I haven't blogged in a while and I guess that is because I have been so busy! The dining room is through with painting (except for few touch ups) and the new blinds have been hung. It looks sooo much better. The guest bedroom is 95% done. It just needs a little bit of touching up and a good floor cleaning! The new guest bedroom furniture is in and set up and it looks great!
Work is winding down for me..only one more week left! Then two weeks till school starts back..
I have been thinking a lot lately about selling Premier Designs Jewelry. A friend of mine sells it and we have talked about it. Brandon and I have been discussing it, so we will see..but this is something I really want to do.
In a few weeks, we will be heading to Alabama to visit Brandon's family and do a little shopping. This trip will be different than all of the previous trips because we will be taking the dog with us!! It should be a very interesting drive!! Hope she behaves..
In the past week or so, I have tried several crock pot recipes that turned out well. I will try to post them later on.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sticky #5 Tamale Bites
Tonight I made Tamale Bites. My mom has always made them and they are a favorite of mine. Here is the recipe:
Ingredients -
1 lb. ground beef
1 skillet cooked cornbread
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp onion salt
1 egg
1 can enchilada sauce
shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions -
Crumble cornbread (fine). Mix all ingredients, except sauce and cheese, together and roll into small bites (small golf balls). Arrange in 13x9 baking dish and pour sauce over them. Top with shredded cheese and Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Notes: I like to use Kraft Mexican style four cheese shredded cheese. Also, try eating with sour cream and salsa. Yummm!!
Ingredients -
1 lb. ground beef
1 skillet cooked cornbread
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp onion salt
1 egg
1 can enchilada sauce
shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions -
Crumble cornbread (fine). Mix all ingredients, except sauce and cheese, together and roll into small bites (small golf balls). Arrange in 13x9 baking dish and pour sauce over them. Top with shredded cheese and Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Notes: I like to use Kraft Mexican style four cheese shredded cheese. Also, try eating with sour cream and salsa. Yummm!!
Sticky #4 Talented Father
I love my daddy!! He has many wonderful talents and he is so good at them all. A while back I put together this puzzle of Stanton Hall and then glued it together. My dad was so nice to make a beautiful frame for it to hang in our house. Here it is!!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Sticky #3 Wedding Stuff
Last week the napkins came!! I get very excited when things come in the mail. It's like Christmas all year long ;)
They are light pink and brown with silver lettering! And they are CUTE!!
Yesterday my bridesmaids shoes came!! I was very worried about this purchase because they were coming from INDIA!! And I was never charged for shipping..but they came and I am super happy with them. They look nice and feel comfy! PERFECT!! I hope my girls like them :)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Sticky #2 House renovations
We have been working on fixing up our house lately and I will say that it is off to a great start.
Memorial weekend we were in Alabama visiting Brandon's family and decided to stop at Rooms to Go, since they were having such a huge sale and we needed a matching living suite really bad!
We ended up getting one and then the rush was on...I wanted to paint the living room before the new furniture came. The living room was a horrible dark forest green color. The new furniture is brown. So we went with Ketrel White or a light beige. After one solid week of spackling, removing old molding, painting, more painting, putting up new molding, it was FINISHED!! It took a lot of work AND sweat!! Now it looks great.
A few months later, dad and Brandon spent a day replacing the old outside breaker box, breakers, and wires, then putting in the new one with the new breakers wired on the RIGHT circuits :)
Yesterday dad and I were off from work,and Brandon didn't work till that evening, so we decided it would be a good idea to work a little more on rewiring the inside of the house. We had previously done the living room and dining room, and dropped wires for other places. So yesterday we planned on hitting both bedrooms, the hall, and the bathroom. And we DID it!! It took all day but those were some major areas that needing rewiring.
So now, the guest bedroom has new outlets, a switch for the light AND a switch for the fan.
The master bedroom has new outlets, a switch for the light AND a switch for the fan..at the CORRECT height (the one switch was at least 60in up the wall..too high for me!)
