Welcome to part of our journey, Sweet Home At Eight; the blog. Let me introduce ourselves: we are Alisha and Daniel, and will be taking you on a journey with us. We have two sweet little girls and our dog, Lucy.
We met years ago when I was still in high school and Daniel was in college. I actually was the best of friends with his little sister, we were inseparable. I only saw Daniel a handful of times when I was at their home. By December of 2004 I was living in Japan with my parents. Still in contact with his sister and even video chatted a few times with her and him. Never knowing this was my future husband, and my soul mate.
I moved back to the states a week after turning 18, and that's when sparks began flying. We would hang out and watch movies together, and with friends. Then on December 31st he asked me on a date that forever changed our lives. We spent three whole days together watching movies, playing games on the XBOX, and getting no sleep whatsoever because we couldn't stop talking all night. We knew after that, this was it and we were for each other. We got married in 2009 in a flower shop that I was working at, we had our wedding a year later for family and friends in the countryside at my manager/friends family dining hall. It was a dream come true.
This blog is all about the things we do to our house to make it our home. We wanted to share with the world every project we decide to take on, even if it ends up in disaster at times. Through all of my mind-changing design re-arranging visions, it's ours to share and we hope you enjoy.
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About the Name:
When it comes to choosing a name for something or someone, you want it to have meaning. That's why when people name their babies they pour through books, websites, and anything else that will guarantee that it will give them the best name for their child. Or people use names that have been in their family for generations and want to pass on, in hopes that it will be kept in the family.
Well, this was my baby at one time, and I wanted a name to be catchy, but have meaning too. This is the run down, so stay with me. My hubs, Daniel, and I both have birthdays in August; the eighth month of the year. As well both of our birthdays fall on a day in the month with an 8, We were both born in the 80's. We have now known each other for 8 years as well.(at the time of naming this blog, now have been married 8 years!) Then lastly both homes that we have lived in the together freakishly have ended with the number 8. So therefore our lucky number seems to be 8, maybe this is why I like things in even pairs as well; could be an answer?
I had brainstormed several names for days, and nothing seemed to pull at my heart and sound great to me at the same time. I even made several web banners for the other names, and still nothing felt right. Then one night I was laying in bed, and it hit me. I was thinking about everything 8 in our lives and the name just flowed out. I love it, and I hope our home will too.
