I must have started picking out my own clothes early on in life, because this scandalous halter is screaming high fashion! How cute was I?! I have no memory of this picture being taken, but I'm pretty sure at the time I was thinking Nathan's shorts were far too short for his own good.Trivia question: how many rolls did I have on each arm? ... [ Read More ]
Power FAIL
If you know me at all, you know I jump at the chance for adventure. So understandably, I got a little excited when Nick and I came home to a house without electricity.However, the excitement soon faded when we realized how dark, boring and COLD our Friday night was going to be. We lit every candle in the house, which for a short second was romantic, until we remembered that it was 56 DEGREES IN ... [ Read More ]
Can You Blame Me?
After my Snowy Saga, I'm just not as brave as I once was. There was a day when driving in the elements gave me a certain rush, but not anymore. Based on the treacherous DOT road condition map, and the fact that all the weather stations were 'strongly discouraging travel' we decided to take heed. And so, we made cinnamon rolls from scratch, a pot of coffee, and settled in for a lazy day of watching ... [ Read More ]
It Can Be Messy
I asked my hottie husband what I should blog about tonight... jokingly he said "our marriage." Now, there are lots of 'married' things I withhold from my loyal blog readers, things that you really don't want to know about anyways. But sadly, I leave out many of the funny, irritating, crazy little quirks that come with the first few years of marriage.As many of you know, we just celebrated our 1st ... [ Read More ]
Summer Camp!!
I've decided to start blogging a picture a week, to document through my 27 years of history... in no particular order. This photo was taken in 1999 at Pine Lake Christian Camp. We had the sweetest cabin of girls that year, and were SO tight!! This was one of my most memorable summers ever. And believe it or not... I still keep in touch with most of these ladies! They have grown up to be ... [ Read More ]
A Stamp of History
I don't really have anything to say at the moment, just bored and feel like writing! Currently my feet are really cold, a side effect of having hardwood floors. There are occasions when I think it would be nice to have carpet, but then I think about how beautiful and OLD our floors are. They are the original floors when our house was built in 1900. Which brings me to considering how much history ... [ Read More ]
FINALLY!
Due to our strict budget and Christmas gift spendage, we haven't legitimately gone snowboarding yet this season, unless you count hitting the slopes of our yard. Which I don't. But last night we broke free from the bondage of Dave Ramsey, and had some warranted fun. Despite the subzero temps and near blizzard conditions, we drove 3 hours round-trip in order to frolic about in the ... [ Read More ]
Dining Room Makeover
Don't get me wrong, I love all things obnoxious. But the blotchy, teal, uneven sponging just wasn't working for me. This photo was PRE-makeover, with the exception of our amazing dining room table.I chose this crisp celery green. It makes me feel happy, when everything else in life is a horrible shade of blotchy teal. The hardest part of this makeover was the excessive coats of white ... [ Read More ]
Escape Artist
So, it's been a standing joke that my kitten, Gretchen, can open ANY door. She's known as an escape artist. Well, the thing is, now that we live on an acreage, she's an outdoor kitten... which she quite loves on most days. So it seems she shouldn't have any need to escape, because she's already outdoors... right?Well this afternoon when I got home from training in Ames, I was pulling up to the ... [ Read More ]
Cynical
I haven't felt like doing much of anything lately... not sure what's wrong with me. But last night we turned down all party invitations, and went to bed at 7:30. And now, today is New Years Day... we are super bored, broke, without food in the house, and nothing is open in town. And even if store WERE open, we're too busy paying off our debt and worshiping Dave Ramsey to enjoy our lives in ... [ Read More ]