If you have crazy fun plans, a fun little getaway or just a relaxing weekend at home…
ENJOY IT!
We will be continuing to get settled into our new digs. Hopefully taking advantage of some of the lovely weather outside {maybe even buying a lawn mower…#realhomeowners!} So whatever you get into this weekend be safe and enjoy!
Happy LONG weekend!!
~ Jillian
I think I can safely say its almost every girl’s dream to have an amazing closet. A space to organize and layout your clothes and accessories and play a little dress up every now and then! Almost like your own personal boutique! Until about a week or so ago, my husband and I shared a teeny tiny overstuffed totally unorganized little hole of a closet. We made it work, getting really crafty with our storage, hanging and stacking! But now that we’ve moved on out to the country, we have a bit more space to spread out in! {my wrinkly smooshed hanging clothes are thanking me!!} No matter the size or shape of your current closet, make it work for you and make it fabulous! So in true HSE form I went straight to Pinterest for a little closet inspiration. Fancy chandelier, yes please. girly patterned wallpaper, probably going to happen. Organized girly paradise, bring it on!! {click here for the sources to all these lovely images!}
Ready to start organizing now?!? If you need me…I’ll be in the closet.
~ Jillian
It’s monday…again…it snuck up so fast!! I hope you have had a lovely week and weekend {since I’ve been a bit MIA}. What a whirlwind these last few weeks have been. Thank you so much for all your sweet words about our new adventure! I promise to pass on some new house pics soon {still working my way out of the piles o’ boxes!} I hope this week is a happy one for you, full of peace and joy.
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is,
rather than as you think it should be.”
~ Wayne W. Dyer
Cheers
~ Jillian
Happy Monday to you! Remember how I told you things have been a bit crazy but good around here lately…well…the reason is…
We’ve Moved!! Oh what a journey we’ve been on the last several months {more on that to come}. For now I will tell you, as I stare at piles of boxes and bare walls and windows that we are so incredibly happy and blessed to finally be here. So be prepared for lots of house updates, design inspiration and DIYing details as we turn this new house into a home. Thank you for bearing with me between posts and know that your sweet words have meant so much!
“May you have warm words on a cool evening,
a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.”
Have a fabulous week!
~ Jillian
Happy Monday to you! I apologize for being a bit M-I-A lately but there are ALOT of fun things happening over here at HSE!! This week is another crazy one, but soon we will back to business and postings as usual. For now just know fabulous things are coming your way soon and enjoy your week!
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived,
and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
~ Buddha
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Joy!!
~ Jillian
As I’ve mentioned before I participate in a fabulous program called the “Foodie Penpal” program put together by the lovely Lindsay at The Lean Green Bean. After you sign up {here}, you are randomly matched up with someone to send a package to and another person that will send you a package! After contacting your person, you put together $15 worth of food yummies {can be anything from local classics, to favorite snacks, to homemade goodies}, package it all up and send it their way! Then for the bloggers in the world, on the 1st of each month you post about the package you received. What a fun way to connect with other food lovers across the country!
This month I was paired up with the lovely Ashley, who put together a fabulous {and healthy} box of yummies! I sometimes wonder what my penpals think when I tell them of all my crazy foodie needs. Vegetarian & gluten free can sometimes throw people for a loop, but Ashley jumped right on it and sent over a great box! {so HUGE thanks!!}
Here is what this yummy box contained:
Thank you SO much for such a yummy box…you know that most of that good stuff has already been enjoyed!! SO for those of you interested in checking this super fun program pop by The Lean Green Bean {here} and sign up for next month!!
Yumm-o
~ Jillian
For those of you that have followed HSE from the beginning {ah thank you!!} don’t adjust your computer or start questioning if you are losing your mind. This was one of HSE’s first ever posts {from here}. There has been so much going on in our world lately and when we go thru tough times in our lives is when we need the love and support from our friends the most. So grab on to the ones you love and give them all an extra squeeze {even if its a digital squeeze from far away}.
Do you ever wonder how or why we become friends with each other? I’m not talking the how as in “we met in college or at a yoga class or we were neighbors”…I mean the how it stuck. How the meeting turned into an actual friendship? Why don’t all the people we meet turn into true friends? Why is it just the select few that stick around through it all, for the long haul?
Friends that support us no matter what. Friends that will share their piece of chocolate cake with us {that’s a true friend right there} Friends that we can rely on and reach out to. Friends that laugh with us {and sometimes at us}. Friends that tell us to relax when we need it. Friends that will dance with us in public without worrying who is watching. Friends that put up with our annoying habits. Friends that know a lot of embarrassing stories about us {and are still our friends}. Friends that know that no matter how crazy life gets and how much distance is between us…we will always be friends.
The best part about true friendship…is knowing that even if you have not seen each other for a long time, the second you are back together with them…its like nothing has changed…you pop right back into that awesome place you were in the last time you were together. A true testament to REAL friendship. No judgements for how many times you did or didn’t call…what parties or showers you did or didn’t throw…not the presents that you bought or the amount of time its been since you last saw each other. Just pure love and support.
I don’t know that I have an answer to why friendships just “stick”…but i’m sure glad they do! So I think that after reading this today…we should all tell our friends just how much we love them and how important it is to us to have them in our lives. {p.s. Friends…this is me telling you…just so we’re clear}
Cheers to friendship!
~ Jillian
Birthday’s and dinners and cookies, OH MY! We had a full weekend celebrating the boy’s birthday {and a little residual celebrating of my birthday too!} We are so blessed with sweet and wonderful family & friends. And to top it all off, we currently have three extra little snuggly fur-babies running around our house! The craziness continues!! A weekend overflowing with with love and joy for sure.
“If you want to be happy, be.”
Joy!
~ Jillian
It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!! I hope you’ve had a lovely week and EVEN better have a fun weekend ahead of you. There are so many beautiful things around us that provide inspiration, so here is a little collection of a few things that have inspired me this week. I hope you have a great weekend and can find inspiration in the beauty around you!
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Joy!
~ Jillian
* A GIANT Happy Birthday to my favorite guy in the world! You are the best partner a girl could ask for!!! LOVE!
My heart completely breaks over the events that occurred in Boston yesterday. It is impossible to imagine what could possibly bring someone to carry out such a horrible thing. There are no words that can even begin to describe how awful it all is. What I see though that touches me the most is how amazing people are in times of crisis. There are perfect strangers risking their lives to help those in need. Allowing that which is at the heart of us all to surface; love and respect for one another. It warms my heart to see that in times of distress, we truly are all one.
Our world has changed immensely in recent years and it is easy to get sucked into the feelings of negativity, and to be scared for our future or for our society. So today while we all grieve for those that were involved, we should also take this as a reminder to love and appreciate what we have in our lives today. Know that at any moment it could all be taken away from us. It is imperative that now more then ever we embrace love. Love for the blessings in our lives. Love for our family and friends. Love for the community around us. Love and respect for everyone and everything on this planet. Only we can create the necessary shift to bring our world back to a positive vibration.
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
~ Jimi Hendrix
With lots of Love
~ Jillian
