Smoothie Talker

Cold and flu season is attacking my throat. So I have been fighting back with VITAMINS and a touch of healthy paranoia after watching Contagion. On top of fresh kale, carrot, apple and ginger juice, and 3 squirts of Zicam every three hours, I have added this tasty treat, which is my take on the Green Monster Smoothie:

Grab your blender or Magic Bullet (two thumbs up on this single serving product!) and mash everything together.

• One Banana
• Two handfuls of Baby Spinach
• 1/2 cup of Greek Yogurt. Greek yogurt is super rich and full of 11g of protein. I like to use plain yogurt in this one because the fruit is naturally sweet (ps. like Dannon's Greek brand the best.)
• 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries and strawberries
• 1/4 cup of milk

Blend until smooth and enjoy.

Hopefully my self prescribed concoctions will do the job!

Ps. I don't recommend Contagion. Being star studded doesn't mean much.

A Day to Remember

I am trying to get back in tune with my crafty side. She went into hiding after college ended. Life huh?

Well because of this great website called Pinterest my craftiness is coming back out.

For this project you need:
1. A basic sewing machine (a product every household needs.) Mine was a cheap Kenmore from Sears. (Suggested and appreciated from my cousin Sarah)
2. A set of large stamps (or stencils.)
3. Plaid Paint (Made in the USA)
4. One yard of tan burlap (On sale today!)
5. Pillow Stuffing
6. A date that rocked your world. The one on here is our wedding date.

Homemade Chalkboard Paint

I have been looking at these amazing glasses in Southern Living and Country Living... They are just tumblers with chalkboard paint. You can write who is drinking what... So cute! But I am not able to pay the price that they were asking. So I decided to research how to make them myself. Long story short... I didn't make them. I just made Homemade chalkboard paint. Everyone from Martha to every other crafty blogger had the same recipe. "FOOL PROOF," I proclaimed and went to work




Step 1. Find a surface you would like to turn into a chalkboard. Then head to your local home improvement store and purchase Unsanded Tile Grout. Pick out a paint (you can even use leftover paint that you are storing in the basement. I suggest that you use semi-gloss paint) Clean the surface that you are painting. In a party cup mix 1 cup of paint to 2 tablespoons of grout. Mix well. (Plastic forks are great for mixing)




Step 2: Using a roller (Not a brush... yeah I know one is displayed above) coat the surface with paint and let dry. Repeat this step 3 or 4 times



Step 3: Lightly sand the surface with fine sandpaper until it is smooth.




Step 4: Decorate it and write on it! Then hang it up somewhere!




FYI: This stuff is pretty durable. I dropped the board twice and it didn't chip and it erases like a regular chalkboard.


Total Project Costs:


Board: Free it was laying in the basement

Grout (10 lb bag): 11$

Paint: 3$

Frame: Just some hotglue, twine and sticks from the yard.


Total: 14$ with a ton of grout left over for more projects.

Next project: Homemade Chalkboard Paint on Tumblers!!!

Old Timer

I walked into the house today to see my dinning room table covered in Chicago Cutlery. These knives were given to me by my grandmother. They were given to her as a wedding present 60 some odd years ago.

I created a scene of my Grandfather sitting at his dinning room table sharpening those same knives for my grandmother, just like Mike had done earlier today. Dale Price was a manly man. He had strong hands, even though they always shook. He treated ladies like ladies. And he knew how to sharpen knives. We all know that real men know how to sharpen knives.

I saw Granddaddy Dale tonight as I looked at those knives. I could see his white hair, liver spots, bruised hands and lanky figure. I could smell him, his soap, the hardware store and the scent of his car.

It was nice seeing him tonight.

Greater Things

So, it has been a while.

Sorry.

I would post some pictures... but I sent my camera swimming in the New River!

Mike and I splurged majorly for our 5th year of marriage (WILD HUH?)... We bought kayaks. And within 30 minutes of our maiden voyage I flipped .... right after I opened the dry bag. Wamp Wa.

Good Grief! 5 (count 'em ... 5) Years. It has been a crazy ride too. and fast.

I wish someone would have warned me about that. It just flew by. I feel like yesterday I was attending his Bootcamp Graduation.

Any who. I love Mike and I hope that I love him still 5 years from now. That is my prayer!

*3.24.13: I thought that I would add this photos that recovered from the maiden voyage... right before I flipped...

Everybody is in Love Today

Soul Mates:

I don't buy it. Mike is mine. I love him. I have no plans on divoricing him.

But his soul is not my soul's mate.

WHAT!?

We are night and day different. We are living proof that opposites do infact attract.

I am:
pushy, hot headed, silly, compassionate yet judgmental, artsy and ADD.

He Is:
relaxed, brilliant, stern, unemotional, nerdy and conservative.

Our souls have different passions besides Jesus.

From our favorite cars to the way we want to raise our future kids (He thinks that a mercedes suv looks like a tracker! What the heck!?)

So here's to valentines day: Soul Mates is a silly term. Our Souls are so different, by the grace of God they work together! And our Souls and minds will change as we grow, and we will learn to work together again.

In Your Wedding Dress

... To have and to hold ...

I am not sure if I have shared this quote with you. Mike and I had this recited at our wedding.

"Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made, the prince and princess on their wedding day. But fairy tales usually end at this point with the simple phrase, 'They lived happily ever after.' This may be because fairy tales regard marriage as an anticlimax after the romance of courtship. This is not the Christian view. Our faith sees the wedding day not as a place of arrival but the place where the adventure begins."~ The Archbishop of Canterbury

It isn't about the pretty dress.

The table chart

The bachelor party

Whether or not to serve wine vs champagne

French-tip or hot pink nails

Heels, flip flops or Converses

It is about you, your husband and God looking forward together. You take what is behind you, what is with you and go, all three of you. And you don't stop.

I am going to have to remind myself that when Mike gets home. True Story.

You can't lie, I looked pretty smokin' with my french tip nails, flip flops and amazing dress (with no vail GASP)