Back in Business!

Let's be honest here... 10 days and no blogging has seriously made me a tad depressed! But I have been so slammed with work,

(real estate and busy in January are usually 3 words that do NOT go together but I've had 3 closings so far and the month is only half over, and just got another under contract this week! woohoo! maybe the market is turning around in 2012?!? I am keeping my fingers crossed at least!)

and also lots of busy-ness in my personal life this past week, not to mention I have been working on my closet in hopes of having a Blog Sale by the end of the week!!!!! :)

(by writing that down for you all to read I am committing myself to do it lol!)

SO excited to report my phone case came in from Marley Lily and is adorable... and I was right, the brightness is making me happy during this dreary weather!

And to go along with the case... my assistant, Emily (who is obvi so talented at several things!) stumbled across my new favorite app and I just knew everyone would love it so wanted to share....

3 Initials App

Download it now! You will be obsessed! Let me share some examples...

Here is my home screen to match my new case ... (courtesy of Emily who made the first one for me!)

How cute is that? I LOVE it!

Here are some other examples I made for friends :)

You can mix up the colors, choose from different fonts & styles, it's amazing!

If you love all things monogrammed, you will love this app!

It is $1.99 but well worth it I.M.O. :)

Speaking of Emily... look what she got me for Christmas....

O.M.G. a Frankie rug... I literally died. I am obsessed with it.

It is in my kitchen now and at the back door and looks so cute!

Em, THANK YOU!! It's my fave! :)

Next on the agenda...speaking of the king himself,  my baby is home and feeling much better!

I am still not convinced he is 100%, but he got his stitches out over the weekend and seems to be healing still and almost back to himself :)

He loves to lay on top of "mountains" haha idk what his deal is, he jumps to the top of everything!)

This weekend we worked on a MAJOR undertaking...

Ella's Science Fair Project!

Her project was "What Bubble Gum Blows the Biggest Bubble?"

Girl is creative.

(it also was what I did in the 4th grade for mine and once she heard that she wouldn't do anything else ha! We got books on projects, googled ideas, everything, but this was what she chose which is hysterical to me because not only did I do it, BUT then when my little brother was in school he remembers me doing his science fair project for him and doing the same exact thing lol!) 

It turned out adorable... we took pics of each bubble she blew after 3 tries with each different gum!

She had fun doing it and the best part was today she said everyone at school said it was their favorite!

So cute and so proud of her!! :)

Last but not least, I have not Pinterest shared in weeks :( So here are just a few of my recent favorites pins ... and in case you were wondering, I am daily think of what I did with my life at red lights, when I can't sleep, when I am waiting for something or someone, etc, before there was Pinterest!?!?!

Are ya'll still obsessed too?

(If not, don't tell me, I don't want to know ha!)

I love this. Ha. I need this. So cute. From Etsy.

I need this too! How cute would this be at the basketball games?

I have obsessed over the cowhide ottoman for weeks now. It's so amazing.

I kind of have a thing for mudrooms and this is so great, I love the brick paved floor!! Wouldn't show dirt at all I bet... great idea and looks good too!

Monogrammed block earrings. Kinda can't believe I don't have these already?!?

Ahh.... a girl can dream can't she? Look at that wrapping room! I could do some serious wrapping in a room like this! ;)

Ok, lets be honest, is anyone else besides me wishing you will one day have a son that will look like Mason?? hahaha this has got to be the cutest kid ever. Look at his outfit! I mean I guess if Kourtney Kardashian is your mom, chances are you will be pretty stylish... he is so darn cute!

I am so excited for Easter now just because I saw this picture! LOL

Peeps Smores! We will totally be doing this! Yum!

Ok that's all I got... off to watch my shows!

Blog Sale to come... :)

Thanks for all the feedback and emails about it! Hopefully I will have some cute stuff for sale!



Happy 2012, New Years Eve, & Pinteresting Monday!

Hi Yall!

Happy Monday... and...

Hope yall had a great time ringing in the New Year! I had such a blessed 2011, I am so excited to see what 2012 brings! I don't do New Year's Resolutions... period. I don't think I ever have. I don't like the pressure and also why do we need one specific day to start (or stop ha) doing something!?? Not my thing... but I understand people getting into it and trying I guess.

Anywho... MOST IMPORTANTLY before anything else... do you know what today is??

They're back!!!!! Wooohooooo!!

If you don't watch Pretty Little Liars... then you REALLY need to! It is my favorite show and even surpasses the Housewives and Tori & Dean, if that tells you anything. I can not wait to watch it tonight! (And thank goodness good shows are starting back up, over the holidays there has been nothing on TV at all!!)

Next on the agenda, New Year's Eve...

