Texas Really Is the Bible Belt!

During our time here in Texas, we have seen many funny church names, including (but definitely not limited to!), “Empowering Life Church“, “INFUSION Church”, “Victorious Living Church”, “Successful Life Church” (notice a theme here?) and one of my personal favorites, ” John Calvin Presbyterian Church” (now THAT’S just calling it was it is!).

But this one that we saw today on our way back from Corsicana takes the cake. At least for a while, until we find something worse.

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Just imagine the conversation:

“Hi! Where do you go to church?”

“I go to That Church.”

“What Church?”

“THAT Church”.

“Where? I don’t see any church!”

“You know, THAT Church!”

Good grief.

Decoration Inspiration

Over the past few years, I have had a lot of people say that I am “really good at decorating”. I would submit that I just find good pictures and use them as inspiration. I also realized that I have a TON of saved pictures on my computer that I have collected from blogs and websites all over throughout the years.

So, since I am practically brain-dead from reading one Shakespeare play a night for my class, I decided to post a few of them for you to look at. If they are your style, go ahead and save them! I’m eclectic enough that I figure there has to be at least one picture that is to your fancy 🙂

Notice the similarities:

My apartment

My apartment

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Inspiration Picture #1

Inspiration Picture #2

Inspiration Picture #2

My apartment

My apartment

Inspiration Picture

Inspiration Picture

Someday I'd like a kitchen backsplash like this!

Someday I'd like a kitchen backsplash like this!

LOVE this bathroom mirror!

LOVE this bathroom mirror!

The color red is so great in this room...

The color red is so great in this room...

This is what I'm hoping our dining room view will look like in our new place...

This is what I'm hoping our dining room view will look like in our new place...maybe a little too optimistic, but a girl can dream!

Love the funky table and mirror...

Love the funky-ness...it works for me :)

Courtney, This One’s For You :)

Recently, I found white house-trained piggies for sale on Craigslist and sent the link to Courtney. You see, she has this infatuation with pigs and all that relates to them. Unfortunately, Michael said no.

So Courtney, this is just a little something I found on Etsy today. And get this- the pig is ROLLING. Rolling!

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rolling pig

Look on the top left! The pig is just lying there, all tired out! :)

Floorplan

I’m just too excited not to post this. It’s much cuter in person, but you can kind of get the idea. My favorite parts: The wood burning fireplace, the 2 sink huge master bathroom, all the bar space at the kitchen counter, the GIANT closet in the spare bedroom (it’s ginormous, 10×7!!) and the little window over the stairwell. The garage also has extra space for a workshop. I think we are going to make it into a beer-brewing factory for Jesse??? We’ll see 🙂

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