Today is bread making day! For some reason the bubs is REALLY into making Amish Friendship bread lately. He came into the room to hand me the phone this afternoon and was sporting my apron. I don't know....I really think the cherries bring out his eyes, don't you?
This picture is bittersweet. These are my cute "layoff loser" friends from work (a name I dubbed us). Tomorrow is going to be the last day for some of our layoff group, so we decided to go to lunch to celebrate the end of an era. It was actually a lot of fun. We went to Z'Tejas down at the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake. After a very yummy lunch we walked around, window shopped and then finished the afternoon with some chocolate covered strawberries. I'm going to miss this group a lot. My mom and I were talking about it the other day and she said it the best. It sucks when life has to change. It really does. I'm sure going to miss these gals. I'm REALLY going to miss these two super sweet people:
I love these two. We've been friends now for four years. We've eaten lunch together almost every day. We've shopped together. Commiserated together. Laughed together. Cried together. Okay, now I'm making myself cry. Thanks you guys for being so great. I really do love you and am going to MISS YOU GUYS LIKE CRAZY!
I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes I just don't handle stress very well. When I'm stressed, I like to eat.a.lot. Not the good stuff either. The worse the stress, the more pasta, candy and bread products sound REALLY good! This past week was pretty bad. There's been a lot going on lately and everything came to a head on Friday. So, I ended up taking a half day and going to lunch with the bubs. I started out the week doing REALLY good on my fertility diet and by the end of the week I was drinking coke (it was diet!) and eating crap. I'm also kinda bummed because I wanted to start going back to the gym in the morning this week. But, with daylight savings, it might a full week for my body to get used to the time change. I'm hoping this week will be a little better because I'm tired of just about everything right now. So, here's my question to you. How do you handle stress? Without stuffing your face, I mean? Oh, I'm also really bad about shopping when I'm stressed. For some reason spending money (especially on crafts and decor) makes me feel a TON better! Maybe that's why I decided to completely change the kitchen this weekend???? On the plus side, I'm really digging the new orange happy color in the kitchen and our bedroom is pretty much done (see previous post).!
When we first looked at the house, I HATED the color in the master bedroom. It's a blue with gray undertones which I thought was really cold. Of course the bubs loved it. So, we compromised. I started looking around and decided I would go with a warm cream and then accent with a chocolate brown to warm up the color. I can honestly say this room is now one of my absolute favorites. It's really relaxing and soothing. 
I found this at a vintage discount store and fell in lurve with it. Once I had it in the room and decorated, I couldn't decide what to do with the other side. My mom was actually the one who suggested a reading nook since I love reading so much and have never really had a "spot." She's so smart!
The previous owners actually had a tv mounted to the wall where the picture now is. I have no desire for a tv in our room. In fact, every marriage book and marriage guru I've ever heard speak specifically says NOT to have one. But, I needed something to cover up the big hole in the wall. After wandering around the D.I. for a couple of weeks I scored a picture with flowers on it. I scrapbooked over the flowers and then added pictures of us. I then found the frame and H, changed the look with some spray paint and then added the vinyl. I fell in love with the quote and wanted it somewhere in the room.
The tray, clock and wooden box all came from the D.I. I spray painted the tray and then added scrapbook paper in blues. I was going to put it in the bathroom but thought it looked cute with the candle and all the perfumes. The clock was a hideous mustard color with a boring face, so of course that had to go! A little spray paint and blue scrapbook paper and it's officially "room ready."
Finally, an overall look. I think the most expensive things in the room are the bedspread and the picture above the bed. I found the picture at Tai Pan....it was on sale and then I also had a coupon, WAHOO! The bedspread is from Kohls. It was REALLY hard finding something I liked in colors to match the room. I still don't love the bedspread, but it will do for now (until I can find something I REALLY like)
Of course there is more I want to do. I want a new (king size) bedroom set and I'm eventually going to re-do the hope chest sitting at the end of the bed. I'm going to paint it with a chocolate base and then add a cream crackle. But, all that will come in time. My next goal is to get the mater bath,laundry room and craft room painted. We just picked the colors and I've already got all the decor. Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the tour!
I've just started reading it but have to laugh because it has a lot of duh's in it (duh, as in just basic common sense). It's funny because the book basically states that fertility boils down to eating right, exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight. Wait a minute....isn't that the word of wisdom? So, until the dust settles job wise (and more importantly, finance wise) I'll be trying it the old fashioned way (that kinda came out the wrong way!) This is actually really good for me....I've needed some motivation for a while and I think this just might be it! On a side note, I'm kinda excited. Both the bubs and I have decided to go back to school. The bubs will be majoring in music performance (he wants to get on with the Philharmonic Orchestra in London) while I've struggled with what I want to be when I grown up. Well, I've finally come to a conclusion and while it scares me, I also feel really good about it. I've decided to double major in business and finance and minor in accounting. Now it's getting up to the school and getting enrolled, I'm so freakin' nervous!
So, right now, my hair pretty much looks like this. Why? Because I got me a perm. Yup, that's right, a perm. I know what you're thinking....why? Well, my hair is getting to the point where it's pretty long. It's.also.stick.straight. It doesn't matter how many hours (yes, HOURS!) I spend curling it, it will seriously fall ten minutes later. So, I went to my hair dresser and asked for a perm (it was either a cut, a color or a perm. For something new, I went with the perm). We had to set up another appointment for the big event as she didn't have any solution on hand (seeing as how perm's aren't REALLY the big thing right now - in fact, I think the last time I actually got a perm was the late 80's!) I completely forgot about how much perms hurt, and suck, and smell, and take forever, and.....we'll, you get the idea, right? So, because my hair rocks and seemed to take really well (we used the really loose big rods, I had no desire to pull the whole poodle look by using the smaller rods) it's completely frizzy looking right now and HUGE (especially when I brush it out! Yikes!) I have to wait a couple more days before I can wash it and then hopefully the beast will be tamed.....hopefully.
