what a weekend!

ross and i had the best weekend with my mom. lots of food and shopping; can't get much better than that. 

friday i made this delicious dessert  thanks to paula.

saturday we finally decided on a couch which we will be ordering today!! so excited! we also did a lot of inspiration shopping aka window shopping. love this chair from restoration hardware. plan on using this fabric nail idea somehow someday.

                          

sunday we hit up some awesome new stores. i found this amazing ottoman that just might have to come home with me eventually. its amazing.

and my most favorite event of all was going here. definitely in the back woods but oh so worth it! if you live in the birmingham area and love junk i highly recommend you go. i took home 2 amazing finds! first an 1890s ish desk with ink well and a hole for a quail pin. it was only $30! i plan on using it as a side table in our living room. i also found an antique biscuit bowl for $15. 

                             

monday we saw bridesmaids which was hysterical. i want to be bf with kristen wigg and melissa mccarthy. 

and in the between i was obsessed with this. seriously genius. 

hope your weekend was just as fun!

freak out

only 33 days until closing! my my how time flies (insert southern accent). in all seriousness though its becoming more real. i had my first minor freak out last week. tears were involved along with hot sweats and panicky phone calls. bless my poor husbands heart. how he puts up with his crazy o.c.d. wife is beyond me.

everything is all good, just hiccups. in case you were wondering, conservative gray is not gray. more like a soft pale blue. it's not what i expected and i can't say i love it but its growing on me. i have to remind myself daily that it's just paint and so easy to change. however, favorite tan is awesome! we love it. it's in the majority of the house so this is a good thing. besides painted walls we now have tile, the fireplace surround, a driveway and garage doors!

garage

right after painting

definitely blue!

love our fireplace tile!!

so happy with his choice :)

cabinets are in!

master bath

still painting and landscaping to be done

mi madre is coming in town for the long weekend and i can't wait for her to see the house! she has an expert eye and i so desperately need her help. we plan on thrifting and furniture shopping; i will let you know if we find anything :)

speaking of shopping... i am currently selling a bunch of home goods on ebay. everything is new, i'm just ready for a change in our house. check it all out here: http://shop.ebay.com/meaghanrt850/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

i plan on selling a ton more including this. so check back in the future if you are interested!

hope you have a wonderful memorial day weekend!

neverthirst

Nearly 1 billion people living today do not have access to clean drinking water. As a result, some 4,500 children under the age of five die every day due to water borne disease. That’s one child every 15 seconds….approximately the time it took you to read this paragraph. You can help.  My small group and I have teamed up with neverthirstwater.org to adopt a village in India. We would love for you to be apart of helping us provide a working well for this village.


There are 2 ways you can help:
1. If you live in the Birmingham area we are hosting a yard sale this Saturday, May 18th, from 8am-4pm. We have tons of stuff: books, furniture, games, trendy and college clothing, home decor, beauty products, baby items, and more! Please stop by and buy something or make a donation. I would love to meet you!
404 Edgeland Place
Homewood, AL


2. If you can't make it out to our yard sale this weekend, you can also help by donating through our website here: www.neverthirstwater.org/well-worth-it 
We are only $780 shy of providing safe, clean, drinking water to a village who needs it! 


Our call is to show the love of Christ and our means is through supplying a basic human necessity for an impoverished village that is in spiritual darkness. Please join with us in taking the Gospel to the nations.

swoon.

hoping to find these anthro goodies waiting for me in the new kitchen...

farmer's market basket

lollipop apron

wise ol' cookie jar

shell measuring spoons

latte bowls

lemonade urn

utensil jar

 i mean who doesn't need an owl cookie car or a lemonade urn? necessity.

walls

living-dining-kitchen

master bath

master bedroom

ross and i have waited and prayed for these walls for 3 years. in 48 days (closing june 30th!!!) our patience will have paid off. seriously? i literally still can't believe its true. we are blessed beyond measure. 

please continue to pray/give to those in my state that don't have walls anymore. This has been my prayer for all who are suffering…

The Lord heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars

and calls them each by name.

Great is our Lord and mighty in power;

his understanding has no limit. Psalm 147: 3-5

Here are a few ways you can give...

• Christian Mission Services: Ross and I were able to help out for a couple of hours the weekend after the storm. Seeing the amount of donations was one of the most humbling experiences ever. If you live in the Birmingham area I highly encourage you to serve here. Their facebook page is a great way to see specific needs including volunteers. They have also set up a wish-list on amazon.com, perfect for those not living in Birmingham that would like to help. Shipping is free and will be directly shipped to CMS.
• The American Red Cross: you can specify where you want your funds to go (ie to tornado disasters) so that the funding is directly given to those most in need.
• A sorority sister of mine is selling T-shirts with all proceeds going to disaster relief for her town of Pleasant Grove, AL. The town was directly hit by an EF4 tornado. Check them out here: http://hotsplashart.com/pgrelief/

she's a brick hooouse...

....mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out
the brick is stacked and that's a fact,
ain't holding nothing back.
shake it down, shake it down now down...

(you know me, i had to!)

HAPPPY RESURRECTION DAY!

Your sin is never too big to be forgiven and His arms are not too short to save. Jesus paid it all with your name written on His heart. His love is greater.