WIWW: Week One

This is going to be more of a what I wear on the weekends because weekdays consist of white shirts and khakis for work unless I go out at night. I am going to try and dress up my white and khaki a little each day and make that a point in my posts. Let's see how creative I can get. So here goes week one:

Sunday: Church and Josh's flag football game

Shirt: Ross

Jeans: American Eagle

Black flats: Payless

Monday: Work and Valentine's Picnic

Shirt: Target

Pink tank top: Aeropostale

Cardigan: Target

Pants: Old Navy

Shoes: Target

Scarf: H&M

Headband: Me

Tuesday: Spence's birthday dinner

Cardigan: Don't remember

Dress: Target

Tights: Jordyn's wedding

Black Flats: Payless

Wednesday: Wednesday WOW dinner and Bible Study

Cardigan: Target

Shirt: Papaya

Jeans: American Eagle

Hairpin: Jordyn

That's all for this week. I hope to have something cool to share for every day next week. We'll see how it goes. 

Linking up at the pleated poppy!

Borrowing Inspiration

So, my assistant teacher and I have been brainstorming ways that we can raise money for our end of the year picnic. See we want to have this awesome picnic with snow cones, a bouncy thing, sack races; the whole works! My assistant is a baking queen who can make all kinds of things from fudge to brittle to cupcakes and cookies. This is her contribution to our fundraiser.

I started racking my brain to think of something that I could contribute. This is where my borrowing inspiration title comes in. My awesome best friend, Jordyn, has been selling all kinds of cute things in her etsy shop (you should check it out). This is where I found my inspiration. I only have seven girls in my class but all of them wear headbands and big flowers in their hair; hence my idea to make and sell girly cute headbands that my girls would see and beg their parents to buy. I have only had them in my class for two days and they have been a success. I am going to have to make some more this weekend. So, here are my first attempts at my own etsy-ish shop within my own classroom; don't judge too harshly, i am just starting.

Hope you enjoy. Off to a birthday dinner at the Melting Pot. I get to dress up which means that I will have another picture for my first week of WIWW(which is my case is what i wear weekends plus other random days). 

Seriously...This is an easy one!

I have gotten into a mindset of trying a new recipe each week. Sometimes I pick them out to surprise Josh and sometimes we pick them out together. No matter how many new recipes we try, this one is one of our favorites and it is seriously one of the easiest things that I have ever made. It is great for leftovers, not that expensive, and you can alter it and add different things each time to make it a little different. So here it goes:

No Time Pesto Pasta:

1 cup uncooked penne pasta
1/2 cup pesto (I use classico)
1/2 roasted red peppers
2 tbsp. feta cheese (I use the crumbled with tomato and basil)

1. Cook the pasta like you cook all pasta. After draining it put it in a skillet.
2. Add the roasted red peppers and pesto sauce. I usually let it heat up like this for about 5 minutes.
3. For the last minute sprinkle in the feta cheese.
4. Serve. I usually sprinkle a little more cheese on it after I put it in the bowl, but I am cheese lover.

I have added tomatoes and chicken before. There are a lot of possibilities. Hope you enjoy this and for your treat I have added a picture.

Making my house more beautiful...

I started some projects during the great snow/ice storm of 2011. I finished a while ago but I just went to Ikea a week ago and picked up some picture frames for the projects. I have to say that I am in love with the finished products. Josh is so excited about them that he is hanging them today for me. I will add pictures later of what they look like in our room. I have not started my project for the living room yet but that will be the next thing that I do. 

Winter Weather 2011...

Oh to be cooped up in the house for a week. It has its ups and downs. I have gotten an amazing amount of work done around the house, for my classroom, and the crafting has begun. Josh and I have been struggling since October to figure out things to do to decorate our bedroom. When Josh bought me my new bedspread and sheets for my birthday that are perfectly my favorite shade of yellow, I knew that I wanted splashes of color all over the room. 

While I am still on the search for an awesome colorful rug, some decorations for the dresser and an awesome mirror (because as of right now I have no mirror in my room), I have stolen an idea from my best friend to do yo-yo art. I LOVE it!! I can sit here and watch my new favorite show and work on these adorable crafts. I am so excited to finally have a direction to go with in decorating our room. Josh is excited! I love the fabric I have chosen so much. I even bought fabric that would work perfectly in my living room. I have no idea what I am going to do with them yet; maybe more yo-yos, maybe something else. 

I wish I had this much time all the time to work on things for our home, but knowing I would get cabin fever eventually I will look forward to spring break and summer in order to make more wonderful things for my house. 

On another note, my mother-in-law has a huge case of buttons and she is letting me use them for my crafting. Maybe I will be adding some to my yo-yos, maybe a remodel of something else. I could get used to this. 

Here are a few pictures of my fabric choices and my crafting thus far today! So much fun! I will definitely post a picture of my finished product!

2010 Top Ten

10: Last Year of College (Spending late nights in the Kerr basement with awesome friends and lots of coffee w/ Lost)
9: Winning both Fantasy Football Leagues (Netting me $90 U.S.)
8. Getting Employed (Even if it is Target)
7. Graduating from Toccoa.
6. Attending all our get togethers with the friends after College.
5. Moving into our new home!
4. Attending the weddings of all my favorite people.
3. Our first Christmas together and our first white Christmas.
2. Disney World Honeymoon
1. Marrying my best friend!

Good year with lots of fun. 2011 will have to step it up a lot.

A great day to end the year...

Today is a good day. Not only will we be welcoming in the new year tonight but it is the first day in twelve days that I have felt like myself. Thanks to the wonders of amoxicilin, I am on my way back to normal.

With that said, I feel like having some fun. I think lunch ( a huge one since I have not eaten my share of holiday deliciousness because I have been sick) and a movie. Then it will be friends and fun tonight to ring in the new year.

Like others I know, 2010 has indeed been a great year. Graduation. Marriage. Watching all my best friends getting married. Setting up my first home. My first teaching job. My second teaching job (long story). My first Christmas with my husband. My first White Christmas. It's been a pretty good year but something tells me that 2011 will have some wonderful things in store for us as well.

Until next year....