lil update

My grandmother made us this beautiful quilt for our wedding!   

Can you imagine all of the hard work?  

This is the third quilt she's made for me.    

I would love to sew a quilt for my children and grandchildren one day!

My grandmother also made our ring bearer pillow for our wedding.

Isn't it perfect?

I am sort of obsessed with our mercury glass candle holders from Pier 1.  

I sort of want to spray paint everything with Krylon's mercury glass spray.

Because I'm married to the greatest man alive, I get breakfast delivered to me upstairs almost every morning before we leave for work.  I think I've mentioned this before, but it's worth mentioning again because I think it's so sweet and it's now almost all the time. 

Whole Wheat Toast or Oatmeal

One Egg

Turkey Bacon

Did I mention he's the greatest man alive?

These two kids stare at me when I actually have the extra five minutes to SIT and eat my breakfast.

It is so rude of them to stare.

They would never do that to their Daddy because they know they would get in trouble.

But...seriously...these wittle angels are so cute.

I've been cooking a lot lately.  I pick out two or three recipes a week.  Each one being new and healthy.  Lately I've been cooking recipes from skinnytaste and chocolatecoveredkatie.  I am addicted!  The food is delicious and I love knowing that I've created a healthy meal.
I'm not sure how I began being so interested in cooking more nutritiously.  Hubby and I are not health freaks, but we are health conscious.  You won't find a bag of chips or candy bars at our house.  You will find reduced fat Cheez-Its and Smart Ones turtle fudge ice cream!  Of course, I enjoy a bite of decadent cake or fried _______ every once in a while.  If I didn't give into temptation on occasion, I would wind up being some freak stuffing oatmeal pies under my mattress!

 
I have no idea which recipes I'll be making this next week for dinner. 
However, I did narrow down my dessert choices to one of these two. 

Baked Oatmeal With Blueberries And Bananas
OR
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

MmmHmm!

Hubby and I went to Acedemy today to pick up some more weights for us.  While we were there, I got a whole new running outfit and I'm pretty excited out it!  I began running on a regular basis this time last year and have been wearing the exact same outfit everyday.  I don't have a problem with wearing the same clothes for 30 minutes each day.  It's what I was wearing that was starting to bother me:  my $5 shorts from Academy that seem to ride up to my bust line while still being just a few inches above my knees (somehow), my Gatlinburg t-shirt with an oversized neck (which was an upgrade from my old University of Alabama shirt that I had to quit wearing to avoid random "Roll Tide" comments in mid-run), and a sports bra that is less supportive than an angry ex and has some type of threading and/or material tangled up in the back straps.  Admittedly, the outfit doesn't bother me after I start running because as with every other worry that I have it takes a back seat while I enjoy my "me" time.  However, I have been wanting running capris for months because of the colder weather and I have been needing a new, supportive sports bra.
 Hopefully, I'll have much more comfortable runs now!
Sports Bra
Spandex Running Capris
Spandex Running Top
Running Shorts

For the record, I promise not to wear my running capris to ANY store for ANY reason. 
What is it with women wearing such tight pants in public? 

Alright, so I'm all caught up.
It's the weekend now and I need to get out from behind this computer screen.
We have no plans except to enjoy it...and so far, we've been doing JUST THAT!
xo

voila!

We are finished with our furniture painting project! 

It took us three weeks, but we were very careful to follow all of the directions. 

Our hard work paid off. 

It feels like we have two new pieces of furniture.

I'm so proud of us!

We lost two screws to the drawer pulls, that's why they are on the dresser and not on the drawer.  I couldn't bring myself to stop by Home Depot after work today - that's a Saturday job!

The bedroom got a makeover.  I'm sort of in love. 

Pier 1 Matching Frames

New Duvet.

New Curtains.



our first valentine's day being hitched

CJ and I have done the same thing every year for Valentine's Day.

We pick up some take out and watch a movie.

This year was no different!

It was perfect, lovely and sweet.

The post of a thousand pictures.

It's finally cold again!  YES!  I was thinking that I wouldn't be able to make it through my winter wardrobe.  I seriously felt like my scarves were making sad eyes at me.  I hope that it stays this chilly for a bit longer. 

What's been going on in February?

Well...I booked a beach trip!  In just a few months, we are headed to Orange Beach for four nights!  SCORE!  I also may or may not have already bagged a few swimsuits for the vacation.  Our view?

Last weekend we began refurbishing our dresser (sand/prime/paint).  I got the idea from this addicting site.  We plan to finish the dresser and start/finish our coffee table this weekend.  LOVE.  Below is a picture of the dresser with primer on it.  I really enjoyed working on a project with my sweet hubby all weekend!





We invited my parents, brother, CJ's sister, brother in law, niece and nephew over to watch the Superbowl.  I made balsamic honey pork sliders with homemade bbq sauce and Paula Dean's baked beans followed by death by chocolate for dessert.  My mom brought her uh-may-zing potato salad and a chocolate pie. 

 

CJ has been singing Hall & Oates nonstop.  He's camera shy in this picture, not waving! 

Bill is either in trouble or asleep lately.  He is such a frustrating, funny, annoying, cute pet to have.  He can now lock himself in his room.  He is officially a teenager!

Dale is on a diet.  He can't have any human food or treats and has to exercise.  He really enjoys the walks more often.  He tried to go for a swim in the creek near our house the other day...I pulled him out.  I'm looking forward to his first swim this year at the lake.  He must have some lab somewhere in there!

This little beauty found it's way into our home.  So adorb!

Hubby has been making me breakfast a few mornings a week.  I get excited when I see him come upstairs with my favorite:  whole wheat toast with blackberry jam and an egg! 

I love Papa Murphy's Pizza.  I love it because it's fresh, the people are always nice, and they have rediculously cute seasonal specials.  Tonight, we'll be munching on the Heartbaker Pizza.

I promised CJ that this weekend the only trips out of the house would be a quiet date night, a trip to Lowe's and the grocery store.  Hopefully we can work on our projects all weekend, watch movies, and relax.  I think that sounds perfect.
xo

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Just oooone more picture.  My brother, John sent me this while on his morning jog.  He's in Biloxi, MS on a business trip.  Lovely, yes?