Happy Thursday!

I am so ready for the weekend!! :)  I sit at work everyday and think and plan all the fun things we can do on the weekend.  But then when we do have free time, we are usually tired. LOL :)  Not this weekend.  I plan to be a busy bee!!  We are planning a vacation for sometime in October, so we've got to start working on the details.  At least we don't have to rent a car!!  WOOOOO!  That is always such a hassle to me, because you never know what you'll end up with, and it will either smell like cigarettes, UGH, or a "toilet cake" as Adam lovingly refers to as the deodorizer they use.  haha

Anyways, on to some updates.  Adam's birthday went great yesterday.  I think it was a good day for him, even though he had to work.  I had this plan to bring cupcakes to work for him.  When I picked him up for lunch, he hopped in the car, and said oh I think they are getting me a cake because they just asked me what kind I like.  I was like, wellllll, nevermind. :)  haha  I'm just glad I hadn't ordered cupcakes already.  We definitely do not need 24 cupcakes at our house. 

So that plan didn't work out, but I was able to make Adam's card with my Silhouette.  It turned out pretty good considering all my screw-ups. ;)  I resized the card before I cut it out, but deleted it, and then didn't have a guide to resize all of the other elements for the card, so I kind of had to wing it.  I'll get a picture of it when I get home today and add it to this post.

Since Adam had key lime pie (from Bonefish), brownie bites to celebrate with his parent's, and ocolate cake at work I decided to just get him some ice cream.  He LOVES chocolate chip cookie dough.  So when we got home yesterday, after he opened up his presents from me, we ran to Publix and grabbed some ice cream.  And doughnut holes.  ha  Adam saw them, and since it was his birthday I of course said ok.  LOL :)  They were gone before we got home, and keep in mind we live less than 5 minutes from Publix.

So, all in all, yesterday was a good day. :)

We will be continuing his birthday celebration at the shooting range, when he finally picks out a gun he likes.  ;)  Should be fun!  I'm looking forward to it, because I've never been before!!

Ok, what else, what else?? 

I got a cinnamon broom at Publix finally.  It's currently hiding out in our laundry room until I find a place to hang it up.  Since we have 4 brats cats in the house, I have to find a place that is high enough, but not over any furniture they can climb on to get to it.  I know they would enjoy tearing it apart and leaving me a mess to clean up. ;) 

I have to take the Tahoe into Pete Moore at some point this month.  UGHHHHHHH.  When we had that lovely Tropical Storm blow through over Labor Day weekend, the Tahoe got beat with water and ended up leaking through the hatch.  Sunday afternoon I found a puddle of water in the back of it, wet carpet, wet headliner (complete with water stains), even the sides behind all the little grooves were wet.  GROSS!  Anyways, they repaired the gasket, the supposed cause of the leak.  But now since the headliner is stained and looks like a watercolor painting of mountains, it has to be completely replaced.  Oh joy!!  So hopefully that will go well as soon as the new one arrives and gets installed.

I'm hoping to get all of my Fall cleaning and decorations up this weekend.  It was supposed to happen last weekend, but um, it didn't. ;)  hehe 

Our linen closet in the master bath will be looking like this very soon!!

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And I LOVE this cleaning chart!  Adam will HATE it!  ;)

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I waste too much time doing this...

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And don't get anything accomplished. ;) bahaha When I saw this, I died laughing. :) 

And if you're in need of some more laughs, check out these two cute kitten videos.  I guarantee you'll laugh out loud more than once. :)  A co-worker sent this one to me.

Then my Mom found this one. :)

Have a great day everyone!!

Happy Birthday Adam!

So today is Adam's 29th Birthday!! :)  He thinks he's old, but I just look at it as one more birthday we get to spend together! :)  This is the......8th birthday I've gotten to share with him!  Even though he has to work today, I've got a few special things planned for him, including cupcakes at work. ;)  Shhhhh.  Don't tell!  (He never reads this blog, so don't worry, he won't find out.) haha

I Love You Lots!! :)

Since he was off yesterday we celebrated with his parents early.  We went to dinner at Bonefish, YUM!! :)  If you haven't been there, you need to go immediately! :) haha  We LOVE eating there.  The Bang Bang Shrimp is so YUMMY!

After that we went by their house so Adam could open his presents, and we brought over some reese cup brownie bites for dessert!!  (Even though Adam got a free dessert at Bonefish, since we were celebrating his birthday.  BONUS -- They don't sing there. haha). :)  Free dessert + no singing = a happy birthday boy

Here is the recipe we followed from Bakerella.  They turned out GREAT!  We weren't able to find the 2" foil baking cups, (I called Reynolds, and no stores within 100 miles of us carry them) but I had some baby white ones on hand, and those worked fine.  I think they are 1" maybe?  Not sure, but they are the super small ones, and I used a 24 cup muffin pan to make them in.  Plus, we used the new Reese Mini's for the candy part!  They are so teeny, but super yummy!!

photo credit - Bakerella

Hope y'all have a great day!!

