My favorite room in our house is easily Owen’s nursery. I planned it out many months before his arrival and Drew helped make my dream a reality. While I wasn’t able to do as much as I would have liked, it was such a fun process creating this space for our family – mainly for me because Owen didn’t even sleep in there for the first month. The Vision I’ve used PowerPoint to “vision board” a few rooms in our home to help visualize the space with things we already have and potential new pieces. It has been super helpful to see how the different variations of a room would…
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10 Things Vol. 1
Inspired by Carly Riordan, here are 10 things that have been on my mind lately. This brings it back to the “old school” days of blogging where people would just post online about their thoughts and musings. A lot of content these days is sponsored or “curated” but I thought it’d be fun to just write about random things that are going on in my life. 1. SPORCLE I’m a huge fan of lists – if you couldn’t tell by my 101 in 1001 challenge. I also love a good trivia/quiz situation. Introduce Sporcle. It’s an online “World of Quizzes” where people can create and play quizzes. The beauty of…
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101 in 1001 Update #4 (Final)
It’s been a minute! But I’m back with my final update for my 101 in 1001 (Update #4). It’s hard to believe I started this back in January 2020, which feels like a lifetime ago. My life has completely changed since then and my priorities in life have completely shifted, but it’s fun to see what I have experienced in the 1001 days! Original Post Update #1: August 11, 2020 Update #2: November 15, 2020 Update #3: December 26, 2021 Personal 2. Run (or walk) a 5K (COMPLETE) Back in April 2022, Drew and I ran/walked our first 5K together! It was the green6.2 and 5K that was hosted by…
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2021 Life Update
It has been a while since my last blog post (6 months to be specific). Since that time, we’ve lived through six more months of work-from-home and wanted to do a life update. Upon reflection, quite a few things have changed over the past six months and it’s fun to track life events and updates! I’m planning on doing another 101 in 1001 update soon with a (surprisingly) long list of updates. I finished my 4th busy season (5th year of work). I’ve worked at the same public accounting company since I graduated in 2016 and finished my 4th busy season. This would have been my 5th, but I missed…
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DIY Kitchen Renovation
Painting our kitchen cabinets has been on our to-do list since the day we moved in. Our house is from the early 2000s (which I have to remind myself is almost 20 years ago) and came with the standard “turn of the century” glossy-oak cabinets. Having been in quarantine for over two months, we were itching for a home project – so, operation DIY kitchen renovation began! Before This is a stock photo from our home listing before we bought it (because I forgot to take a real “before” photo). It was a perfectly fine kitchen, just not the look we were going for. Supplies We went to Lowe’s and…
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2020 House To-Do List!
It has been almost two years since we purchased our first home and we absolutely love it! We have grown into this home and have slowly been making it our own. When we first moved into our house, Drew and I made an “ultimate house to-do list”. This list includes quick-fixes to “dream home” type renovations that we would like to complete during our lifetime. Each year, we like to make a short list of items to complete before our annual Halloween party. We use the party as our motivation to get items on our list checked-off! This past year, we completed our backyard oasis and bought a new couch.…
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101 in 1001
In the spirit of the new year and decade, I want to challenge myself to accomplish short-term and long-term goals. Inspired by Design Darling, this list will have 101 things I want to accomplish over the next 1001 days (2.75 years). My goal is to complete all (if not most) of these items, but will try to stay realistic and remind myself that life happens. 101 Things in 1001 Days Start Date: January 15, 2020 End Date: October 12, 2022 Personal ( 0 / 17 ) Read at least 10 books (I’m not a big reader). Run (or walk) a 5K. Vote in the 2020 elections. Learn how to do…
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DIY Garden Wall
As part of our home improvement projects each year for our annual Halloween party (yes, we are Halloween-motivated), Drew and I wanted to create our backyard oasis. We knew when we were looking for our first home, we wanted backyard space for (1) our future fur baby and (2) to start a garden. Neither of us really have a green thumb but since we had the space we wanted to give plant life a try. The Space and Base About 12 months prior to our DIY weekend, we purchased our new bedroom furniture and got rid of our old furniture. I had a feeling that the base of our old…
