Three years ago today these two went on their first date Five months after that first date Baby Girl let me know through the words of a Carrie Underwood song that she’d made a good choice. I shared about that here. There’s been some growing up and changing over the last three years! They recreated … Read More
Weekend Fun
Whirlwind weekend trip to Chi town for a HS graduation open house for my niece, Mackenzie. Cincinnati kids met us there and we made the most of less than 48 hours together LOTS of pictures were taken though very few were taken by me. Only two photos snapped were by me in this post. The … Read More
Passing the baton
Baby Girl is following in my footsteps. She is re-styling this antique vanity to make it her own. She is also blogging about her re-style adventure here. Stop by and tell her I sent you!
Birthday celebration
Mr. D celebrated another trip around the sun today. Which means he is now as old as me. Yeah, yeah, I know. I robbed the cradle. For his birthday meal, he requested: 1. Homemade pizza … Read More
Weekend Project
And so it began… Our weekend project. I’ve had a penchant for raised garden beds for a couple years. Raised beds just seem like a good way to keep weeds under control, keep plantings together with defined paths, and just look orderly. I like orderly and neat. I just don’t always live that way. Mr. … Read More
Weekend
Time to go back to work for a rest… The scoop on our exhausting (in a good way) weekend tomorrow….
Fireplace improvement
Instant Messaging (yes, we still do that) with Mr. D last week went like this…. Me: Can I paint the fireplace? Him: Go for it. Me: Seriously? That was waaaaay to easy. Him: Yes. If you’ve followed this blog for even a brief amount of time, you know I embrace change, DIY projects and … Read More
Pool drama
A sparkly blue pool doesn’t just happen. It involves physical labor, chemical balancing, vacuuming, skimming, brushing and more. Each year when the pool cover is peeled away, we wonder how long it will take to get the water sparkly blue again. Mr. D claims it takes one week to transform the water from black to … Read More
Bay window reveal
A few weeks ago I found this picture on Pinterest. It totally inspired me to do something I’d been considering for awhile, just never had the guts to do it. So last week that inspiration picture, turned my idea into a plan, and then a project. Our bay window before…. and after It’s crazy how … Read More