It is a jewelry pouch from Allison B @ JewelrybyAllisonB She has a TON of cute things at her store! Head on over and check her out!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
ETSY Purchases
I am the proud new owner of this beauty!
It is a jewelry pouch from Allison B @ JewelrybyAllisonB She has a TON of cute things at her store! Head on over and check her out!!!
It is a jewelry pouch from Allison B @ JewelrybyAllisonB She has a TON of cute things at her store! Head on over and check her out!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Kitchen update
So, I told you awhile back that we got new countertops and a sink in our kitchen! They were defiantly needed.
This is after we removed the countertops and sink
(P.S. Please don't mind the red hearts on the cabinets below the sink,
those are being removed, it was a test to see if I liked the red color or not... and
I just realized how horrible it probably looks! haha)
This is the new sink and countertops, still kind of hard to see, but I love them!!
We had to install the sink all by ourselves, which was a challenge. It was the first time we'd ever done a major plumbing job and by WE I mean that hubby did all the work, but I was the runner. I had to go and make about 4-5 different trips to get pipes, hoses, etc...
I'm glad we did it though, the kitchen looks much better... And as you might be able to see in the above picture we painted the walls a light butter cream yellow and put up red valances. I am loving the new look!
This was before we did anything to the kitchen.
Don't mind the mess, we had just moved in.
The walls were a light tan, no valances on the windows and
it's a bit hard to see, but the sink is very small and the countertops
are a light cream color.
Don't mind the mess, we had just moved in.
The walls were a light tan, no valances on the windows and
it's a bit hard to see, but the sink is very small and the countertops
are a light cream color.
This is after we removed the countertops and sink
(P.S. Please don't mind the red hearts on the cabinets below the sink,
those are being removed, it was a test to see if I liked the red color or not... and
I just realized how horrible it probably looks! haha)
This is the new sink and countertops, still kind of hard to see, but I love them!!
And just for good measure, here's hubby doing a great job as usual!
We had to install the sink all by ourselves, which was a challenge. It was the first time we'd ever done a major plumbing job and by WE I mean that hubby did all the work, but I was the runner. I had to go and make about 4-5 different trips to get pipes, hoses, etc... I'm glad we did it though, the kitchen looks much better... And as you might be able to see in the above picture we painted the walls a light butter cream yellow and put up red valances. I am loving the new look!
Thankful Thursdays
I'm trying to do this as a weekly post and so far I'm 2 for 2! :-)
I am thankful for:
- My planner- I don't know what I would do without it. We have been so busy lately and if it weren't for the little green book, we would forget half of the things we are suppose to do! I carry it everywhere with me.
- Brownie Batter Blizzards from Dairy Queen- Need I say more??
- New clothes- there's something about putting a new shirt on or new capri's that just excites me.... God thing one piece of new clothing keeps me pretty content for quite awhile!
- Family- I think I post about this every week. I just can't seem to be thankful enough for my family they are just amazing!
- DVR- Without this, I would never get to watch my favorite shows.... I have a gazillion of them! I hate commercials with a passion, so this allows me to choose to watch my shows whenever I want and fast forward through all of the commercials!
- ETSY- I've recently discovered this website and it's amazing. I love buying handmade things from people who are truly creative!
- Marriage- I'm thankful for this daily. I hit the jackpot with my husband and feel so blessed everyday. I couldn't imagine spending my life with anyone more perfect for me than he is. We can lay in bed before falling asleep and get as goofy as they come because we are so comfortable being ourselves infront of each other. It isn't about impressing each other anymore, it's about having fun and falling even more in love each and every day. I can say for certian that I have never felt more in love with him than I do today but I'm sure tomorrow will quickly surprass anything I felt today.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Blah.....
Sorry I haven't blogged about anything today, I had one of those days. I haven't been a good blogger lately anyway. I also lost a follower so I can tell I'm a bit boring these days! haha I'm glad the other 24 of you think I have a few important/interesting things to say.... And if you don't then I'm glad you haven't' left me yet!
So, we have another busy weekend ahead of us. We are going to visit my dear friend Pam. Pam and I were roommates throughout our last 3 years of college. We were not friends before I bought my house and was in need of a roommate. I guess God works in mysterious ways because I actually called her up out of the blue (we did attend the same high school, but did not ever hang out) and this is something I normally wouldn't do if we weren't very good friends. Anyway, she said yes and moved in a week or two later. We have become such great friends and I am so thankful for that! She is such a good friend and I can always count on her. So with that said, here is what she has planned for us this weekend...
So, we have another busy weekend ahead of us. We are going to visit my dear friend Pam. Pam and I were roommates throughout our last 3 years of college. We were not friends before I bought my house and was in need of a roommate. I guess God works in mysterious ways because I actually called her up out of the blue (we did attend the same high school, but did not ever hang out) and this is something I normally wouldn't do if we weren't very good friends. Anyway, she said yes and moved in a week or two later. We have become such great friends and I am so thankful for that! She is such a good friend and I can always count on her. So with that said, here is what she has planned for us this weekend...
