I'll Be Back...

I'm enjoying my vacation time with Pat and his family at the beach working on my tan, catching up on reading and spending some time just living.

More posts to come in July when I am home :)

Weekly Inspiration

I need a little motivation to get me through this week! I have a ton of projects to wrap up before I leave for vacation on Friday so a little encouragement about how awesome I am is just what I need to motivate me this week. 

Also, it never hurts to be your own biggest cheerleader!

Favorite Pins From Last Week

 1. Favorite Sweet Treat - Healthy Pineapple Whip
^ I can't wait to try this yummy summer dessert recipe - I even have all the ingredients, so this might be happening tonight :)

2. Favorite Home Decor - Rustic Pallet Entry Way
^I've been looking for a little entry way inspiration and think I finally found it in this picture! We have a nook in our entry that is just calling for some pallets and stained wood boards.

3. Favorite Recipe - Quinoa Pancakes
^I found an awesome diner that serves coconut quinoa pancakes which I was raving about here. I think i've finally found my base recipe. Just have to add some coconut and blueberries to it and trick Pat into eating them.

4.  Summer Reading List from Real Simple
^ I'm leaving for vacation on Friday in Bethany Beach, Delaware and I can't wait for a ton of beach reading time. I love this list of books to breeze through on the beach.

5. Favorite Laugh - Pintester Blog
^ This girl is hysterical. She blogs about all of the Pinterest pins that she tries. Some are successes and some {alot} are hilarious failures.

Life Through My Instagram

Happy Monday!

This weekend Pat and I spent some time in our yard, made an awesome chocolate chip/strawberry pancake brunch, strolled to our downtown and took in an arts festival, lounged in the sun and listened to a local band. All in all, it was a great weekend :)

Now we just have to get ready for the week ahead and my parents coming to visit this weekend!

*I'm also THRILLED to say that yesterday my little blog got 100 pageviews on the dot. As a newbie blogger, this makes me so giddy. I'll be sure to post more pictures of our lovely little house because I think that may have been the reason :)

Thank you all for reading and {hopefully} spreading the word!

Sneak Peak into our living room

Weekend Recap

Monday again! Why is it the weekends always fly by? Being a homeowner now, it feels like there is a never ending list of things that need to get done and there's definitely not enough hours in the day to do them!

This weekend flew by in a blur of small house projects -

^ Replacing our tacky gold builders grade door knobs with black knobs for a more custom look.
^ A fun storage cabinet upgrade with a little spray paint (A DIY tutorial will be up later this week)
^ Pats closet to tool storage remodel.

One of the concessions of the house that we bought was that it didn't have a basement man space for Pat's tools to live. So my compromise was giving up the 2nd bedroom (what we call the office) closet to him to do what he wishes. This weekend after 3 separate trips to Lowe's he had all of the necessary pieces to complete it.

I think it came out awesome! When we go to sell the house, it will definitely stir up some conversation during showings :)

Seeing as all work and no play makes you mean, we took some time out to check out the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Tidal Basin. Being new to the DC area it was something that I had never experienced and had to check out. Unfortunately the trees weren't at peak when we were there, but the weather was lovely and made for an awesome afternoon.

I hope that you all had a great weekend! 

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