Introducing: The Week of Awesome at the Proposed Abode

Hi all!  The last 10 days have been such a whirlwind of excitement and travel!  When we last talked, I was heading out for a weekend in the mountains with Ryan – which you all know now included a surprise proposal – followed by a rather anticlimactic week-long business trip to Southern California.  It was anticlimatic simply because after the most perfect romantic weekend with Ryan, it really sucked to be away from him for 6 days.

Also, I spent Thursday evening trying not to think about the fact that my work trip was the reason I had to decline an invitation to a party held by Emily Henderson in New York City that night.  Oh, the horror!  She’s pretty much my favorite HGTV show host – I love how real she is on her blog – and I would have just loved to meet her.

But there was a silver lining to that cloud.  Because I was still in Cali, I was able to visit a fabulous coffee roaster and then shoot up to Beverly Hills for the Decorate book signing with Holly Becker, where I also got to met two more awesome bloggers in real life – Kelly from Ever Kelly and Kalani from Kalanicut!!

I stayed that night at a beautiful, luxurious hotel . . . only to have to leave at 3:30 in the morning to drive back to San Diego in an attempt to NOT get stuck at the airport and actually get home before the now infamous hurricane.

And when I arrived home, rather than still being grouchy for having to cut my California trip short, I was just overcome with joy at seeing Ryan and being in my home sweet home.

You know what? California was fabulous, but it just wasn’t fun without Ryan there to experience it with me.  And while the hotels had the most comfortable beds, not to mention maid service, they don’t hold a candle to our little Borrowed Abode, even with the shedding pets and the dishes piled up in the kitchen sink.

But enough sappiness.  I’ve scrapped my scheduled blog posts for the week, because I have a week of awesomeness to share with you – starting, of course, with the proposal and trip.   So if you’re looking for projects, you’ll have to come back next week.