Cultivating The Beautiful Life

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Drama, Gin, and Juice.

Drama, Gin, and Juice.

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Shaye Elliott
Jul 12, 2022
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New bedroom pictures for you - and in this one, we show you what colors we’ve painted! Alas, it was not without its drama.

My friend Natali once said that what we endure in life is either a good time now or a good story later.

When we were told last week that the 350 tile (read: 650 square feet) we ordered to cover the floor turned out instead to be 350 square feet, I had to “goosefrahbah” my way through the disappointment.

There are real problems in the world. Back ordered tile is not one of them.

Still, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that a YouTube video on how to properly make a bed made me cry this past weekend. Is it a world changing problem? No. But am I tired of sleeping on the less-than-private living room floor and having my clothes shoved in a cardboard box? Yes. Six weeks has morphed into six months and I think most married couples with four children would be sharing in our whoa is me attitude towards the situation. (If you’re picking up what I’m putting down…)

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