Hello! How excited are you for the Christmas holidays? I’m so excited, I can barely stand it! I have no idea why, because we don’t have any company coming this year, and Steve works Christmas morning, evening and New Year’s Eve, and day. I think […]
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Here Goes Nothin’!
As some of you may know, my name is Amanda! I’m the middle daughter in my family of five, I live with my boyfriend in California, and I’m about to pack my life up and drive it to Nevada. Before I get in to that, […]

Project- Open Shelving
This week my husband Steve was up for a visit and he brought my middle daughter, Amanda and her boyfriend, Christian with him! I could just die when they’re here because I only get to see Ste… Source: Project- Open Shelving

I Have a Plan!
Good Morning! Yesterday I wrote to you and told you how at the end of my rope I am! Well, after a good night’s sleep I’ve made a plan. I’m going to move in! When I first decided to move into the house my plan […]

Dreams: Nobody Said it Would Be Easy
This week has really been a struggle for me. I feel like all the work and all the moving and all the being responsible is really getting to me. I need something and I don’t even know what it is. Monday, Emma started public school […]

I’m Building a Ship
Today I was reminded of a blog post I shared from David DuChemin. He is one of my favorite photographer/writers. His blog and Facebook pages are full of inspiration and motivation. I have a couple of his books, I’m a fan. Anyway, I reposted a […]

Inspiration Saturday 05/07/16
Happy Weekend!! Don’t you just LOVE the weekends?! This Morning I wanted to share a little ranch love. It’s been a few week since we took a look at what’s going on up there. Here is the dining room! Well, it’s actually what the room […]

Welcomed Bump in the Road
I‘ve been home from the ranch for a day and starting to decompress. I feel so blessed to have a place to leave all the renovation for a time and live in a nice put tother home. Seriously, we can really take a refrigerator for […]

Inspiration Saturday 01/30/16
It’s been one week since I last returned from the ranch house. We got so much work done in the last two weeks. We finally removed all the rock, and we only have a couple more tasks to complete before we are completely done with […]

Inspiration Saturday 01/02/16
Wow! I just typed 16, as in 2016! I can’t believe the new year has arrived! I have so many plans this coming year, but today I’m gonna share our next room and inspirational images. This post is all about the Den. This is the […]

Inspiration Saturday 12/12/15
Featured image: http://www.edinarealty.com/homes-for-sale/MN/St-Louis-Park/55424/4367-Mackey-Avenue-106380694 Over the next few months I want to use my Saturday Inspirations to show you some of the stuff we’re changing at the ranch house and the images that are inspiring me to make the changes. Hopefully, you’ll get to see the end […]

To The Ranch!
Emma and I are headed up to the ranch house today. We will have no TV, no internet and no coffee maker. I can’t wait. Of course I’ll have my phone and the DVD player so we’re set! If you’d like to stay in […]