Friday:
Homemade Taco's and margarita's I'm sure
Followed by: drinks at a bar in the city
Saturday:
Sleeping in, going for breakfast at Louis's (Never been there, but she swears by it)
Shopping for drinks & tailgating items
Going to tailgate before our White Sox Game
Sunday:
Waking up and driving the 4 hours back home
It should be a lot of fun and I hope to take more pictures this weekend than I did while I was in Vegas.
What do you have planned? I can't wait to share how it all went on Monday!
Homemade Taco's and margarita's I'm sure
Followed by: drinks at a bar in the city
Saturday:
Sleeping in, going for breakfast at Louis's (Never been there, but she swears by it)
Shopping for drinks & tailgating items
Going to tailgate before our White Sox Game
Sunday:
Waking up and driving the 4 hours back home
It should be a lot of fun and I hope to take more pictures this weekend than I did while I was in Vegas.
What do you have planned? I can't wait to share how it all went on Monday!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Weekend Recap
So I can't upload any pictures right now, something is wrong with my laptop. I will post pictures later tonight if I can figure out how to get it to work!
Anyway, I want to warn you this is a little long but I had to share everything we did!
My trip to Vegas was amazing! It was my Grandma's 78th birthday and it was her idea to get all of the girls to go to Vegas. There were 18 of us total including: Grandma, most of my Aunts, and some of my girl cousins.
We arrived at the Madison Airport at 4:30 AM..... Man was I tired. We ended up landing in Vegas around 10:00 am I think. We got a shuttle to our hotel and we stayed at the Bellagio. What an amazing hotel! If you have never been there, it is a must see! It's huge! There's a mall inside of the hotel, yeah.. It's that big! Anyway, we finally got settled in our hotel room and hit the streets. First stop: Planet Hollywood Mall. They had every store you could dream of! I hit up some great sales at Anne Taylor Loft and a few others that aren't names I recognized. After we did some shopping, we sat at a little resturant called La Salsa Cantina inside the mall. They had the most delicious margarita's I have ever had in my entire life!! We had a couple and then headed on our way. This mall was amazing and had ceilings that looked like you were outside on a cool summer night. It was very deciving because once we walked outside the 107 degree heat hit us! We enjoyed a bit of pool time and went to the buffet inside the hotel. It was $19.95 but they had everything you could ever imagine for food and it was delicious! We then went downtown Vegas to enjoy some night life. They have a light show which was pretty cool and tons and tons of casino's. Needless to say, I did not win any money!
Friday morning we woke up early, 7:00 am! Yikes! Then we hit up the workout room at $25 a day! My mom, my sister-in-law and I worked out for about an hour and then headed back to our rooms to get ready to go to breakfast and spend a couple hours pool side. Our hotel had 5 pools total, so we had to spend a little time soaking up the sun! After the pool, we decided to back to the mall and hit up the stores we missed the night before. After a bit more shopping, we went back to our hotel to get ready for our night out! All 18 of us wore matching shirts for my Grandma's birthday out that night. We went to dueling piano's at Harrah's. The two girls were twins and were amazing! They got my Grandma up on stage and had some men saranade her! It was hillarious! We got a lot of great pictures that I will have to share with you later. After this, we headed out to see a few more things on the strip.
Saturday, my sister-in-law and I went to get a massage at the Spa and then breakfast at a little cafe in our hotel. The Massage was great, but not worth how much it cost. After breakfast, we got ready and went to do some more shopping. This time at an outlet mall that required miles of walking to see every store. They had ever store, but my legs hurt so bad afterwards. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen and then headed back to our hotel to get ready for The Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil. This was the best part of the entire trip! We had a blast! They wouldn't let you take pictures, but you can go to their website and see a few things about the show. We were all pretty tired after this, so we got some dinner and headed back to the hotel for a little bit of gambeling. All in all I lost $48 the entire weekend. Not to shabby! haha I hate losing money and not getting anything for it, but I promised myself that I could lose $50 and not feel to bad about it. It was fun while it lasted, but it sure went quick!
Here is an idea of how young at heart my Grandma really is! She went to bed later than all of us every night! We were in bed by the latest at 12:30 and Grandma came to bed between 1:30 am and 3:30 am every night! She loved the trip!
I will try to post a few pictures later! If you haven't been to Vegas I think it's something you should see at least once in your life!
Anyway, I want to warn you this is a little long but I had to share everything we did!
My trip to Vegas was amazing! It was my Grandma's 78th birthday and it was her idea to get all of the girls to go to Vegas. There were 18 of us total including: Grandma, most of my Aunts, and some of my girl cousins.
