Life – Page 34 – Rae La Soul

When Christmas Came Alive..

December 1, 2015 by Rae 6 Comments

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Over the weekend as I prepped for Christmas, we went on the hunt for a tree at our local Lowe’s Improvement store. As soon as we walked up, a young lady asked us if we wanted her tree. She had an issue with bringing the tree home on that particular night and charged us $5. Five dollars for a full, 8′ tree. it made me a little nostalgic and I thought back to that year we had gotten our first live Christmas tree. It was about 18-20 years ago. It was a rough time for my family. I can’t remember specifically what had occurred ...

Home, Life

Decluttering + Home Office Makeover

November 15, 2015 by Rae 7 Comments

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Two posts — two days in a row? Let me get me. I spent the weekend in my home office due to a deployment that I had to complete with my team for my client. And spending about 12 hours in the room and perusing pinterest during down time, I got a plethora of ideas and got to work. Since I decided back when I purchased my home to leave the spare room alone, I chose the formal dining area as my office space. The bookcase that you see in the picture is built in so I’ve sort of had to work around it. And since I’ve decided not ...

Life

Love it Through.

November 14, 2015 by Rae 4 Comments

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This time last year and almost every year before that, I was single. I had finally broken free from a tumultuous disaster of a situation and I was enjoying the freedom. Floating. No worrying. No drama. And then I got bored with all the free time. My kids were more involved in school activities and afterschool activities so all that the free time became more frequent, prevalent, and lingering. And then I met a guy. A guy that came into my life and turned my world completely upside down. In a good way. I had been knowing him for about a year ...