Little Updates

Hi! My life hasn't been that crafty or exciting recently. I work, go to school and workout. I joined Weight Watchers for the 2nd time, 3 weeks ago. I have been really working the plan and I am only down 4.2 lbs. It's really bugging me. My goal this week is just to relax and go with the plan. I am making healthy changes, it's just that I want to be skinny again NOW! :)

Josh and I have been doing some online shopping together. We bought a clock for the living room on ebay. I have no clue what it looks like but Josh said that he liked it in person. Josh has been working on the house and sends me update pics periodically! I can't wait till next month to go back to Louisiana and spend time with him and set up the house.
Here's what Josh has done with the place thus far:

The house didn't have towel bars or toilet paper holders.  Josh had to install these.

Towel bars and sweet Asher. I am sure that the cats were a huge help

Livingroom with the new clock on the wall. It's supposed to be 24" wide.

Josh's totally iced over truck. This is when a garage is nice to have. The other car was nice and ice free in the garage.

I am going to go pickup Girl Scout cookies today! Terrific! I am only going to eat one a day! My cookie of choice.. Carmel Delites!!

Picture remake continued......

Blogger was not being my friend last night. I wanted to show off the the new name sign I made first but blogger wanted to put my thrift store finds first. So.. I found a hand towel holder that I think could be cute as a necklace holder. I am going to spray paint it black later on. I wish it was a little taller. I might actually use this for a towel holder.

This is some kind of wrought iron-thingie. I thought that it could hold toliet paper but I forgot that the cats like to destroy toilet paper. 

This is the rack with dishtowels rolled up inside because Josh always asks "What are you going to do with it?"

Finished product. I pulled out the old angel picture and turned into a name sign. 

Closer view of the letters. I cut them with the Cricut.

Supplies: houndstooth scrapbook paper, modge podge and brown wrapping paper. I thought I was going to use the triple thick but I didn't need to seal it because it was behind glass. 

I am back!

After all of the craziness of the new year, I wanted to strive to be more consistent with my blogging. I got back from LA and I couldn't find the USB cord for my camera. I didn't want to bore people with posts about how much I miss Josh and the cats being here. If you were interested in that, I do miss him a lot. I have been busy taking care of business here but I do wish that he was here for date nights on the weekends. We text a lot and call each other so it makes it a little better! So I found the cord today! So let's get on with it!

Since I have been back from Louisiana, I went to Ohio to visit my sister and my new brother in law. I had a great time in Ohio hanging out with Emily, Jack and Declan and crafting with the Cricut. We did some craft shopping and thrift store shopping. I didn't take any pictures while I was there because we were busy having so much fun. Emily needs to come visit me so she can bring me the stuff I left at her house. I am excited that she's only 5.5 hrs away now. I need to work in more visits before I move to Louisiana. Here's some pics of what I have been up to!

Went shopping at Target. I am going to go back next paycheck to get this for Josh! Joking! I saw this and knew it would make him gag!

I did buy these vinyl wall decals. They are only $3 something at Target right now. The biggest key is about 12 inches long. They are really cute. I think that my house may too many J's and I wanted something different on the walls.

I have outgrown these two signs/pictures. They didn't make the cut for the move. I decided that I wanted to remake them.

 Blogger is not letting me add anymore pics to this post! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! When I come back there will be pictures of this remake! 

Home from Louisiana!

I left Josh and the kitties yesterday to come home to Blacksburg. I wasn't ready to leave. I wanted to stay and get the house set up. I guess I just have more time to make decorating plans. I was sad to come back to Blacksburg because I am so done with being here. Blacksburg at times has been the vortex of hell for me. I did meet the love of my life at school there but I am really ready to be done with school and get on with my life with Josh. I have 5 more months here. I am going to try my best to be positive and enjoy the "lasts" I have here. I  have the following things to work on and try to enjoy in my last 5 months here:

• lose weight and get better at working out
• last semester of my master's degree 
• visiting my sister who now only lives 5 hrs away from me. That's really close when compared to Idaho!
• having fun with my great friends 
• focusing on training my dogs to behave. I know Josh will be happy when he sees this.
• hosting a bunco party at my empty apartment in March

On my flight home from Louisiana I flipped through Delta's Sky Magazine. They actually .a lot of good articles in it. I really like Oprah's article on being positive and happy. Steps to being happy as per Oprah.

Online home shopping

Josh left me to go check in with his unit. I am hanging out in bed with the cats, looking at house stuff on the internets.
We have a little covered patio area at the new house. I want this chairs from Home Decorators. I think that they would be cute to put around a little table. We could also use them inside if we needed extra chairs for the dining room. I want comfortable chairs outside. I hate little tiny bistro folding chairs.

http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Garden_Side_Chair/200/

I am on the hunt for a shower curtain. I am not 100% on what I want to the master bath. It has to be Josh approved. He doesn't do floral, pasiley, polka dot or anything frou-frou. I found this shower curtain online at Walmart online. It's only $18.00 and it's 100% cotton so it's not a nasty polyester mess. I can get it shipped to the store and not have to pay shipping and handling if it's ugly in person.

We had the house inspection yesterday. Pretty much everything checked out with our really nice home inspector. He found a crack in one of the guest room windows, that's the only major thing. I doubt
we will close tomorrow. Josh has a reservation for him and the cats until the 17th. Keep your fingers crossed that we can close soon!

PCS Quesadillas

Cute door hanger "Shhh...that's an order!"

Since the 1st house fell through, we are staying at the Fort Polk Holiday Inn. Eating out can get old and expensive so we decided to make dinner in our hotel room. With only a mini fridge and a microwave, we whipped up a real Mexican fiesta. For this recipe you will need:
Flour tortillas
Shredded cheese
Sour cream
Salsa
Precooked chicken chunks or steak pieces. These are usually around the lunch meats
at the store.
To Prepare: lay a  tortilla on a paper towel or paper plate, whatever you got. Sprinkle some cheese on, probably about 1/4 of a cup. Sprinkle on some chicken chunks. Microwave for about a minute, watch it because microwave cook vary. You can spoon salsa and sour cream over the chicken before you fold over the tortilla. I spoon, Josh dips. We had carrot sticks on the side.

We went looking around the PX (the Army store on base). I found these amazing sunglasses! Juicy Couture for only $50.00. I think that they are just what I need to attract sassy new friends on the base. Josh commented that I would meet the wrong sort of friends! I had to put them back for now!

More pictures

Blogger gets a little crazy when I load too many pictures in one post. So here is a continuation of pictures:

Master bedroom

Master bathroom vanities. The mirror really need something. They look unfinished.

Checking out the tub. Josh was sweet enough to take all of these pictures so I could measure and scheme up plans!

More pictures to come. When I do frame out the mirrors, what color do you think I should make the frames?