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Two and Three

By Dacia On August 14, 2012 · 3 Comments

Two years ago, I walked down the aisle towards my best friend, sweating like a pig. Not because I was nervous, but because the air conditioning in the church had gone out and it was about 137 degrees in there. We had to put fans on the cake just to keep it from melting. One of our bridesmaids passed out during the ceremony. The day certainly did not lack those infamous “wedding day disasters” that are said to put a bride over the edge. But none of it really fazed me at all. I was just thrilled to be marrying my best friend, the love of my life.

And I’ve loved every second of being his wife and partner the past 2 years. I couldn’t have imagined a more perfect man for me.

The traditional 2^nd anniversary gift is cotton. But we laugh in traditions’ face and call it names. Instead, we decided to get each other something much more special…

And for those of you who are bit slow on the uptake, WE’RE HAVING A BABY!!!

Next March, we will be welcoming our very first little lemon drop into the world and we couldn’t be more excited! So, please forgive my lack of posts recently, but we’ve been a bit pre-occupied. I promise I’ll get back to a regular posting schedule once my head stops spinning.

Thanks to all of our family and friends for their outpouring of love and support. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I feel pretty confident in the village we’ve got!

One

By Dacia On April 18, 2012 · 3 Comments

Holy cow..today marks one year since I started this little ol’ blog! That’s pretty unbelievable to me. And what’s even more unbelievable is that anyone besides my Mom is still reading! So, thanks to all of you dear readers for sticking with me and I hope to bring you lots of great new content in year number 2!

Now, let’s take a look back at my four most popular posts to date!

#4: Wax On, Wax Off

Our kitchen table was my very first furniture makeover and it garnered me quite a bit of traffic! Of course the makeover didn’t go totally smoothly, but you can read all about that in the original post!

#3: Shades of Gray

My third most popular post is the post about picking the perfect shade of gray for our living room..guess that’s something everybody is searching for, huh?

#2: Foiled

My aluminum foil tape wall I finished recently in my craft room proved to be pretty popular with you guys. And it’s definitely one of the easiest things I’ve ever done and had such a huge impact on the room (which is still a work in progress, but I have exciting updates on that soon!)

#1: Penny For Your Thoughts

And my most popular post by far has been my penny letters. I never expected this post to be so popular, it was kind of something I just did on a whim! Just goes to show that sometimes your spontaneous ideas can be your best!!

I have so enjoyed blogging and sharing my ideas and home with you guys over the past year. I truly appreciate each and everyone of you!

So tell me, what would you like to see more of over the next year?

1 Year Anniversary

By Dacia On August 15, 2011 · 2 Comments

Well, I’m kinda sad that our 1 year anniversary has come and gone so quickly (I love a good reason to celebrate!), but I had a wonderful time this weekend with my hubby. On Friday night, we went out for Indian food, which is one of our absolute favorites. At this point, I had absolutely no idea what he had gotten me as a gift. He had dropped several hints that made me think I knew what it was, but it turns out he planted those as red herrings (he is “berry, berry sneaky sir”..name that movie!).

So, when he pulled out a ring box my heart got all fluttery. ‘This is it,’ I thought, ‘He’s going to propose!….No..wait a second..we’re already married..what’s with the box?!?‘ But when he opened it up, there sat a beautiful custom band to match my engagement ring. See, the ring that he picked out for me when we got engaged had a very unique cut to it, so it didn’t come with a matching band. But I loved the ring so much that I really didn’t care. So, we just got a cheap-o plain band that I could wear with it. Jordan always hated it because he thought it looked awful, but I always said we could get a custom band made for an anniversary or something down the road. I had no idea he’d do it for our first!

Please excuse my gratuitous ring shots here, but, my goodness, I love this band!

Purty, isn’t it?

I’m almost embarrassed to show you guys what I got him..how could I possibly top his present?! He’s been looking for a business card holder for his desk for months now. He didn’t want just a plain ol’ stand..he wanted something masculine, rustic, and quirky. So, when I came across this guy on etsy, I figured he fit the bill:

via houseofoliver

When I got him, the base was just raw wood, so I stained it with some MinWax Dark Walnut so it would play nicely with the darker wood he has in his office.

On Saturday, we did another on of our favorite things..SLEEPING IN!!! Anymore, it seems like we rarely get to spend a weekend at home. Neither of our families live in Lafayette and neither one of us were raised here, so if there’s an event with our family or old friends, we can pretty much bet on the fact that it won’t be in Lafayette. So, we were excited just to have a whole day at home with nothing to do. Sundays are always a busy day for us with church, so we wanted to get as much vegging out as possible done on Saturday. Mission accomplished. We made pancakes, caught up on our DVR, took a drive to look at browse houses and neighborhoods we like (another favorite activity of ours), and just relaxed in general. It was heavenly!

Then on Sunday, we spent the majority of our day at church but we did have some time to sneak in a tasting of our wedding cake! I have no idea how it tasted a year ago..we were so busy we never even got to eat a piece. But it tasted pretty good a year later!

Behind me you can see the beginnings of our gallery wall. It’s a work in progress.

We also took a celebratory picture together, which is a tradition I’d like to keep up every year. Forgive the weird angle. My head looks gigantic and JP’s looks miniscule. I promise that in real life we have very similarly sized heads.