Burlap Pumpkins Tutorials

Last week I blogged about a giveaway for one of D. Reyne's CUTE burlap pumpkins here.  Even though I didn't win one, I still want to try making some for myself!  ;)

Add another DIY project to my ever-growing list!! ha :)

Anyways, so I've been searching around looking at all kinds of different tutorials for making burlap pumpkins so I of course wanted to share with y'all!!

Here is the original one from D. Reyne

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This one is super cute!!

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A few more!
(These are all on from the same blogger, but I love how she customized them!)

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And here is a template to get started!!

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When I make mine, I'll be using a combination of these different techniques, so I'll be sure to put together my own tutorial!!

And then these are adorable too!! And I could easily use burlap!!

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I'm so ready for FALL!!! :)

Already Time for the Weekend AGAIN! :)

I can't believe it's already Friday again, but I am so ready for the weekend AGAIN!! :)

Last week I posted about working on some sewing, crafts with yarn and fabric, working on some DIY projects and reading my library books.  Well, some of that got accomplished last weekend and some didn't. :)  I didn't get to sew, but Mom and I made several new scarves that we listed in our shop!  One of them already SOLD! :) WOO!

Here they are in case you're interested!

Skinny Scrappy Scarf Ohio State
(We'll have another one available this weekend!!)

Skinny Scrappy Scarf Notre Dame

Skinny Scrappy Scarf Alabama

I also was able to get some flower pins put together!  I'm working on incorporating fabric and yarn into them, and this is my prototype so far.  Still working on the finished product. ;)

Don't mind the houndstooth felt in the background.  I was too lazy to crop these this morning! :)

Instead of working on my DIY projects last weekend, Adam and I worked in the yard since he was off on Sunday!  It looks SO MUCH BETTER!  I didn't take any befores, but just imagine a scary, over-grown field with unwieldy bushes, a thousand sticks, and gross weeds.  We worked for most of the day on Sunday, but still fit in some time to run to the library!  I needed to renew a book, and we got Adam a library card.  WOO!  He checked out 2 books and 1 is on beading and one is about boutique bags.  haha :)  Of course, those books are for me.  I'm already at my limit of 15 books, so he was nice enough to get them for me.  ;)

A few afters:

Before, the grass was high, growing over the curb, the bush behind the mailbox was bigger than our house ;), and front beds were full of weeds and pots scattered everywhere, so basically it looked terrible!!

We still need to blow the leaves and sticks out of this bed so you can actually see the river rock, but it's MUCH better than it was.  The bush in the center of the pic was growing up over the roof and I took out 2 half dead bushes that never have grown right.  Mom and I think the one might grow back out nicely now that I cut it down to the ground. ;)

Yikes!!  This bed was overgrown with grass and a few weeds.  Thankfully we put down a layer of plastic, then a layer of landscape fabric underneath all of the rocks, so the weeds in this bed have been kept to a minimum. WOO!! :)

Oh this front bed is the bain of my existence. HA! :)  Thankfully our pond is gone, and most of the weeds are too.  I can't wait til we get it all cleaned out, get another load of large river rocks to match the other beds, and get it all cleaned up once and for all!

After the library, we came home and crashed. haha  We were so tired from all that yard work!!

This weekend, I'm hoping to have some more time to work on my new sewing chair and my ironing board cover.  I'll be sure to post an update as soon as I get anything done! ;)

Ready for the Weekend!

I'm so excited for the weekend!!  It's supposed to be SUNNY, cooler, lower humidity, and 0% chance of rain!!! WOOO!!!! :)  Maybe I'll get to be in my 1/4 of the way done sewing/craft room with the windows open!!  PLUS, Adam is off on Sunday!!! Yippeeee!!! :)

I suspect our weekend will involved some sewing for me!

lots of YARN for new scarves

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lots of felt/fabric for new flower pins

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lots of fabric for new scarves and flower pins

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and I hope I get around to doing some re-upholstering ;)

(I got something FUN at the last Olde Mobile Antique Gallery Monthly Estate Sale!!  I can't wait to show it off!!)

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and possibly making one of these; ours is kind of sad looking after being used for almost 9 years

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Oh and one more thing, I'll probably be going through the mound of library books I checked out about sewing, crafting, felting, and all kinds of fun things!! :)  The pile looks something like this:

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I have LOTS to read!!!! WOO!!

