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May 05, 2014

10,000 Views & A New Blog Name

May 05, 2014/ treanab

you. amazing. people. you.In 24... er, 23 more views, this little 'ol blog will have reached 10,000 views. That is CRAZY to me and I just want to say thank you to everyone who has pinterest/facebook-stalked this bad boy, shared with friends or family, and just generally supported this blog/me. What started out as a way for me to chronicle life's big and small transitions has really turned into a home-making, wedding-crafting, budget-sharing, clothes and product-loving, but still life-focused little piece of the internet. I still plan on sharing whatever feels right to share with you all, but recognize that you might tune some posts out more than others. That's ok, but I hope you will consistently check back with us going forward.

Thus, to commemorate this lovely little milestone and all of the cool opportunities that are headed this little blog's way, treanastransitions is now...

House of Bennetts

While right now there are only three official Bennetts in my house (LB, Walter and Skip) I am about 95 days away from being totally official. So yeah, I jumped the gun.

I also am going to be putting serious time into organizing projects and posts so that you can find them more easily. The tabs along the header currently have:

A Whole House Tour
Wedding Tab: every project we have done for the wedding is linked there and I will continue to link them as I complete them and post about them
Finances and Debt: most posts I have done about our FPU and debt journey can be found there
'Bout the Bennetts: just a little bit about us-- we're going to be updating this as well.
DIY Projects: this tab is under construction and is currently invisible :) I am going through and grabbing all of the photos of DIY projects I have posted about and compiling them in a user friendly grid -- pictures just make life easier

Also coming soon-- probably another month or so-- Katie and I are starting an Etsy shop. I'll be doing a whole launch post on that bad boy, but our little store will be getting her own tab. She's a big D... she deserves it.

We can't wait to see where this little blog of ours goes, but don't worry... nothing is changing the way that I share with you all. It's still just me, blogging from my own little corner of my own little world (come on! Les Mis!??? Anybody?). Happy Monday y'all.

House of Bennetts

Hey now. I'm Treana...welcome to my little slice of the internet where I get to use exclamation points with abandon!!! We do more here than overuse certain forms of punctuation. Around these parts you'll find DIY projects, budgeting ups and downs and tools, photography fun, food goodness, music loves, and hopefully a little inspiration. We talk about anything and everything here and hope that you'll join us in our mutual weirdness we call life. For more about us, our wedding, and our lives, visit the 'Bout the Bennetts page. (I so wanted to put an exclamation point there).

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Oh well oh well oh well-a. Huh! Those summer nights. #youdownwithlmb

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He’s just the lesson on loving your kiddo so so well and that life and parenting are forever tries. The things he’s taught her can be summed up into... everything. #youdownwithlmb #lmbanddada @robrich23

No justice, no peace. I’ve basically been unable to post or think about much else. Enough is enough. #defundthepolice #endsystemicracism

No justice, no peace. I’ve basically been unable to post or think about much else. Enough is enough. #defundthepolice #endsystemicracism

She’s my hero. #youdownwithlmb

She’s my hero. #youdownwithlmb

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Scenes from quarantine. We’ve hit two weeks here folks. Thanks to their daily walks, Lyla and daddy are doing great. This is a lot of family/at home time and it’s hard. #itsgettingchippy #stayhome #covid_19 #youdownwithlmb

It’s taken a week for me to be okay posting about our vacation to Mexico. What was supposed to be a relaxing, family filled trip, was a giant stressball. The resort we actually stayed at was an absolute nightmare... and not a resort. What matte

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A simply excellent weekend with seeing my favorite humans everyday. #youdownwithlmb @lwbranz @adambranz

A simply excellent weekend with seeing my favorite humans everyday. #youdownwithlmb @lwbranz @adambranz

My physical TBR/to be finished pile is ummmmm... a lot. I’ve gotten off to a nice slow reading start with only 4 books done in the new year. I’m listening to Know My Name and it should be required listening for all High schoolers. It&rsqu

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Friends and adventures and celebrations this weekend. #joy #youdownwithlmb

Friends and adventures and celebrations this weekend. #joy #youdownwithlmb

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