And We are BACK {and where exactly have we been?}

We are back!

Sorry for the no-mention vacay.  I wish it were a vacay in real life! Instead it looked a little something like this:

P.S. Get ready for the Thanksgiving pictures I had prepared for the last post that never made it... whoops! Never too late, right?

• Have Thanksgiving at our home for the first time for 32-ish people.  It actually went off without a hitch.



Without a hitch: as in with a glass of wine and clean counters at the same time.  I told you I wouldn't ever lie!



My Momma sent us this gorgeous centerpiece for hosting Thanksgiving.  Momma's are the best.



• Go visit Andrew's cousin's Farm and enjoy the heck out of it. {And stay in a cute renovated camper that I am hoping to get some permission to share here!}

  

  We baked our first turkey!

• Get ill at some point the following week {after starting a blog post and never actually finishing it} - nothing like husband AND wife sick at the same time. 

  

  I love that I got to keep this after everyone left!

• Christmas ensues - shopping, wrapping, decorating, baking, planning, you name it. 

  

  We did make this delicious beauty {twice} with a recipe pack from Hello Fresh {coupon code: GXVG2B for $40 to you and $20 for me!} and the second time with our Thanksgiving centerpieces... absolutely amazing! 

• New work - I started a new position at my current employer.  And I LOVE it.  It is a 100% challenge and I cannot wait to see what is to come.  And luckily I don't have to really miss my friends in my old position because I go visit almost daily and we still have lunch together a lot.  Needless to say, I am getting the best of both worlds but it is tiring.  
• Christmas is over - renovations begin again. 

So here is my plan going forward {other than just falling over, going to sleep, and only waking for calorie-intake}: we are starting the bathroom remodel this month {ughhhhhh} {Yay!}.  I even already have paint colors on the wall - none of which I am in love with unfortunately.... until I go buy about 12 more samples, hate those, and end up choosing one of the original 5 - only me? I didn't think so. 

It is not a coincidence that I left "Faith" in the center.... I know I will need to remember that in the coming weeks!

I am hoping to blog more now that things have "calmed down" {relative term}.  And I am hoping to cover the bathroom remodels as much as in progress as feasible.  The problem is, as with all remodels, time crunches don't really allow for extended blog editing.  But we will work on getting with Father Time and see what we can wheel and deal with that. 

My apologies for my absence - can't wait to get back at this again.

Ringing in 2015!

Once again, Here Goes Nothin'!