Back from a Busy Season.

You ever get so busy you can hardly get the energy to make your own bed or simply make the food you need to eat?! Ok, I got to that point not too long ago... WOW it was not fun! Nursing school, work, marriage... everything in my life was BUSY. Most of you know that my whole life has been consumed with doing lots... always busy! BUT, the difference was in this situation... I was miserable being busy. I usually embrace and love being busy, when I love what I am doing. So I had a serious heart to heart with the Lord for several weeks! The resounding question being WHAT AM I DOING? WHY I AM IN NURSING SCHOOL? WHAT'S THE MEANS TO THIS END? Ok, you get my point... I needed answers fast. I either needed to grab hold of nursing, embrace it and find a love for it and move on... or I needed to let go and trust that God had greater plans!

Longer story short after much prayer and thoughts, I was at peace knowing I was to withdraw from nursing school. What a stinking humble thing it was. My pride was getting the best of me saying "this is what you have worked for the past 7-8 yrs... what are you thinking?" But, the spirit within me was directing my steps. "Man makes plans but the Lord directs His steps," Proverbs 16:9. I know I will get people thinking I am crazy over this, but life happens, plans change... and I know the Lord will reveal His perfect plan for me in time. But, for today... I love for today and am so free knowing I am in His perfect will!

So you ask what now?!? Good question... I am back to the free life I was once living! Freedom to bake, cook, blog, craft, clean... you name it! I love life and I love this life the Lord has allowed me to have in this season. So, me and mom will begin pushing Crafts-N-Trends a lot more, I will continue cleaning, and DIY Manuel will be back in action!!! Hurray!

I have sincerely missed you all! :)

In the meantime check out October Orange and be tuned for more DIY's!

Back from a

You ever get so busy you can hardly get the energy to make your own bed or simply make the food you need to eat?! Ok, I got to that point not too long ago... WOW it was not fun! Nursing school, work, marriage... everything in my life was BUSY. Most of you know that my whole life has been consumed with doing lots... always busy! BUT, the difference was in this situation... I was miserable being busy. I usually embrace and love being busy, when I love what I am doing. So I had a serious heart to heart with the Lord for several weeks! The resounding question being WHAT AM I DOING? WHY I AM IN NURSING SCHOOL? WHAT'S THE MEANS TO THIS END? Ok, you get my point... I needed answers fast. I either needed to grab hold of nursing, embrace it and find a love for it and move on... or I needed to let go and trust that God had greater plans!

Longer story short after much prayer and thoughts, I was at peace knowing I was to withdraw from nursing school. What a stinking humble thing it was. My pride was getting the best of me saying "this is what you have worked for the past 7-8 yrs... what are you thinking?" But, the spirit within me was directing my steps. "Man makes plans but the Lord directs His steps," Proverbs 16:9. I know I will get people thinking I am crazy over this, but life happens, plans change... and I know the Lord will reveal His perfect plan for me in time. But, for today... I love for today and am so free knowing I am in His perfect will!

So you ask what now?!? Good question... I am back to the free life I was once living! Freedom to bake, cook, blog, craft, clean... you name it! I love life and I love this life the Lord has allowed me to have in this season. So, me and mom will begin pushing Crafts-N-Trends a lot more, I will continue cleaning, and DIY Manuel will be back in action!!! Hurray!

I have sincerely missed you all! :)

In the meantime check out October Orange and be tuned for more DIY's!

Fall Is Near...

Oh the most wonderful time of year... it is the season I said "I Do," it is full of color, the weather is beautiful, smores are eaten, bonfires begin churning, friends and families have picnics, the buggies are almost gone, and it is a time to be thankful! I LOVE FALL... I can say without in hesitancy that it is my most favorite time of year! I can't hardly wait to start the cider, make caramel apples, sit snuggled by the fire with my honey, watch as the autumn leaves fall from the trees.... oh I just love it all! I especially can't wait to celebrate Our 1 Year Anniversary in the Smoky Mountains in the peak season of Fall! Oh how great it will be!

Well, in preparation of Fall... I have slowly started changing things around my house. There will be many more posts to come on this... but for now... here is a start!

You remember that DIY Wreath we did months ago that many of you loved... well take that same wreath, do a little tweaking of colors and create this....

Any vases laying around the house??? Through some orangy, red, yellow flowers in there and voila you have a fallish look on your coffee table!

Bunting... oh I LOVE bunting! I took a simple triangle and made a pattern to cut fabric. I had ld scraps lying around, therefore I decided to collaberate some fun fall colors and make some bunting! Measure off your wall, find some old string-rope (I used hemph), simple cut out how many triangles of fabric you will need and fold the backing around the rope, hot glue it and then voila- nail it to your wall and you have transformed a regular room to look fallish!

Oh, do not forget the mums! I started with a few yellow, but am out to get more burnt red colors too... but to start plant you some mums to spice up your front yard!

The scarecrows have made it out of the back closet just haven't found their grounding yet... we will though! And I will let you know how it goes!

Did I mention how big our 'puppy' Charlie is getting? He is huge! And for all those that love first day of school pics... Here is one of me into nursing school!

Have a great week! Hope this helps in brewing your mind toward Fall!