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{This post is a continuation from part I.} Yesterday I shared the story of our little red couch, along with other special things — of how much it means to us and why. But there are other great things we love that sit in our apartment, like this white desk Zack picked up for me [...]
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When Zack and I got married we lived in city A. Our first apartment had a HUGE walk-in closet {hello, love}, a vaulted ceiling in the living room, and a cute washer & dryer tucked behind the kitchen area. We loved that apartment for so many reasons, mainly because it was our first home as [...]
Read the full article →Gussy has a new computer desk! A new lovely desk! A new desk to be sassy on ;) This is just soooo exciting. I’ve been using a side table prior to yesterday because we had nothing else. I needed my iMac out of the Sweat Shop {the office}! I needed that to be a “sewing [...]
Read the full article →Remember yesterday when I showed you these two photos? Most of you guessed correctly! And some of you I wanted to squeeze. Just kidding. I TOTALLY laughed-out-loud at your comments. You guys are hilarious x 35. Yes, I made Hubbs and I matching stockings. See our matching green ruffles? And the matching plaid? And I’m [...]
Read the full article →Well, it’s done. Hubbs and I have decorated our Minneapolis apartment. As opposed to our condo in Seattle or our house in…. {Just kidding. We only have one home and it’s in Minneapolis.} And it is decorated and it is sooooooo cute. We played Christmas music all day last Saturday while putting up our decor. [...]
Read the full article →If I had this telephone I’m afraid I’d never hang it up ;) *** our Minneapolis apartment. i love it so much :) PS. The big event, scheduled for Nov. 14, is coming along very nicely. Thanks so much for asking ;)
Read the full article →{colorful kitchen}do you see my awesome Collin & Jack calendar? I love my nephews so much.It is no small thing, when Children who are so fresh from God, love us. {these guys rock!}Collin says, I’m growing to be a man! {a trio of wonderful people} {friendship palm tree} {Gussy loves her house plants} {and her [...]
Read the full article →I should be honest. I had another rearranging moment. Well, it was more like a redec moment. I changed my Etsy shop. Again. {I have to link it this time because someone told me, I can’t find your page because it isn’t LINKED!} Ugghhhhh ;) Check it: What do you think?!?!———————— Last night I decided [...]
Read the full article →I decided it was time to update the banner on my Etsy site.{I figured this time I’ll leave the hyperlink out… if you are a reader, you know how to get to my Etsy site! :)} Here is a tiny preview: PS. The banner is the page design at the TOP of my Etsy site. [...]
Read the full article →For those of you who have been waiting SO patiently for our new couch to be seen, here you go: click here for new couch pics.
Read the full article →OUR COUCH IS DONE, OUR COUCH IS DONE — HOORAY!!! Zack’s mom and grandma came down Saturday afternoon and stayed through this morning {Tuesday}. They were here from Petoskey {a lovely 4-hour drive} and graciously recovered our living room couch. You can read about my anticipated excitement from this recent post: {I’ll just take my [...]
Read the full article →Is it really Friday??? This is really exciting, for many reasons, because: …it means today is pay day …it means the weekend is ALMOST here …it means tomorrow my mother-in-law and grandma{-in-law?} are coming to recover our couch with me Recover my couch? Yes, silly. If you remember, I posted a little bit of my [...]
Read the full article →Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take a look at this: Spring styles are here? Uhhhh, how about some Spring weather?!??! I woke up this morning to about a quarter inch of ice on my car, driveway, and lovely driveway gate. My morning required scraping. Also, my morning was a bit chilly to be wearing that super [...]
Read the full article →Last night was just so perfect. After we had the car unpacked and locked up for the evening, Zack set out to the garage for some “man time” and I stayed in and just smiled the entire evening. I put some “Christmas” decorations away {aka: Santa and reindeer sleigh} and rearranged other things. I love [...]
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