Big surprise!

We're engaged!!!!! More to come later, I'm still in shock/celebrating!!!

The Season of Scarves is Upon Us

Well's its official. Actually, it's been official since September 23rd. But today is the first day I wore a scarf, so it's officially official! And with the coming of fall, comes the unsolicited posts about the damn Pumpkin Spice Latte that I detest so much. There's even sponsored posts about it in my dang Twitter feed. Seriously, enough with the PSL. I don't want one, which means more for you. Its a win-win.

It's been really tough for me to try and wrap my head around fall this year since I'm still in limbo, housing wise, and cannot do the typical pumpkins and mums front porch displays. It stinks not being able to decorate for my favorite season and one of my favorite holidays.

But alas, the closing period on the house in Louisville will come to an end sometime in the near future. Hopefully. I've been told within about two weeks. Which is just about the amount of time I have until I absolutely lose my mind. I do not do well with disorganization and living out of boxes. I miss my shoe organizers.

In the meantime, I've spent my free time obsessing about how to decorate this new house (SQUEE!!!!) It's one of my most favoritest things in the entire world to do, so waiting to get in and start is making me nutty.  The house is huge (we are NEVER moving again), so I need a lot more furniture and next to nothing I have matches. It's almost like starting from scratch, which is fun, but super expensive.

Here's the before's (from Realtor.com) and a few of my pins for inspiration:

Current Master

{Pinned from Pottery Barn}

Pinspiration for the living room above {via this site}

And the two above are what I'm working with for the living room.

Above is the dream foyer {pinned from The Striped Pony}and below is our foyer.

It's going to be a lot of fun, and can I reiterate that I'm dying to get started??? Yeah, any day now would be nice. Please and thanks.

Any thoughts on the choices? Ideas? General musings?

Until next time, send good vibes our way for a closing in the near future!

Under Contract

WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT!

Actually, we've been under contract since the second day I listed my house. But I'm just now getting around to posting about it.

The packing and moving process is going well and I'm happy to say that I'm not feeling as overwhelmed as I was. But that feeling will be fleeting, I'm sure. Every part of the process has been super frustrating when it comes to negotiating with the buyers. 

We did find and get a contract accepted on a house here in Frankfort, too. That part has been much easier. It usually is when buying as opposed to selling. Hopefully we will be moved in by the end of October.

For now, I'm just anxiously awaiting closing dates for both properties and pinning decor ideas like a mad woman. Lord knows I love to redecorate!!!

Anyone have any ideas on what to do with this space?

Yes, that is country blue paint on ALL of the trim and ducks on the wallpaper. And blue carpeting.  Thankfully it's only the basement.

The rest of the house is awesome and I don't even think we will be painting! Lots of built in's, great floors, plenty of closets and bathrooms and a HUGE kitchen!!!

Say a little prayer for my buyers as we go through the inspection process, because it's taking everything I have to not scream very NOT nice things about them into the sky. Ugh, I keep telling myself that it will all be over soon.

Happy hump day, ya'll! Until next time!

Just a Little Update

So... I sold my house!!! I had my first offer within 24 hours on the market and after 3 days of negotiations, I am under contract!!! 

Hopefully the rest of this process goes smoothly. I'm pretty burned out on the whole moving process already and it's just beginning!

We've looked at quite a few houses here in Frankfort, but still haven't found the "one." It's a bit disheartening, but luckily I can store my furniture in my dad's basement and stay there as long as it takes.

With that being said, does anyone have any boxes???

Until life gets a smidge less chaotic, I'll leave you with a pic of the biggest two reasons I'll soon be calling Frankfort home again for the first time in 18 years.

I am not dead...yet.

So yeah...it's been awhile. I have not had time until this very moment to blog. No one cares, I get that. But at one point I enjoyed this online web diary thing I've got going here. It's fun for me to look back and see the things I've done over time. I enjoy the link ups, challenges, and fun little surveys that come with it. But for the time being, I am so completely swamped with work, life, and moving.

YES. I said moving. I'm moving. Again. This time to Frankfort. Uh huh. Yeah. That's my response too. 

I never thought I'd move back home to the place I spent the first 16 years of my life. I swore up and down I'd never do it. But I've said a lot of other absolute statements like that before, and always proved myself wrong. (Example: I'll never leave Lexington...I'm never going to live in Louisville...I will never be a brunette. You see the trend here.)