We arrived at the Madison Airport at 4:30 AM..... Man was I tired. We ended up landing in Vegas around 10:00 am I think. We got a shuttle to our hotel and we stayed at the Bellagio. What an amazing hotel! If you have never been there, it is a must see! It's huge! There's a mall inside of the hotel, yeah.. It's that big! Anyway, we finally got settled in our hotel room and hit the streets. First stop: Planet Hollywood Mall. They had every store you could dream of! I hit up some great sales at Anne Taylor Loft and a few others that aren't names I recognized. After we did some shopping, we sat at a little resturant called La Salsa Cantina inside the mall. They had the most delicious margarita's I have ever had in my entire life!! We had a couple and then headed on our way. This mall was amazing and had ceilings that looked like you were outside on a cool summer night. It was very deciving because once we walked outside the 107 degree heat hit us! We enjoyed a bit of pool time and went to the buffet inside the hotel. It was $19.95 but they had everything you could ever imagine for food and it was delicious! We then went downtown Vegas to enjoy some night life. They have a light show which was pretty cool and tons and tons of casino's. Needless to say, I did not win any money!
Friday morning we woke up early, 7:00 am! Yikes! Then we hit up the workout room at $25 a day! My mom, my sister-in-law and I worked out for about an hour and then headed back to our rooms to get ready to go to breakfast and spend a couple hours pool side. Our hotel had 5 pools total, so we had to spend a little time soaking up the sun! After the pool, we decided to back to the mall and hit up the stores we missed the night before. After a bit more shopping, we went back to our hotel to get ready for our night out! All 18 of us wore matching shirts for my Grandma's birthday out that night. We went to dueling piano's at Harrah's. The two girls were twins and were amazing! They got my Grandma up on stage and had some men saranade her! It was hillarious! We got a lot of great pictures that I will have to share with you later. After this, we headed out to see a few more things on the strip.
Saturday, my sister-in-law and I went to get a massage at the Spa and then breakfast at a little cafe in our hotel. The Massage was great, but not worth how much it cost. After breakfast, we got ready and went to do some more shopping. This time at an outlet mall that required miles of walking to see every store. They had ever store, but my legs hurt so bad afterwards. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen and then headed back to our hotel to get ready for The Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil. This was the best part of the entire trip! We had a blast! They wouldn't let you take pictures, but you can go to their website and see a few things about the show. We were all pretty tired after this, so we got some dinner and headed back to the hotel for a little bit of gambeling. All in all I lost $48 the entire weekend. Not to shabby! haha I hate losing money and not getting anything for it, but I promised myself that I could lose $50 and not feel to bad about it. It was fun while it lasted, but it sure went quick!
Here is an idea of how young at heart my Grandma really is! She went to bed later than all of us every night! We were in bed by the latest at 12:30 and Grandma came to bed between 1:30 am and 3:30 am every night! She loved the trip!
I will try to post a few pictures later! If you haven't been to Vegas I think it's something you should see at least once in your life!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Giveaway #1
In honor of my 100th post (well 102) and my 25th follower I've decided to do a small giveaway. I've started using some e.l.f. products and I'm pretty happy with them.
I've included the following:
1 e.l.f. Total Face Brush
1 e.l.f. Blush, Bronzing & Blending Brush
1 e.l.f. tone #3 Clarifying Pressed Powder
1 e.l.f. Natural Radiance Blusher in Glow
1 e.l.f. Brightening Eye Color in IVY (It's a green and brown combo)
2 e.l.f. Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF15 light pink and a light brown
3 bottles of e.l.f. Nail Polish in: light pink, clear & light red
1 pink & black case to put most of it in.... Sorry, I go the wrong sized bag so it doesn't all fit, but its still a cute bag
I've also decided to add a few of my favorites:
and I may see if I can find something else to put in with it......
TO Enter:
Please submit 1 comment for each entry:
1 entry- Comment on this post with your favorite beauty product
1 entry- Follow me or tell me you already follow me
1 entry- Blog about this giveaway and then post the link in a comment
Giveaway ends Friday August 7th, 2009 at 11:59pm central standard time
Good luck to everyone who chooses to enter! :-)
I've included the following:1 e.l.f. Total Face Brush
1 e.l.f. Blush, Bronzing & Blending Brush
1 e.l.f. tone #3 Clarifying Pressed Powder
1 e.l.f. Natural Radiance Blusher in Glow
1 e.l.f. Brightening Eye Color in IVY (It's a green and brown combo)
2 e.l.f. Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF15 light pink and a light brown
3 bottles of e.l.f. Nail Polish in: light pink, clear & light red
1 pink & black case to put most of it in.... Sorry, I go the wrong sized bag so it doesn't all fit, but its still a cute bag
I've also decided to add a few of my favorites:
and I may see if I can find something else to put in with it......
TO Enter:
Please submit 1 comment for each entry:
1 entry- Comment on this post with your favorite beauty product
1 entry- Follow me or tell me you already follow me
1 entry- Blog about this giveaway and then post the link in a comment
Giveaway ends Friday August 7th, 2009 at 11:59pm central standard time
Good luck to everyone who chooses to enter! :-)
WOW
You ladies sure have been busy! Well, my trip to Vegas was awesome, more on that in a later post though..... I have 210 new posts in my Google reader that I need to catch up on and I just noticed that I have made it to 25 followers! So, I'll be posting a giveaway later in the week! Keep your eyes on the lookout! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and I'll recap our trip later!
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