Hi Friends! We moved back home on Saturday and we couldn't' be happier! I had visions of knocking out some great posts this week, but as they say the 'Best Laid Plans of mice and men often go Awry.'

Saturday was a busy day {with dilemmas and mini drama] filled with moving our belongs home, trying to remember what light switch turned on what. Realizing in the morning we had NO hot water, since the pilot light wasn't lit & being newbies to lighting a pilot light, I was a little freaked. I called PG&E but that meant waiting until the first appointment which wasn't until Tuesday [today 6/25/13] Luckily after reading & re-reading the instructions we were able to get the pilot light lit and have HOT again, glorious hot water. We spent most of the day waiting for deliveries and setting up our kids rooms up. I also discovered we had NO internet working & no dial tone on our land line.

I breathed a huge sigh of relief, because Avery slept in his bed all night! Sunday friends and family stopped to wish us well, it was SO nice sharing all the details with everyone and entertaining! Such a blessing to welcome friends & family in our home again. Sunday things took a turn for the 'not so good.' Avery getting the stomach throw up bug and spaghetti is NOT fun to cleanup. I adore my new washer & dryer and got a chance to take it for a spin and use all my fancy settings. We now have Internet as of one hour ago [hallelujah!!] & still no phone service, boo! If you follow me on Instagram, then you no my little guy is still sick, huge boo! I took him to the Doctors, and we have to ride this bug out until he gets better. I'm slowly introduces fluids and praying for the best, its been a bumpy ride since Sunday night. I'm just looking forward to the return of my little rambunctious toddler.

To top it all off, today my little munchkin Tabari, turns 13 today!! Happy Birthday Tabari! I love him so very much, your dad and I are so proud of you! I'm feeling bad our plans didn't happen today. I planned to take him and Avery to a movie and then dinner out with the whole family, followed by a stop at his favorite yogurt spot. Needless to say everything has been put on hold until Friday night. Luckily he's being a good sport and more concerned with Avery getting better. We are renting a movie tonight via Amazon & ordering in [pizza]

I plan on going though pictures, I snapped over the weekend before we officially moved it and called it ours again! I hope to share them on Wednesday.

Ever had a weekend, were you had all these 'plans' and nothing quite happened they way you intended?

Hi everyone, sorry its been so quiet on my blog this week [and last] I have good news I wanted to share with you all, we are moving back home tomorrow! As you can imagine we are super excited to move home!! It's just a few weeks shy of one year of being out of home for re-building our home due to a fire loss, you can read more about the events here.

We officially start our next chapter in our home tomorrow, in some ways it feels like a dream like the last year was some bad nightmare filled with tears, way to much paperwork and several pushed back moving dates with little and big things causing delays. But we made it though to the other side off all that mess and it taught me so much about myself and everyday I fall more and more in love with our first house we bought four years ago and showed so much promise then (it was literally the ugliest house on the block, but I could see past all that)

We are so looking forward to getting settled in our home and filling it with lots of love and laughter and boy does my family love to laugh. Crossing my fingers my Internet is working on Saturday morning, I'll share a FULL House tour pre-move in next week (hopefully Monday) so you can all see our new home. We started over from a true blank slate since our house was torn down to the studs, it was heartbreaking to see to home we love in pieces it was like memories being ripped away from my heart (rolling out sod, our backyard Wedding Reception, and bringing home Avery to his nursery just to name a few) Thankfully each week we saw the home we loved and cared for being slowly put back together, built great relationships with our contractors (we had a great crew!) I'll share our contractor information soon for any locals in need of: hardwoods, tile, general contractor, plumbing, rough carpentry, electrical etc.

Here are a few Things I'm looking forward to tackling in our home, beyond the design part [because although in others eyes it may 'appear done,' its so far from being 'done' lol] But are rooms ever really done? Me thinks not.

Maybe adding stenciling or Wallpaper for our Laundry room / Mudroom
Installing cabinets in Laundry room
Seating Area in the Mudroom area of our Laundry room
Organizing our Kitchen
Installing Crown molding throughout [right now it's in the Dining & Living room]
Sewing curtains for Dining / Living and Bedrooms
Recovering Roman Shades with prettier fabric
Creating a reading nook for Avery's room
Prettying up in-stock bathroom vanities
Huge over haul on our backyard and front yard, our poor lawn is dead! Sadly its a project that will have to start all over: busted sprinkler heads, dead shurbs and flowers everywhere etc
Pretty-up our patios
Maybe break-out some paint swatches and paint rooms (as needed, we'll live with most colors for now)
Find a creative solution for storing my sewing machine and fabric [and swatches]

I'm sure as time progresses my list will continue to grow. My main focus this weekend is getting settled in our house and just enjoying each moment. I'm hoping to get Avery's room mostly 'set-up' and then help him transition back into his own bedroom & bed wish me luck on that.

A huge heartfelt thank you to everyone who's reached out to me on the Blog / Instragram / Email and checked on how my family and I have been doing. It's really meant the world to me reading the comments or getting a surprise email from out the blue has helped my keep going and allowed me to stay positive even when I didn't feel like getting out or bed and dealing with anything. Thank you all so much!!

I plan on listening to my go to jam today, now on to The Next Chapter!