I’m feeling creative again for the first time in a really long time and it feels so good. Not that all creativity has vanished as I have completed some projects, taken on and accepted new jobs, as well as the ongoing, but ever slow process of decorating and finishing the house we’ve lived in for …
Stand Up Paddle Boarding For Fun & Healthy Living
What I’m Wearing… * Old dress from Forever 21… see it here with bike shorts!* This bag is ancient, and always works well for Summer, but I can’t remember where I got it* Tom Ford cat eye sunglasses {which have finally moved to the “old but still wearable when being active pile”… and I think …
Lake House Update | Backyard Playground Before & After
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned 1million times, but just as a quick refresher, this house was second to last on our list of about 18 houses we wanted to look at up here in Lake Arrowhead when we were on a serious hunt for real estate. I was 100% reading a book by its cover …
Lake House Update: Exterior | Before & After
When we were looking at houses to buy up here in Lake Arrowhead, the house we actually bought was very low on my list of homes to see due to the exterior photos in the real estate listing. I didn’t like it at all, and in fact, almost skipped it entirely. But as soon as …
The Enchanted Cottage…
The husband and I have upped our weekly walks and hikes to almost daily now and if you follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or read my weekly Instagram updates, you’ll see I’ve started a new series/feature called “Houses in the Woods”, wherein I post photos of houses in our new woodsy location, Lake Arrowhead. Since …
My InstaLife : Week 12/10-15
Wow. We have been in our new house for just over a week and it already feels like a month has passed! Our original moving date was mid-month but due to snowy conditions, we pushed it up to the 5th and I’m so happy we did. We are new to all this snow stuff, so …
Home Sweet Home…
We’ve spent the past two days with a team of movers, packing and loading and packing a bit more, and now we are officially at our new house by the lake with the dogs, just waiting for the trucks to arrive with our stuff. EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!! We are really excited!!!!! Even though our process was fairly …
My InstaLife : Week 11/23-12/1
It’s December!! Wow, these last two months have just been a roller coaster ride for us. October 1st was our first trip up to Lake Arrowhead to look at real estate and in just a few days we will be moving into our new house by the lake. So many emotions are stirring over here …
The Evolution of a Room: Game Room to Everyday Room
When we first moved into this rental house from our tiny condo in the beginning of 2010, we were playing a lot of games with friends like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc. so I created our Rock and Roll Video Game Room. But over the past two years, and as I’ve gotten busier, our plastic …
My InstaLife : Week 11/11-23
This is more like a week and a few bits from the week prior. I actually didn’t post much to Instagram the week before and those that I did, I ended up using for posts {or will be using for posts} so I thought I’d skip last week and add the few extras to this …
So Grateful…
Yesterday morning, just after waking, I walked sleepy-faced and messy-haired out to the living room as I normally do, where I was greeted with a big smile and an even bigger hug from our housekeeper, Alba. This is not unusual however, Alba and I embrace in a warm hug and cheek kiss every two weeks …
It’s Official! We’re Homeowners & Moving to a Lake!
…his and hers snow boots… Crocs Duck Boots for her & Slip On Duck boots for himFor the past 45 days, we have been in limbo. Getting a loan to buy a house these days is kind of a ridiculous process, so even when it was almost surely a done deal, we held our breath …
Trying NOT to Visually Decorate our {Possible} New House is REALLY DIFFICULT, especially because that’s all I want to do
We are apparently in phase two of our loan process and in escrow on our house in Lake Arrowhead. Everything is looking good and technically, monetarily speaking, we should have no problems getting this house. However, in this market, with the ever-careful banks, who only a few years back were giving loans to deceased people …
Halloween Decorating Ideas – Interior / Exterior
We’ve been a bit behind on the Halloween decor front this month because we’ve been so distracted by our house situation {we are in escrow, eek!}. My husband usually has boxes of king sized candy bars just waiting to hand out on Halloween to all the kiddos but he hasn’t even gotten them yet. This …
Live Without Expectations…
In the midst of all the commotion in our lives at the moment, we constantly find ourselves trying not to become too attached to outcomes. At the moment, this thinking mostly revolves around not only the close of escrow of our possible new house in Lake Arrowhead but also getting attached to the “idea” of …