I know, I know. Super exciting project. But hey, not every homeowner task can be as awesome as a fresh coat of paint (more on that in future posts). Sometimes it is the little, tedious things, like cleaning EVERY window… Continue Reading
I’ve always struggled to balance life when summer hits. The weather is warm and all I want is to be outside. Even with longer daylight hours giving me more time to be productive, I just want to spend those hours… Continue Reading
Adjusting to home ownership is kicking my butt! Mainly because I have the type of personality that wants to do ALL the projects right NOW. While I’ve learned to pace myself a bit, it is still a struggle. So, I’m… Continue Reading
I’m still here! Partly buried under moving boxes and paint cans, and fully struggling to balance life at the moment, but I’m still here nonetheless. It is in these moments, the moments where I’m trying to catch my breath while… Continue Reading
It has been a long day. It’s 11:43 p.m. and I just wrapped up painting about an hour ago. I’m still covered in a bajillion splatters, and I honestly don’t know if I even have the energy to shower. Especially… Continue Reading
Technically we are about 10 days in, but since we headed back to Chicago for Mother’s Day weekend, we’ll call it an even week. It has been exciting, exhausting, wonderful, stressful, and a bunch more descriptors that I can’t even… Continue Reading
We are homeowners! But wow, this weekend was a whirlwind! We closed right on time Friday morning – papers were signed by 9 a.m. Since we knew we wouldn’t get possession until 5 p.m., we both decided to head into… Continue Reading
I can’t believe it! We close in less than 12 hours! Granted, we don’t get possession until 5 p.m. tomorrow, but as of 8 a.m., the house is OURS! Tonight was the final walkthrough. It was so exciting to be… Continue Reading
Before I get to the amazing rain barrel workshop I went to last weekend, can I just say… we are FIVE days away from closing! I honestly have no idea how the time went so fast. I somehow feel that… Continue Reading
We are officially 23 days away from closing! It seems so crazy that we could have gone from 71 to 23. Now I’m trying to figure out the timeline. See, I think we should start packing. Brian – not so much.… Continue Reading