TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!! As my 50th year of walking this journey I call my life knocks me down like a freight train sneaks up on me, I can’t help but feel nostalgic. FIFTY YEARS!!! Do you know how long that is? A lot has happened in the world (and me!) in the past 50 years!! Here is […]
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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ~ and a long wait for Harry
Rollercoasters scare me to death!! The feeling of falling and almost dying is not fun for me at all. But I don't want my kids to feel like me. I want them to love the excitement. When I was younger, I remember doing Space Mountain at Disney World, which is a rollercoaster in the dark, over and […]
THE KITCHEN PANTRY ~ the final lap!
The LOML and the fam worked diligently on the kitchen pantry yesterday! We’ve been working on the pantry for a couple of weeks now. You can read about each stage below: 1) Inspiration 2) Removing wire shelves and filling holes 3) Painting and stenciling 4) Hanging the wood shelves 5) Still hanging the shelves This weekend the LOML and Son […]
THE KITCHEN IS COMPLETE ~but is it really ever done?
BEFORE I REVEAL THE FINISHED KITCHEN… A little history. When I started this blog, my plan was to tell our story of how we staged the house to put it on the market to sell. We had a very nice stager walk through our house and tell us what to put away, what colors to […]
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ~ so thankful!
This Memorial Day Weekend reminded me of so many things we should be thankful for! OUR FREEDOM The flag flying at Fort Macon in North Carolina OUR FAMILIES This weekend we attended a dear friend’s wedding in Oriental, North Carolina. The ceremony was right on the water. Not only was the ceremony absolutely […]
UNSTAGING THE STAGED ~ unpacking the packed
As I’ve mentioned before, the main reason I began this blog was to journal about our journey from staging our house, putting it on the market, selling it, to buying a fixer-upper and remaking our new house into a home and sharing it with all of you. God had other plans. Every door seemed to […]