Ringbacks

Dear patient that I have to call to remind about your colonoscopy,

I love it when I hear your rap music playing so LOUD in my ear while I wait for you to answer or to hear your voicemail pick up. Thank you for enlightening me with the latest hits.


Katie

Blog Makeover

I'm getting a design makeover. I had a deal come my way and I'm super excited about a little "makeover" around here. It'll be able 3 or 4 weeks until we see any transformation... but I can't wait!

Project 1 starts

I purchased the fabric and hardware to make our master bedroom drapes. I spent a few hours of my Saturday afternoon at Hancock Fabrics searching for just what I wanted, reading a few sewing books and just looking at patterns for a few things that I might just try and make after this first project. All of their Decorator Fabrics were 50% off and the hardware for the windows were 50% off as well. I received a $20 coupon as well when I was checking out because I signed up for my preferred customer card. I would have spent a lot more money and time in there if I knew exactly what our living room furniture will look like when it arrives into our space in a few months. But for now, I enjoyed my discounts and getting to just look at all of the fun that I have ahead of me. My goal is to get into a smocking class sometime this spring/summer and learn how to smock children's clothing. No, we are not planning on becoming pregnant anytime soon.. but a lot of my friends and family might be.. and I want to learn how! 

But one step at a time... I'm off to start on my drapes!

Singer

Yes, I finally have it. My new Singer sewing machine. After work on Thursday, I drove to my Nana's house to find her waiting outside in her driveway with her jacket on and her purse in her hand. There was something sitting on the sidewalk next to her as I pulled in. It was this white case for the sewing machine that she had picked up for me at Walmart a few days earlier. There was a blue case at Target but she said that she would prefer for me to have the white one like she has always had. So off we headed to Target.

We arrived at Target and headed straight to where the sewing machines were located. There was one left. It's a simple Singer Tradition machine that I should have no trouble re-learning how to use. We picked up a few accessory kits that she said that I would just have to have. I should have everything that I need to get started on my first project. 

I'm so excited about this purchase and all of the things that I'm going to be able to make because of it. Like I said, drapes are my first project. Since we still haven't purchased our new living room furniture, I'm going to wait before I decide to sew those since I will not hang them up if they will not match now. We'll see how the first set turns out. 

China Cabinet

My mom and I picked out an antique china cabinet back in October that I fell in love with.  She decided that she was going to get it for me for Christmas. So two days after Christmas, she delivered it to our house. I waited for a few weeks until I was able to make it back to Monroeville and pick up all of my fine china from my parents house... the day that we returned home, I spent 3 hours washing and drying the china before placing it in the china cabinet. It's so fun to actually see it out and displayed after months of it being packed up in boxes.

It doesn't hold but 6 of my 12 place settings and 6 of my 12 sets of stemware but I love the way that it looks in our living area behind our table. I knew that I needed something on top of the cabinet but wanted it to be just right for the space. 

Last weekend when my mom was in town for Alabama's Junior Miss, we looked at a few places and found exactly what I wanted. The plant came from Kirkland's for $12.99, the clock was a wedding gift that I had put away in a closet and the wooden decorations came from the 66% off Home Accents aisle at Hobby Lobby. I love the way that it all came together. I will probably be hanging a few things on the walls this weekend along with working on our drapes... that I will be sewing on my new sewing machine!

Oh Thursday..

It's been one of those weeks... one of those weeks that on Monday by 10:00 am, I was already wanting it to be Friday at noon when I am able to get off work and look forward to a weekend with nothing to do.. just spend time with Taylor.

What I'm looking forward to tonight?

1. Picking up my Nana and going to buy my new sewing machine. I've been wanting it for so long not and she wanted to make sure that she was the one that got to get it for me. Happy late wedding gift! I'm soooooo excited. I'll post pictures tomorrow afternoon after I've gone to pick a few more things up.

2. The meal that is waiting on me and Taylor that has been cooking in our crockpot since I left for work this morning. It's my first time to try cooking something all day so we'll see how it goes.

3. Once I go to sleep tonight.. when I wake up, I only have to work for 4 hours on Friday!

Vacuum Heaven

I used my Christmas money to make an important investment in our home...

I bought a Dyson DC14 Animal vacuum cleaner. I cannot tell you how obsessed I am with this machine! Taylor's sister has one and I borrowed hers a few times to help with Miley's shedding problem. After using it once, I knew that I had to have one. I waited months and finally decided that once I had money saved from Christmas, that I was going to get one. Well I bought it a few days after Christmas and have vacuumed the house every day since. It picks up so much of the hair that Miley leaves behind as well as so much dust that is in our air and our carpet. I'll never go back to a regular vacuum cleaner again!

Our Christmas Celebration

Taylor and I completely surprised each other with our Christmas presents to one another this year. We waited until Christmas morning to open our gifts to one another. I woke up at 8am and immediately headed to turn the tree on, make some hot chocolate and separate our gifts before finally waking Taylor up and dragging him out of bed. I could not wait for him to open the gifts that I was so excited to have gotten him and I wanted to know what was inside my gifts as well. We sat on the floor like little kids and opened our gifts one at a time. 

He started my Willow Tree Nativity that I have been telling him for a while that I wanted to start collecting one day. I actually used a gift card that I received from my Aunt Beth to get another piece to add to it the day after Christmas. So as of right now, all I need is the Creche and the Angel and my collection will be complete. I was/am so excited about it!! So excited, that I just actually put it up last night because I wanted to be able to enjoy it for a little while longer since I didn't get to put it out until Christmas day. 

I also received my first "little blue box". I was just about speechless when I opened up the big box that he had wrapped it inside of. It is the most perfect necklace that I could ever imagine. I've had my eyes on it for years now and did not expect to ever actually own it. I have worn it every day since.. even to work with my scrubs. :) 

I also got a new game for our Wii, some perfume and a gift card to my favorite store. He completely spoiled me and I could never express how thankful that I truly am for all of it. He loved all of his gifts that I had picked out. He got a few new Polo shirts, a new belt, a lens hood for his Canon camera lens, an orbital sander, Entourage Season 2-4 (since he got Season 5 from my mom) and a new XBox game that he's been playing constantly.

All and all, after we sat down and looked at everything that had been given to us this year.. we know that we have been blessed, spoiled and loved all at the same time. Our first Christmas together was incredible and truly one to remember!

Overwhelmed

I have too much to catch up writing about that I really don't even know where to begin. I know that the few people that actually read my blog have told me in the past few days that I need to update my blog. Every day I get online and look at my blog.. but I look directly at my daily reads and who has updated their blogs. So by the time that I am finished reading and looking, I don't have time to actually update my own. I have so much to update that I will post a few different ones today and more tomorrow.

Visit with Santa

Some of my oldest and longest friends took their little one and a half year old twin girls to see Santa this past weekend... It turned out to be a very interesting trip for Mom and Dad to get them on his lap.. and not too long to get them off of his lap, as well. But there was a picture to capture the memory.