welcome home.

it has almost been a week now since jeremiah and i officially moved into our new home! and i am in love... i can't even begin to express how much joy it has brought me to have my own home to fix up and make my own. i have been nesting like crazy this whole week. here are few shots of some areas in and outside of the house that i have been working on. please excuse the poor photography. i am in need of a decent point and shoot. at the moment i have a Nikon D1 which is lovely and a great tool for learning how to take pictures manually. there are just two big problems: i only have a 50mm lens which limits my picture taking abilities tremendously and second, the camera is not ideal for needing to take quick, easy shots. but at least i have something!

enjoy my joy!

what front porch would be complete without a couple of lovely pumpkins to go with the season? these beautiful pumpkins just happen to be grown by a friend of mine.

the kitchen was the first room i went to work on and the first one to be almost completely finished. still in need of curtains and a few wall hangings. i also need to get to work organizing the pantry. but for the most part all is settled in the kitchen.

st. francis watching over. jeremiah and i love catholic iconography. mostly because we honor and desire to learn from the lives of "saints" like st. francis.

some pretty wine bottles and a nice virgen de guadalupe candle for our outside table.

i love this bookcase! jeremiah and i found it on the side of the road in noda. it is now a main feature in our living room.

a beautiful wooden frame that jeremiah's brother made us as a wedding present.

can you see the little wire figurines? there is a boy, a girl and a bike. they were handmade for me by my sweet, sweet husband. 

i decided to lay out all my knicks knacks and odds & ends while i decorate so i can easily see what all i have to use. 

come sit for a while.

our fall "mantlescape". i love decorating so much. it brings me a lot of joy. especially, when fall foliage and pumpkins are involved.

one lone mouse that i found on the couch this morning. he went quite well with the colors of the pillow and couch.

i always have an aloe plant handy in the kitchen. never know when you may need some aloe for that pesky oven burn!