Donovan Pride

Wow! I can't believe I NEVER posted our fabulous Kitchen Renovation!!  This project has literally taken seven months to do. Not what we anticipated but painting the cabinets took way longer than what we wanted and between coats we had other projects going on. But with project was one that had so many bumps in the road for us and we had to try and figure out how to execute them effectively.  First we took out this unleveled in the way set of cabinets. There was no way of having comfortable seating at the dining table with having this cabinet there. Then we knocked out the hang alone cabinet above the dishwasher. It was bulky and I just didn't like it. hahaha. The previous owners ruined that cabinet anyways with drilling hooks on the bottom to hang coffee mugs so the bottom of the cabinet was not functional anyways. We replaced that cabinet with two floating shelves. They aren't hard wood so we don't have to many heavy items on them because I don't want them to come d...

 I contemplated even writing this blog or even opening up about this part of my life because our world is a judgement world even when people are dealing with the same exact thing. I wanted to wait and express this in May or October but lately this has been weighing heavily on my heart and I know only three people will read this entire thing and those three are probably family members but in the off chance a stranger reads this I want it to help them!! I want to start out by saying what you see on the outside IS NOT what is going on on the inside. For years i have struggled with  Trichotillomania. ( also referred to as “hair-pulling disorder,” is a mental disorder classified under Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders and involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelids, and other areas of the body.) Trichotillomania can come as a symptom or sign of depression and anxiety along with a lot of other underlying issues and it affe...