A New Year

2013 has been one hell of a year. We have moved three times, gotten married, traveled, worked like crazy and lost two people very close to us. These last few months have been crazy. We were working two jobs each and not getting any quality time together. For three years we have had Sundays of together, while working that other job I had to work Sundays and it put a huge strain on our relationship. I was also very unhappy at this second job. So when Phillip was offered a full time position at the body shop we both gave up the second jobs and are finally getting in the hang of this new schedule. He works during the day and I at night so it's been a lot of adjusting to spend some real time together.  I now have time to blog again! Here's a couple Instagram pictures from our year.

Blogging is very frustrating when the only way you can do it is on your smart phone. I have two resolutions this year: one is to go back to school and the other is get an Etsy shop going….which means we will have the internet at some point this year! Yay! And then it is on! I can't wait to fill this space and share my life with you guys! Here's to another year!

Bits N Pieces

Bits N Pieces is a blog post done by Miss James Bluebird and I just love the idea. Lately I started working another job during the day AND we just moved...again. This time we are renting from someone we know and trust and we are outside city limits so there are no pitbull laws! Yay! Plus this house is at least twice as big with a huge backyard with a nice big deck! Since I've been so absent I thought I'd share some Bits N Pieces of my last week or so. 

Lots of leaves, caffeine, yarn, moving/settling, AND a new haircut!! That I LOVE! I never gone this short and I've always wanted too and this week I got to cross it off the ole' bucket list! I always get to the point I want to just chop it all off but never fully get the nerve. I've been having to constantly wear my hair up for work and it was giving me horrible headaches and long thick hair is no fun to up everyday so it helped to give me the courage, and I am so glad! I never really  realized how much of a hassle it is to have long hair until I lost it. I chopped off a little over a foot and half and after some research have decided to donate it to Wigs 4 Kids.

Anyone else cross off a bucket list item recently?

Miss Bluebirds blog can be found here:

http://bleubirdvintage.typepad.com/

• The Ultimate Fall To Do List •

I really really love October. I love when you can start to feel the change in the air. It stirs up something inside of you. It ,also, makes me extremely nostalgic which is a nice feeling. Mainly I LOVE Halloween. I love that everything odd is accepted as normal. Most years I say I'm going to do all the amazing things that come with this season but rarely get anywhere close to finishing the list. So this year is THE YEAR! The year I am going to conquer the ultimate fall to do list! 

And here's what I'm gunna do:

• play as much disc golf as I can before it gets cold +

• find the PERFECT pair of boots (this has been a big thing I've wanted to do but haven't these last few years)

• go to the pumpkin patch +

• go to a haunted house +

• make halloween decorations + 

• give out candy (hopefully I'll get some in this new neighborhood, I've ALWAYS wanted trick or treaters)

• decorate my yard and tiny front porch in order to get trick or treaters

    • make the trash bag pumpkins and spiders that you fill with leaves

• take a motorcycle ride out to the Ozarks after the leaves change

• find those little orange fuzzy balls on fallen leaves

• take Houdini on a lot of walks +

• drink hot tea 

• have coffee with a friend on a patio snuggled in a scarf

• take Houdini to Pinnacle Mountain after the leaves change

• find my crochet rhythm (make my dads birthday present) 

• give knitting another try

• carve pumpkins

• have scary movie marathons +

• eat baked pumpkin as much as possible +

• paint my face like a sugar skull

• learn to alter jeans

• add some more homemade pieces to my wardrobe