lies, lbs, and COFFEE!

so has anyone seen "lie to me"?

i'm obsessed. as in i watched all of season 1 yesterday. in one 24 hour period. and i can tell you this: it took a lot less than 24 hours. :)

onto the lbs. the 5 of them that i lost! woohoo. wish i could reward myself with something... like buttery popcorn and pumpkin crunch (which i'll be making for bible study this week. i'm in desperate need for something autumn-y and don't want to keep the leftovers at my house!)

speaking of autumn... i want to go out and buy all the fall scented candles ever known to man, bake apple crisp and pumpkin pie, put orange, grey-green, and white pumpkins all over the house. i want gourds and candy corn. i want leaves and a mantle i could decorate with them. but i probably won't buy all that stuff... except the candles. i am getting some TODAY!

also, here are the projects i am trying to complete sometime soon:

-knobs in dresser

-serving tray modge podged and painted

-empty frames on the wall

-frame with bird in it (made out of fabric)

-spray paint mirror and frames (that will go on fram wall)

-design photo blog and PICK A FREAKIN LOGO

-wall shelves up and decorated in our bedroom

whew... that just seems daunting. sigh.

okay good story: nella cordelia (this blog and story has inspired and changed me. i'm officially obsessed)

now, pictures! (don't worry, the COFFEE part is coming)

(why is this picture bad quality? no clue.)

friends forever! right fred and jacob??

hi hubzy! thanks for making dinner for me. i love the weather being cool enough to open the door while dining. (notice i call it dining instead of eating. instant class.)

love this mug i got from hubzy's aunt.

okay friends. here it is. i have officially began drinking coffee. for those of you who don't know... i have historically hated coffee. as in, when my parents would offer to pick me up something at starbucks, i'd say no thanks. (to a free 5 dollar drink!) BUT the other night i decided to re-try it with some caramel flavored coffee and creamer (at this point i want my coffee to taste like a dessert, okay?) friends... i had to pull out the instruction manual to figure this out. :) but i conquered it and now enjoy it! (decaf only, please!)

so thanks for reading my random ramblings. as always, more to come.

p.s. WHO IS SO EXCITED FOR GLEE TONIGHT?!?! (me!)

my dallas weekend...

...in pictures!

the end! :)

oh! and a furniture before and after is coming soon! :)

monday, monday

also known as day 1 of hubzy's birthday week!

also known as one of my VERY few days off!

started off with good time with jesus.

FINALLY working on painting my guest bedroom dresser... any suggestions for knobs? i'm also thinking about modge-podging the bottom of the drawers or wall papering them... thoughts?

yeaaaaaaaaah. pretty much watched almost 2 seasons of this drama today. i'm okay with it.

time for the poly coat!

peeling and cutting apples to go into trev's day one gift... i don't like apple pies, but hubzy does. so he ONLY gets them on his birthday!

apples, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon!

chocolate caramel apple pie galette

found this delicious recipe (and about a million others) here.

let me explain. the first "pie" i made was beautiful. the second one i made fell apart in transport to the cookies sheet. we can label this a fail... but on the bright side, i was able to eat a lot of the pie crust off! LOVE pie crust.

this picture is for my mother. there you go, you got to see Fred on the blog.

that's all that's left. it was pretty good for apple...

FREE find. going to sand and repaint the same shade of blue! :)

hubz brought me this little wooden stand from home. it is PERFECT for the kitchen. i tend to get lots of stuff on my mac because i am always bringing it into the kitchen to use for recipes. i am going to pray paint this and use while cooking. love.

trev and i are watching buffy the vampire slayer. the whole series. his choice.

ze end! looking forward to the end of the week birthday celebration! :)

want to go for a drive?

i got my bangs cut again.
too short. but it will grow out to the perfect length.

on my way i decided i really wanted to take some pictures... i had no models.

so...you get pictures of the side of the road. literally. enjoy the boringness (but also to beauty) of my east texas drive.

And for your viewing pleasure... my lunch:

i'm processing through some marital things. "serious" post to come...

mmm. pie.

trev-trev (the hubz) has been out of town since sunday. today he is coming back! hip hip hooray! i made a pie for him. and took abou 6,000 pictures of it. it wasn't even that cute. but here it is:

so there it is folks... peanut butter pie. i'll post a recipe later if it turned out well! :) I am also telling him what i planned for our date day Tuesday... hiking at the state park, a new restaurant, and (don't judge me) Eclipse. i think he will like it! the pie and the itinerary!

potatoes and corn for dinner.... maybe i should add something less carb-y?

oh and.... i re-did my background... it kept cutting of all my gorgeous photos :) likey?

lastly... here are some words of wisdom from yours truly: dog walks are worth the sweat due to the fact that they pass out when they come home and you don't have to worry about them climbing all over you and hair-ing up your clothes and licking you alot.

the end!