Anyway, I never expected to move to Frankfort after 3 short years of living in Louisville. Don't get me wrong, I love living in Louisville. The problem is, I don't actually live there. What I have is a very large, expensive, and well decorated storage unit in Louisville.  I have only been home for around 2 weeks total this summer. 

So hence the reason for my post title. I'm not dead yet, but I'm starting to pack up my house (OMG, HOW DID I ACCUMULATE ALL THIS STUFF????) and put it on the market in a week or so. Packing and moving again might be the death of me.

Anyway, wish me luck on this crazy endeavor and I'll be back sometime this fall. Hopefully.

Until next time, cheers y'all!!!

Summer Reading Challenge: Month Two

Here's the categories:

5 points: Freebie! Read any book that fits the general rules.  
10 points: Read a book you have never heard of before. (Just go to a shelf and pick a book based on the cover, the title, whatever you want!)

Started, not finished yet!

10 points: Read a book that has been on your TBR list for at least two years. (If you've had a Goodreads account for 2+ years, this will be easy to figure out. If you don’t, do your best to pick a book you’re pretty sure you’ve been wanting to read for years.)
10 points: Read a book that won a Goodreads “Best Book” award in 2014.
15 points: Read a book by an author who is completely new to you.
15 points: Read a book by an author you have read before. (No re-reads for this one.) 

GIRL ON THE TRAIN, previously counted

15 points: Read a book with "light" or "dark" in the title. (Or "lightness" or "darkness.") 

A LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, M L Steadman, 354 pages. I liked it, but the ending wasn't what I expected and I kind of wanted a different one. 3.5/5.

20 points: Read a book with the name of a city, state or country in the title. Edited to add: The place must be real, either current or historical, but not fictional.

THE PARIS WIFE, Paula McClain, 336 pages. Very interesting and a good version of Hemmingway's early life! I loved it, 4.5/5 stars.

20 points: Read a book with an animal on the cover. 

A DOG'S PURPOSE, W Bruce Cameron, 333 pages. This was so sweet and a go to if you need a good cry! But it has a happy ending, so 4/5 stars.

25 points: Read a book that is part of a series with at least four books.
25 points: Read a book that is longer than 500 pages long. — Submitted by winter finisher Kristen from See You in a Porridge. 

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, previously counted

30 points: Read a book with an alliterative title. (All words in the title must begin with the same letter; no exceptions for articles or prepositions. Examples: Gone Girl or Nicholas Nickleby. Yes, this is tough, which is why it's worth the most points!)

So my previous total was 40, plus 55 more this month is a grand total of 95. I better get to reading, y'all!

Summer Photo Dump

I'm never going to be one of those bloggers that posts daily, or let's be honest, even weekly. This summer has proven that blogging hasn't been a top priority. So here's what has!

Lots of fun with the mini! Summer festivals, his 5th birthday, Drew's 34th, baseball final games, and much, much more that's just hanging out on my hard drive waiting to be uploaded.

Fun times at the zoo! They had a Lego installation that just tickled us pink! 

Took a quick road trip up to Madison, WI for my cousin's wedding! It's a super cool city, but I never really saw the draw in cheese curds. Cheese that squeaks is weird.

Caught War on Drugs in Covington with my gal Brooke! It was an awesome show, and I'm pumped to see him perform again at Forecastle!

A heck of a good time down in Owensboro for the Romp Bluegrass Festival. Drew and almost his whole family having been going for years, and I've been excited to finally go check it out!

Despite two days of torrential downpour and missed shows, we had an absolute blast. Maybe one day, I'll do a post on how to camp with kids for long periods.

First birthday for the nugget! She's the sweetest! I hope she likes her alphabet book of classic rock stars, her super awesome aunt sure does!

In not so awesome news, Riley has been a pretty sick pup these days. It started with a double ear infection, conjunctivitis, and an infected tummy spot. 

A month later and he's got an enlarged spleen, can't keep food down unless it's chicken and rice, and is extremely lethargic.

He's making improvements, but he's 10, and this might be the beginning of his twilight years. Send a little cosmic love his way (and mine too, I've been a mess), and hopefully we'll figure it out before I run out of savings paying the vet.

Up next on the calendar is Forecastle Festival, a work trip down to Opryland, a trip to Michigan for a week on the lake with Drew, the mini, and his fam.

It doesn't slow down after that, our 1 year anniversary is the weekend after Michigan. It's hard to believe it's only been a year, we've packed so much awesome into that short time. I can't remember life without him, and am glad I don't have to!

Much more concerts to see, a trip to the beach, and who knows what else!!!