TWO YEARS!!!! YAY!

James and I have been married for two years!!!!! Can you believe it! So this is my Happy Anniversary to us post. Plus since I am at work (since I can never remember to actually blog when I'm at home) this is the only picture I have of James and I. It's when we were in Mexico for Thanksgiving.

So I'm pretty darn sure that someone high up wanted James and I to get together. The funny thing is that our families are pretty intertwined and I'm shocked we never met before our blind date. We met at the perfect time and have been happy ever since. I'm excited to see what year three brings us!

My Secret Hidden Room....sshhh it's a secret.

Poor James will regret the day he told me I could design our house however I wanted. When we were first married I told him that I would love to have a hidden room. He told me no. He couldn't understand the reason for wanting one. Before any of you can mock me I want you all to close your eyes and imagine a place where you can go and be totally alone. It's your sanctuary from bills, cleaning, your job, the world, and yes sometimes from your husband and children. It's a place where you can relax and actually think. Now you all want a secret hidden room for yourself don't you? We plan on doing an addition on our house for our master bathroom and walk in closet. I think we'll be able to put the hidden room in the bonus area above the bathroom and then have a sliding wall to cover the stairs. I'm very excited about this room. It'll have a stone floor and barn wood walls. There will be a huge rug to cover the floor. I'm going to have to put more fabric somewhere so there won't be echoing. Maybe I'll hang it from the ceiling. I just need to figure out the right way to do it. I'm excited.

Chandeliers

I LOVE chandeliers. James promised me that we could have a chandelier over our dining room table. I'm a bit worried about the ceiling height. Hopefully it'll all work out...

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Funny thing is my kitchen is red with roosters everywhere! I don't think there will be a problem with finding things I love. The problem will be getting everything to work. It will be interesting to see if I can get a modern dining area and a farm kitchen to coincide together. I'm in love with number 1. I can see it going with my rooster kitchen pretty well...it'd be more of an up class rooster kitchen. Number one is the Atlantis Chandelier from Hudson Furniture and sells for $30,000.00. Maybe I'll be able to afford it when it goes on clearance or if they just give it away.

Thoughts needing to be written down...

So for the last couple of days I've been really thinking about this. For the last year and a half my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant with no luck. But this post isn't about that. It's about everyone else getting pregnant and worrying how to break the news. Now I can't say that everyone who can't get pregnant feels the same way, but honestly if you just tell me I'll be excited for you. I promise. Now after you get off the phone with me I might shed a few tears, but mostly because I'm just jealous that you'll be getting a little bundle of joy. This baby was intended for your family and he/she is going to make you so happy and I can't help but feel happy for you...with a twinge of jealousy. And yes I know that someday I will become a mom and get to deal with raising a crazy and insane teenager... But this is not your problem to bear or deal with. It's mine. So don't wait for me to find out from someone else. Just tell me like I'm your friend not like you're my doctor telling me I have three months to live. Trust me. I'll be happy for you.

Now that I've said that I can get on to more fun things to talk about. All during school whenever anyone found out I was an interior design major they would automatically say, "Oh how fun." Brother McRae warned us all by the end of four years we would want to punch them in the face whenever that happened and it's totally true. Yes it's fun followed by a lot of hard work...and burnt fingers. Something else I learned from interior design is that I have no idea how to design my home. I know how to create for someone else, but not for me. I love so many things, but I don't know what I want. My husband told me the other day that since I have a four year degree I should be using it on our house. So that's what I'm going to do.

So my goal is to start finding things I absolutely love. Even if that means painting my living room wall purple before my husband gets home (Yes, I do have a secret love affair with purple). I'm not going to be putting something into my home that I like. Nope I'm going to love my house since I'll be living there forever!

Side note: The purple in my living room if I do it will be a dark violet. I'm excited. Now I just have to convince the hubby.

Pictures Finally!

I have finally stopped procrastinating and uploaded my pictures!

Here's our fireplace. My grandfather used to have a wood fireplace, but then he switched it to a propane fireplace. Propane is so expensive that James and I decided to go back to wood fireplace. We also decided to get rid of the brick. And this is what we came up with...

We just laid tile over the brick and volla... I love it. Plus our house is so much warmer!

Mexico Trip!

Jelly fish were everywhere! I couldn't believe how many there were.

We were in a museum using it's bathroom when Austin accidentally knocked over this not so lovely vase. At least it wasn't an expensive vase!

Thanksgiving Dinner!

More things I would love to have....

I know I'm being weird, but I absolutely love this door. Now you all know what to get me for christmas!

LOVE IT!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! Can my home look like this? Pretty please?