My first month of being 23 years of age.

Spring really coming (I was starting to worry it never would)

Some changes at work + yearly reviews which went just fine.

The one year anniversary of the marriage of Beau and I.

The realization that I love Beau even more than a year ago.

Anticipation of summer.

Anticipation of lilacs.

Anticipation of another year with Beau.

Here are a few images from the past month:

1. Beautiful Day for a Walk, 2. Mae on the Deck, 3. happiness,

4. One pillow just isn’t enough., 5. No Longer, 6. Napping in the Sun,

7. Time to Sprout Out!, 8. My Exploring Girl, 9. A little bit of green.

A recap of my 101 Things:

#2: I guess April will count as a summer month, bc I already wore a skirt three times this month! Woo hoo!

#13: I haven’t learned any new Spanish yet, but signed up for an online class with some coworkers that is being offered.  Just haven’t heard back yet on when it will start.

#14: lol, this is sort of a silly goal… but I really enjoy the show despite all the liberal stupidness.  But I finished Season 1 on dvd today and hope to get Season 2 finished next month!

#28: Well, it’s been a slow start to this list, but hey, I think I’m doing well on this goal.

#42: Sort of the same thing going on with this goal as well.

#46: I haven’t exactly been keeping track of this, but I feel I’ve been doing a fairly good job of it.  I’ve been asking Beau to go for walks everyday that is warm and sunny, and more times than not, he says yes.  We even walked all the way to downtown to check out a local shop with some Amy Butler fabric last Friday.  And ate lunch at one of our local favorite restaraunts.

#49: I started late on this one as well, but I have been slowly getting back in the habit of taking vitamins each day.  And that’s all that matters to me.

#59: As you’ve seen in recent posts, I’ve finally scanned the “before and after” pictures of the house and taken some recent pictures.  These will go in my household notebook soon.

Here it is!  The bathroom, a whole year later.  This room is one we’ve put quite a bit of work into.  The floor was fairly disgusting and old, all scratched up and was a horrible old linoleum.  Replacing it was one of our most recent projects that Beau did one day when I was at work.  I couldn’t believe it went so quickly.  Though after he put it in, we needed to caulk it into place and that is what took a bit more time.

The awesome part?  Most everyone that comes in, including a recent appraiser, think it’s tile, but it’s completely fake!

As you can see, the only things we haven’t changed out are the tile on the counter and anything in the shower.

Oh, and want to know what the random bowl is behind my Pacey Kitty?  Click the photo and head over to Flickr to find out.

It was horrible…

Wow…

And our new kitchen!

Again, click to see notes I’ve added to the photos per Flickr.

One year ago, I married my husband.  Though I was never really into the whole wedding planning and today will not be much different than any other day for us (meaning we won’t be celebrating), I really did cherish that day.  Mainly because it meant so much more to me than a white dress and a new ring on my finger.  One year ago we were also working on our home.  Creating a home together.  We were both so anxious to get out of the apartment life and into a home we could call ours.  And we were unbelievably lucky to be able to find a home we could afford right in the town Beau grew up in.  In fact, only a block or two away from the house he grew up in as a boy.

In the past year, with the help of our families, Beau and I have worked to make our home livable.  And from the pictures below, you’ll really get a feeling of the amount of work we’ve had to put in.  (Though I should mention, we never saw it quite this bad.  These are pictures the bank took after taking the house from the previous owners)

And the after pictures. One year later.

(click on the pictures to bring you to my flickr photostream to see random notes I’ve pointed out on the images)

Next: The Kitchen and Dining Room

If you are wondering where I’ve been, I’ve been outside!  More pictures to come soon.  You just have to wait a bit longer.

I had separated each of these tasks on my 101 things list because I really didn’t think I’d accomplish them all at the same time.  But here is proof.  The folder shows that I have all my pictures sorted by year > month > date (with the help of now importing all new photos through Lightroom).  And in Lightroom, you can see I’ve imported the pictures and they are all stored by date.  I worked a bit on sorting the tags for my pictures in Lightroom as well, but I am not quite sure the best way to do this yet, so it’s a work in progress.

And the moment I step away from my computer, I’ll be pushing the button to back up all the pictures on my external hard drive.  Yay!

Also, you may be wondering why I didn’t check off #87 after my spontaneous trip last week.  Sure, we did travel to Oklahoma, and sure we did see a storm, but since I still have 2 years, 4 months, 14 days left to complete the list, I am hoping I’ll actually be able to catch a better storm in that time. And maybe be a bit more awake for it.

A few of my favorites…

from a family event…

celebrating the coming of Spring…

with the kids searching for eggs in the woods…

Egg coloring.

Bonfire.

Sunny skies.

Temperature just shy of 60 degrees.

Egg searching.

Spring is here!