5 Things That Made My Week!

Well it's the end of the week and here are some things that made me happy this week...

•  Some handmade personalized wedding gifts we received this week.  Love, love, love them!

• Looking forward to tonight's Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney concert with my hubby.

• The arrival of "THE PET CONVINCER".  We have been waiting and waiting for this thing to come in the mail.  It is supposed to be the most effective and humane dog training tool on the market. Just a little blast of air and it's high pitched sound is enough to correct a bad behavior instantly.  I have been using it whenever I can and it seems to work.  I also take it on walks in case I need to use it to scare away a coyote. 

• This little(big) guy.  Look at that face!

• And this adorable guy.  Love him!!!

Kitchen Makeover

We are renters so there's only so much we can do to our home, not to mention we don't have a whole lot of money so we are slightly limited.  That being said, we wanted our new apartment to be a place that feels homey and comfortable.  We plan on being here for a while.

I used Pinterest for some inspiration on what to do with our kitchen.  Here are some images that influenced our final design.

I'm still kind of terrible at this whole blogging thing so I didn't get a before picture of the kitchen but here is how it turned out.

{Sign from etsy.com}

{Target Jars & Martha Stewart for Staples Labels}

{Rug from Shades of Light shadesoflight.com}

{Towel was a wedding gift but I think it is from Anthropologie}

Goodbye to Our First Home

We are moving, yay!! We found a bigger place that will be much more comfortable for us but it is so bittersweet to leave our first place.  This is the little house that started it all.  It's where we adopted our baby Cody and where we got engaged.  I will miss our annual 4th of July party and Cody will miss his best bud Tucker, the chocolate lab next door.  We have shared so many memories here and will always look back fondly at our tiny one bedroom house on 11th Street.

But, it's time to move on, time to spread our wings.  Hopefully soon we will be expanding our family and we need the extra space.  People have been sending wedding gifts and I'm starting to feel like a hoarder in this tiny house :)  I'm also looking forward to having an actual table to eat at, furniture for people to sit on and the possibility of actually entertaining guests.  It's exciting to start fresh on a blank canvas too and hopefully I can put some of my Pinterest ideas to good use.

One thing I really love about this house are the Cherry Blossom trees in the front yard.  One day, when we finally own our own home, I would love to plant some in our garden to pay homage to the house where it all began.