Snow on March 1st

I woke up early this morning and peeked outside our bedroom window to see snow covering our backyard. I tried to wake Taylor up but 6:30 am was a little early and he wasn't getting out of bed. I decided to stay in bed until about 7:00 am and then knew that I couldn't stand it any longer. I got up and opened the front door so that the glass door was still closed, and watched the snow come down. I woke Miley up too and she stood at the door watching it come down. 

I decided to put her on her leash and take her out in the front yard since the backyard was still so wet from yesterday's thunderstorms. She tried to eat the snowflakes and actually starting barking at them a few times.

We came back inside to get warmed up and wait on Taylor to wake up. It was a fun morning.. and a complete surprise. I had no clue that it was ACTUALLY going to snow.. and especially as much as it did. There is no snow left on the ground but I'm glad that I was able to get a few pictures.

More Decor

As much as I loved my Easter Tree that I posted about a few days ago... I think I might love this new wreath more. I have a lunch break on my long Fridays at work (when I work until 4:30 pm instead of getting off at 12:00 pm) and I decided to go to TJ Maxx and look around for a little bit. I walked directly to the Home department to see what the Easter section looked like. I saw a few wreaths here and there but nothing that I loved. I looked around for a little while longer and then saw this box sitting upside down in the furniture section. I picked it up and saw this perfect wreath that I knew I had to have. I love it. And it was marked on sale for some odd reason. It was regular $19.99 and I got it on sale for $11.99. I could not wait to get it home and hanging on the front door.. so here it is.

Happy Easter!

Lazy

Taylor is working at Frazer this weekend so I've been enjoying a lazy night at home with dinner

and a DVD. It has been really bad weather so there was no reason to go anywhere. I think we all

need nights like this from time to time. I must say that I have enjoyed mine.

New Design

After a post that McMommy had about this designer weeks ago, I just had to take a closer look. She was running a special through the end of January and I decided that it was time to get a little "makeover" around here. I love the way that it turned out. Erin was great to work with and it was such an easy process. I recommend her to anyone who is looking for a little something new. 

Like I said today, this is my encouragement to post more often and truly enjoy what has been created. Did I mention that I love it?!? Thank you so much, Erin!

It's about that time..

My favorite holiday (besides Christmas) has always been Easter. I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that my birthday has always been so close to Easter. So as a child, my mom always had my birthday parties with Easter Egg Hunts and bunny shaped cakes. I love everything about the day, and the season leading up to it!! I had been looking for a white Easter tree, like my mom always had when I was growing up, and finally found one that I could use until I find a plain white one. I'm really excited about the way that it turned out. Thank you, Hobby Lobby! I was able to get everything on sale (with the help of the coupon)! More to come later. Just could not wait to post this picture!!

He's traveling.

Like I mentioned in the previous post, yes I am posting these on Valentine's night. Taylor left earlier this week for a week long tour with Switchfoot to Guatemala and Costa Rica. So my Valentine's day was spent sleeping in late then making a trip to Auburn to eat lunch with my dear friend Cierra. We ate lunch at Big Blue Bagel, my favorite lunch spot in Auburn. Then we walked around downtown for a little while before purchasing Girl Scout cookies from some super cute little girls on Toomer's Corner. We were able to visit and catch up for a few hours before I came back to Montgomery to check on Miley. It was so much fun to make a quick trip to see her.

I arrived home to find two card waiting in our mailbox. One was from Taylor and one was from Miley. Taylor was so sweet to mail them to me before he flew out of the country the other day so that I would have something today. So I cooked myself some dinner and rented a movie On Demand. My day was not fancy but the cards and the phone call that I received from Taylor via Skype a few minutes ago made my whole day. I can't wait for Taylor to get home. He's having a lot of fun and enjoying spending a few off days with the band in Costa Rica. I'm off to play with Miley and get some sleep. Hope that you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

drapes

I am finally posting these pictures. I finished the drapes for our bedroom last weekend but I never got around to posting them. It's been a long week and yes, I'm posting this on Valentine's night at 8pm. I'll get to that in a minute.. on to the drapes.

I finally got the bobbin on my sewing machine fixed last Friday and was able to start on my drapes later that night. One broken needle and one bobbin running out of thread later, the drapes were hung in the bedroom in time for a Sunday morning of sleeping late in our "cave". Taylor and Miley enjoyed sleeping late all week and are thankful that our bedroom now actually fills finished after a year of living in our house.  Here are the details:

I had full intentions of making a relaxed rod pocket panels for our room but once the rod was hanging, I realized that I was going to need to use drapery clips. I got two sets of 7 at Target for $5.00 a piece. I think that they turned out great for what we were looking for. It was a super easy project once I got started. I'm looking forward to making the ones for the living room once I know what the new furniture is going to look like. 

We never use that door so we decided to just make the panels cover both the door and window. 

Here is a close up of the detail on the fabric and the rod. I loved the ends of the rod.. and love them even more because I got it for 70% off. It goes great with the rest of the hardware in our room.

The panels puddle on the floor.

And here's a shot of what the panels have looked like more the majority of the time that they have been hanging up this week.

(I also apologize for the horrible quality of these pictures. My camera was not wanting to adjust to the lighting of the room.)

caffeine

Thank you, new pharmaceutical sales representative that came to our office today with the gift of 12 cups of Starbucks coffee of an assorted variety. You did bring too many cups but I truly enjoyed my grande white chocolate mocha.. so much so that I might enjoy another one this afternoon since you decided to bring so many!

Tuesdays

- Thank you Chick-fil-a for starting my morning off right with a free chicken biscuit for Free
Breakfast Tuesdays for the month of February. I loved the treat!

- Tuesdays at work are always super busy.. which can be a good thing. But when a certain co-worker talks A LOT all day long.. it seems to make the day THAT much longer.

- So thankful for a new recipe to cook for dinner and getting to make some fried dill pickles for an appetizer.

- One day closer to Friday.. enough said.

lazy

Hairspray was wonderful! We truly enjoyed our dinner out and going to see the musical. Our Saturday was spent doing a little shopping with my parents and then just relaxing around the house. Sunday was just as lazy.. we slept in and after lunch, I took a 3 hour nap before making some snacks to watch the Super Bowl. A night of cleaning up a few things and I'm ready to go to bed. Just wanted to post the only picture that I took all weekend.