Friday's Letters

Happy Friday!  It's time for some letters.......

Dear Eric, I am so glad that I can be my ridiculous, silly self around you. I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine, especially after the crazy, stressful week I have had.

Dear Pinterest, Thank you for putting all kinds of delicious recipes right at my finger tips.  Before I found you I was in a cooking slump, and was trying a bunch of random crazy recipes from who-knows-where that weren't very good.  [It actually got so bad that Eric asked me to stop tying new recipe and just sautee a chicken breast in the skillet and steam some veggies every night....B-O-R-I-N-G.] Since you came into our lives we have had countless delicious meals that we both LOVE!  I also appreciate the fabulous wedding shower project ideas you've given me lately!

Bangin' Shrimp...aka a healthier version of Bonefish Grill's Bang Bang Shrimp...aka Dinner last night!

My wedding card book that I made this week!
Super easy, super quick, super cheap.  The only things I had to buy was a box of the rings to hold it together and the "yours, mine and ours" embellishment that I found on clearance....total amount spent? about $3!

Dear Alabama, Thank you for allowing me to have completely random holidays.  I do think that the reasoning behind the one we have coming up on Monday is a bit ridiculous (Confederate Memorial Day....seriously).  Is it just me or would it make a lot more sense to have off Good Friday instead? But no worries, I will take it and enjoy it and [hopefully] get a TON of things done since everyone else will be at work. =)

Dear Cricut Imagine, You better get ready because you are going to be tired after this weekend.  I know I have neglected you the past few weeks, but with showers and bachelorette parties coming up soon you are going to be working overtime!

Dear Mom,  Thanks for always being there for me.  You always know what to do--even if it just listening to me rant on my way home from work every day =)

Dear Peanut, Please stop trying to sneak food out of Hawk's bowl.  I know you hate it, but you are on a diet for a reason and sneaking bites of Hawk's food will not help you get those extra lbs off that will help you back.

Dear Hawk, I absolutely love the sheer joy you get out of fetching your ball in the pool. I could watch you play for hours.  You act just like a little kid when we tell you it's time to get out and linger on the pool steps until we practically have to haul you out.

Have a fantastic Weekend!

A Swag Bag and the End of an Era

I got home the other night and had a box waiting for me at the back door.  It was my People Magazine Swag Bag!  They had an online giveaway a few months ago and I registered and completely forgot abut it until the bag showed up at my door!  It was not a bad haul either: a bottle of hand sanitizer (the germ-a-phobe in my was thrilled), foot scrub, a bag of popcorn, and 2 movie tickets (which would be awesome except for the fact that there are not AMC Movie theaters within a 100 mile radius of here).   So yay for surprise swag bags that I was not expecting!

On a not so happy note, yesterday was a sad sad day for the game of women's basketball as Pat Summitt, the head coach for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers officially stepped down as the head coach. She was given the title of Coach Emeritus and will still be involved with the program, but no longer as the head coach due to health issues (she revealed in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease).  She inspired so many little girls to play the game, and continued to set the standards of women's basketball higher and higher during her career.

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A true living legend.

What I'm Pinning Wednesday

I've been so busy with this that and the other lately that I realized this past weekend that I had not been on Pinterest in nearly 2 weeks. *GASP*  I know I know, it's astonishing to me, too.  But don't worry, I have found my way back from the dark side and found a little time to peruse the site the other night.  This little cutie pie was kept me company on the couch.

This is my next project.  I have already purchased the ring to put it together and I have my cardboard.  I just need to sit down and make it now!  I am a pack-rat and have kept all of our wedding cards in a bag in the closet for the past 2 years.  It may take a couple of albums, but I can't wait to have a way to keep all of our cards together!

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This outfit just screams summer to me!  I need it.  

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I think I could live in a skirt like this.  Now I just need to figure out where to purchase one. 

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Turquoise and Gold....is there any better jewelry combo?

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Banana Pudding Cheese Cake

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This cracks me up!  I think every girl in America (or anywhere else in the world for that matter) would have figured out how to get Leonardo DiCaprio's hot self up onto that door to save him! 

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I am glad to know that apparently I am not the only person who saves everything "just in case." And yes I have a book shelf in our house with all of my text books from college that pertained to my major and minor. 

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The day I figured out I could send texts to my email I stopped forgetting a lot of things because:

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I may not have a ton of pins to share this week, but I have several pinterest-worthy pics that I took this weekend at my FSIL's Bridal Shower.  The house where they had the shower was insane.  Someday when I grow up and win the lottery I am going to have a house like this.  

This was the pool area which included a concrete pool, 3 enormous wrap around outdoor couches (you can see one of them on the left hand side of the pic), 4 (yes 4) rod iron table and chair sets with umbrellas, 3 long 6-seater table and chair sets under the deck, all incredibly landscaped and over looking the rolling hills behind their house.  I was ready to move in that day. 

All of the long 6-seater tables had these awesome wooden vases full of fresh cut flowers in them....how cute is this?

6 foot wine fridge built into the wall, don't mind if I do!

When you came down to the "basement" ( I use the term loosly because a small house could have fit into the area that you saw when you came down the stairs.  I am calling it the basement because all of this is under the rest of the house.) there was a huge section of the ceiling that was made of wooden planks.  I was instantly in love. 

Now I know a lot of people have bars in their basement but this place had a full kitchen/wet bar that was nicer than a lot of kitchens that I have seen. Someday....someday.

Happy Wednesday!  

Grrr....

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Bear with me, I am having an off a day....I hope to be back to normal tomorrow.