Simple Home and Happiness

Thanksgiving has come and gone and it was wonderful. I ate as much as I possibly could and enjoyed time with my family. The Hubs and I rounded out the evening with a leftover bottle of wine and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation! Perfect end to the day if you ask me! So this is the end of my month of thanks. I have been trying to figure out how to sum it up and have been struggling to find a way to express my sincere thanks without sounding fake. I am so truly thankful to be living a life that is simple and honest with a family that I love more than anything in the world. I could give up everything but my family and would still be so blessed. I'm sure December will be hectic no matter how hard I try to reign it in. I'll post as often as I can while still trying to keep a bit of my sanity. Today I finished knocking out the tile and laminate on the kitchen floor. The only thing standing between me and wood floors is one stubborn layer of tar backing. If you know any

Today I am thankful for every single step of the process. It has been emotionally exhausting at times, but I am so happy that it has landed me here. I am acting in a local play this year, and when they asked me to do it, I hesitated because of the house stuff. I really love acting and hadn't done it for years. I figured it wouldn't really overlap with the house stuff, because that happens during the day and practice for the play was in the evenings. Fast forward two months... I have four play performances this week, (three night performances and one Sunday afternoon), plumber, electrician, excavators, and concrete all decided this week worked best for them to get some serious work done. It has been a wonderful, hectic, crazy mess. I can't complain because we are making huge progress on Lucky, but holy buckets, I am spinning. The day when the electrician showed up, I kind of thought we were just doing a walk through. So I go along saying, "Well yeah a light h

Today I am infinitely thankful for the elusive hardwood flooring underneath the layers of tile and laminate. It is painstakingly slow, but little by little I am making progress. Someday; weeks, months, years, from now, I will stand in my finished kitchen and be so happy I spent endless hours on my hands and knees peeling back time and uncovering a hidden gem. Right now I mostly ache from head to toe, but I am still thankful for the opportunity to work on something I love so much! What are you thankful for? See the rest of my November days here ! Thanks for stopping by! Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for wine. It has helped me more than I care to admit :)   Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for this girl . She is braver than I will ever be and has an incredible way with words. She always leaves me feeling inspired.   Posted with Blogsy

I think it is time to catch you up on what has been going on over at Lucky lately. To do that, I probably better explain what our plans are with the house. Lucky is a traditional foursquare house; fours rooms on the main level and four bedrooms upstairs. The house originally did not have an indoor bathroom. The bathroom addition was added around the sixty's and we ripped it off before moving the house. We are building two addtitons onto the house. The biggest addition is an 18x24 foot space that will have a bathroom, pantry, laundry space and the stairs to the basement. It will also be connected to the garage, so it will be sort of a breezeway between the garage and the original house. The exterior has been framed and the basement stairs are complete and the interior walls are framed in. It is partially covered in housewrap, and awaiting siding. The second addition is a 16x16 space that will be a main level master someday. The Hubs really wanted a master bedrooms space crea

Today I am thankful for homemade pizza. It is one of my favorite lazy day foods and letting the kiddos get messy helping make it is part of the charm! Try this seriously tasty twist on homemade pizza !   Posted with Blogsy

I am thankful for the family and friends that have been there for me and helped me through all of the house renovations! Without them, I would not be able to keep my head above water!   Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for our current home. I am writing about Lucky all the time, because I am so involved and excited about the process. I often neglect to mention how thankful I am for the house that my family and I live in. This house has been our home for five years. The Hubs proposed to me here, this is where we brought our babies home when they were born. We've suffered losses and celebrated life here, we've cried and laughed and lived every moment of our shared life in this house. No matter how many complaints I have about this house and no matter how excited I am for the next house, this will always be our first home and will be special to me. Thank you for stopping by. Leave a comment and join me for a thankful November! Check out my other thankful days here !   Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for white siding! I am so happy to see this going up today. I chose all white siding. I may be crazy, only time will tell. I am thrilled with the look already! What are you thankful for? Check out this rest of my thankful days here !   Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for phone, cable and internet. Due to the installation at Lucky, we didn't have any of those amenities here yesterday. Thus missing day five. It was actually kind of nice to be unplugged for the day! So maybe I am thankful for the day without phone, cable and internet! What are you thankful for? Check out the rest of my thankful days here !   Posted with Blogsy

I am oh so thankful for my carpenters whom understand me. They are a blessing. I adore them. That is all. Check out the rest of November here !   Posted with Blogsy

I am thankful for Sunday, a day of rest. I didn't do a single thing at Lucky except give a tour to some family members, hardly counts as work! You can check out the rest of my thankful days of November here . Thanks for stopping by. Have a beautiful Sunday!   Posted with Blogsy

Today I am thankful for painters tape, it is profoundly useful for appliance lay out!   What are you thankful for? Join me this month in finding something each day to be thankful for. You can check out the rest of my days of November here .   Posted with Blogsy

Things are moving quickly around here and it is hard to keep up with everything. Some things are great; carpet out, hardwood exposed, yay! Some things are frustrating; rooflines in the way of original windows, ugh. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving I am going to pop in each day with an update, to remind myself to be thankful for very step of the process, good and bad. Today I couldn't be there when the first interior wall went up, and it is off by about a foot from where I would like it. In the big picture though, it's not a huge deal. Today I am simply thankful for the first interior wall going up! What are you thankful for? I'd love for you to join me in this month of gratitude! Check out the rest of my days of thanks below! November Day Two November Day Three November Day Four November Day Six November Day Seven November Day Eight November Day Nine November Day Ten November Day Eleven November Day Thirteen November Day Fourteen Novembe