What kind of plans do y'all have for the weekend? :)  I like comments so leave me some to read, and I promise I'll respond!! ;)

D. Reyne's Pick Your Pumpkin Giveaway at Freckled Laundry!

I've been drooling over D. Reyne's burlap pumpkins since she listed them last week in her etsy shop!!  They are ADORABLE!!!!  And look at how well made they are!!!  LOVE THEM! 

Photo from D. Reyne

And if you aren't already following D. Reyne at Everyday Elegance, then what are you waiting for!  Check it out NOW!  Her Tinker House is so FUN!!  And she and her husband are completely renovating their house, and she posts updates about that regularly!!

Photo from D. Reyne

If you want to WIN one, be sure to head over to Freckled Laundry today and enter her Pick your Pumpkin giveaway!!!  I DID! :)  And if you aren't following Freckled Laundry's blog, you SHOULD BE!!

Photo from D. Reyne

Fall Pinspiration!

I AM SO READY FOR FALL!!!  I love everything about this time of year.  Most importantly, the weather; but I also LOVE the smells, decor, clothes, holidays.  It's my absolute favorite time of the year!! :)  It kicks off with Adam's birthday in September, then Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November (this year is special because I'll be an AUNTIE this November! WOO!), and then Christmas and the Mom's birthdays are in December.  Something FUN every single month!!  Plus Adam and I will probably be taking at least 2 short vacations before the end of the year too.  Don't know where yet (even though I like to remind him just how much I looooove Harry Potter World and Halloween Horror Nights is going on at Universal too!). ;)  hehe  We'll see where we end up going!

Anywhoooo, here are a few Pinteresty things I've been pinning lately to hold me over until Fall actually decides to arrive.

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WOO I've got my patterns all ready for these!! Just gotta get some wood and cut em out!  And yes, I found these last year, but just didn't have the time energy to get them done. ;)

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I ♥ these!! YUM!! We'll have to make them gluten-free so you can eat some too Mom! :)

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I have the PERFECT faux acorns from Pottery Barn I got last year!!  You can read about it here. LOVE me some SALES!!

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I LOVE the leaves strewn about!  I could just put some in a pile, and my cats would spread them out for me! ;)  I got 2 or 3 bags of leaves from the Dollar Tree last year!  I'll be incorporating them into some Fall decor somehow this year!  And.....who doesn't LOVE baby pumpkins?? :)

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LOVE Cinnamon!!  It always reminds me of Christmas!!!

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Wreaths are usually not my fav, but THIS ONE is adorable!!!! :)

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FREE Printables!! YES PLEASE!!

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SO CUTE!!! Mom, you could do your orange door as a pumpkin!!!!! :)

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Crows for Halloween, then take em away for Thanksgiving!! Easy Transition!! :)

Hopefully our weather will stay as NICE as it has been lately!!  Low 60s this week!! YAY!! I'll for sure be making up some Fall goodies this weekend to get us even more ready for Fall!  Maybe I'll start some decorating too!!  Happy Thursday all!!

We've been busy!!

It's been over a month since my last post!  Yikes!  Time flies!! :)  We've been busy though!!

I washed both of my cars!  I thought keeping the mustang clean was difficult, um no.  I have to use the big ladder to wash the tahoe, and even with that I have to lay across the top of it to get to the center.  And the windshield, oh geez.  It's still smeary.  haha  Even with the ladder, I have to stand on the tire, and REEEEACH across to try to scrape all the bug guts off of it.  But it's totally worth it, because I can put BIG things in it.  (Like my hoard of furniture that is growing in the garage and in our house.) ;)  BUT, we can still  park both mustangs in our garage, so until we're unable to park in there, I think my hoard is quite small. 

Back to the Tahoe.  I also LOVE it because when it's raining out, and I'm just leaving Publix (or wherever) I can run like crazy through the parking lot to my lovely Tahoe that's waiting for me with the hatch already open.  Built in "canopy", LOVE IT!  That power liftgate is SO WORTH IT! :)  So I'll continue to wash her and keep her pretty since I love her so much. lol

Next up, I did a little thrifting with Mom and Adam the past few weekends!  We've been to several estate sales and a few thrifty places around town.  We've found so much stuff, I'm going to do another whole post about that! ;)

A Note about estate sales:  Some estate sales just STINK. haha  Either the prices are WAY TOO HIGH or they just don't have anything fun at all. :(  So SAD!  But when we do actually find treasures, it makes them that much more special!!  You just have to keep looking!

What else, what else?? Oh YEAH!!  Mom and I have been working on some new team scarves and bracelets for our etsy shop!

