Spring Decorations

I have been wanting to join Lianna Knight over at Growing Our Own Garden, she did a post on Easter decor! She inspires me with all her decorating skills!!

My kitchen project is almost completed. So I was able to start decorating, of course I brought out all my spring/Easter decor. It's not much, but I love every piece that I decorate with.

Kitchen Sink

Living Room

Dining Room
Kitchen Table
I am giving you a sneak peak at how the Kitchen will look with the drawers back on, of course with the old hardware on that I spray painted.

I have so much to update you on! My kitchen project was worth all the hard work that I put in. I cannot wait till you see the results!!

I can tell that it's Springtime, because I am busy!! I love the fresh air, and the green grass that is popping up!!!

Today I feel blessed that Spring reminds me of the sacrifice my Lord and Saviour made for me.

Lori's Kitchen Project-Lots of Prep

I am at the point in my project that requires a lot of prep work! I took all of my drawers out and took off the hardware, and prepped them for sanding (just the front). I think I counted 18 drawers. All of the snow and freezing cold temperature's really put a hold on a lot of things that I wanted to have done by now.

I then emptied all of my kitchen!

This table below holds all of the things that we use daily.

Most everything else fit into our office. I did not have any boxes so I just carried everything in my laundry basket then unloaded it. Not everything fit into our office, so I have some things in our dining room as well. I am so ready to feel organized again!



I never realized how much kitchen stuff we have!! I am so excited for the day when I can put all of the doors, and cupboards back into my kitchen. Hopefully I will be very happy with the results!! I also cannot wait to line my cupboards with fresh, new liners, then put all of my Kitchen items, that are all over my house, back in place!! My goal is to be done with this monster of a project in a month!!


This next week I want to work on:
Preparing for the sanding that will be done in the kitchen (lots of dust).
Tape off everything
Sand all drawers
Hopefully get the kitchen sanded as well!!
I would love to be all ready for primer in the kitchen by the first week of March


Today I feel so blessed to have a lot of things to fill my Kitchen cupboards with! I feel very blessed to be able to have everything I need to make a meal!!

Valentine's Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day Weekend! We did most of the celebrating on Saturday, I felt spoiled because I was able to spend both Saturday and Sunday with my Hubby!!

I love Valentine's Day so much, it's like that pick-me-up in the dead of winter! For me anyways, I realize that not all of you have tons of snow! I also love Valentine's Day because I love roses!!

My hubby surprised me with a dozen roses that were delivered to me at work! It was on Friday, so I was not expecting anything!

They did wonders for my tore up kitchen!! It was like a touch of love hit our whole house when I displayed those beautiful red roses, and they smell so good!

On Saturday I went with my hubby to his College Basketball game that he had to officiate, it was about a hour away. Of course he had to be there like 2 hours before the game started, so I went to Wal Mart while he prepped for the game.

I got there just in time to see him walk onto the court!

He is the guy in the middle.

After the game I went to the car to wait on him. So as I waited, I got out his Valentine's Day card as well as something sweet! We both love those chocolate cakes, and they are ten times better when they are shaped in a heart!


Of course, I had the radio tuned to the Love channel!! Gotta set the mood, right!


When hubby came out to the car and saw all of these things I had done, he got the biggest smile on his face. That is why I love Valentine's Day. That smile that I got from him put joy in my heart. It made me realize how special a smile is. His smile said to me "I feel special", and that is what I wanted him to feel. We did not buy each other a lot, but really it is the thought that counts, it is the thought that means the most to me.



We then went to eat at Red Lobster!! It was worth every minute of our 45 minute wait!!



I hope that all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day with that special someone!


Today I feel blessed to have spent a wonderful Valentine's Weekend with my best friend, my Husband. I want to make it a point to make my Husband feel special throughout every day, not just on Valentine's Day.

Perfect Night in Winter Wonderland

We got hit by a major snowstorm yesterday! It started to snow around 1:30, and by evening we had lots of snow and horrible roads! Hubby and I were able to spend a great, relaxing evening!

First of all we were starving. So we decided to splurge and eat really bad!

(hence the coke, and hubby likes Diet. UGH!)

What you are about to see is pure amazement for your taste buds!

Delivery boy! Umm, Excuse me...Delivery Man. Ha!!

We have the best pizza place in our little town, we ate way to much of that large pizza!

I was going to go with hubby to one of his B-Ball games, it was a big game that was going to be on a local TV channel and on the radio, but the game got canceled due to the weather as well as all of his games today. I was so happy to be able to spend a whole weekend with my hubby! I felt very spoiled.

We ate and watched all of our DVR, we were just ready to rent a movie on our On Demand when...

...everything went dark! Our electricity was of for almost 3 hours! I gathered all the candles and flashlights I could find, I was loving every minute! I looked outside and it was so beautiful, so we decided to go outside and hubby did some shoveling by our front door.

The snow was so deep!

And very beautiful!

Today we woke up to tons of snow! I had to work this morning, it took hubby forever to shovel a way out of our driveway. Hubby picked me up from work then we went to eat at our local Mexican Restaurant. Our Favorite place! I took a few pictures on our way there.

Doesn't it look so beautiful!! A winter wonderland!! The roads were completely covered.

This is our main road. Not much traffic today!!

We decided to stop in at hubby's parents house, they had been shoveling lots as well!

I'm guessing some of you got some snow as well! I hope you had a perfect night in your winter wonderland as well!! We sure did!

I feel so blessed to serve a God who can create such beauty.

I cannot wait to show you how my project is going! Update coming soon!

Special Delivery!

This afternoon we will have a special delivery! You might laugh when you see what it is, but it is greatly needed. We are so excited about it, we've been married for almost 4 years and this is the first time we will own one of these! Feel free to guess what it is, I will post pictures when it arrives.

Hint: We will be working outside once it arrives!!

Today I am spring cleaning our bedroom, I also got a new addition for our bedroom. Hubby was so sweet to install them last night while I was at work. I will post before and after pictures sometime this weekend!


Today I am thankful for beautiful warm weather arriving after rain and cold temps!! Thank You Lord!