Day 6 - Dinner

Day 6 is dinner. We were supposed to have leftover BBQ for dinner but I was having a "blah" day, so sweet Hubs stopped at McAllister's and picked up my fave grilled chicken club sandwich and chicken tortilla soup. If you've never tried this soup, you are totally missing out! YUMMO!

See you tomorrow! :)

Day 5 - 10am

Hope you all have had a great weekend! Day 5 of the photo challenge was 10am so I took a picture of what I was doing this morning at 10am.
My goal this weekend was to clean out our closets...like take everything out and CLEAN them! Our house was built in the early 80's so there are FEW closets and they are SMALL! Our bedrooms are big which is nice but I would give anything for our closets to be bigger!

This is what I was doing at 10am this morning. Looks like fun, huh?

I have lived here for almost 9 years and finally switched closets with the Hubs so I would have the bigger one! Guess that means I'm staying! :) If you noticed, on the 12th of the photo challenge, I will show you the inside of my closet! Good thing I cleaned it out! Ha!

Hope you all are having a fun Sunday and enjoying the Super Bowl!

Days 3 & 4 Hands and Stranger

I didn't have time to blog yesterday, so I'm combining days 3 and 4 today.

Day 3 - Hands

My hands do this all day everyday. My job pretty much requires me to be at a computer for 8 hours and I'm usually replying to emails. (NEVER looking at a Pinterest) :)

Day 4 Stranger

This took some thinking about. Today while we were out running errands and grocery shopping in the cold rain, I realized how ready I am for spring and summer! I HATE this time of year! I'm ready to pull out the flip-flops and enjoy! Right now, all of my flip-flops are strangers and I miss them so much!

Hope you are having a good weekend! Tonight is rainy and gross out, so we are laying low, ordering pizza and watching movies. Tomorrow, I HOPE to clean out some closets before we sit down to watch the Super Bowl! Go Giants! (I really am only watching to enjoy snack food and commercials) ha!

Day 2 - Words

Day 2 of the photo challenge is "Words." I really wasn't sure what to blog about until I got home today. A few days ago I found this cute printable on Pinterest and put it up. Today when I got home, Hubs had written on it!

We are going to try to write something on it each day! Sometimes it's nice to hear what your spouse is thinking - other times, not so much! ha! I just love that he is participating! :)

To make your own cute Valentine's sign, go print it here. Put it in an 81/2 x 11 frame and use dry erase markers to change it up! So cheap and SO fun!

Photo a Day Challenge - Day 1

So many blogs are participating in the Photo a Day Challenge. I'm not sure I can keep it up for one whole year but I'll at least try it for the month of February! Fat Mum Slim has set up a template to follow for February so I'm going to join in on the fun!

I'm going to TRY to take an Instagram photo each day and blog! This could really go either way so here goes nothing! :) Day 1 is "your view." Well tonight my view was oh so exciting! NOT! :)

I am NOT.a.housekeeper! But I'm a little anal about my laundry and I can't stand for it to pile up and it has gotten a little out of control so I'm getting a handle on it. TONIGHT! I hope everyone enjoyed Day 1 because I know it was astounding! HA! Hopefully, I will be more exciting soon! :)

Decorating for Valentine's

I was kind of sad to take down the Christmas decorations, which is unusual for me. Most years, by Christmas, I'm ready for my house to go back to "normal." BUT - I've moved on! :) I decorated our kitchen buffet for Valentine's! I wanted to keep it cheap but still look cute.

I found these adorable printables on Pinterest and used one for Christmas. I just upload the Jpeg to my Costco account and have them print it for around $6! There are ones for all of the major holidays and they are so cute!

I found this cute "Love" sign at Hobby Lobby for $3! I put it on an easel that I already had.

Apothecary jars come in SO handy for decorating around the house! I just filled these with colored basket filler paper (from Hobby Lobby for a couple of dollars). I tied Valentine's ribbon around the top (that I had already).

I found these glitter hearts at Hobby Lobby for $1 (have I mentioned how much I LOVE cheap) :)

These candlesticks are always on the bathroom counter but for Valentine's, I tied some Valentine's ribbon around them. I also found this cute printable on Pinterest too and put it in this adorable frame that I already had at my house.

Pinterest is a GREAT place to find ideas for decorating and I'm totally addicted! I also have an addiction to printables! :) It's such a cute and FREE way to add a little decoration to your house!

Our Christmas(es)!

Our Christmas ended up being both the weekend before Christmas and as well as Christmas weekend. We started out with Christmas at my grandmother's (my mom's mom). That family is small and we don't see each other nearly often enough so it was nice to just hang out and chit-chat.

The guys were into a football game and waiting to eat. haha!
My grandmother was so proud of her Christmas tree. :) It was pretty!
We also had our Christmas breakfast with my grandparents (my dad's family). This family is HUGE so it's mass chaos but I couldn't imagine it any other way!

This was just too sweet not to share. My cousin Noah and his wife had their second child earlier this year and these are their two kids. How sweet is this big brother? I just LOVED seeing them together! So sweet!

These are a few of my younger cousins (and my brother) and I just adore them! This group keeps me in stitches and also keep me young! :)

Enjoying each other after a HUGE breakfast

We spent Christmas weekend at my parents. On Christmas Eve, some of our family came over for our annual Christmas game night! Rob and I look forward to this night every year because it is SO much fun! We snack and play games and LAUGH all night! LOVE nights like those!

My aunt and uncle (2 of my favorite people in the world)
My mom and brother enjoying a game of Apples to Apples

More Apples to Apples

On Christmas Day, we opened our presents with my parents and brother.

Christmas afternoon, Rob's dad and his wife came over for lunch. It was SO nice to have my family and Rob's together for Christmas afternoon! I love that my father-in-law enjoys my family (and vice versa) because it makes life much easier!

Santa also visited 3 special dogs over the Christmas holiday. Yes, we set out their gifts (remember, we don't have kids) :) They got new plush toys, chew toys, tennis balls, and a new pet bed! And boy, are they enjoying everything! They were good dogs this year! ;)

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas and are definitely Blessed! This Christmas was filled with lots of great food, presents, games, but most of all family! It was so nice to get quality time with all of our family! LOVE LOVE LOVE the Christmas holidays and I'm sad to see them go!