So, I know everyone has been wondering how my hair turned out. Well, it was super curly and BIG! As my friend Courtney said when she tried the no heat curling method, you end up with Farrah Fawcett hair.


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In case you didn't know, haven't heard, had your head underneath a rock for the past couple of months, Texas has been in a drought. It has been hot, dry, and oh yeah, did I say HOT? There has been lots and lots of sweating going on around here, meaning I haven't really felt up to straightening my hair or busting out my rollers. In otherwords, my ( Read more... )

Today we put the finishing touches on our living room furniture and moved everything back into place. Let me tell you, it is so nice to have the living room back to normal! I no longer have to walk around furniture, paint cloths, and all the junk that was formally inside the coffee table and tv stand. On top of that, I vacuumed the floors and ( Read more... )

 Yesterday was full of disappointments ( Read more... )

 Barrett and I attended a wedding on Saturday, and it kind of threw me off of my posting groove. It was our first Catholic wedding to attend and *ahem* hopefully our last. Don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful wedding. However, I have never been more uncomfortable in a church. There were just so many small things in the ceremony that I did not ( Read more... )

 So... ummm... that second coat of primer I said we were going to do.... it never happened. Barrett and I decided we would skip the second coat. The coffee table simply didn't need it, and we were too tired to even think of applying it last night. Instead we watched Fullmetal Alchamist: Brotherhood on Netflix and then called it a night.

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Since I finished my summer class yesterday, Barrett and I decided to begin working on redoing our living room furniture. In the next week and half we hope to paint and distress both our coffee table and television stand. Barrett starts his second year of medical school on the 15th, meaning if we're not finished by then, I'll have to finish up by ( Read more... )

As I look toward moving into my own house, I find myself so excited about decorating and making the place ours! I've found myself on many an occasion scouring the internet for DIY projects and ideas for my own house.

For example, look at these kitchen curtains made out of multiple tea towels.

And these corkboard cutiesOr the crocheted lace ( Read more... )