Month: May 2020

Entertaining

A Rocket Ship Birthday Party

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Hi ya'll! This past Memorial Day weekend, we celebrated our son turning FIVE! (So, now we have a 5 year old, 3 year old, and 1 year old) He requested a rocket ship party months ago and although we had to deviate from the original plan a good amount, we were still able to celebrate our sweet boy's big day. Honestly, I thought I would be writing a post about our daughter's golden birthday (Golden Birthday: when you turn as old as the day of the month your birthday falls on, i.e., our daughter turned three on the 3rd of…

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Room Designs & Makeovers

A 5-Day Kitchen Renovation

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Yup, you read that right. We renovated a kitchen in FIVE days. Less than a week. New cabinets, new appliances, new countertops, we did it all. IN. FIVE. DAYS. Okay, sorry for the all-caps yelling, but this project was near and dear to our hearts and we almost couldn't believe it ourselves that we managed to finish it in five days. But let's start at the beginning. Andrew's cousin, Claire, (my cousin-in-law, if you will) bought her first house in the suburbs of Dallas in March of 2018 and although it had hardwood floors and fresh paint, the kitchen was…

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Money & Finances

My 100-day Challenge – April Update

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Well y'all, I've officially finished my 100-day challenge! At times it felt short and other times it felt like it was never going to end, but I really enjoyed the reflection I was able to have around my spending. Technically I finished the 100 days on May 14th but for the purposes of comparison, we finished the month strong and I compiled our expenses for the entire month of April so I could compare them to the previous 3 months. If you are new around here, back in January, I (and my family by default) decided to embark on a…

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