The Light is Changing

Last night, PJ asked me if it felt like it was staying lighter longer during the day. He noticed how the mornings are finally brighter and, at 6p at the time of his asking, it was still very light out.

Come to think of it, I told him, yes! Which I couldn’t be happier about. I usually don’t want winter to end around this time of year, but we’ve been getting a taste of warm spring sunshine and it’s baited me in. I’m ready. I’m so ready. I’m ready for longer days and warmer weather and GREENERY. My allergies (and PJ’s, too, we’re discovering) however, are not. Dreading the months where I live on allergy medicine, but I tell myself it’s worth it every year.

The photo of our bedroom is from yesterday evening, where I couldn’t help but notice the gorgeous light hitting our bed frame. Also, please notice how sparse and soulless our bedroom is looking these days. Sad. Our roof is leaking which caused the curtain rods to fall off the walls, so we took those down and we took the art down to use it elsewhere.

Once the roof is fixed, we’re planning an entire bedroom makeover for the first time in six years. We can’t wait!!

Have a Cozy Friday Night

Hi loves! What are you up to on this rainy Friday night? We’re staying in and our friend Julia is coming over for dinner and making a homemade Alfredo sauce with garlic bread and salad. Doesn’t that sound so comforting on a dreary day like today?

Something else to note this weekend: for the first time in months, we don’t have to wake up early on a Saturday morning to race off to a basketball game! The boys’ final games were last week so we are officially finished with basketball season. It feels so good to be able to say that. We will be waking up and heading out for a different reason: to my best friend’s son’s 1st birthday party! I can’t wait to squeeze them both, and watch all our kids play with hers.

Have a wonderful, cozy weekend! Our first newsletter of the year is (finally) going out tonight, so make sure you’re subscribed!! xoxo

Happy Friday! What's for Dinner?

Hi darling reader and happy Friday. How are you feeling heading into the weekend?

It’s a cold, wet day here in Tennessee. There’s a leak in our roof in our bedroom, so every time it rains, the inside of our window and wall (on my side of the bed!) gets soaked and all I hear all night is the sound of water dripping beside my head. We have roofers coming out to fix it hopefully next week, and then we decided, once it’s finished, that it would all be a great excuse to redo our bedroom. We’ve been itching for a total refresh in there for years but have always put that room last on our to-do list. Isn’t that how it always goes?

We’re doing pizza tonight and watching the new episode of Servant on Apple TV+, but before that, we’re going to head to the next town over to see if they have more tile for both of the bathrooms at Holiday House.

Hope you have a cozy weekend!! xoxo

PS: A great start to the weekend for Allan! So proud.

A Fun Day

Can’t wait to show you what we were working on last Friday. Should have a date soon and then we can reveal more! xoxo

One Big Sigh of Relief

We did it! Yesterday came and went. It happened. And we survived.

Not that there was ever a doubt that we wouldn’t, but I think we just built it up so much in our minds, and put so much time and effort into it, that we couldn’t see very far beyond Friday. For the last month, it’s been “Get to Friday. Be ready for Friday. Make sure everything is set for Friday.” And now that Friday is over, it’s like we can both let out one big sigh of relief. It’s all down hill after this.

The whole day was really, really fun, and we pushed ourselves to make the absolute best of it. The people we were working with made everything seem easy and seamless. We felt very comfortable the entire time. I can’t wait for you to see what we did, especially because we can look back on it years down the road and always remember this exact moment in time.

The rest of the weekend will be for basketball games, trips to the farm, and enjoying a very, very clean house. Our house hasn’t been this clean since our HGTV pilot back in 2017 (when everything had to be pristine and TV-ready). Every nook and cranny got a dusting, a mopping, an adjusting of some sort. It feels so good to live in a clean house again. Is this what most people feel like on a day to day basis?

Have a wonderful weekend, loves!!

A Blustery February Day

Yesterday was the kind of day where all you wanted to do was light a candle, pour a cup of coffee, curl up on the couch, and crack open a good book. The wind wouldn’t let up all day, making it hard to want to go outside or do anything much at all. However…

There were last minute errands to run, including an exciting meeting with a stone company out at the farm for Holiday House, which we can’t wait to tell you about!! There was a trip to the store before rushing to our son’s parent teacher conference and then back home to finish getting the house ready. I am happy to report, though, that it is ready! We got it all finished in time and we’re so happy with how everything turned out. I don’t think our house has ever been this clean, neat, or tidy.

Now all that’s left to do is to relax and try to enjoy the process.

It’s 6:30am and the house is still asleep as I sip my coffee. Alyster (our cat) is making biscuits in the blanket beside me and all I hear, besides him purring, is the quiet hum of the dishwasher in the kitchen. The quiet before the storm. I’m excited for today.

Here we go!