Happy Fall Yall

Finally fall has come to Northern California. 

So much has happened since my last post...

After painting for four days and getting all new carpet,

We finally got all moved into our new house,

both girls started school (Shay as a freshman and Cloe in preschool),

Shay decided to run away from home for 24 hours,

and my MS has been kicking my butt.

Its been a crazy 2 months thats for sure!

Today my house smells like the stew that's in the crock pot and its overcast from the rain last night. 

It finally feels like fall, my favorite season.

Since its so late in the week I will finish the last two chapters of the Namesake study next week.

Here are a few photos from the past couple weeks.

Meals For Moving

I hate it every time we move all we do is eat fast food crap for 3 or 4 days. So this time I am planning on making some moving meals. Make ahead or crock pot meals that we can take to the new house and eat.
So after scouring Pinterest for an hour I found the following ideas that I think my family and I will love.

Make Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches @

rootandblossom.com

Bacon Cheeseburger Wraps @

The Recipe Critic

Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Bowls @

Budget Bytes

Pressed Turkey Sandwhich @

The Fest Blog

Pulled Chicken Verde @

The Slender Student 

Skinny Chicken and Broccoli Casserole @

 Yummy Healthy Easy

Spinach Turkey Muffins @

Meal and Moves Blog

Spaghetti & Meatballs - Make Ahead Meals @

Mommy's Kitchen

Cinnamon Vanilla Scones @

Savoring The Thyme

I hope you check out all these yummy recipes and wonderful blogs. Tag me on Pinterest (Thismomspath) on all your make ahead meals or meals perfect for moving. 

Teen Glam Room

Here are some of the ideas that my oldest daughter has for her new room. She really wants grey and a chevron wall. The white and black heart bedding from Pottery Barn is something that she has fallen in love with. We are going to chalk board paint her closet doors, hang some twinkle lights and make sure she has a large memo board for all her photos. So many great ideas and I love the peachy pink accent color she has chosen as well.

Ideas:

1. Chevron

2. Chalk board

3. X-Large memo board

4. Twinkle Lights

5. Puddled curtains

6. Gray and pink

7. Make-up Vanity

8. Pottery Barn Teen Heart Bedding

9. Teen Glam

10. Luxury and hipster

Cloe's Butterfly Little Girls Inspiration Board

Cloe is only 3.5 and although her ideas for her room change by the second I really like the idea of brighter colors. She is not longer a baby so those super pale pastel colors are not really fitting. One of her most recent ideas is a butterfly room, and I love it.

She is not sure if she wants blue or pink walls, but she wants pink, aqua, blue, and white. Butterfly garlands or a wall installation of butterflies. I can't wait to get this all together for her!

Ideas:

1. Bright pink, aqua, and and blue

2. Butterfly bedding

3. Accent wall with frames or her name

4. Banner / pennants

5. Mobile and or hanging butterflies

6. More organized

7. A completed theme

8. Chalk board painted closet doors

9. New dresser

10. A place that Cloe wants to play in

My Living Room Inspiration Board

I love creating inspiration boards it helps me to see if all my ideas are lining up to create the perfect room.
I'm thinking of a eclectic / rustic living room. I don't want a log cabin or hunters retreat, just touches of rustic here and there.

There are also some difficulties to the living room in the house that we are purchasing there is really only one wall the flat screen can he hung (of course my hubby thinks this should be the focal point of the room LOL), there is a fireplace with an insert that is not flush, and on the opposite wall is the breakfast bar for the kitchen. I'm still not sure about what colors because I don't want it to be too dark and I love lighter/brighter colors as accents.

So here are some of my ideas:

http://traceryinteriors.wordpress.com

One of the other problems that you might be able to tell is my husband really likes darker warmer tones and I like things a little lighter. Combining these two is the goal.

So tell me what to y'all think?

House Purchasing Headaches

When my husband and I purchased our first home almost 8 years ago I was a loan processor, we had our real estate agent and I did the loan work. There was very little stress in the whole process. I was able to check on it every day and knew where it was in every stage. Well...let me tell you what, this time around it's completely different. I have never been this stressed!!!!!

Our offer was accepted almost two weeks ago, pest and home inspections done and are clear, the appraisal is done and is good. We are going with a USDA loan and I have no idea where we are or how it looks. We talked to our finance guy and he said we won't even know until a couple days before we are to sign our final loan documents if the loan is good or not. WHAT? So that means we could get all the way to the end of this stressful process and potentially not get the house because of the financing. That is crazy, my anxiety is through the roof. Please someone bring me a zanax.

Meanwhile we are starting to look at kitchen cabinets, carpet, and paint. Am I crazy, going to get my hopes up? I hope not, I pray every day that if it we are doing the right thing and its God's will that we live in this house that He please please please let everything go smoothly.

Here are a few pictures of the house in its current state, changes will be made! There may be a slow down in my bible study posts to every other day for the next couple months as we move and work on the house.

If you like the daily devotion please make sure to comment or send me a quick email, so I can take that into consideration as I make plans for future studies.

House

Dinning Area

The largest laundry room ever!