Exhausted!

I've been in the Emergency Room since 8am and I am exhausted. Thankfully I wasn't the one injured. I did manage to have my first ambulance ride though. Long story...

Anyway, I am just exhausted. From the ER visit to the conference in two weeks to just all of life ...etc...etc.

All I want is a nap and one of these...

...and maybe a hug from my mom.

Furniture?

It's the new year and I have the redecorating bug. I've created a list (by room) of all the changes we need to do in 2011! There are lots!

We went to look at furniture for the downstairs lounge this weekend because it really could use some new furniture. Here's my favorite option so far...

What do you think? The jury is still out for us... we keep going back and forth. We'll see.

Busy, busy, busy!

You know that you've had a busy weekend when you wake up Monday morning and wish you had just one more Sunday to work on getting things done. That is 100% what I thought of the second I opened my eyes this morning.

I will say that it was a productive weekend.... a VERY productive weekend... that involved sending over 500 lbs of stuff to Goodwill, putting some items on CraigsList, scanning 3000+ photos so I can dump the actual photos, hanging up a life-size wall map, hanging up 4 dishes and 1 picture, reorganizing 3 closets, fixing baseboard, making goodies for my sister's upcoming birthday party that I'm hosting, wrapping gifts for our Brown family outing next weekend, vacuuming under all of the furniture in my bedroom in addition to the weekly cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, church outing, etc. J and I even made time to watch a 4.5 hr mini-series off NetFlix, too. It was a fun weekend in my opinion!


Note: If you ever want to feel like Tom Hanks in The Terminal, take my advice and just bring 3,000+ photos to Sam's Club to scan. You'll be there for so long it'll feel like you've moved in... we watched TV, got sodas and refills, went to the bathroom, walked about and just made ourselves comfortable. We were there for over 4 hours, yes, you read that correctly... 4 HOURS! And the sad part is that I still have at least that same amount to still scan!

Don't you love the map? My MIL scored this for $10! LOVE IT!

In order to do this, though, I did declare this a no-cook weekend which meant we ate something that didn't require cooking or we ate out. By Sunday afternoon it was humorous, but honestly, not cooking allowed me the time to get all these other things done! I had Q for the first time in almost 3 years... and it wasn't as good as I remembered. Oh well.

Tonight is Life Group and I'm so ready to meet our new group members. I hope you have a productive week!

What is your resolution?

Check out this resolution generator and find out what your resolution should be for this year!

Mine was...

and I hit "gimme more," and I got...

Both are quite fitting for 2011. Check it out!

Happy 4th Anniversary to Us!

Today we celebrate our 4th year of marriage. It has all happened in a blink of an eye and I can't wait to see what the next year brings. Thanks for being my best friend, partner-in-everything, mr. fix-it, craft genius and biggest fan. I love you.

Here's to you, my love!

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5 Minute Apron -- DIY Idea

We draw names with J's extended family. I drew Angela and she asked for some baking goodies. I found a beautiful cookbook called Modern Baker but I also wanted something to go with it. I found some unique and bright recipe cards but it still lacked something. So I decided to whip up a quick apron to go with her baking goodies.

You'll need one dishtowel and a coordinating roll of ribbon. Add in a sewing machine and you're in business.

Here we go...

Sew the ribbon on towards the bottom as decoration.

Use the remaining ribbon to sew the top and tie for the apron.

Affix a cute "Made by" label on the back and viola!

 
I like using dishtowels because they already have the finished seam and they are super absorbent for drying hands and spills.

New Year, Free Calendar

Happy New Year! Here's to a wonderful 2011.

To commemorate such an occasion, have a free calendar....

Go on over to Atypical Type A and grab your own! You won't be sorry!