Do you remember the DIY picture frame that I posted a while back?? It was basically a piece of MDF, cut to size and painted, inspired by this post from Bower Power. Well, after I did the faux shiplap treatment to the wall in our family room, I knew that I would have to make some adjustments to our family… View Post
Greg turned 40 this year and we are also celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary. Surprisingly, I’m more shocked that we’ve been married for 15 years than I am that Greg is turning 40. Probably because I’ve already turned 40 and I’m like, hurry up already! So for both of those milestones we decided to plan a little getaway trip for… View Post
Hey guys! It’s been a while since I’ve posted on the blog. I was dragging my feet on this post because I didn’t feel like the faux shiplap wall was totally complete until I re-framed our family photo. Well…after pricing that job out, I was like…ummm, #1. that’s too expensive, #2. I can do that myself, and #3. it’ll be… View Post
Has anyone been waiting around, biting their nails with anticipation and just dying to know how the freezer meal experiment went???? Well…it went great! And the best part about it, as you can imagine, was the fact that I had 3 dinners ready-made, and 2 that I didn’t have to lift a finger to prepare. How amazing is that??? It… View Post
As I mentioned in a post last week, we’re currently looking in earnest to buy a house. It’s fairly daunting around in Silicon Valley…we put in our first offer this week. THERE WERE 50 OTHER OFFERS ON THE SAME HOUSE. I don’t even know how to process this… Anyhoo, since we’re moving, I haven’t been tackling any decor projects in our current… View Post
If you’re like me, you always wait until the last minute to get gifts for pretty much any major holiday (well, except Christmas, I’m a little better with that one). It’s not like I don’t know it’s coming! It’s the same day on the calendar. Every year. But, here we are, less than a week away from Valentine’s Day, so… View Post