Living The Dream in the Mad-Town
My name is Elizabeth and the following is my “Top 10” About Me:
10. I married my high school sweetheart! We've been together for half of my life. Eek!
9. Which leads me to say I'm 31. You do the math.
8. I get a sense of accomplishment to cross tasks off a list (laundry, edit photos, eat lunch, drink coffee). Anything's fair game!
7. I've been featured (twice) on Pioneer Woman's Photo Contests! I still can't believe it!! Seen here & here.
6. I can't get enough Peppermint Mocha's!
5. Go Team Edward!
4. I dabble in photography.
3. I have over a 1,000 blogs entries to catch up on my Google Reader.
2. I'm the mother of a very active toddler. She's 3 going on 13.
1. I'm ADDICTED to Pinterest and get all warm and fuzzy when I get others hooked! (An addiction disclaimer is always sent with my invitation.)
Last week I created an email account for each of my children. Not because all the email addresses will be taken up when it’s time for them to create an account (..har har), but because I want to forward memories to them that I don’t want to get lost in translation. Everyone is getting older, [...]
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens-bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens…” Join us for 12 Days of Favorite Things. Starting December 14 – December 25, we will be posting our favorite things on Instagram. (If you haven’t installed the app on your smartphone, you’ll need to start there.) Follow the format for [...]
Ikea bags seem to be a dime a dozen-so anytime I can reuse my bags, I’m all for it. Here are 10 different uses for your Ikea bag.
Over the past year, I’ve become addicted to birdhouses. For Christmas I received this English Postbox birdhouse from Kinsman Company. I love its British look. My daughter enjoys painting wood birdhouses from Michael’s-so, I thought I’d give it a go. I combined my love [...]
I have the BEST Cinnamon Coffee cake, ever (although I’ve yet to try Pioneer Woman’s “The Best Coffee Cake. Ever.”). (via) This recipe is so simple, takes no time, and makes your house smell…DELICIOUS!! My secret? [...]
First Pinterest Challenge…check! It was love at first site for me and these glitter magnets I found on Pinterest. They were originally created by Pugly Pixel and can be found here. These cuties were simple and convenient as I had everything on hand. Supplies needed: *Magnets *Glue *Paint Brush *Glitter (I used Martha Stewart’s fine [...]
So, I’ll just start out by saying…I’m not much of a pie maker. I love to eat them! A well constructed pie is a thing of beauty and a piece of art. My Angel Pie however, not so much… This is a recipe that my grandma seemed to master. I guess practice makes perfect. Angel Pie is [...]
(banner from Bower Power) A couple of blogs that I follow religiously are Young House Love and Bower Power. A couple times a year they challenge each other and their readers to a Pinterest Challenge. Basically, you stop pinning and start doing! Here are some tips to get you started: (From YHL): The only rule [...]
Put on your fat pants-March is all about food!! When my cousin and her husband got married, they compiled family recipes to be given out in a cookbook. One specific recipe that my grandma provided was for Hot Fudge. I could eat the entire batch with a spoon given the chance. It’s-that-good!! [...]
A few months ago, I started unsubscribing to the many daily deal emails that I received. It got to the point where it was so overwhelming that I couldn’t keep up and ended up just deleting them. I now only receive about four or five which include local deals & steals, kid stuff, mommy stuff, and my [...]
