Holy Moly Batman, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. Although the current real estate market is making me realize the best we could probably ever do in terms of a
Surf Shack Puzzles Dream House
Cheers to something fun and relaxing to kick off the summer. Say hello to the latest release from Surf Shack Puzzles – My Dream Home painting…I can’t recall if I’ve ever been so pumped to
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Island Dreaming
Just because it’s fun to dream, and the thought of living on a small island (or boat) is more appealing than ever these days… It’s fun to sit down and think – hey, it could
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The Beach House
It’s been about six months since my last Beach House post. Yet, in those months I’ve been in our rental home (that’s nowhere near the beach) more than ever, which has also led me to
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The Beach House
This month is filled with lots of travels. Thankfully to places with warm and sunny beaches: Florida, then Mexico, and I’m headed back to Hawaii tomorrow. Good month. But also, I dunno, it reminds me
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The Beach House
It’s not that I’m ungrateful for our rental home. I love the skylight and our back yard. The neighboorhood is hilly which is fun for our walks and has some great views. It’s just… our
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The Beach House
Well, the movers come tomorrow (actually it’s more like this morning) and as I’m battling jet lag and the inevitable sea of cardboard boxes and packing paper, I figured I’d drift off to dream beach house
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The Beach House
Well, we did it. We bought a house. Excuse me while I take a long, deep, try not to stress, breath. It’s about a 12-minute drive to the beach, so it’s not technically a beach
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The Beach House
So, we are officially house hunting. And we officially had two of THE most perfect houses for us (actually within our price range and not too incredibly far from the beach) get offers the day after
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The Beach House
Well, my husband and I just finished our weekly Sunday afternoon ritual: cleaning the house. The house officially smells good, and is cleaned up. For at least another 30 minutes until Levi wakes up. And,
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The Beach House
Well, after living in our new completely empty rental for the past two weeks, the moving van is coming tomorrow. So, before I drown in a sea of cardboard boxes and packing paper for a
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The Beach House
I’m sitting in our home we’re renting, Realizing I haven’t done much to settle in since this post, and am staring out the window at a flattened moving box that has been a makeshift dog
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Here’s some late night rambling I
Here’s some late night rambling I wrote after I unpacked our final cardboard box. Giving myself permission to embrace my domestically challenged self, and to always make our place as cozy & beachy as possible.
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The Beach House
Well, it’s currently 10 degrees outside, and I’m sitting in our relatively empty new home in Minnesota. My husband got a BIG TIME Gold Star and found us a seriously sweet new rental. (Which I
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The Beach House. In Holiday Mode.
As I sit in our rental, staring at our book shelf, which is our “fireplace” during Christmas, that’s decorated with the $5 felt stockings that I wrote my husband and I’s names on with a