insta-friday.

we had a really great week!
my parents came and visited this past weekend...and brought along my brother as a huge surprise!
it was fun to show off our house since they hadn't been here since move in day.

dinner at five with my family.

beautiful flowers from my valentine :)

husband is easy to please.

a card and an adele cd and he was pumped.

happy valentines day to myself.

name spelled right...even better.

so, my pictures make it look like we had a lame week. i guess i'm ok with that.

happy weekend.

happy valentines day.

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thankful for God's love today and always.
hope you have a fantastic valentines day with the ones you love!

 

diy flour tortillas.

last night we wanted quesadillas and i thought were were out of tortillas.  of course i found them when it was too late.
but the homemade ones were 4 million times better than store bought so it was worth it.

anyway, i whipped up annie's flour tortilla recipe. they were amazing and easy easy.

my last one turned out pretty close to round.

next step is getting a tortilla press to make them perfectly round. found one at williams sonoma, but the reviews aren't too great. anyone have one??

the girl creative

insta-friday.

spoiled by a husband who surprises me with flowers when i am overwhelmed.

the first coat of paint in my laundry room.

heads up...it looks a million times better now that the paint dried.

it's not a true representation of my week without a picture of millie. she loves her no-stuffing duck. she carries it around the house, its funny to see.

hobby lobby is back.

order has been restored to the tuscaloosa/northport area.

but there is bad for the budget news...it's literally right outside my neighborhood. i could walk, but i'm way too lazy for that.

the sky was looking so pretty the other day.

felt like i needed to share.

happy weekend.

my mom and dad are coming tomorrow. oh happy day!

diy wood sign

we salvaged this wood from the tornado so we wanted to use it to make something special.

i don't know where i first saw the wood wall art, but i love them!

i cut these small planks to nail the boards into the planks for stability.

i sanded the boards to make them smooth before stenciling a Bible verse with these bad boys (from michael's)

so here's the low down. don't run to your Bible as you read this post...

i somehow messed up twice (yes, not once but twice) and got to stenciling before I knew what was next. it was really funny, but you had to be there.

the heart of the verse is the same, its just the alana version.

after stenciling i painted polyurethane on top to seal the wood. what i liked about this kind is that there is no shine, it just made the wood a little darker and the words stand out.

the final product again.

gift to myself.

somehow i lost our crock pot. i noticed about 3 months ago...obviously i was using it alll the time.

that is going to change since i got a new one.

just found a random recipe online. mexican chicken for dinner. really hope its good.

but for real, i am going to need some crock pot recipes. any friends out there have some go-tos??

laundry room in progress.

one of my priorities this year was working on our laundry room/craft space. i am so blessed by this big room and lots of cabinet space, but somehow this room always looked like this:

i'm about 100% positive there were clothes in both the washer and dryer.

ahhhhhh. terrifying.

and overwhelming.

one thing that always drives me crazy is this cabinet in between the washer and dryer.

so...i started trying to rip it out....but then i realized this cabinet is there for a reason, it is hiding a MASSIVE pipe. and there was no way that it was going anywhere.

so i am currently looking for other options.

stay tuned for more pics.

i'm backkkk...

i have a new best friend. the sweet guy who fixed my computer, i mean we paid him...but still.

i had to get a new "top case" AKA: new keyboard. my new one is all clean and white, unlike the old one that was just plain gross.

i have some fun projects that to show you.
plus justin and i finally decided on a paint color for our room.
only took about 5 months.
now just finding a time for us to paint is the new challenge.