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I'm already lookin' forward to sleeping in on Saturday... at the lake.

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High Five it up!

It's nice to be a part of the "Friday means 2 days off" club...

What makes me most happy for this Friday, is that my mom is here! I'm very excited to spend some time with her. She is a cool lady and I enjoy our relationship.

ONE. Employment.
Mike started his new job on Monday.

So thankful that both of us are employed!

TWO. 100^th Birthdays.

My great aunt Lizzy turned 100 last week!
On Saturday, there was a party put on by her church. They are such sweet people and I’m so glad that she is surrounded by people who love her.

Because of this fun party, we had quite a bit of family there.

THREE. Window Shopping.

Mike and I always have fun window shopping together. 

Check out these super cute chairs from TJMaxx!

FOUR. Mitzy.

Boy does she make our lives interesting!!

While I was reorganizing/cleaning out the mudroom closet this week, she was having a blast exploring and being a fun pest. But I use pest in a fun way. When I searched the thesaurus, some nasty words came up, so a fun pest she is!

FIVE. Cooking.

It’s so great to be cooking again! I don’t think I realized I missed it.

I feel like it’s one of the ways I show Mike I care about him and love him. While he was in limbo between school and work for 2.5 months, he always made dinner. Don’t get me wrong, it was awesome but I’m just glad to be doing it. J

What is your favorite recipe? Feel free to share in the comments! 

I would love to try them out.

Victory

I have a riddle of sorts for you today.

 

What does...

 {Mitzy. our crazy, crazy kitzy}

+

 {cardboard}

 +

{pink blingy scissors, that hubby did NOT use}

 

+

 {determined, gangsta hubby}

=

are you ready for this..?

{cardboard protected box spring}

AND

{a victorious husband}

{it was bed time when I took this pic and time for the ultimate test.}

{Mike - PASS. Mitzy - FAIL}

Mitzy has a bad habit of "plucking" our box spring.

I say plucking because she doesn't really scratch it 

but she puts her claws in the box spring and then pulls.

It wakes both of us up, drives us crazy and causes harm to our box spring.

 

 

Thanks to hub's mastermind, she can no longer "pluck" our box spring. 

Well, most of our box spring. 

Now she does it on the exposed sides of our bed...

 I refuse to have a cardboard bed.

 

 

Did you know you can actually purchase a bed made of cardboard?! 

Just Google it!

DIY Embellished Dish Towels

It's time for a tutorial!!! 

It's been a while people!

I have made a few sets of these Embellished Dish Towels. 

This set was for my Great Aunt Lizzy. 

We celebrated her 100th birthday this last weekend!

 I know this seems an odd gift for such a mile stone, but she will be moving into a retirement community and everyone could use new dish towels! 

Ok, moving on!

{supplies}

Here are the supplies you need:

Towel(s)

Fabric(s)

Scissors

Thread

Coordinating ribbon or something similar

Pins

Sewing Machine

Rotary Cutter (optional)

Cutting Board (optional)

Let's get started!

1) Open the dish towel to determine how wide you should cut the fabric.

Be sure to cut it wide enough to "wrap" the edges around 

the sides of towel (you will be sewing it down). 

Cut and pin fabric to towel.

{blurry shot of pinned edges, sorry!}

2) Sew the fabric to the towel. 

Be sure to keep the needle of your sewing machine 

in the "down" position when turning the corner.

{folded corners}

{sewn edges}

3) Cut your ribbon (or other fun accent) the same length of the fabric.

Pin and sew.

{sewing the corners}

4) You're done!

{pretty update}

{bright colors}

Now, go do the same to the other towel and fabric choices you have.

Enjoy your new towel set or give as a fun gift!

Aunt Lizzy loved hers! 

Mitzy helping out as usual. ;)

If anyone has questions about any thing in the tutorial 

(sewing, fabric choosing, whatever) let me know! 

~Emily~

Friday!

 I feel like I had 3 this week. 

Tuesday, because of the holiday; 

Thursday, because I have today off; 

and today because, well, it's Friday! 

We are headed down to Enid, OK today to celebrate 

my Great Aunt Lizzy's 100th birthday!!!! 

Leave her some love!

Now on to what went down last week...

ONE. Baptism

Husband was baptized on Sunday evening! 

Our church hosted a church picnic with baptisms in the lake to follow.

It has been such a joy to see Mike grow in his faith and relationship with Jesus. 

Watching an adult go through these processes is different 

than watching a child and it's interesting and wonderful.

TWO. Color Run Kansas City 2012

I did my first 5k on Sunday!

 I participated in The Color Run. 

It was such fun supporting a great charity (Ronald McDonald House KC) with friends. 

And of course it was great to get dirty and colorful and exercise!

Oh, and Husband is the bomb. He was up and ready to help with anything.

 

THREE. Crafting

In the last 2 weeks I have worked on 3 different projects. 

Two are complete, one is still in progress. 

This is fantastic news as I haven't done much crafting in a while.

FOUR. History

I am so grateful for that sacrifices that were made for this country to become great.

We had a great day with old and new friends.

Please continue praying for our leaders!

FIVE. Coffee

Because of the holiday this week, we didn't get as much 
sleep as we should have at different times. 
Therefor, coffee is my buddy. 
We're on a first name basis. ;)

But seriously, I've been leaving for work about 6:30am. 
I really do love coffee.


~Emily~


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