Wednesday, June 26, 2013

SUMMER BUCKET LIST

With the inside of the house set to wrap up shortly I am excited to be able to start enjoying some summer fun! Not to mention my super pale skin could use a touch of color. Here's what's on my agenda for the summer:

  • Hikes with the hubs and pup
    • Ledges
    • Maffitt Reservoir
    • Walnut Woods
    • Jester Park
  • Take the pup for a swim
  • Picnic at Grey's Lake
  • Tan at Raccoon River Park
  • Go camping for a weekend
  • Work on our gardens
    • Begin work on our vegetable garden area
    • Maybe get some raised beds built
  • Finish the Harry Potter series (that's right I'm obsessed and on book 4 right now)
  • Eat
    • Tropical Snow
    • Snookies
    • Woody's Smoke Shack
    • Restaurant Week!
    • Enjoy craft beers on our patio
Simple. Inexpensive. Summer. So glad it's finally here!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

STUCK


I saw this today over at Oh So Beautiful Paper, and talk about hitting the nail on the head! It has been one of those weeks. You know the kind. The ones where you cry and cry and can't stop? Ugh, it stinks! I've been having one of those, "who am I" kind of weeks ... or maybe it's been months, I'm not sure. It's been this really deep ache in my gut I tell you what and "stuck" is a great way to describe it.

I've said to many people lately if it were socially acceptable I'd be the hippie type. You know long wavy hair, long skirts, tank top, no bra, showers occasionally, has a huge garden, lives on an acreage, paints in the barn, has 6 dogs and and roost chickens kind of person, and don't forget my crazy herd of kids running amuck (can you image poor Murph in that situation? haha). But that isn't the season I am in right now. Right now I live in the 'burbs, work in a law firm, and have no urban chickens. I don't paint (unless it's a wall in our house), I still shower (Murph might disagree on the weekends) and we don't have a family yet. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my life. It is so full in so many ways, but something lately is amiss and I am ready to become unstuck. I think a part of my soul is wandering around outside of my body somewhere and I want to find it.

So I did the logical thing and made a list. Thinking maybe one of these things will fill the space between:

  • Chop off my hair, I mean short. Like really short.
  • Dye my hair red. 
  • New glasses
  • New shoes
  • Get a long skirt and spend the morning at the farmer's market with a scarf in my hair
  • Sketch every day for a month
  • Take a calligraphy class
  • Get a new tattoo
  • Get a puppy
  • Volunteer my time somewhere
  • Drink more wine
  • Run more
  • Become a certified yoga instructor
  • Take a class at Hope
  • Do cartwheels in the yard
  • Write a mission statement for my life
  • Do more for others
  • Learn to sew
I don't know what it is, but I'm not going to feel stuck any more. I'm on a mission to find me!

Monday, June 10, 2013

SNEAK PEEK!

Things are shaping up at Hawthorn Drive and I'm so happy that I am dancing in our kitchen :) Well really I am dancing everywhere downstairs and a little upstairs too. Here are just reasons for my dancing, some of the photos are terrible but I shot them at night so forgive me.

We have NEW CHAIRS! Yippppeeeee. Seriously the best deal ever. $50 each at IKEA ($66 w/ shipping) for 6 beautiful new white chairs, the perfect bright and crisp punch for our farmhouse table


And here is a sneak peek at the vanity Murph and I crafted up out of a black desk and sink parts from Overstock.com. My dad made a wood top for it too beef if up a bit.


Oh yeah, we GOT NEW TRIM UP! Yes after months of longing we were able to have my parents come down and help us get up some amazing new, white trim. It is glorious! Well almost, still LOTS of caulking and touch ups to go, BUT SERIOUSLY AMAZING! Oh yeah, those doors are new too :)


And finally on a non downstairs related note, Murph and I quick put up some sweet wall mounted lights in our bedroom. Those bad boys were $20 each, yes $20 each. Oh how I love a great looking bargain and how I love us each having a light! Now about those pesky night stands.....