I would love to tell you that Chris and I did something glamorous and fab ... but this year we decided to let the kids do the entertaining and have a New Year's Eve Slumber Party w/ a couple of their friends from school... let me tell you what.. it was WILD... and by wild I mean devouring 5 bottles of sparkling grape juice, dancing to the surround sound and Just Dance 3 for hours, blowing confetti all over the Living Room (mild OCD attack, I had the vacuum out within 10 minutes of that little messy ditty haha!) and staying up until 3am (with one girl getting a stomach ache and having her dad pick her up at 2am, poor thing!) :(

I got this cute idea from Pinterest ...

We got balloons blown up and put little notes inside for them to pop "on the hour" and I'm pretty sure that was their favorite thing of the night... they literally counted down til each hour.

 Inside we did the following notes:

7pm - Have a dance party!

8pm - Make Brownies

9pm - Pop your Confetti Poppers

10pm - Do some Kareoke (which was to Taylor Swift I might add! Ha!)

11pm - Make a Toast (w/ Sparkling Grape Juice, don't worry, but in Champagne glasses ha!)

Midnight - Make Some Noice!! :)

We had some super cute feather party hats! :) It was a blast!

Before the end of the night, I wrote down some questions on cards and had each of them sit in a chair and answer the questions about their year, and recorded them :) This will be a great thing to keep for the future and do every New Year's Eve! They were hysterical and so sweet and the kids loved doing them... I think they thought they were on iCarly maybe hahaha

They are obviously too long to share but Jake's was absolutely the funniest thing ever... I had to read them to him since he can't read but his answers were so funny... Take a look :)

(mute the playlist at the bottom before you watch!)

I would like to note three parts... his favorite food is a lunchable ?? He has maybe had one lunchable ever at our house ha you would think he doesn't eat cooked meals?!?! ... and he wants to be Ben10 when he grows up! and he is thankful for Transformers! Hahahaha! Too Funny!! We were dying, as you can tell in the background the girls could not hold it together to be quiet for him, poor thing lol!

Ok now for a little Pinterest :)

OMG How cute are those pillows? They are THE perfect new parent gift! I am obsessed! I think they were $60 ...? Takes 2-3 weeks to ship. I LOVE them!! What a great keepsake!

LOVE that monogrammed chair!

I need this pillow, Chris will attest to that ha. I do not do good when I am hungry and shaking lol

I need this monogrammed felt clutch!! Highly Obsessed!

Love this dress, sequins and feathers, would have been a perfect New Year's Eve dress!

Love these steps!  May get old, but cute for now!

I may have pinned this kitchen before I can't remember but I love it!!

Push Pop Cupcakes! Great idea!

I have been obsessed with looking at wedding ideas lately and these are all so cute...

LOL Love the tweeting!

Cute sign! :)

Photo liner of envelopes, Martha Stewart idea. Love it.

Look that Tux for Frankie!!!! Omgsh... this will be a must in our wedding ha!

Love this cake, so pretty and classic!

Ok for Valentine's Day... how cute are these ??

 Adorable!! I'm going to find a mustache printable and let the kids do this for their cousins and family! So Cute!

 

Cute idea for February Countdown to Valentine's Day! Just a picture frame then dry erase marker!

My inspirational words for the week...

 LOVE love love Tim Tebow!

Love this article.

Just love it.

And considering it is the New Year...

Follow me on Pinterest HERE!!

Happy Monday!!

PS. Do I have to stop my Christmas music playlist and take down my cute Santa hat header now?

Gosh that was too quick! Maybe one more week then I will go back to normal ha ;)

XO,

Pinteresting Monday!

I have been finding some great ideas on Pinterest this past weekend!

Lots of good ones for Christmas :)

I love this printable! Would be so cute in a frame!

Strawberrys, Angelfood Cake and Chocolate! So easy and yummy!

Love this.... and I have about 3 trifle bowls haha so this I will for sure try to make!

Chris and I, and I think practically everyone in our families lol, are obsessed with sweet potatoes ... This is a sweet potato mix with marshmellows on top (best part!) all in an orange for more flavor! YUM!!

I LOVE these Santa pancakes :) So fun!

I would love to make these.... maybe next year haha this year I have zero time, but they are cute!

Chris and I are wanting to go somewhere warm after Christmas :) I am going to start looking at places this week... but I am OBSESSSSSED with this bathing suit! Feels weird buying a bathing suit in December, but this one may be too cute for me to pass up ;) 

This braid is so chic, love it.... may need Emily's help with this hahaha you know you are the true Pinterest Hair Girl :) XO

How cute are those Toms?

Love the exterior of this home... the front porch is amazing! Wish they would have done a big, beautiful double door though haha but who am I to judge? ;)

The brick wall going to the basement is so pretty... it gives it a "homey" feel I think and is inviting... love that!

Now for my favorite sayings of the week :)

Dont hold grudges! Never a good thing! Let it go so YOU can be free!

hahaha that is funny!

Love this! Very true!

Follow my boards on Pinterest HERE :)

Hope everyone had a great Monday!

(Chris is making dinner tonight... Chili... we will see who's is better? ;)