Decorating

I've learned something about myself during our house hunt: I love to decorate. I never really decorated the house we're living in now because I've always seen it as a temporary residence. Even though we've lived here 8 years now, it never really felt like a space that I wanted to decorate. I've always been on the search for the next best thing and I still haven't found it yet!

Anyway, back to decorating! I've realized that I can now turn any type of house into a Pinterest Nightmare. We looked at another house that was completely different from the original Pinterest Nightmare house so I went on Pinterest and had the entire house decorated before I knew it. This one had a primitive/country theme while the other one had a bright, airy theme. I can't wait to look at another house to see what I can dream up!

The Worst

I have watched none of these shows

Remember how excited I was for the new fall TV premieres?

Well, my cable quit working last Saturday. It is the worst. #firstworldproblems

After it went out, my husband and I went back and forth about if we really needed cable anymore. That lasted about 2 seconds and we're set to get our cable back this week sometime.

Seagulls

Seagulls for days!

I Heart Blogging

You guys! I have been blogging successfully for 15 (week) days!

When I took my impromptu blog break, I wasn't sure if I was even going to come back to writing here. I'd get all excited to post something and then I'd go on Facebook and see someone's ridiculous post and never want to write anything for the Internet ever again. Then I just started writing here and couldn't stop. One thing that sets me apart from other bloggers is that I very rarely post a ton of words. I kind of show some pictures and post a couple sentences about what's going on and that's it. The reasoning for this is that I don't really have a ton of time to devote to blogging and social media. Social media has been sort of hit or miss for me lately. I kind of forget about it. I'm happy blogging this way, though, because it's very low maintenance. I don't have to do a 'photo shoot' for my blog. I just take some pictures and post them on the Internet. No pressure.

Aaand then I posted a ton of words in a post where I said 'I very rarely post a ton of words'! You know what I mean?!

Throwback Thursday

#tbt to that time I put a wedding dress on.  I totally should have worn it to my own wedding.

That Awkward Moment

That awkward moment when I'm editing pictures and realize the people on the sailboat were waving at me!  They're probably like "What is she doing with this long lens and why is she taking pictures of us?!"  Well played, sailboat, well played.

Like Me On Facebook

I just wanted to let you know I have some exclusive content over on my Facebook page!  Oh, and by 'exclusive content', I mean some edits of photos I took last year!  I couldn't let them hang out unedited in my memory card forever!  Also, too many exclamation points!

Apple Season

It's apple season yet again! I'm thinking of making apple butter this year. Last year, we made grape jelly from our grapes, but the vines didn't produce any grapes this year. I was so disappointed. The jelly we made last year was fantastic. If I decide to make apple butter, hopefully it turns out! I'll keep you posted!

Photography

I like to take pictures. I don't think I'm a photographer. I'm not going to be all 'rockin2thesound photography!' just because I have a DSLR. This post wasn't brought on by anything except my own embarrassment by using 'photography' as a tag in my blog posts, which I'm going to continue because I thrive on cringe worthy experiences. #trainwreckinprogress

Also, I probably wouldn't cut it as a photographer anyway; editing my poorly taken photos takes a ton of time!

Throwback Thursday

Why so serious?
#tbt

My Kind Of Place

Even though I have my heart set on the Pinterest Nightmare House, I've been all over Zillow like it's my job. I really love all things house related and love taking a peek at the real estate listings. Here's a recent description that caught my attention:

I'm obsessed already. If I bought this house, my husband would lose his mind, even though he rehabbed houses as a job back in the day. There's nothing like an extensive rehab to ruin a marriage, though! He'd be in the house trying to do things the right way and I would be in there looking at Pinterest and suggesting paper bag floors.*

I guess I can only dream of the day when I can get my hands on a house and turn it into a complete Pinterest nightmare.

*As someone who has worked in construction/remodeling for 10+ years, my husband is completely against paper bag flooring.

My Fancy Blog Planner

You don't have to get a fancy planner to do a blog plan.

Here's my blog plans for September. Since I publish most of my posts ahead of time, I like to keep track of what's coming up and what I need to write.

I also may or may not have fancied it up with colored pencils. #nevergrowup

Summer 2015

I don't want summer to end!

September 11

Remembering those lost on 09.11.01

Throwback Thursday

Goat selfie
#tbt

Fall TV

My favorite time of year is here again: Fall TV! Here are the shows I'm looking forward to watching:

Blood & Oil
Quantico
Life In Pieces
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Blindspot
Grandfathered
The Grinder
Scream Queens
Rosewood
The Player

What shows are you looking forward to?

Summer TV Recap

Remember that summer show preview post I did at the beginning of summer?

Here's an update of the shows I watched.

Shows I was looking forward to watching:

America's Got Talent: I put it on my DVR and didn't watch a single episode!

Aquarius: I watched a couple episodes and stopped. Not because it was terrible. Just didn't watch it.

The Whispers: I couldn't get into it & ended up deleting it. My mom still watches it and says it's really good. I should probably give it another go.

Sense 8: I didn't even start watching!

The Astronaut Wives: I loved them! The ending was a little fast, though. I've read it was only supposed to be a mini series/canceled, so it kind of explains the abrupt ending. I'm glad everything was resolved so it didn't leave any cliffhangers.

Last Comic Standing: I have so much love for this show! All funny all the time. I can't wait for the season finale this week!

Orange Is The New Black: I only watched a few episodes. Liked it so far.

Other shows I binge watched:

Chasing Life
Better Off Ted
Cedar Cove
Heartland
Taxi Brooklyn
Fringe

Surprising comeback:

After having Internet issues forever (which prevented me from binge watching anything on Netflix), I finally finished watching Forever that I had on my DVR, well, forever! I'm so sad that show got canceled!

Pinterest Nightmare

As I briefly mentioned way back when, my husband and I are currently looking at houses to buy. We found one we really wanted, but couldn't make it work financially for us.

I would have just made it a Pinterest disaster anyway.

I love Pinterest, though. It gives me so many ideas for stuff I'm never going to do. Where we live now is very limited on space. The house we wanted was like 3 times the size of our current residence. I could have Pinterested (?) all day and night and still had room for more stuff. I don't know if that would have been a good thing or a bad thing. Probably a terrible thing. So much DIY everywhere!

Throwback Thursday

#tbt to that time when I thought taking pictures in public bathroom mirrors was cool.

The Sale

The annual sale is finally over!  For whatever reason, I just wasn't feeling it this year.  We made a ton of money, but the set up and selling is so time consuming!  We had so much stuff to sell this year.  I thought last year's sale had a lot of stuff, but this year we ended up having double the merchandise!