on the blog!”
Well! I hope everyone had a great week. It sure flew by around here! Things were just short of chaos at my house this week and I’m feeling more scattered than ever lately! I think it’s a combination of school/activities really picking up for my three kids, random commitments/to-do’s taking up any ounce of free time I have, and the fact that my house truly looks like a bomb went off because I started decorating for fall and haven’t had time to finish. You can see in this picture of my dining room I shared on Instagram today what “in-progress” looks like around here. Let’s hope there are better “afters” to come! :) Continue reading “Friday Favorites – favorite organizing posts!”
I hope everyone had a nice long weekend! My husband and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary Sunday. I shared this picture on Instagram and Facebook (wrote a little bit about how he drives me crazy and I couldn’t love him more ;)) and after I did, it reminded me that I shared this picture once before. I couldn’t remember when so I started scrolling through past blog posts and then it hit me. It was for a post I wrote last January – My Goals and Word for 2015. I went back and re-read that post and I’m so glad I did. My word for this year has been “BETTER” and my #1 goal was to be a better wife. I’d have to ask my husband if so far I’ve been doing my part to achieve my goal. I’m sure he’d say something like “well.. you haven’t stopped buying baskets..” Ha! But we both know – I have. ;) I’ve worked hard to be better at all of the things I mentioned in that post and while I can still do so much more and really being “better” will be a life long goal for me, I can say that I have truly noticed a difference in my life so far this year by prioritizing others. Continue reading “Anniversary and goals”
Happy Friday everyone! Made it to the weekend. Tonight we watched our first football game of the season (go UTES!) and I can’t even tell you how excited it made me! The soothing sounds of the crowd cheering had me reaching for our pumpkin spice candle and pulling out every fake pumpkin we own. We have a busy weekend ahead, but I’m going to make some time to start decorating even if I have to stay up until 2:00 a.m. to do it! Speaking of all things Fall, I bought a vest I’m in love with and can’t wait to wear this season! Continue reading “Fashion Friday – stripes and green!”
Quite often I get asked questions about the rugs throughout my house. Where did I buy them.. how are they holding up.. would I recommend them. I was looking up one of my rugs on-line the other night to help answer a question someone e-mailed me and I saw that my rug was on sale. So I looked up another rug I own in a different room. On sale too. Before long I realized that almost every rug I have throughout my house is currently on sale! I guess this makes sense because I bought all of these rugs in the past year or two since we’ve been in the new house so a lot of them are marked down and on their way out. That little discovery prompted today’s post. I’m sharing info. and sources for most of my rugs! And if you’ve been debating getting one of them for your home.. now is the time. :) Continue reading “Let’s talk RUGS”
I was going through some pictures this weekend – making some sort of attempt to get my picture folders organized after being lazy over the summer and dumping everything in one spot – and I came across some yard pics I never shared. These were taken in the spring and to be honest, when I first saw them they made me kind of sad. Because of the drought here in So. Cal we have cut back water so much that my yard isn’t looking nearly this pretty. I’m so glad I took these pics when I did! Everything was just starting to bloom and grow. My plants and lawn were so happy once upon a time. :) There is a lot of talk about us having an “El Nino” year and getting a lot of rain this winter. I’m kind of obsessed with reading the news about it! Fingers crossed it does more good than bad and we get some much needed moisture around here. Continue reading “Backyard pics”
Happy Friday everyone! Time for a few of my latest favorite things. Excited! I have some fun things to share with you today. First on the favorites list is this beautiful and functional Calendar Pad created my by talented friend Amy who blogs at 11 Magnolia Lane. This desk calendar was love at first sight for me! Continue reading “Friday Favorites”
Ahhh! 6th, 4th and Kindergarten. First day of school! You guys. Monday was a sad day for me. First day of school is always hard but this year I woke up and thought about my baby boy going to Kindergarten and the crocodile tears started rolling before my eyes were even fully open and awake. I went in my closet and had a good cry and tried to get it out of my system. Wiped my eyes, woke the kids – got everyone dressed and fed and made lunches and did hair and put on my best smile and told them they were going to have a great first day. I was doing fine. Continue reading “First Day and a Console Table update”
Happy Friday everyone! Made it through our last week of summer! Continue reading “Fashion Friday – back to school!”
I have to share something so fun with you all today! My parents were just on the news in Utah talking about the treehouse they’ve been building in their backyard! It has been in progress for a while and I was going to take some pictures to share last time I was visiting them (remember when I helped with their new outdoor furniture!). But I decided to wait on the pictures until the treehouse is finished so those will be coming. My dad decided a few years ago that he wanted to build a treehouse for all of the grandkids and like most projects, this one kept getting bigger and better. We tease my dad that it’s actually more of a luxury guest suite for the kids than a treehouse. Ha! My mom was so bummed we couldn’t all be in town the weekend they filmed this. My two nephews who live by my parents are in the clip and the other two kids are the news anchor’s little ones. When they mention dedicating the treehouse when the out of town kids come, that’s us. :) We are going to have a dedication ceremony next time we are all in town together! I will take some pictures to share then, but for now here is a fun clip of my cute parents and their treehouse on the news!
My Parent’s New Treehouse. Continue reading “My parent’s new treehouse and a bit of organization”
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