Weekend Getaway to Natchez, MS

The Husband and I took a trip over to Natchez, MS a few weekends ago just to get away for a few days.

We walked around the downtown area and looked at all the antique stores, ate at a few local places, went bowling, went shopping, went to a winery, and just relaxed. It was a very nice getaway.

One thing interesting that we did was go to the  Longwood House.

If I'm correct, this is the only octagon shaped house in Mississippi. We were also told by a local shop owner that part of the movie series Twilight was filmed here.

What's interesting about this house is that only the bottom floor is completely finished. While it was being built, the Civil War began and everyone left the house just as it stood - tools and all.

{one of the women in this family married a Yankee and lived on Park Ave. : ) }

Because of this nice getaway and then Mother's Day weekend, my weekend house projects have been put on hold for a while except for one very important project: our kitchen floor.

Yes, it seems that we have gotten a hole in our kitchen floor. So come back to check out our new floor!! I'm so excited! : )

Future Projects!

Recently my crafting ideas have turned to things I would like to do around our house to fix it up a little better. As much as I hate to admit it, I think I haven't really been living in our house as if it's our home. For nearly three years, I've been living here waiting for the piece of land where we will be settled; I've been waiting for the house we want to build one day.

That's no way to live.

We live here now. This is our home. And it's time I start acting like it.

So that means it's time to start dressing it up like I live here! I'm getting excited, aren't you?! I've done that a little bit by fixing up our mailbox

and adding these beautiful green shelves,

but now I'm ready to do so much more!! : ) Here are a few of my ideas (all gathered from Pinterest of course! And a few from Lowes):

House numbers on colored blocks 

Lowes.com

Porch mat made from multi-colored wooden strips

Lowes.com

Vertical garden planters

Lowes.com

DIY Slide Out Drawers

Familyhandyman.com

Use plate hangers to display photo albums

indulgy.com

These are just a few ideas I have right now. Won't our house just look so cute when I get done with it?! : ) You can see more of my Project To Do List here on Pinterest!

Enjoy!

Our Newest Member

Say hello to our newest member!

This is Julio - our new blue tick hound.

Our house almost got broken into the other day during broad daylight. Our neighbor just happened to be riding by and saw someone on our porch looking through the window in our door. So The Husband thought it was necessary to get a dog that would grow to be pretty large to be our guard dog. He's just three months old right now.

We now have 10 dogs. Yep. You read that right - 10. T-E-N! For someone who was scared to death of dogs when she was younger, I can't believe I am taking care of 10 dogs! They can be kind of cute sometimes, though.... : )

Enjoy!

31 Days of Virtue: Day 12

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Proverbs 31:27

Oh, the traps of laziness! I love it, but I hate it. I love to wake up late on a Saturday morning and just do nothing all day long. Do a little reading..... watch a movie... do a little scrapbooking or crafting.... Did I accomplish anything? No. Is that the way we are suppose to live? No.

A woman of virtue is not lazy. She watches over the affairs of her household. She observes her physical house. Are there any repairs that need doing that she could handle? She does them. She observes her family. Is there a problem among family members that need attention? She confronts them.

She does not lay around all day letting the dirty clothes and dishes pile up everywhere. After you've had a day like this, do you really feel good about your day? I don't. There are even more dishes in the sink and even more dirty clothes in the hamper. I cannot ignore them.

Taking care of my family and my household is my responsibility, not my husband's. Let's take on that responsibility, and be the virtuous women we were created to be.

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The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. Proverbs 14:1


In this verse 'house' does not mean the building we live in; just like 'church' does not refer to the building we worship in. But I would like to think you already knew that. 'House' refers to our families, our households. As wise women - women of virtue - we must build our house; never tear it down. 


We should raise up our children God's way. We love them, nurture them, and teach them to stay on the narrow path. We should take care of our homes, keeping them clean, organized, and comfortable. We provide for our husbands a place for them to relax and get away from work and the outside world. We respect our husbands and teach our children to do the same. 


Who wants her children to act unruly? Who wants a home that is messy and in need of repair? Who wants her husband to dread coming home because it is unkept, unorganized, and no supper has been prepared for him? This woman is tearing down her house with her own hands. 


We must work hard to be this wise woman. No one wants their house - marriage and family - falling apart due to something that could have been prevented. Divorce should not even be in our vocabulary. There is no room for excuses. We are called, as virtuous women, to be helpers, to be our husband's crown, and to build our houses. 


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We're back from Memphis!

My husband and I took a small vacation these past few days with some of my family. My younger sister is moving to Memphis, Tennessee, to go back to school. She and my parents were moving all her furniture into her new apartment so Ragan and I decided to tag along! Here are a few pictures from the past few days. I'll try to post more later.

A church in Memphis

The ducks inside Peabody Hotel

The Hard Rock Cafe

 Inside the Hard Rock Cafe

The Pink Palace

 Inside the Pink Palace

My husband and me

We have a bed!

Well, we've always had a bed, but never a bed frame with headboard and footboard. But we do now!! And I love it!

However, our bed is a full size bed, and the frame is made for a queen size bed. So.... we have a little bit of extra space. But we found something to fill it! 

We also got another washer and dryer. Our washer quit measuring the water level. It would always fill up to the top. And the dryer would never stop running. We always had to open the door to make it stop running. 

AND, one more thing... : )  Our sunflowers by the house are beginning to bloom! And the are getting so tall!

We are suppose to have some red and orange sunflowers too, but none of those have bloomed yet. Hopefully they will soon!!  Have a good day!

A new couch!

We have a new couch! Ragan new I didn't really care for the green plaid one, so when he came across this one (for free!), he took it! I must say, I like this one much better! : )

Have a good day!