I’m going to go ahead and join in the masses of people saying “I can’t believe it’s 2016 already – HOW?!” When I think about 2015, it seems that it went so fast yet I can’t remember what I was doing a short 12 months ago – this either means that what I was doing was so boring it isn’t worth holding space in my brain or I was just on a lot of drugs back then. Because I don’t remember taking any, we are going to go with the first option. #drugfreeisthewaytobe
March
After moving back into our home after weeks away, we cleaned up the piles and piles of dust and broke out the Spring decor to celebrate.
It was about this time that Indiana decided to show us some love and blossom a few flowers here and there. I must have been busy smelling the roses because I didn’t document really anything else that happened this month, other than participating in a local amazing race with fellow co-workers which was 200% fun.
Following the weather trends, my personal life started to heat up with fun activities by flying out to Arizona to attend Mom 2.0 Summit despite my lack of motherhood. Fortunately, moms know how to get down so I was in good company.
I returned home from Arizona to find our boat in the backyard which kicked off the first ever boat ride at the new house and they didn’t stop for months on end.
While I was blogging about the importance of telling your story our guest bathroom was 100% completed and baths became a regular thing again in my life.
The excitement of Summer continued on as we headed off to Nashville with friends for 4 days of country music goodness at CMA Fest.
From Nashville I flew directly to Myrtle Beach to spend a week with my mom, sister and nieces for 7 days of nothing but sunshine, heat and our toes in the sand.
No time for sleeping though, we rushed off to Indianapolis to see Ed Sheeran in concert which will forever be one of the best shows I have seen.
Back just in time for the 4th of July, we hosted friends and family for time on the boat and sparklers in our hands.
Aside from spending all of our free time out on the boat, we finished up some projects on the home front ranging from the master bathroom to my office. I also confessed the real reason why we can’t have children.
With football season in full swing, we spent several weekends tailgating over at Notre Dame, running in a color run with friends and sharing my two cents on how to grow your Instagram following while taking better photos. I’m pretty sure I was working out consistently during this time thanks to the #1800MinuteChallenge.
September ended with one of the most amazing sunsets known to mankind and one too many photos of it to prove it.
Between my mom turning 60 which ended in the most epic kitchen dance party with my family, having my nieces over to spend the night for the first time ever, celebrating our nine year anniversary and traveling to Florida with our friends – October was one of the better months of the year!
November started out with a ton of laughs thanks to our Goodwill date with friends. From there Indiana returned back to its classic Indiana state by dumping piles of snow on us. To take our minds off it, my sister, mom, aunt and I loaded up on bus trip and headed to IKEA for the day which is what one should always do. In the midst of the fun, I wrote a post expressing my beliefs during times of grief, I hosted my first ever indoor garage sale which was so much fun and we capped off November by having our family over for a giant Thanksgiving feast.
December started out the way it always should – with a trip to sunny California for my Christmas party with Pollinate Media.
As soon as I got back, I rushed off to see Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett in concert. All of the fun landed me a fun cold that is still hanging on.
Founder and creator of LIY, Erin turned her dream of a hobby blog into a full-time career which she now runs alongside the LIY team! When not in front of her computer screen [with a La Croix or wine in hand] or in front of a mirror taking mirror selfies, you can find Erin spending time on the water, cuddled up with her two pups and husband most likely watching the latest Shark Tank episode, or getting lost in an easy beach read.
