Has is really been a year?

Has it really been a year?  I can barely wrap my head around it.  I thought I was doing fine (and I am), but then I run across pictures of our last weeks out at the library and it makes me ache inside.  It takes me right back to the feeling I had a year ago: This is it...things will never be the same.

Oh how we cried those last weeks!  We cried over past years, over new friendships just beginning to blossom, we cried over the unknown.  Despite everything my mind and body told me would happen, I am ok! We are ok! Now, this is not to say that I have not had my fair share of sad nights and dramatic bawls over friends missed...

One thing I do believe is that the distance makes each time we are together so VERY special! Looking back on the times I have spent with y'all since graduation, every single time we have lived it up!! From still acting like we own The Library, to literally OWNING "The Beach on Bourbon", we have not lost the spark that we have between us!  That spark that we take with us anywhere we go, vowing to soak up every second we have together and making it a time that will not be forgotten! I have so many amazing memories from this year...we can still have fun outside of college! Who knew?

With each year that passes, we move further and further away from one another.  Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi. We will get married and have kids. We will be successful Pharmacists, Lawyers, Journalists... (Vessel salesmen, haha!)  But I have no doubt that we will always be best friends!  The ones we call when we need a listening ear, an encouraging word, or just a good laugh!

I love each and every one of you and I am so thankful that God has placed you in my life!

 

A faithful friend is the medicine of life. ~Ecclesiastes 6:16

~Masey

New Kitchen!!

By the time I got home from work on Friday, EC had finished all the cabinets in the kitchen!! I made a quick trip to Collierville to run a few errands and get burlap for curtains I may blog about if they look good.  I had the house all to myself Friday night, so I grabbed a glass of wine and got to painting!  It did not take me 45 minutes to antique these cabinets, but made a world of difference! Now when I go into my kitchen it feels bright and airy, obviously that is not the feeling I got before the paint job!

Here are the cabinets after EC painted them:

Here are the cabinets after I "antiqued" them:

Please don't forget to scroll down and look at the before pictures!  I would say this is a world of difference! 

I will post pictures of the rest of the den and kitchen when they are finished. 

PS. Ignore the floor.....that's my next project!

~Masey

Ode to 70's Decor...

Ahh!! Today is the day!!! Today is the day that my 1970's cedar planked kitchen/den cabinets and walls become 2011 shabby chic! Granted this task will take significantly longer than a day, probably more like 2 weeks. I don't care if the painter takes 2 months (well maybe I do...), my house is about to look so much better! I can now entertain without being embarrassed of my outdated home! 

          Imagine living with this for 8 months, but actually I have been looking at it for going on 3 years (Steven lived here before me).  I know some of you probably wonder why I haven't done this sooner.  It is very expensive to hire someone to paint all this, and I do not have the patience to do it on my own.  Steven told me he would not help me (what a sweet husband!) Recently he made me throw away the roller paintbrush because we were not painting another room by ourselves again! (or at least he wasn't going to help me) Granted I have painted the guest bedroom 2 times, guest bathroom 2 twice, the sunroom, a few pieces of furniture...I have also sewed a shower curtain and dust ruffle with no previous sewing machine skills, AND ripped up a linoleum floor (WORST DECISION EVER!).  The point I am getting at is that Steven has lended a helping hand in all of these tasks that were my idea, not his, and he has had enough! I don't blame him.

Back to the main topic! The color I am using I would describe as "Butter" (don't remember the actual name).  It is kind of a creamy yellow.  After the painter is finished, I am going to go back and do some sort of antiquing to the cabinets so that they don't blend in to the walls.  I cannot wait for the finished product!

Here are the before pictures, and when the wonderful "EC" is finished I will post after!

~Masey