The bathroom has two outlets..instead of one. And it works with the light ON! :) It also has a separate switch for the vent fan and light, as well as the regular light.
The hall now has a switch for the light. We moved the thermostat to a different wall as well as the light. The wall it was on will eventually become a linen closet (fingers crossed) :)
So we had a big day!! But I am so happy that I can turn lights on with a switch and not have to pull fan light chains, and be able to plug things in with the light on.
We have also just finished painting the dining room (was sage green), the guest bedroom (was a marine blue), next we will paint the hall (was a dirty taupe), it will match the living room.
My dad is an amazing man and I love and appreciate him very much!!:)
Brandon and I have decided that as a thank you for his work at the house, we are buying him tickets to see the Nascar race at night at Bristol Motor Speedway for August next year (which might fall on his birthday weekend..even better!!) He knows and is tickled to death to go. He will be like a kid in a candy store. He has been wanting to go for so many years, I think this will be a major highlight for him.
I will try to post pictures of our newly painted rooms soon!
Memorial weekend we were in Alabama visiting Brandon's family and decided to stop at Rooms to Go, since they were having such a huge sale and we needed a matching living suite really bad!
We ended up getting one and then the rush was on...I wanted to paint the living room before the new furniture came. The living room was a horrible dark forest green color. The new furniture is brown. So we went with Ketrel White or a light beige. After one solid week of spackling, removing old molding, painting, more painting, putting up new molding, it was FINISHED!! It took a lot of work AND sweat!! Now it looks great.
A few months later, dad and Brandon spent a day replacing the old outside breaker box, breakers, and wires, then putting in the new one with the new breakers wired on the RIGHT circuits :)
Yesterday dad and I were off from work,and Brandon didn't work till that evening, so we decided it would be a good idea to work a little more on rewiring the inside of the house. We had previously done the living room and dining room, and dropped wires for other places. So yesterday we planned on hitting both bedrooms, the hall, and the bathroom. And we DID it!! It took all day but those were some major areas that needing rewiring.
So now, the guest bedroom has new outlets, a switch for the light AND a switch for the fan.
The master bedroom has new outlets, a switch for the light AND a switch for the fan..at the CORRECT height (the one switch was at least 60in up the wall..too high for me!)
The bathroom has two outlets..instead of one. And it works with the light ON! :) It also has a separate switch for the vent fan and light, as well as the regular light.
The hall now has a switch for the light. We moved the thermostat to a different wall as well as the light. The wall it was on will eventually become a linen closet (fingers crossed) :)
So we had a big day!! But I am so happy that I can turn lights on with a switch and not have to pull fan light chains, and be able to plug things in with the light on.
We have also just finished painting the dining room (was sage green), the guest bedroom (was a marine blue), next we will paint the hall (was a dirty taupe), it will match the living room.
My dad is an amazing man and I love and appreciate him very much!!:)
Brandon and I have decided that as a thank you for his work at the house, we are buying him tickets to see the Nascar race at night at Bristol Motor Speedway for August next year (which might fall on his birthday weekend..even better!!) He knows and is tickled to death to go. He will be like a kid in a candy store. He has been wanting to go for so many years, I think this will be a major highlight for him.
I will try to post pictures of our newly painted rooms soon!
Sticky #1 My beginning
I decided to start a blog. Not really about any one thing, but about many things.
I thought it would be a good idea since Brandon and I will be getting married soon and this will be a good way for family to be in the know of what we are doing! Also, a way for us to look back on and recount things that we will have done.
I am a little overwhelmed with this whole "blog" idea. I'm hoping that I will like it and update it often!!
I thought it would be a good idea since Brandon and I will be getting married soon and this will be a good way for family to be in the know of what we are doing! Also, a way for us to look back on and recount things that we will have done.
I am a little overwhelmed with this whole "blog" idea. I'm hoping that I will like it and update it often!!
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