In August, Ryan and I will be celebrating a decade together. Yowza. At 17, neither of us were thinking marriage. Or how full and wonderful (and sometimes really hard, too) our lives would be as adults. (Okay, calling us ‘adults’ may be questionable. But I’m going with it.) I’ll have to share more photos when the […]
Hexagon tile flowers in the bathroom
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends. Whether or not you go all out on this holiday, I hope you have a lovely day with those you love. We don’t typically celebrate Valentine’s Day at NewlyWoodwards, but this year, we invited a few friends over to our house for supper and games on Saturday night to celebrate the […]
Bear down!
It’s time for a very personal question… Which football team do you root for? We are Bears fans. I should say, Ryan is a Bears fan. I’m a fan of whoever Ryan is a fan of. It’s just simple that way. I don’t really have strong opinions when it comes to sports so I just […]
Drinking… alone… at 4:30 p.m.
(I’ve realized that I haven’t posted some of our real-life stories that I don’t want to forget. This is one of them. Decorating, DIY and all our regularly-scheduled funness will return shortly.) When I got home today at 4:30 p.m., Ryan was already drinking a beer. If you know Ryan, you will think this is […]
2008: Year of the Blog
How will this crazy newlywed with unrestricted access to a keyboard wrap up the year? It’s not easy. A lot has happened this year. In nesting and marriage– Ryan and Kim lived together for the first time, ever. – Ryan taught Kim to save money (or at least took a stab at it).– Ryan learned […]
Coming together quite nicely…
WOW! What a difference they make. It really is starting to look like a home, now. Our living and dining room have curtains now. You want to test a marriage? Make your husband put up curtains when he wants to lay on the couch… Particularly when the husband didn’t think the curtains were necessary in […]