You guys, as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep the other night (a task that seems easy but is so so difficult sometimes!), I was going over the day in my head and found myself criticizing EVERYTHING I did that day. I found myself walking through the events of the day and wishing I had done this better, or was better at that, etc. When I realized what I was doing to myself I had a thought. “Why do we try sooooo hard? And why is it so hard to be happy with ourselves?” W

I. Am. Excited! I am excited because I am hitting the REFRESH button on my home. Yep! That means I am doing a few updates (some as easy as new curtains), and I am ecstatic! Now, we are NOT doing a full on remodel, let’s not get crazy here. But we are going to do a few things that hopefully make for dramatic changes! Background – We’ve owned our home since May of 2008. That is about 13 years, and we haven’t changed much since we moved in. The house had a white exterior and mos