Being a real life Disney princess is basically every little girls dream, right? Or was that just me? Okay, if I'm being perfectly honest, that dream did not die or diminish in any way with age... I may be a 4 year old in a 34 year old woman's body, but dressing as Belle from [...]
Every Summer we load all five kids, our giant horse-dog, and a change of clothes or two, into the good old SUV and head out on the highway. Our annual road trip is nothing crazy, just a few hours in the car each day, with plenty of stops along the way. We always end up [...]
Somehow, I was lucky enough to enough to inherit my Grandma Jean's old piano. I grew up practicing my lessons on this beauty and it sure has seen plenty of use over the years. Because of the sentimental value, I was terrified to paint it. However, as you can see below, it was in desperate [...]
Happy Summer friends! We are soaking up the sun and keeping cool with our favorite smoothie on repeat, all summer long. Before I share the recipe, I'll give you a bit of the backstory on why I consider myself an Orange Julius connoisseur! 😉 As a child, I could not wait to grow up and get [...]
Hallelujah! It feels SO GOOD to finally have one room in our house completely done! We have done a ton of renovating over the past 3 years, but our music room is the first room that is completely finished and furnished! Everything from the flooring to the ceiling itself has been replaced or redone and [...]
Last year I spotted an ultra cool bookcase in an ultra expensive store and knew I had to have it, despite the painful price tag! Well John had other ideas...he insisted he could build it for next to nothing, or at least something very similar. I have to admit, I had some major doubts, but [...]
Hi. My name is Melissa McCoy. I'm 34 years old and am a RECOVERED sugar addict. Too dramatic? Maybe. Either way, I 100% believe sugar is a powerful drug and I absolutely was out of control abusing it. I have officially been "sugar free" (I'll get to what that actually means for me in a bit) [...]
The house renovations continue and slowly, yet surly, things are starting to come together! We've always planned on separating our music room and living room with some sliding barn doors, however choosing a style was a whole other problem. We were so close to going with a weather wood look, almost decided on a complex [...]
Our recent vacation to Hawaii was, in a nutshell, what dreams are made of. No kids + the beach + my best friend...it doesn't get much better than that. Don't get me wrong, I definitely DEFINITELY missed my babies, but John and I haven't been on a trip together for nearly 9 years (YIKES!) and [...]
With the craziness of life, (and our recent vacation) I'm a bit late sharing our "Crafting with Kids" project from last month. Despite my tardiness, our simple activity was a fun project on a cold afternoon and will hopefully *fingers crossed* yield very fruitful results in the near future. I love growing an herb garden [...]