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day 40 tomorrow....
Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope. 
-Hal Lindsey 
Tomorrow will mark 40 days since this journey began withDebbie Cordes and we have never been without hope! Her biggest achievement being moved to the Neuro step down unit on Saturday, her first stop after...

Things are constantly changing...
sometimes they are things we are glad to be out of and sometimes they are things that we are enjoying too much, but with life the good will begin and end as well as the bad.
Right now I feel like I'm in a downward spiral, but I continue looking up, reaching up, and hoping soon I will be out of it, we will be out of it. I have to continue to be positive and...

How does it happen, you step away for a day or two and suddenly weeks go by!  
I want to get back to my blogging days, where I could journal about my life and recapture special memories.
We got to spend a few days with Chelsea while she was home before her next adventure in Colorado.  As usual, we had a blast!

On our recent vacation, one of the things I wanted to do was get a family picture done at the beach. I did some research and found a photographer in Destin Florida, where we were heading and reserved a time.
our photographer Jay was a hoot. Both Chelsea and Joel described him as Kevin James!
he had us walking, laying on our stomachs and sitting in the sand. We were covered with sand but had a...

Hanging out in New Orleans with my family! One of my favorite places to visit!

For a few years now I've been talking of doing a wine tasting...
A get together with friends to socialize and talk about and try some wine. finally this year I decided to take action on my idea and I began picking things up on Etsy, Pier 1 and around town.
The first thing I needed to do was pick a date. Sounds easy, but with everyone's busy schedules I knew a weekend would be hard to find open for...

Before and after
I'm so thrilled with how our kitchen turned out! Although I didn't get pictures of wallpaper removal and repainting or the island before it was painted black. But I think this shows the majority of the transformation!
Painted the island black last year and then the transformation began this year...
Chairs from Arhaus
top done
installing granit and removed drywall &...

So blessed to be able to spend the day with both my mother and mother in law...
While the weather wasn't the warmest we have seen, it was sunny and I got to spend the day with family, so what more do you need?
Joel grilled up some awesome food while visiting with our siblings
the kids were a blast, as they always are! Colton kept asking me a question, and I said first you have to smile for...

So we now have the top cabinets done and are working on the bottom and I absolutely love it already!
I did end up finding new hardware that is black with a touch of copper around edges
now I have no bottom cabinet doors and no drawers! Its one heck of a way to clean your cabinets and drawers out!