I'm Moving!

Not my house. No. Already did that. Not again for a long time!
BUT.

I am moving blogs. Pretty, pretty please go check out my new one? http://iwilljoy.blogspot.com/
I have a button and everything you can grab while you're there!

Thanks everyone!

Josh is sweet. That is all.

First off, let me show you our Master Bath. Josh painted it with left

over paint from our bedroom. I love it. Light grey, to me, is the perfect neutral, calming color. Love it.

(other side of the bathroom)

NEXT. I came home from work the other day (Josh was off that day) to this:

This made me laugh...

I really laughed here...

And what he did, just makes me smile. 

See, I have an Etsy. (You know this.)

And I love to create. 

But I *hate* leaving a mess out mid-creativity. So I rarely get to create, because I'm too OCD and must.clean.the.dirty.things.

Anyways. I digress. 

So, I mentioned to Josh like maybe twice, how I would love to convert our box/wedding/random junk storage area to a little craft space for me. So I could create away, then walk away whenever I needed to. 

So I came home to this:

Gosh, I love him. :)

Melissa Rae Murphy: Designs

Alright, so you all know I have been an "Etsy-er" for a while, but I only recently started trying to streamline my work and actually make it look professional. As time and money allows, of course.

So far, I have a logo:

And of course, an Etsy site: Which you can find here.

And a Facebook page. Which I am asking you to pretty please "like!" (pretty please?) And "share," too, if you really wanna help a new adventure of mine out! 

Thanks for your support in advance, I really appreciate it!

The Sweet Boy I Married

Our church gives out Bible Reading Calendars that Josh and I try to keep up on. (It's alot of reading, but we try to do it every day!) Anyway.

At the beginning of the calendar/book thing, it has a place for your name and phone number, then the next page is goals you set for yourself for that year. As we were throwing out the old one, Josh showed me his goals for last year.

And at the very top, it said: "Marry Mel :)" along with other goals he had set.

I can't tell you how happy I am that goal is now accomplished. I love him so very much, and I love that he's mine. :)

Laundry Soap:

I love Pinterest. I could spend hours on it. Good thing I have a job and stuff so I don't spend hours on it...
Anyway, I came across this blog through my Pinteresting.... And ended up making the detergent on this post.

And now, I am going to spend about .20 for 75 loads of laundry.

New Years Resolution 2012: Be Thrifty. Extra Thrifty. (I'm already pretty thrifty, but I need to be even more so.)

I'm going to have no choice, really. But this is a good start, and so far I'm super happy with the results!

Have any of you tried making your own cleaning supplies? I'd love to find out what you made, and how it worked!

Happy New Year!

I don't think any year could possibly be more exciting for us than 2011 was... 

But here's to another great year! 

Here's some things I know will be happening in 2012:

• Josh starts college this semester. Scary time for us, since I will be the only one working. God will provide, though!
• We'll be an auntie/uncle again! Both my sister, and sister in law will be having baby boys!
• We'll both turn another year older...
• And God will still be good. :)

Merry Christmas!

My goodness, but we've been busy! I hope to update you soon on, you know, life in general. 

But, for now. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope it's filled with laughter and memories. =)

Merry Christmas 

From Josh and Mel :)

Clippies~

A little twist on the typical red and green for Christmas... 

These are red and LIME green. Super cute. and Super cheap. Love it.

Find them here!

(and feel free to spread the love!) :)

Our First Christmas. :)

Our first Christmas tree. :)

I like it. 

I like Christmas.

Thankful 30: Day 30- The B-I-B-L-E

I thought I already posted this! I guess not.

Anyways!

I'm thankful for my King James Bible.

For my Lord who showed the men to write it.

For the men who died to protect it.

All so we could read it.

That's it for "Thankful 30!" I hope you've enjoyed following my blog for this, or doing it yourself!

"Be thankful unto Him and bless His name."