Oh yeah. I had a blog once....

WeYes, it has been THREE YEARS since I last posted on this blog.

And in that time things have happened. 

I think one of my biggest problems with keeping a blog or a journal has been that I try to include every detail. Which takes a lot of time. And I don't have a lot of time to devote to that much detail. So I'm not going to try to go back and talk about everything that has happened in the last three years. 

Instead, this blog has a slightly new focus. See, the biggest thing that happened in our family in the last year is this: 

We bought a house! I know, you probably thought I was going to say a baby, right? Well in a way this is another baby (Kirby being my other one). And just like a baby, I'm learning that a house doesn't "grow up" overnight. It takes time to learn about it, to find out what it likes, to figure out what's best for it. Okay, maybe I'm stretching this baby thing a bit far. 

But when we first bought the house I immediately wanted to get it to "perfect." I wanted every room to be decorated and painted and to have artwork and photos hung all over them. I wanted new furniture, new sheets, new everything. But, not only does that take a lot of money (that you don't have when you've just bought a house), I've also learned that it's not realistic to try to make everything perfect when you haven't lived in the house yet. Although Walker has been trying to tell me this from the very beginning, I'm slowly coming to the realization that it's going to take time to do all the things I want to do. And that's a good thing. One of my new philosophies for home and wardrobe is to buy only the things that I love. To be willing to wait and splurge a bit if necessary on something that is totally satisfying, rather than just getting something cheap to satisfy my urge to fill that space. 

So, my newest passion is home decorating in a budget-friendly, real-life, inspired way. I have been inspired by blogs like Young House Love, House Tweaking, Bower Power, and Beautiful Protest to discover what I love and just do it. In that tradition, I'm going to chronicle what we've already done in this house, what inspires me, what's going on in our little lives, and what we hope to do in the future. 

Enjoy!