Winter Happenings

Slow motion here at the Drwencke's. After the Holiday's things really slowed down and have become boring and gray. Just waiting out the rest of the winter and REALLY looking forward to Spring.

My Mom, Ashley, and I all took a day trip to IKEA in Canton. What a FUN store. SoOOOOoo much to look at. I'm not a huge fan of modern decor but I was quite surprised how much a liked everything.

 

Mom on the left- Ashley on the right- Browsing the fun that is IKEA. :)

 

My Few IKEA purchases of the day:

 

Picture frames

 

 More picture frames...

 

Faux plant...$3! Can't beat that!

 

And the whole reason I went----- DRAPES! Seriously, good quality-linen drapes or $24 bucks. Love a good deal!

 

Speaking of good deals- We recently purchased a new suit for Dan. He really needed one- He was measured at Men's Warehouse, we ordered online (came with coat and *2 pairs of pants), and had the suit coat tailored, all for less than $300! And it is a GOOD quality suit. Check out MRMAC.com.

 

 

 

Recently, I have become very aware that I may have started too many home projects. Which, in return has left our house very incomplete. What can I say...I get too excited but also get burnt out on every project which leads me to another before I finish. PRIME EXAMPLE: KITCHEN

 

I started painting our kitchen cabinets in September....it's almost the end of February people. So I have really cracked down and now have almost 75% of the kitchen done! YAHOO!

 

ALMOST DONE PAINTING!!

 

VALENTINES DAY...is for lovers.

 

I love holidays that celebrate love. What a wonderful day just to remind someone that they mean the world to you. :) *hopeless romantic*

 

No pictures....But Dan and I celebrated the day after at our favorite restaurant Outback Steakhouse. Dan raves about their Steak and rave about their sweet potatoes....mmmm.

 

I also received a nice surprise!

A valentine from a cute goldendoodle named Apollo. ;)

One of the residents that I work with is his owner....awwwww. haha.

 

 

 

High Five!

 

1.)  I made it to the gym x4 times this week and have been running 1-1.5 mile every time at a 8 min pace. Not breaking records or anything but happy to be back running.  :D

 

2.) Dan has some news that hopefully we can share soon! But- good things happened for him this week. Go Hubby!

 

3.) We officially upgraded to high speed Internet. I have been operating at dinosaur speed for too long.

 

4.) Finally started to work on the house again...Winter has really put the brake on house projects. Something about it being cold and gray just really wipes you out.

 

5.) Grocery shopping was done before 9pm Friday night. WOOOHOO!

 

 

Christmas at the Drwencke's

Christmas 2012

  

Christmas this year was way fun. Always nice to spend time with family. Family time is the best! We were able to spend Christmas Eve with the Malone's and Christmas day with Drwencke's/Malone's.

 

Picture overload!

Switched out my current pillowcases for holiday ones. Thanks Mom & of course Pottery Barn~!

 

Playing games christmas eve!

 

 

Minnie trying to be a present too! 

 

Christmas morning with the Drwencke's! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Eve we sat around our tree at home and read from the Bible about the birth of Jesus. It really was amazing and brought a wonderful feeling to Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve back home- just the (2) of us.  :)

 
One of Dan's favorite gifts!

 

 He was pretty excited about his picture of Ford Field too.

 

 Driving around with starbucks and looking at christmas lights!

 

We didn't get any pictures Christmas day with the Malone's but we always go see a movie in the afternoon and come back to the house and play more games. This years chosen movie....*drum roll please*

 

The Hobbit!

 

 

House & Other Updates...

 Finally----Installed new entryway lights. Out with the old brass 70's lights and in with the new!

 

Please ignore the painter's tape and half painted walls, heck, please look past the whole upstairs! It is still under construction...

But I bought two runners for the upstairs hallway in Chevron print. I absolutely love them and the pictures really don't do them justice.

 

 My friend Amanda cut my hair for me and I, again, box dyed my hair to a darker color.



 

Until next time...

 

-The Drwencke's

 

Fall Happenings

Fall in Michigan has been beautiful! Perfect warm days and cool nights.

We had some family photos taken this year at Friendship park. They turned out so good thanks to Audra! She did awesome! http://www.audraephotography.com/

 

House Happenings...

 We refinished our hardwood floors upstairs this fall. WHAT A PROJECT! Never again, we will hire out next time. I think they turned out okay... 

(sorry guys, unable to rotate for some reason)

 

We slept for 5 days in our living room- thank goodness that is over!

 

We joined a gym! Finally- Anytime Fitness in Clarkston. Love that it is 24/7 and Love that I can workout with the hubs. Though, we don't really workout together, but its nice to go together. Getting my butt in tip-top shape before we have a baby. (not pregnant...yet :)

First fire in the new house. So wonderful to have a gas fireplace. Can't wait to have it on more often. 

More House Happenings...

I painted the 1/2 bath on the main floor and added a accent wall. 

Pretty much...having been watching A LOT of football.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Excited to finally kick-off this Holiday Season!



I am a horrible blogger. Its awful. Whenever I feel like writing something down I sit and then....nothing. My mind goes blank and nothing seems THAT interesting to write about. So here I am forcing myself to at least put something down.

This summer has been fun! No big trips just making small improvements on our new little house in the suburbs. We did take one mini-vacation up north over the 4th of July. It was so nice to spend time with my parents and be up there.

Scooters!

Up North Fireworks! Best show ever!

 



On the Pier of Lake Michigan

 



 

Jet Skiing on Lake Charlivoix!

 

We had a really good time. Dan was begging me to make another trip before summer ended. We also had (2) very big purchases this summer- CARS! We both needed them, we are "grown ups" now, We also wanted to get a family car (my Jeep! :) before baby Drwencke arrives- (no this is not an announcment...yet;)

 

Bye Bye sunfire- you have been good to me all these years.

 

 

Love my new Jeep!

 

Dan's Concorde

 



 

His new obsession- (I think he secretly was jealous of my new wheels and wanted something new himself) ;)

 

But life has been pretty routine for us. Working during the week and working on the house most weekends. It has been hard to try and save money to work on the house and not go shopping. Hard but rewarding at the same time. Here are a couple photos of some of the things we have been working on:

 

Guest/baby's room Before

 

 

In progress

 

Boring kitchen table

 

 

Custom kitchen table!

 

Finally finished the dining room- just saving up to have a chandelier installed.

 

Began the painting the kitchen cabinents

 

It was also my 26th BIRTHDAY this past week. Man, I'm getting old. Husband was great and made the day very special. Came home from work to a kindle fire, flowers, and card. :) Since my birthday fell on a Monday we celebrated with my family the night before--and went out to brunch with Dan's family the next Sunday. Thank you Guys!

 

This summer Dan also had surgery on his knee. He had a slight tear in his ACL that needed to be repaired. He is still in PT working on gaining full motion and function of his leg but is getting back to normal. I took a day off work and took him to the hospital. He did pretty well- only a little nauseous on the ride home, which was followed by a quick pull off to the side of the road and open the door. Poor guy.

 

This is how he had to get around post surgery, haha. Lunch box in tow and all.

 



 

 

 

Michigan Summer has come to an end. Looking forward to Fall!! && cooler weather!