Learning to Love Home

For so long I have struggle with this little place trying to find the best fit for it. 

Knowing that I truly to love the mission on "learning to love home" to help others find strength in love their home after tragedy. 

Yet I never seem to find the right words or inspiration. I feel like social media/blogs/pinterest have left us thinking that we are supposed to have it all figured out before we get started. 

That we have to have content planned out for every day or every week.

That we have to have room projects completed. Plus styled perfectly and don't forget photographed with great lighting! 

So I stopped blogging, I turned this desire to inspire others into a place to just link up with some of my favorite bloggers that inspire me. While I love linking up, some of them told always hold true with my mission for this blog. 

I was honestly linking up just to fill content on my page. 

So every few months I would get discourage and then stop blogging for a while, to only start doing the same cycle of "blog content" again once I felt the desire again.

So today I'm declare that I will be completely real with this blog.

The Clean, The Dirty, The Messy, The Raw, and The Real emotions, photos and life of our home.

I owe that to you my readers but more importantly to myself. 

I want to LOVE this home that we have been given. 

I desperately want to document that journey as well. 

Will some photos be taken with my fancy camera and edit, yes. Though 80% will probably be taken with my iPhone and there will show some part of our Hot Mess of projects.

Y'all that is okay because it's real life and it's my journey.

If your new here you can read all about our little gray house here and the back bedroom here.   

Friday Favorites

It's Friday!

Ladies we made it to another week, let the weekend celebration begin!

Today i'm linking up with Shay and Erika to share some of my favorites from the week. 

So this is a 2 part favorite.

1. I got an impromptu Date night with this guy. It was amazing, we did a little shopping and then we got Moe's...aka I really just ate all the Guacamole with a side of Corona. 

2. That Salmon Pink Puffer Vest, David got it for me for Christmas (read I picked it out, put it on hold and he picked it up) and its ben my go to piece for any outfit! 

See I even wore it Tuesday night when I took these photos. I bet you anything I'll be wearing them today or Saturday. 

I just love it. It's bright salmon pink!

Light weight, but still really really warm. 

You can find it here. It also comes in Orange and Navy.

Plus its on SALE! 

Have y'all heard this song?

Its currently one of my favorites. 

It's the perfect pick me up song, need motivation at the gym. Play It!

motivation to pick up after the kiddo tornado. Play It!

motivation to bust out work. Play It!

Also huge shout out to Emily Ley and her January playlist on Spotify! 

Our family plays a lot of her playlist on repeat or I'm constantly adding songs to my own playlist. 

Here is the link to her January playlist, your welcome in advance.

Honorable mentions from that list:

1. New Years Day | Pentatonix

2. She Sets the World on Fire | Gavin Degraw

3. Castle on the Hill | Ed Sheeran 

4. Goldmine | Colbie Caillat 

This lightweight sweater is my new go to favorite top!

I bought it last week on a quick run into Target and found this on the clearance rack. 

I honestly wore it the next day and to be extra honest I washed it just to wear it again later in the week. 

I have even paired it with my go to vest. 

Okay let me be honest again, I have even gone to Targets website multiple times to look at more color options for this same light weight sweater. I have been good, but I'm sure by the end of the weekend another one or two will be making its way to our house it a pretty little target box. 

This Red One here and Gray One here are the two I'm trying to decide between. 

What is y'alls vote: Red, Gray, or Both?!?! 

This is slowly become one of my new favorite sitcoms. 

Though I'll be completely honest I HATED the pilot episode, I almost didn't give the show a second chance but I'm so so glad I did. 

In my opinion you can just start with episode 2 and pick up from there. You'll totally get the gist of the show, witty humor, and if your mom you'll find someone to relate too. 

My favorite episode to date is defiantly The Nap. 

The entire time during that episode I kept saying "Yes....This is my life" and yet neither of my children are in public school yet. 

Though last weeks episode The Surprise was great, I'm currently trying to figure out how to throw our own Escape Room Party! 

Okay Another Favorite

Trying to find a show that I can watch with David is so so hard. It's nearly impossible. 

However we saw this reality show twice this week and we are hooked. 

People have signed up to become "fugitives" and former CIA, FBIA, Detectives, etc. will be searching for them for 28 days. 

They are only allowed 4 states to travel and $500 dollars. 

Whoever stays hidden the longest or close to the 28 days wins the cash prize at the end. 

We LOVE IT!

I love it to the point that I say things like this during the commercials:

Where would we hide?

Which forest would we hide in?

Do you think we could survive together, would our marriage survive?

Babe they are looking for people for season 2, can I sign us up?

Seriously can we do this for our 6th anniversary this spring?

How mad would you be if I sent in our application?

Yep I'm hooked and I'm dying to be on the show!

{#CBSPICKME} 

For those curious...my sweet David has already said I probably couldn't survive. 

He has said things like...

Oh you'll get annoyed, yell and blow our cover.

No you'll find a Nordstrom while we are hiding and get us busted.

You don't even enjoy camping, you'll never survive. 

The Deadline to apply is Feb. 15. Y'all I'm still working on him.. 

I really think it would be a great experience plus hello marriage builder/strengthener (Oh Lord pray for us!)

Fun Fact: I asked if he would do it with is younger brother, he eagerly said that would be fun.

#crushedmywifeyheart

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