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Why We Left New York and Moved To Tennessee

On January 17, 2022 by

Maybe military life uprooted you, or your career changed, or you’re simply a free spirit. Whatever the reason, chances are you’ve moved at least once in your life. Just down the road, to a different city, or across the country. When my husband and I first got married, we agreed that we couldn’t see ourselves Read More

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Tennessee Winter vs. New York Winter

On January 6, 2022 by

My husband and I are both from Upstate New York, where the average snowfall is over 100 inches a year. One of the biggest storms we had there last winter dropped a couple feet in just a day or two. So we’re quite familiar with snow! This week was pretty fun, though- we experienced our Read More

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Our Top 4 Goals For the New Year

On January 2, 2022 by

It’s January! AKA, time for people everywhere to make resolutions and forget about them by March. Not here, though! Calvin and I did some brainstorming and discussed goals. For 2022, we’re going to focus on all things related to the outdoors. We narrowed it down to these four main categories: 1. Clean up the woods. Read More

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End of the Year Check-In: 2021

On December 31, 2021 by

The end of the year always sneaks up on me. The year seems to drag on and on, then BAM! it’s somehow New Year’s Eve already. 2021 was a such big year for us. Lots of endings and goodbyes, and tons of fresh starts. Our super-simplified year went something like this: January: Start and finish Read More

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Have Yourself A Simple Little Christmas

On December 27, 2021 by

2021 has been the ultimate year of changed/canceled plans for our family. Christmas ended up being no different. We were planning on hosting a big bonfire and open house on Christmas Day. We’d provide the refreshments, and our friends could just come here to relax. We prepared cookies and food, cleaned up the yard near Read More

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All I Want For Christmas Is Cookies

On December 21, 2021 by

This past weekend was filled with baking, cleaning, and other last-minute preparations for Christmas! One of our family’s favorite traditions is handing out cookies to our neighbors. In all honesty, I’m not that into baking. My favorite cookies to make are no-bakes. But I sure do love putting together pretty cookie trays, so I do Read More

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A Wild Tree and a Simple Christmas

On December 2, 2021 by

We cracked open our bins of Christmas decorations this past week! My husband put up all the outside lights, we got a Christmas tree, and I started writing a December to-do list. It has always been our family’s tradition to go cut our own tree on the first Sunday of Advent, and this year we Read More

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Drab to Fab- The Great Living Room Makeover

On November 19, 2021 by

I’m so excited to say the living room is finally finished! I can’t believe it used to look like this. Dark. Dreary. Sad. SO VERY BROWN. I really wish I’d taken pictures when it still had the wall to wall carpeting and parquet flooring accents! My aim with this room was to make it feel Read More

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How to Make Paneled Walls Look Even Worse

On September 30, 2021 by

Our plan was to hold off on any kind of home renovations (aside from painting) until we’d been living here for a while. That was a cute idea. Immediately after moving in we realized just how icky the wall-to-wall carpeting was. Apparently the previous owners did have it cleaned, but there were persistent stains everywhere, Read More

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Welcome To the Family, Odin

On September 13, 2021 by

I mentioned a while ago that I would write a special post about our dog, Odin. Now that we’ve had him for two weeks, I feel like I’m finally getting to know him well enough to be able to write about him. First off, he is a rescue. We adopted him from a shelter, and Read More

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