I went twinning with Calvin, we did some work outside (cleaning up, weeding, that sort of thing), and Brandon helped the kids set up a lemonade stand. August wore his Jango Fett costume.
We also marked our twelfth anniversary, NBD.
Twelve! We’re doin’ all right, eh?
We’ve done so much together. We met in 1999. We were dating two years later, and married a few years after that. We’ve shared personal and career highs and lows, two apartments and two homes, and have two kids with a third on the way. In a few more years, I’ll have known Brandon for half of my life.
Happy tenth anniversary, love. We’ve done so much more together than we ever could have apart. Thank you for being there every step of the way.
Love you.
Our first house was ninety seven when we bought it. Our Victorian was one hundred and twenty two. My marriage and corresponding wedding ring will turn ten this year, but it’s also the year my engagement ring turns one hundred. August will be three next month, and in April, Eleanor will be five. Today, Making it Lovely is seven years old.
I designed that print a few years ago, and you can download it here, for free. It’s hanging in the play room on the third floor, which I haven’t shared with you yet!
Seven years ago, I started this blog as Brandon and I moved into our first home. It feels really good to still be writing here, in a new (even older) home now. The kids, when we talked to them about moving, wanted to move to “a rainbow house.” We found it. We’re here. And I get to share everything about transforming and personalizing a home with you again, from the beginning.
Thanks for following along, day after day.