I want to share things about different aspects of my life: my family, my home, and my passions.
My family has grown to include another entire family and a four-legged ball of energy. In July of 2015, I had the honor of marrying my best friend and the love of my life. He is everything I never thought I was looking for, and after almost two years long distance, we got hitched.
In October of 2015, we bought our first home. It seems like a quick turnaround from marriage to home owning, but when your lease is expiring, and you don't want to keep renting, you buy a house. Buying this house has been a blessing and a curse all rolled into one. We bought it with the idea that a renovation was going to happen. We have spent the last year and a half renovating and remodeling this home, and we're not even done.
Through my first apartment, my second apartment, and now our home, I have learned a lot about myself as a "homemaker". I put that in quotes because I am a full-time employee as a math teacher, but I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to decorate and redecorate our 1800 square foot home for two. On this blog, I will give insights into how I choose my home decor, step by step guides for DIY home decor that I have done, and other crafty DIY projects that I complete for the special people in my life.
And the most recent thing to change my life in the most wonderful way is my four-legged fur baby, Callie Valentine. From the time I was a little girl, all I could remember thinking was "when I get older, and have a house, I'm going to get a puppy," and finally after 27 long years, I finally got my wish: the cutest little schnoodle (schnauzer/poodle) I had ever seen. She is a crazy, energetic, sweet little cuddlebug, and I wouldn't trade her for the moon and stars. Owning a puppy isn't exactly what I thought it would be, but it is so worth it. Many things I write may be about her, or include her as we go through this crazy thing called life.I have never been one that has wanted to blog or share my life with the masses, but as I have gotten older, entered into the most wonderful relationship that I have ever had, been given the chance to spread my wings and make a space my own, I have wanted to share some of the little things that make my home and my family special.
