Thanksgiving Thanks!

Happy Turkey Day!

Ah, Thanksgiving...the day we come together and give thanks for everything we might not appreciate on a daily basis.

Oh and stuff ourselves until we are in a food coma!

Things I am thankful this year..

AMAZING Friends

 a SUPPORTIVE fiance

 a LOVING family

And, lastly, but certainly not least...

 Luke Bryan

Those are what my mom and I call "meggings" .... men leggings.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone has a blessed and safe holiday!

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Thanks to The Kinch Life!

I am so happy with how everything turned out.

I have some up and coming exciting things to BLOG about

So stay tuned...!



A wise man once said...

I'm feeling "quotey" (word?) today...

Had a wonderful talk with a friend that I haven't talked to in some time last night and being the emotional person I am, I kept  the hubby to be up late last night talking to him about our conversation until I finally fell asleep.

I am a TRUE  believer that when your soul needs something, or you ask  for advice, help, guidance, or what ever the case may be...you will receive it.

Will it come it a form that you will recognize it?

More times than not, no.

It won't come with a big flashy sign saying "hey! I'm here to answer your prayers" it's more subtle.

It might be in the form of a friend, stranger, commercial on TV...just most of the time we do not see it.

I was lucky enough to KNOW why last night of all nights, she called me, and I had time to devote to her, to sit down, no TV, no goofiness from Matt; just pure undivided attention.

And the message I was searching  for was loud and clear.

So when I woke this morning and I was doing my morning reading/soul-searching, I found myself being drawn to inspirational quotes.

I love reading what other people have written that "speaks" to me.

It's that exact moment you feel "I am not alone"

Someone else has been here...

Someone else has gotten through it...

Someone else SAID it...

Can I share a few of these quotes with you?

I have a few more but I will end it with one more...my favorite...

Life it TOO short to be anything but happy.

xo,

Dana

Happy Anniversary to our Home!

As I am sitting here waiting for supper to finish, I realize, we have been in our home for a year now!

WHAT?!

Where did the time go?!

It seems like only yesterday we were moving into our first home.

For the first few months I was pretty convinced our house was built on an ancient burial ground, considering all the bad luck we had.

BUT...

I am ONLY going to focus on the GOOD as I toast to our ONE YEAR of home ownership!

Let's see...

Ok, I have to admit, I took little to NO pictures when we first bought this house (and still don't).

Lucky for me, everything can be found on the internet.

I do regret not having something to show me just how much we have really done.

I am always so focused on what more needs to be done.

Sooooo I thought I would post what before and afters that I DO have!

Before

After!

Moved the fan, updated baseboards and painted!

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(semi) Before. This was during reno when our shower was leaking into the kitchen wall...ugh!

Again ancient burial ground.

After.

Matt installed those sconces, built the bench and painted. The bench serves as storage too :)

(he also put in two recessed lights where the fan was)

Now for the main attraction.

The dreadful yard.

Bless Matt's heart, really.

He knew this was going to be a MAJOR project home and he knew our one and only contractor was going to be Ashworth's and Sons

But he knew this is what I wanted and he was ready to make it everything I had dreamed of.

Before...

      

After...

Matt put in a hitching post and made it a wash rack.

Got our first (Charlie Brown) Christmas tree...and planted it.

We later got another baby tree

got rid of our completely unreliable gate and fence...

and replaced with an iron gate and new wall and installed sprinklers for the arena.

aaaand for the icing on the cake....

Grass :) aaaahh my favorite part!

WOW!

I can't believe how much really has been done.

What's on the list for the next year?

Well if you remember from my post back in...MARCH?! ugh... We had to rip out our master shower.

Click here to read about that awful day

So since March me, my fiance and future brother-in-law have ALL been sharing ONE shower.

Luckily for our schedules, it really hasn't imposed a problem on anyone.

BUT I DO have some exciting things to post on that, but that will come at a later time.

Let's just say...I should be posting on the master shower oh so soon!

I can't wait to see what fun project we...well I come up with ;) luckily Matt enjoys them all...so he says!

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XO,

Dana

2 Years Going on 32

Happy anniversary to my handsome cowboy hubby to be!!

Well, it was on October 3rd :)

 

That's a picture of our VERY first trail ride together.

Who knew we would be choosing to walk hand in hand on many trail rides to come.

I can't believe it's only been 2 years!

Seriously!

I feel like we are an old married couple.

Man can a year fly by.

I remember this same time last year I came home to a candlelit dinner with his homemade lasagna in the oven, him greeting me with the most amazing smile, flowers and our favorite bottle of wine and the first thing out of my mouth was "I put an offer in on a house"!

Needless to say, Matt wasn't too enthusiastic about the news considering I didn't even consult with him.

We did not get that home; however, I decided to include Matt on my next potential purchase.

Which, is the house that we currently have now!

(Speaking of, that one year will be here October 30! Say What?!)

I was given a pretty nice anniversary present!

yep! My very own Hoyt bow!

Watch out Katniss Everdean!

We changed our cable company and now have the hunting channel; and since I forfeited the rights to the remote, I haven't really watched anything other than shows on the latest and greatest hunting gear

And thus...a new archer was born.

I plan to venture on my first hunting trip next year. Eeek!

I have never met a person that I butt heads with so much, but I also never found anyone who truly understands me, loves my unconditionally and will go to the moon and back if that is what would make me happy

Thank you for loving me every single day Matt and for always telling me you love me.

I love you!! xo