Gallery Wall - Phase One

So, I have a bare wall that I'm ready to do a gallery wall. I don't know exactly what prints I want up there yet, but I thought I would share my phase one. Phase one is the planning phase in my house. I like to think about things for a while before I commit.

Let me know what you think and if you know of any good places to get art/prints.

There, I said it!

Alright, aside from the fact my computer repulses me, there are a few other reasons I've struggled with blogging. (My computer repulses me because I very literally spend 8 hours on it and when I get home I would rather stare into the sunlight than get back on the computer).

*Real quick, my big girl job is going great so far. I love being busy at work, I just wish I could learn to balance*

Okay, back to my original thought, why I've struggled with blogging lately.
1) I don't feel like what I have to say is important enough to blog about. 
I don't know when this shift of my thoughts and feelings being important to where I'm at now. I feel like these thoughts are so personal, that no one will relate. Or sometimes I don't think I have much of an opinion about ANYTHING! Seriously.

There are other times when I look at other peoples' blogs and say, "why do they think I care what they ate for breakfast, or what they wore, or how cute their kids are, or how blah blah blah blah." But you know what, it is important to someone. Moving on...

2) I feel small in the blogosphere. 
There is a certain bout of confidence that comes with blogging, and then there are certain insecurities. This ties back in with #1, but mostly it's just that I compare myself to others WAY too much.

3) BLOGGING IS A LOT OF WORK!
I'm lazy. I've been lazy. I've been uninspired to do the necessary amount of work blogging requires.

There, I said it! I suck. But I can say with the most sincerity that I have, I will get better at this. I will find a voice, and I will be back to tear my blog up!

Moving stuff around!

As you can see I'm redoing a couple of things around my blog. Excuse the mess.

Want to see my inspiration for the whole redesign?

Decade of Hair

Well, there it is. The good, the bad, and the awkward. Just a side note: don't judge me for wanting straight hair (my hair is naturally curly), I lived through the avril lavign hair stage! Sheesh, we're all lucky we made it out alive! :P Also, I don't have many pics of myself for 2012. That must say something about my attitude toward self portraits lately... humph. 

A Look Inside My New (old) House

Our house was built in 1930, so it's on the grandpa side of the century.  I love it so much here. The first word that people usually say is "cute". Cute is good. :) It has just felt like home since the day we moved in. Here's the first look into our house... ever. The pictures are taken of my [unfinished] living room and from the outside. After we regroup from the move and all of the new payments, we'll decorate further. (I'm having a blast picking things out).

Front door. We've added some plants and lights. :)

Come on in. 

But first, say "hi" our gnomie to Humphrey Bartholomew  Skaggs

What you see first. Note: the dog toys. :P

The mantle possibilities are endless! 

And the dogs just love it here. :) 

Well, I hope you enjoyed a little peek into our home. You can tell it's not decorated fully. Jacob has all kinds of plans for the electronics in the house. [I love him.] I just really love having our own house. I also love that I don't have to worry about my address changing for a long time!

Have a great day!

It's okay to be a "different" blogger

I don't know if you know this about me, but I'm a little on the weird side. I'm all over the map with my emotions and I tend to get cray. What can I say? That's who I am.

Today, I had a little extra time in the morning so I thought I would check on my friend's blogs, and even surf some that I haven't seen before. Instead of making me happy, like it normally does, it made me sad.

I got sad looking at everyone else. I felt like my blog was not good enough... compared to theirs.

Let me just say, WHO CARES? There is not an emperor of the blogosphere that says, "Kylee's blog is the worst blog compared to blogA, blogB, and BlogC. No one read it, ever!"
(I know you're hearing the emperor's voice, don't lie.)

I'm just saying that no matter what you write about, no matter how weird you may be, no matter what the friggin' emperor of blogging in your mind says about your blog, BLOG ANYWAYS! You can be exactly who you are. In my case that's a weirdo, neurotic, curly headed, mess of a woman, that knows only one thing for sure.

--In the long run, is it really worth caring about someone else's blog being better than yours?--

(Chances are there are some blogs that make them feel like crap too)

Have a great day!!

Our First Home

We bought a house! About 2 weeks ago, we closed on our first home. It was a very long and sometimes fun, most of the time not fun experience. We haven't done much except for unpack and try to chill out.

Lately, I have graduated from college, we bought a house, we bought a car (out of necessity), I started my new job (I LOVE IT!), and have been unpacking and trying to decorate.

I've been in this weird mood lately. I don't want to do much. I don't know if it's because I've been rushing around for four years-- studying and whatnot. But I haven't been real talkative. And I really haven't wanted to blog.

You see, here's where I'm at in my head. My life is important to me, but not really anyone else's, so why share it on my blog. I've been praying a lot about how to "reach" people on a deeper level than me saying what I did for the day and someone reading and going on with their lives.

I want to make a difference, an impact. I want to be heard, not about the small things, but about the greater things. This could all just be the "I just graduated now I need to be someone" talk. But I'm serious. I'm almost in a state of depression (which for me is just really long periods of deep thought).

I'm excited about the house, and I hope to be getting out of this funk. ONWARD!