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So apparently
When you have a really few bad days at the casa you come home to this….
Yep, that would be wine, cookies and Easter candy corn (seriously who even knew they made that!) But that leads me to what a
wonderful husband I have. I know I say it ohh about once a month but I truly married a wonderful man.There are so many things he does that make me so grateful I finally found him. Mind you I had to move allll the way to NC but I think he was well worth the trip. 😉
I love you Matte! Happy 10 Monthiversary. {2 more to go! Watch out!}
~k
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Spring is here
Well it has arrived on our door. 🙂 Over the weekend I finally took down the Valentine’s Day wreath and changed it to our Spring wreath. This burlap wreath is so versatile, it’s great. Just a few simple changes and it can go from one season/holiday to the next.
~k
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Man Pleasing Chicken – Pinterest Post 2
I made this recipe Sunday night and I must say it lived up to it’s name. I’m not a huge chicken fan mainly because most of the time it still tastes like boring old chicken but this was pretty tasty. The recipe is super simple too. All you need are a few chicken breasts (or thighs) and 1/2 a cup of Dijon mustard, 1/4 cup of maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar. I ended up using red wine vinegar because I couldn’t find rice wine vinegar at Target and I don’t think it really mattered.
Mix the ingredients together. I used a large measuring cup. Then put your chicken breasts in an oven safe dish, salt and pepper both sides. Next pour the sauce over the chicken but make sure to leave a little for dipping. I also basted mine about half way through. I baked my chicken breasts for 30 mins at 450*.
I am definitely adding this recipe to my “must make again” list. And going forward pinterest posts will receive a PP Two Thumbs up or a PP Fail tag.
Oh I forgot to take pics of the before but here is just how good man pleasing chicken was.
~k
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I am having issues with my blog header/page lately. I want a change, I want to keep the owls but
I want something different. I feel like I have no creativity lately for this. Maybe I will find my creative
juices after a week long vacation. That happens in a WEEK! Wooo hooo!
In case you haven’t noticed I have added a travel blog tab to the top of the blog. Matt and I plan to
start documenting our travels. We really should go back and document our London Trip from a few
years ago. I will leave that one to the hubs. 😉
PS I’m just trying this out. I’ve seen a few blogs that do this so we’ll see what I think.
~k
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Happy Birthday Brooklyn Grace!
At 2:53pm today Brooklyn Grace made her entrance into this world. I actually knew Brandi was at the hospital yesterday and in labor when I wrote my post about her birth announcements. 😉
It was a really long day as the girls anxiously awaited word Brooklyn was finally here. Awww! Such an exciting day. I can’t wait to meet the newest little VIP’er.
~k
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An announcement….
I can do that. 🙂
I am currently working on birth announcements for Brandi over at Pigtails and Pacifiers. Baby Brooklyn should be here any day now and she needs a cute little card to tell the world she has arrived.
I am really excited to start working on these. As much cussing as I do while I’m in photoshop I really enjoy stuff like this. I’ve even been asked to make Save the Dates for a girl at work. Thankfully her wedding is next year so I have some time before I need to start working on hers. I’ll definitely post pics of all of these when I get done. Maybe one day I can make some money but for now it’s a fun hobby. 🙂
~k
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Subway Art
I think this stuff is super cool. I love all the different things I run across on Pinterest. Well baby Brooklyn gave me the perfect opportunity to finally make something. Granted Brooklyn Grace hasn’t made her debut yet but I have a feeling she will be here shortly.
As you know a few weeks ago I went to VA Beach for a baby shower, Brooklyn’s baby shower. One of her gifts was a subway art with her birth stats. Of course I couldn’t put the real information in because she’s not here yet but I told her mom I would fill in all the correct information once she arrives.
It took a good bit of time and a lot of cussing {clearly this is very normal for me} for me to finally get everything just as I wanted. I also managed to lose ALL my hard work one night when my computer decided to restart. Dammit! And wouldn’t you know I hadn’t saved anything. This actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I started over and the whole thing went much quicker. While researching how to make these I saw a few people had used Photoshop. But I found Publisher was actually much easier to maneuver.
Here is the semi-finished
~k
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You will not defeat me frog! – Pinterest Post 1
I am happy to report my first Pinterest project (for the blog) is complete. There was lots of cussing and I’m pretty sure I used a half a roll of thread but my frog is complete! Actually it looked like the sewing machine threw up on me tonight. I had thread everywhere.
Okay so here’s how it happened. The other night I set up my new sewing machine and cut out my pattern.
Front and back. I had quite a few issues with my corners and ended up ripping out the seams a few
3ishtimes. I finally was like what the hell and just kept going. I’m not sure what I did but my seam got better and I continued to the end. I must add that I might be the slowest sewer in the history of the world. For serious I was like putt putt putt around this thing but I did it!
Completed sewing. Then it was time to turn him right side out. I started with the legs.
Then I worked the rest of the body out. I used a chop stick to help me push out the corners. This was actually pretty tedious and was almost slower then my sewing.
Right side out and empty. I used about a half a pound bag of rice to fill mine. I added a little bit of cloves to make it smell. (I might have added a tad too much.) You can use any herbs you like. Cloves were not my first choice but it was the best smelling herb I had in the pantry.
Filled but I haven't sewn the bottom closed yet. I must say my hand stitching it pretty atrocious so there aren’t any pics of that but once you have your frog full you just stitch together the bottom.
And front. 
Front He’s a cute little guy and he’s all mine. I think I will add some eyes and take him to work to sit on my computer. 🙂
~k
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An Ode to DIDdy
The fish that is. Last year one of my coworkers and myself decided to get a work fish. The way our cubes are set up we had an empty space between us so we thought why not get a fish. One day we went to the pet store down from the office and picked out a Beta. I came up with quite inventive name of DIDdy. A DID, in case you don’t know, is a phone number and since we are part of the voice team and work with DIDs all day we thought it was fitting. DIDdy became our mascot if you will. Whenever anyone came to our floor the first thing you would see was his bowl and a sign saying “Meet DIDdy!”
A few months ago he started not doing so well and after a little research I thought he might have swim bladder which basically means we over feed him. We cut back on the food but he never fully recovered. Then yesterday he really took a turn for the worst. He was sideways and bloated. Honestly I was sure he wouldn’t make it the day but to my surprise he was still breathing when I left the office. I felt so bad for him but flushing and decapitation just didn’t seem right. {I may have googled how to euthanize a fish.}
Needless to say I wasn’t surprised to find he was gone this morning. We gave him a nice little burial at sea and said a few words. I cleaned out his bowl but there were a few times during the day I found myself looking over at his cube only to see an empty bowl. 🙁 I know he was just a fish but he was a good fish and everyone liked him. People would always come to see him. I am glad he is finally out of pain and swimming in the big fish bowl in the sky.
Bye DIDdy!
His first day in the office. ~k
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Progress?
I got my frog cut out and pinned. And I may have one seam done. Yeeeeaaaaahhhh, I’m having some issues with my corners. I thought I just needed to pick the foot up and turn my fabric but this doesn’t seem to be working. Hmmm. I guess I’m gonna have to go back to the book. So maybe a cute little frog wasn’t quite the best first project but I’m gonna stick with it. I know I can get this. Plus if I can master this stupid little thing other stuff should be a breeze right?
~k