Here are a few photos of those!!  They are all available right now, except the Ohio State and Alabama scarves have already SOLD!  WOO!! :)  Right now I'm working on some snazzy new felt flower pins and incorporating yarn and fabric into them! :)  PLUS, we got a request from Megan (she bought the Ohio State scarf), for a Notre Dame scarf.  OH I AM SO EXCITED!!  Another Irish fan! :)  YAY!!  We have been collecting fabric and yarn to make me a Notre Dame scarf for awhile now, and now we get to make 2!!! :)  Can't wait!!

Skinny Scrappy Scarf Alabama Crimson Tide - $30

Skinny Scrappy Scarf Ohio State Buckeyes - $30

Mom has been working hard on creating these fabulous bracelets too!! :) Aren't they CUTE?? :) I LOVE them and I can't wait to get a Notre Dame one made for me. hehe (Yes, I try to keep everything we make, but I've only been successful in keeping 1 pin and 2 or 3 scarves.) :)

Scrappy Team Bracelet FSU Seminoles - $20

Scrappy Team Bracelet LSU Tigers - $20

Scrappy Team Bracelet Ohio State Buckeyes - $20

Ok, back to what we've been doing at home the past few weeks.
 

Poor Bella decided to give us a scare.  We woke up the day of the Olde Mobile Estate Sale, August 6 to find lots of piles of cat drool everywhere.  Poor Bella was sitting on top of their cat condo, and she looked like Santa, because had a beard of white spit/foam on her chin.  Poor thing had a hairball, and I guess it stressed her out so much she was kind of catatonic. :) No pun intended. haha  So I stayed home, and Mom came over to our house to keep an eye on her.  By that afternoon, she was feeling a little better and actually drank some water.  I knew she wasn't feeling well because she wouldn't even eat treats.  And she is usually gobbling up the other cat's treats because she eats her own pile so fast.  Poor Bella.  She's feeling much better now.  Here is our sweet girl. :) We love her. :)

Since Bella was sick, Mom and I weren't able to go over to Mobile for the sale, but Adam and I went to Bass Pro Shop which is just outside of Mobile that Sunday, and decided to run over to the last day of the sale.  I'm so glad we did, becaues we scored lots of goodies!! :)  I'll include our treasures in the post I'm doing next about all my recent thrifty finds!!

The day Bella was sick, Adam and his Dad had planned to go paddleboarding.  By the time they got there though, they were out of boards.  So they went kayaking instead.  I wish I had been a mouse in one of those kayaks so I could have seen them.  Needless to say, they didn't fit into them very well, and forgot sunscreen.  So Adam ended up a lobster. (I think he has peeled 3 times now.)  And they spent a lot of time floating. :) haha  (Correction: I would not have wanted to be in Adam's Dad's kayak, because he fell out. Enough said.) :) hehe

A couple weeks back, I got to meet some of my best girlfriends for breakast and a little antiquing one day!! :)  It was nice to see them and catch up!!  And a little cracker barrel and antiquing was fun too! ;)  I've known Laura and Leigh since elementary school (22 years people!), and Michelle since 6th grade (18 years!) and I'm so thankful we've stayed in touch all these years!

I, of course, don't have any pictures from that day.  I always have plans to get a picture of all of us together, and always forget!!  We met a few weeks back for our own little high school reunion, since we decided not to go to the real one.  And of course, I none of us took any pictures then either!! BOO!  We have to get better about that!!

Let's see....What else have we been up to???  Oh yeah, I planted some things (poor plants, they have been begging to be planted for a year or two now) and Adam and I did a lil yard work.  (Adam did not do this willingly, I had to force him.  But our yard looked like a field, so it was necessary.  No tall grass = no snakes hiding ready to bite me.  I prefer to see them before they attack.) ;)  We should have waited a day, because it's been so nice and much cooler the past 2 days.  We about sweated to death the night we worked on the yard, and we didn't even start until 7PM!!

I've also been cooking lots of fun stuff lately.  I'll post some recipes later today or tomorrow!!  I made Turkey chili that is SOOOO EASY!!  Plus Turkey Meatloaf.  YUM! I posted about that here if you want the recipe! :)  We actually took Adam's Dad a home-cooked meal earlier this week.  Adam's Mom is out of townin Belgium, (actually she just got home last night) so we wanted to make sure his Dad was eating more than peanut butter. :) hehe  I think he liked it, well he ate everything so I guess it wasn't too bad. ;)

I'm excited to find out if his Mom found us some white chocolate Nutella.  We heard it was available in Europe, so we've been wanting to try it.  Take that back, Adam wants to try it, I'm not a chocolate fan! :/

I know we've done TONS of other things, but I can't think of them right now. I'm getting old people. ;)  I'm back in blogging mode so I'm going to try to keep updating this thing more regularly!!  There's just too much going on not to blog about it!! :)

Hope y'all are having a great week so far!!!