Boardwalk Empire

Season 2 Tease (might take a few seconds to start playing!)

SO EXCITED for Season 2!!!! If you haven't seen this show, you need to catch up! It's about gangsters in Atlantic City during Prohibition. Al Capone, Johnny Torrio, "Lucky" Luciano...along with some fictional characters that tie everyone together...money, greed, politics...it's very dramatic and I love it! :)

"She may look clean-but...!"

I've been looking for the perfect vintage ad's to frame for the office and I've found some pretty hilarious ones!

There were thousands of men "incapacitated" by VD every day during the war. They were given a ration of 6 condoms a month, but apparently that was not enough :P

Oh yeah...NO girl can resist that!

I know when I have a toothache,

cocaine drops are the only thing that gets me through the day! :P

Aren't those "ad men" so smart? They figured out that no girl wants to gain weight. Geniuses!

These did not make the cut for the office. I know you are probably shocked, but if it makes you feel any better, maybe we will save them to frame in our future children's rooms. I think they provide some really important life lessons. :P

OlioBoard #1

Olioboard.com is a really great website where you can create interior design moodboards. You can browse through furniture, paint colors, etc., that other users have already added to the site, or you can upload your own. I've been using this to see what our house could look like with a few changes. :)

The very first OlioBoard that I made was for one of our spare bedrooms. Right now this room is where all of our miscellaneous things are stored. It also still has the crazy crayola colors on the walls from the previous owners...our poor house guests probably have nightmares of rogue Sesame Street characters when they sleep over...not so good :/ Here is what I came up with...



I am OBSESSED with this white bookcase from Ikea. It's 6'x6' and is perfect for displaying picture frames and holding baskets, folders, books, etc. It would definitely be the focal point of the room and can store so much! LOVE :) Desk is also from Ikea. Instead of a boring old leather chair for the desk, I'm thinking it would be more fun to find a vintage chair and reupholster it with a bright yellow print. I really like the combination of the teal wall and the yellow chair :) I also plan on framing old magazine advertisements from the 50's and 60's for cheap, vintage wall art. It could be due to the fact that I have watched every Mad Men episode way too many times...but I think vintage ad's are really interesting.

So there is my OlioBoard for spare bedroom #1, a.k.a the office :) More boards to follow!

Peacock Blue :)

So the husband says that peacock blue is a bad choice for the living room...right now he is singing the Cheeseburger Song from Veggie Tales...do we trust this man's judgement with paint colors??? Look how gorgeous this color is!

Sherwin Williams-Oceanside
Love :)

We have cream couches, espresso furniture...it would be gorgeous!

I'm currently making a list of redecorating to-do's for the summer...hehehe :D

Letters From Home

I love my husband! One of the many reasons why...

I came home the other day to this amazing book! He compiled all the handwritten letters, motomail letters and cards from his last deployment and I had tears in my eyes from the minute I opened it. I knew that he saved everything, but seeing it all displayed like this really means a lot. This is definitely something I will cherish forever ♥ I feel like our relationship is as strong as it is today, in part, because of the deployments. You learn to appreciate the little things and ignore the trivial stuff. Communication was huge and our little moments here and there made every second that much more special. I also formed an amazing bond with my incredible in-laws during this time and I am very grateful for that ♥

The first page has the lyrics to Letters From Home, by John Michael Montgomery.

Some more pictures of what is inside...

(Apparently I was so excited to be writing the letter that I thought there was an "s" at the end of August? lol)

He even saved the "Happy Birthday" picture that the kids from my work made him :)

You have to know where you've been, to know where you're going ♥

Mad Men Yourself!

This is what happens when I get snowed/iced in for three days! Here is me all Mad Men-afied :P

You can do it too! All while fun, swanky music plays in the background :)

Mad Men Yourself.

Adios 2010!

New Year's Resolutions

(Maybe if they are published for the world to see, I will actually stick to them? hmm?)

1. Work on my horrible habit of procrastinating. It's not even a "habit" anymore, my brain just automatically thinks I have all the time in the world, until I don't...and then it's time to freak out! I already make to-do lists, but I think it would be more beneficial to organize them by importance. Yes, I'm a dork. :P

2. SEND BIRTHDAY CARDS! I am so bad at this...and it's embarrassing! I think this goes along with procrastinating lol.

3. Think CAN, instead of CAN'T. *Someone* says that I can come up with a million reasons why I can't do something, instead of finding one reason why I can. Maybe I'm channeling President Obama for this one, but this will be a year of YES I CAN! :)

4. Keep collecting children's books! I'm going to need as many as possible when I get my own classroom :) (Insert an embarrassing, goofy smile because I am so excited!!!)

5. It's just un-American to have a new years resolution without something exercise-related (lol) so...I WILL tone back up to where I was pre-Indiana. In no way do I think I'm fat these days, but I do need to make healthier choices and tone up some parts that didn't jiggle so much in previous years! lol!

So here is to an organized, positive and healthy 2011! :)