Hello my
loves! Long time no blog… I can’t believe I haven't been on here A WHOLE YEAR!!
The last
blog I wrote was about planning our Anniversary cruise… and the cruise has set
sail and come back! lol.
Life has
just been moving along, and I haven’t been inspired or motivated to blog in
quite some time. I remember even when I was writing my last blog, it was like
pulling teeth to get myself to sit down and actually write it.
I had the
ideas in my head, but I couldn’t find the motivation to actually WRITE.
I woke up
this morning, had my cup of coffee in hand with my candle lit, my laundry in
the wash and I had the urge to grab my laptop. I felt like I was ready to
write. And it was such a great feeling. Jumping back into blogging might
take me a little while, so I’m not going to make any unrealistic promises, and
for this blog, I thought I would start with a
Life Update.
Here are
some of the things that have been going on in our lives since the last time I
wrote:
Anniversary
Cruise: Like I said, the last time I wrote a blog post was when we were planning our cruise. Well, to say the least,
the cruise ended up being absolutely AMAZING! After we booked through Costco, a
few weeks later Royal Caribbean announced their first ever President’s Cruise.
And guess what?! The cruise we’d just booked happened to be the very same
cruise the President of Royal Caribbean would be on as well. We had no idea
what that actually meant, but boy-oh-boy were we in for a treat. Having
the President of the company on the ship, we noticed a lot more activities, and
so much added free stuff. There were extra parties, midnight buffets, and free
champagne almost EVERY night in the Royal Promenade.
Eric and I
had such a blast that week. At dinner we sat with a newly wed couple on their
honeymoon, and it was so much fun getting to hang out with a couple that was
our age, and celebrating something special as well. We even got to hang out on
the ship with them a couple of times. We went to a comedy show with them after
dinner, and the guys bonded when they went zip lining on the top deck of the
ship!
Eric’s 30th Birthday. In December Eric turned 30! We had
a great time celebrating with family and friends just before the holidays. In true grown-up fashion, Eric wanted
to celebrate turning the BIG 30 at Dave & Busters! lol. We really had a
great time playing games with his family and having a relaxed dinner.
With Eric’s
birthday being two days before Christmas, it was so fun getting to make him
feel special for such a milestone birthday before the craziness of the holidays.
Kitchen
Remodel. Our most recent project we embarked on in our home was a DIY
Kitchen Remodel. We had taken a long weekend off from work the weekend after my
birthday to possibly plan a weekend getaway, or a trip to Disney, but that
ended up not happening, so we started our kitchen project since we had 4
consecutive days off together; which RARELY EVER HAPPENS in our house. It
is not completely finished, but stage one is done and we are thrilled with how
it turned out, even though Eric wasn't so sure of my vision in the beginning.
We first
started off by painting the kitchen walls from a terrible lime green to a
neutral tan color; I honestly don’t know how I hadn’t convinced Eric to paint
sooner! It made such a huge difference. Then we took off all the cabinet doors
and deglazed them, primed them, and finally PAINTED them! We reinstalled the
cabinets and drawers, and added some pulls which were quite a project in itself.
My dad might have
been bribed to come help Eric.
The next
week I found some nice storage bins to put on the top of the cabinets to store
some of our rarely used kitchen appliances and knick-knacks. I eventually
reorganized the pantry closet as an added finishing touch to the kitchen
remodel. This project was so much work, but we absolutely love the finished
look. For our next stage of the remodel we want to add a backsplash and update
the countertops, but the cabinets took so much longer than we initially
thought, we didn't have time to do everything we'd set out to do just the two
of us.
It has been
so nice sitting down and catching up with what has been going on in our life
the recently, and I hope to continue to share on this blog soon. Who knows what
will be next for us as we are just two months away from our Two Year Marriage Anniversary. Life surely doesn't slow down, but I am so excited to
continue to share my life with Eric by my side and get to document it here
on the blog with you.
Thank you SO
MUCH for stopping by and catching up with me.
I hope to
continue sharing life and all of my favorite things with you soon.
xoxo.
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