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Jake & Kelsey: 2013 in Review
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Monday, February 3, 2014. 2014 is upon us. And while most people wrote these posts in December, here I am still working on it in February. I swear I JUST wrote my 2012 Review blog post. I can't believe it's been a year already. No matter how late I am, I do want to write this for my memory. We picked up our adorable little puppy Cooper. This is how we brought in the New Year and nothing could have been better. We love him like a child. Let's be honest, he is our child. My best friend got her mission call!
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Jake & Kelsey: Our Projects
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Click on titles, not pictures to view post). Complete Home- Before and After pictures. Our Dining Room Remodel. Our Basement Bathroom Remodel. Kitchen and Dining Room Tile. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Crane School of Highland Dance. Click for link to site. Our Easy Homemade Headboard. Above is our newly made headboard. We havent had one in our bedroom yet since we moved in. We were looking everywhere trying to find. Home Buying Tips for your 20's. Life Lessons from Harry Potter.
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Jake & Kelsey: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. This is from home number 1 and I've been meaning to post it for months and months. First, we taped off and covered everything in the room with strip paper and spray painted the cabinet. We then detatched the vanity and taped off all the mirrors and spray painted the vanity a contrasting cream color. We added updated silver handles and an updated, though still super cheap, silver light fixture. Also, here is the before we did anything at all to the final product. Well, I was pret...
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Jake & Kelsey: Goodbye Old Home!
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Monday, July 20, 2015. We listed the house on Tuesday. By Friday night we had 4 offers and we hadn't even made it to a weekend. We had probably 20 showings a day. We let the last of the appointments come by Saturday and we picked our offer that night. One month later we had to get out and say our goodbyes. This is how we said goodbye. Our last night in the house we had a sleepover in the living room and jumped on the bed. Cooper too. And Goodbye to our First Home! July 21, 2015 at 10:24 PM. The first thi...
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Jake & Kelsey: Lifesaver
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Saturday, March 7, 2015. The other night Jake and I woke up (incredibly annoyed) to Cooper's relentless barking at 4 in the morning. It wasn't for several minutes that we realized our C02 detector was going off and neither Jake or I heard it in our sleep. Cooper with his dog instincts, stayed outside of our bedroom door barking until we came to investigate. We got it all sorted out, and we are safe. But I feel safer than ever knowing that this little man is there for us. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Jake & Kelsey: Hello New Home!
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The story of our new home is kind of a continuation of my last post. We bought our first home in July of 2012 when every house was on the market and we got a killer deal. In the two year of living there, we completely renovated the house and knew we had a lot of equity. Our plan was to look [slowly] for another house we would want to buy and then move out. To officially christen the house as ours, I did have to paint the room that I spent close to 15 years of my life in. Married...
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Jake & Kelsey: Fireplace Remodel
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Thursday, December 6, 2012. The first thing we changed in our home was the fireplace. That is the very first thing I saw in the house that I thought, "That HAS to go! Mind you, that was before I spotted the counter tops. Regardless, it is the first thing that went. And this is how we did it. What we did (mostly what Jake did) was simply, tear it down! If anyone is going to try this, I have a few suggestions. 3- Make sure you have nothing around that you wouldn't mind if it got ruined. there is a chan...
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Jake & Kelsey: Kindergarten Quotes
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Friday, May 22, 2015. Another year of teacher Kindergarten has (almost) passed. This year as I heard my students say hilarious things, I wrote them down. Here are my favorit of the year's worth of Kindergarten quotes from my class. (I'm putting some of my favorites in bold. He was going to say a nice word, but instead he said asshole. I also had a lot of really foul mouthed students this year. But they're 5 so it made it funny). What happens if you mix blue science and purple science? Because I wanted to.
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Jake & Kelsey: Our Story
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I already know that this is going to be more than anyone will every want to know about us. Nonetheless, I'm going to write it. He came home on September 28, 2011. I hadn't seen him in person in two years and five days, and man did he look good! Referring to the "CTR" ring that he always wore. I replied with a sassy "I don't know J, where's MY ring! Little did I know that it was in his pocket. We absolutely loved it! It was amazing. And all in all, we had an all around beautiful and unforgettable day.
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Jake & Kelsey: Papa Crane
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Monday, November 17, 2014. The reason I wanted to really write this though is because of his strength as a Father and influence for better to all those around him. As I was grieving over his health, I was comforted in letters that he had written me years before. I have turned to these letters multiple times when I need direction, and in particular, when I need direction from my Dad. When you lose confidence. When you don't understand international politics. When your prayers seem unanswered. Married on A...
