can't stop won't stop

listening to this song.  i love it so.  (obviously a cover of the great fleetwood mac) stacy king- silverspring.

Mom of the year.

I often (jokingly, duh) refer to myself as "mom of the year" especially when I make epic parenting mistakes.  We've very recently moved, and haven't made an actual grocery store trip, so Sailor's lunch yesterday consisted of string cheese, apple sauce, and a slice of her great-grandmother's homemade chocolate zucchini bread.  I have to say, the whole thing was a big hit.

Life lately...

It's been almost a year since I posted anything here.  To say that things have changed is a massive understatement.

We moved to Michigan to take a church position at the beginning of May...by the middle of October, we were back in Florida and living with my parents.  Almost as soon as we arrived in Michigan, we knew we had made a mistake.  Unfortunately, we decided to live with the mistake and find a new place to settle, but our employers felt differently.  We were let go at the end of August and were completely adrift in this strange place.  Alone, scared, and ready to get out of there. 

The last few months have been nothing short of humbling.  My parents have welcomed us with open arms, but this isn't an ideal situation for any of us.  Sailor is (thankfully) so young that she probably won't remember any of this time (or any of our time in MI, which is so great).  I'm heartbroken at the behavior of people at the church in Michigan...of people in leadership, people who share the same faith as we do, but were so terrible to us.  Forgiveness is a long, hard road, but it's one that I'm trying to travel and navigate with grace.

We're now hoping and praying that God has the perfect place for us in His plan!  And we know that He does, it's just that His timing is often and predictably different than ours...and that's okay.  We're excited for the next chapter of our ministry...for what He has planned for us, and the work we can do to further the kingdom.

If anyone reads this, all we ask for are your prayers.  We need them more than ever!

Dresser/Changing table makeover.

When I was pregnant with Sailor, I was determined to decorate as much of her room myself as I could.  I did not, under any circumstances, want to go to a store and buy a nursery-in-a-bag or any other ready-made things.  So, I started looking for a dresser that I could makeover on craigslist, and I found this beauty.  I don't actually have a good before picture, but it was a poopy brown color, with a black top.

(Please note that all of these "before" pictures were taken at my parents house!)

I decided to paint the dresser a turquoise blue color, and make the top white.  I LOVE how it turned out.

And the after pictures:

The knobs are probably my favorite part of the whole thing, to be honest.  They're from Anthropologie, and my mom bought them for me, because she knows that I'm in love with that store, but it's a little too rich for my blood. 

I am so fail.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, I'm a crappy blogger.  I have such high hopes for myself, but this one keep distracting me.

Daily Nail(polish)

This little gem is American Apparel Neon Red polish and I love it.  What I don't love, however, is that I can't leave it on my nails for very long.  It's SO distracting.  I love the color, but the neon is out of control.  I took these pictures forever ago, but I painted my nails this color again yesterday, and have already changed it, because it's so cray.

Yarn Wreath

So, I made a yarn wreath for Fall!  I've been dying to decorate for Christmas, and Ryan insists it's too early, so my compromise was Fall decorating (which I never do).  I have seen similar wreaths all over Pinterest, so I decided to whip one up last week.  It cost less than $10, and took a few hours from start to finish.

These are the materials I used...a 14 inch wreath form, sheets of felt in Ruby, Orange, Cocoa, Gold, and Brown, as well as Ecru colored yearn, a hot glue gun, pins, and scissors.  I taped the form together at the seam, and then tied the yarn around the tape, and started wrapping.

I'm super OCD, so it took me way longer to wrap than it should have, but I didn't want any lumps or bumps or anything, so I made sure everything was tight and close before moving on.  This was definitely the most time consuming step of the process!

FINALLY, I was finished wrapping, and it was time to make all of the flowers.  Here is where I really failed.  I didn't take any pictures of my process, thus explaining it will make zero sense.  I will, however, link to some felt flower tutorials that I found particularly helpful.  First, I'm kind of weirdly obsessed with this girl, and she even posted a new felt flower tutorial today!  I made a few flowers like this one, so that helps with linking them LOL.  These are some of my favorites, as well as these pretty little flowers.  I think that this was the last tutorial I used, and here are pictures of my final product:

I must say that I'm pretty proud of it.  I really love how it looks hanging under my zinc H from Anthropologie, and it really "Falls" up the whole place.  Well, this and the ombre glitter pumpkin that my dining room table is rocking...and all the mini pumpkins and gourds everywhere.  I may have gone a little decorating crazy, but oh well!