Smith Adventure LIFE

Hi friends! I know I've really dropped the ball on the blogging thing. I was practically begging people to read the blog, but once i moved in.....radio.silence. Y'all. I'm sorry. I haven't sat down in weeks. I've been unpacking, organizing, re-organizing. Last week I cooked all our meals again and went back to the gym. Life is returning to "normal", although by normal, I mean our new normal. Life in the yellow house normal.
In our first few days in the house, Brian and I were sitting in the living room, and I asked, "how can we be so comfortable here? Already?" His response, "because we can walk around with our shoes off?" He cracks me up! Seriously though, we had taken the big steps before we got here: move to Driftwood, live on the property... I just feel so blessed and so happy to get to come home to this place, this land, but also be comfortable. In MY home. Really. I feel overwhelmed with gratitude.

Anyway, our weeks have been filled with indoor projects, and the weekends with outdoor projects. We have a lifetime of work ahead, but we have accomplished a lot already. Here's some pictures!

The mantel is a work in progress. I've already changed it since I took this picture. 

Master bathroom. Choosing those mirrors was tricky business, and I wished at one (or more) point(s) that I had just had them install the regular, builder grade mirrors. But, I think these were a good choice and I love the way they look. 

Guest bedroom

Guest bath

Front walkway. Still a work in progress, planning to chip a bunch of trees we just pulled up, and put the mulch down on our new path.

Planting our seedlings, to go in the greenhouse. We planted, okra, spinach, lettuce, jalapenos, kale, cucumbers and cilantro.

The compost! Brian saved these pallets from the build, and really planned this out himself. I am so impressed! We used the builder's trash, including all their screws, which were all discarded in the yard. 

Yesterday we (as in, mostly Brian, and his awesome parents) pulled up little cedar trees from around all our big, beautiful Oaks. The difference is incredible. It makes the yard look so much cleaner. Our trees will thrive now that they can have all the nutrients and water all to themselves.  Today, we will be using these piles of gravel to smooth out our road, and possibly create a parking pad next to the house.
We also may try to tackle the garden beds, which Brian started yesterday.

We are working on something all the time, so they'll be more to share soon! Thanks for reading!! XO