28 Days of Thankful •• Recap!

I participated in the #28DaysofThankful Instagram project hosted by Allison from Crafted Love and today I'm going to share with you my favorite pictures from the project! 

I hope you enjoyed seeing what everyone was/is thankful for! I'm thankful for a lot of things, and November was a tough month for us! Our cars stopped working (both up and running now!) and we were very low on funds. It sounds cheesy, but I'm really glad that Allison created this Instagram project otherwise I might have gone crazy from the stress in November.

WEEK ONE

WEEK TWO

WEEK THREE

Now that it's December (YAY!!), I've started the holiday preparations. Last year, I started making and figuring out gifts for everyone in October...and this year, I started this week. Totally too far behind. To get myself in to Christmas mode, I downloaded this awesome desktop wallpaper from Jazz Lips and Tulips! I came across it during my daily blog reading and wanted to share it with you!

I hope you enjoy it! (To download it, just click on her blog name in the paragraph above the picture!)

I've got more wedding pictures to share with you soon, too! December is going to be a fun month :)

xo. Nicole

28 Days of Thankful || Week 3

Week three was hard. Our stress levels are through the roof right now with both of our vehicles working on and off, so I guess I could basically just say that this week I am extra thankful for family. They've let us use a vehicle while mine is in the shop, and are genuinely helping us through it all. 

While being extra super duper thankful for family, there were a few more things I could think of and take pictures of for the Instagram project. I'm trying to do all 7 days, but life gets in the way sometimes:

1 || Gunner is always watching us, and it makes me feel like he'll protect us through anything.

2 || Naps. Especially with this boy. His thing lately is to jump on our bed, get into a spooning position and snore, snore, snore!

3 || Cozy inside. My dad is out there right now in -12C weather towing people out of ditches and such, all so he can pay rent so that we can live here and save up for our own place.

What were you thankful for during week three? If you're participating, leave your Instagram username in the comments below and I'll be sure to follow along :) 

My Instagram: @nicloemax

The host of #28DaysofThankful and owner of Crafted Love: @allisonaffordit

xo. Nicole

28 Days of Thankful || Week 2

Ah, yes. It's a Tuesday and it's no longer week two of the Instagram project, but unfortunately, I got busy! Currently we both don't have our vehicles to get to and from work, and we both work half an hour to an hour away from home. It's a very stressful situation, so I am looking for a new job and still trying to focus on what I'm thankful for. Week two, I was not very active in taking pictures but I got four in! That's good, right?!

Not sure what #28DaysofThankful is all about? Click here! (hosted by Allison from Crafted Love)

Want a recap of my first week? Click here!

Day 1// Enjoying a night off for once. Not pictured: husband, Gunner, and popcorn.
Day 2// Thankful for pay it forward type ideas, like Craft it Forward!

Day 3// Love nights off together where we can drink wine and play board games.

Day 4// Thankful for kind people.

Are you participating? I would love to follow along! Use the hashtag #28DaysofThankful so everyone can see what you're thankful for! Comment with your Instagram username so I can follow you! Mine is @nicloemax and the host of the Instagram project is @allisonaffordit!

xo. Nicole

28 Days of Thankful || Week 1

It's already been a week of the Instagram project, #28DaysofThankful! To recap, the goal is to take a picture for 28 days of something you're thankful for and post it to Instagram. Allison from Crafted Love is hosting and came up with the idea. She will be sharing her favorites from the hashtag every week on her blog! I'm going to share my week's worth of pictures every Friday with you here! :)

Day 1 || I'm thankful for our friends and family who support us in everything we do.

Day 2 || Thankful for coffee. It wakes me up and motivates me to get on with my day. Sounds stupid...but it's true..

Day 3 || Thankful for Rob and Gunner. Late night cuddles and wrestling after work.
Day 4 || Not sure where I'd be today if it wasn't for this woman. Thankful for my mom!

Day 5 || As much as I complain about it, I'm thankful to have a job.

Day 6 || Thankful for my dad. He's beaten cancer twice and is always there for me and my sisters.

Day 7 || My sisters. They're there to listen to me vent and I know they'll always be around.

Are you participating? Leave your Instagram username or your blog link in the comments and I'll check them out! :) If you'd like to follow along, you can follow me on Instagram here @nicloemax and the brilliant mind who thought of this, @allisonaffordit.

xo. Nicole

28 Days of Thankful

Okay okay, I know that the Canadian Thanksgiving was last month, but Allison is hosting an Instagram project and it can be done any month of the year! Throughout the month of November, post an Instagram picture every day with something that you're thankful for, and use the hashtag #28daysofthankful. She'll share her favorites every week on her blog, so check it out!

Image by Crafted Love

I've started the project and will share my pictures with you every Friday! To start off the month's pictures, here's Day #1!

1// I'm thankful for all the friends and family who support us through everything. This was our guest book at our wedding and I could read the notes over and over again!

xo. Nicole