It's Thomas' first haircut in six months and it was long overdue. He wanted to grow it out for as long as he could, but when it's longer, he can't seem to stop touching it and messing with it. Rather than having to deal with it, he decided to cut it all off! PJ went with a quick trim. We always feel 100 times better after getting our haircut. Do you feel like that, too?
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How crazy is this picture?! Doesn’t it look just like PJ when he grows his beard out? And check out those eyebrows! Identical.
One of our sweet followers (thanks Scott!) sent this to us a while back and we just now saw it. We can’t stop staring at it and have so many questions, mainly: how can we meet this guy, tell him to grow his beard out, and persuade him to take a side by side picture with PJ? Open to suggestions...
Last Saturday we went to our very first Taylor Swift concert at the brand new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and wow. It was mind blowing.
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We spent all day yesterday cleaning the house for our house sitter because we’re heading to Texas!
We’ll be spending the next few days in Marfa, TX and we’re really looking forward to it. We’ve never been to the Lonestar state before, have you? We keep getting messages from folks telling us how hot and sticky it is there. We brought our sunscreen and handheld fan, though, so we’re hoping for the best 😊.
How our dining room table almost always looks when we go on trips:
We’re at the airport about to board the flight, so we’re off for today. We’ll see you in Texas! xx
It probably seems like all we do is go out to dinner with friends around here, doesn’t it?
This month has surprisingly been filled with opportunities to see and meet people from out of town and we’re taking each and every one we can. Yesterday we had lunch with our friend Daniel she his two friends from Nashville. Can you guess how we met Daniel? If you guessed Instagram, you’d be right :).
So so thankful for the chance to meet so many amazing people from all over, and especially thankful to meet people from our home town (through Instagram) that we wouldn’t have normally met if not for IG.
How did we make friends before Instgram? 😂
Last night we had dinner with our friend Alex, who is in town from Orlando and always makes a point to see us when he comes in. He's one of the nicest people we've ever met, so it's always great to catch up on what's going on in all our lives whenever we see him.
He's actually originally from Cleveland, but moved to Orlando for work. You may remember him as our second Feature Friday almost exactly a year ago, which is so crazy because where has the time gone? Speaking of Feature Friday, we've been traveling so much lately that it's been difficult to keep that up, but we plan to start them back up again soon, so stay tuned for that!
Alex had lived in Cleveland his whole life up until a few years ago, but we hadn't met him until late last year, and the only reason we did was because of Instagram. Isn't that wild? That app has basically where we've met almost all of our friends in the last couple of years. Who ever would have thought that so much would come from one app? So many friendships and now so many memories.
We're grateful for IG and the friend that we've made in Alex because of it, and all the friends we've made, and will make. So exciting to think about.
Happy Friday, friends! Hope you have a good weekend, and we'll see you back here tomorrow. xx
Hi. It's me, Thomas again. Because I just can't stop talking about my husband, apparently.
I came home last night after being at work all day( and then having to run an errand after work, so I didn't get home until an hour after I usually do), and when I walked in, I could smell dinner on the stove, and there PJ was, cooking it. My heart swelled, and I let out a sigh of relief.
The thought of having to make dinner at the end of a long day is daunting and overwhelming, and I guess he knew that, so he went ahead and did it for me. As a bonus, it was also pretty healthy: salt-free and using the vegetables we already had at home, so the whole thing was free! He called me earlier in the day and said we really need to start taking my health seriously (remember how I have high cholesterol? Womp womp) so it felt like the most caring form of love he could have given me. I never really stop to think about it, but the act of making someone food, the one thing we all absolutely need to survive no matter what, is such a kind act of love. And sharing that food once it's cooked is my favorite part.
He made brown rice with chopped onion and corn & black beans, with a homemade tomato sauce, all on top of a spring mix salad. He didn't think it was that flavorful, but I thought it was delicious.
While writing this, it got me thinking how this is maybe my third post this month talking about how grateful I am for PJ. But honestly, it's nothing new. If you've followed my Instagram or even our joint Instagram, I've been talking about how much this man means to me for years. When he does stuff like this, I almost can't help but write about it, you know? And like I said in the last post I wrote about him, we're not a perfect couple. Sometimes I even question it when people call us #relationshipgoals because we have our faults, too. But maybe that's not how a successful relationship is measured. Maybe it's about acknowledging that there will be good and bad times and then being grateful for the good while learning from the bad.
I don't know what I would do without PJ to make the bed for us, work on the yard for us, and make dinner for me when I don't feel like making it for myself. Life would be a lot less whole without you, PJ McKay. Today and everyday, I'm thankful for you most of all.
Tonight we hung out on the porch for a little while and it was the perfect end to a relaxing, rainy day.
We brought the speaker outside and turned out Bossa Nova radio because you know our feelings about that music. The humidity was low, the heat just didn't show up tonight, and the sun was going down. There’s a cool breeze in the air that’s so refreshing in the middle of summer. It almost feels like fall again tonight, but you can still hear the crickets doing their thing. It's a nice and surprising mix of mother nature and it creates an intoxicating atmosphere of being completely content for this exact moment in our life. Do you know what we mean?
If we could bottle this feeling and sell it, no, GIVE it away for free, we would send you a bottle tomorrow. Summer nights that feel like fall are suddenly our favorite kind of nights.
See you tomorrow, friend. xx
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