My husband, Page, is a web designer “by day” but also runs a freelance design business out of our home that has (knock on wood) been busier than ever in 2011. Workflow doesn’t slow and deadlines don’t disappear just because you’re moving to a new home, so getting him set up and productive again was…
The best gift I got this Christmas? It has been the gift of calm and contentment. When my parents offered to drive our way for Christmas this year, we jumped at the chance – not only did it mean less driving on a particularly busy holiday week, but it was the extra push we needed…
Week 10 is complete…and the house is nearly complete as well. I was flipping through previous weeks’ posts and it was fun to see the progress in pictures. It’s hard to believe we will take one more “finished” photo next weekend before we close! Here’s a peek back at the past nine weeks… During this…
It’s been four years, but it feels we’ve been married longer (in a good way) and yet when I hear the song to which I walked down the aisle to him, it still stops me in my tracks and I get butterflies. I think that just about sums it up. <3
Yes, I’ve been absent from Blog World lately…and now I can reveal why! As of last Thursday (laaaate at night) Page and I wrote an offer on a house! It was accepted Friday morning and as of tonight, we signed all the details to break ground on Casa de Smith and plan to be in…
September 29, 2007 . Galena, Illinois Time really does fly when you're having fun. In some ways, it seems we've been married our entire lives, and in others, I can't BELIEVE how quickly we've gotten to this point, together for more than seven years and about to start our fourth year of marriage. September 29,…
How to celebrate a golden birthday (or ANY birthday for that matter): 1. Make it a week-long celebration. Seriously…WEEK-long. 2. Go out for drinks and laughter with girlfriends. 3. Make your favorite kind of cupcakes (or get your husband to make them). 4. Blown up yellow balloons the eve of the big day and let…
The original plan for our two-year anniversary was to do a whirlwind 24 hour trip up to Minneapolis to get dinner and do some shopping. I was supposed to be traveling until Friday evening so we were going to leave Saturday morning and come back Sunday afternoon. At least that's what I thought! After my…
