We are so very excited to welcome Scarlett Rose to the family 

in late August!!

Bleach Pen Shirt

My friends and I went to the premiere of Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 2! We couldn't simply show up and watch at 10:00 on a school night. We had to make shirts! We tried a Pinterest craft that I have seen around for awhile. This shirt is a dollar general $4 shirt. We used shelf paper to make a stencil and stuck it directly on the shirt. We then used a Tide Bleach Pen to fill in the space. We ended up letting it set for about 2 hours. We then washed them and they were ready to wear. I think they turned out super cute for first time bleachers. I just made a new bleach shirt tonight. I will blog about it soon!

The Magic of Christmas started today!! Thank you 95.5 for the soundtrack of the holidays. I completely immerse myself in the holidays for a little over one month each year: music, clothes, coffee, food, desserts, crafts, decorations, etc.

Camping

Trevor and I LOVE camping! Because of the weather in Texas, we don't get to go often! The summer months (April-October haha) are too hot and the other months are busy because of our school schedules. This was actually our first time to go with our new baby Violet. She turns out to be a crazy camping dog! We stayed at a new park called Jim Hogg. It was pretty nice for a campground. Of course, no campgrounds live up to the golden paved paths in Colorado. For Texas, it was fine. I hope we camp a bunch this year!!

Bows

We had neon day at school and I love to go all out. I was neon from head to toe. I decided that I also wanted to make a bow. I loved making bows and I decided to start making them for my dog. I got this precious owl print ribbon to practice with. I ended up making a few different styles for Violet and a matching "mommy" bow for me! Oh please don't let me have a daughter some day or we will all be in trouble!

Pumpkins

My sister came in town from Arizona just before Halloween. One of her favorite things to do is carving pumpkins! She carved an owl pumpkin, I carved a spider pumpkin, and my mom carved a good old fashioned Jack-o-lantern.

Well...everyone who knows me knows that my birthday lasts exactly one month and is planned at least 6 months prior to the actual date! I love this saying, it's even better than 7 months of celebrating :)

Pet Fair

Now that I have Violet, a dog who is not a cat, I feel like I have to take part in dog activities. I have started her in doggie kindergarten with McKinnley and Denali. She is a very intelligent and sweet girl but has some focusing issues. She is very impulsive and has some attachment tendencies... That teacher can't fool me. She is feeding me my own parent conference lines! Anyway, besides school, I have become an active member of the Plum Creek Dog Park. We had our Annual Pet Fair last weekend and my assignment was doggie muffins. I waited until the night before, of course. I was sitting in the Target parking lot with no recipe and no idea. I found a few ideas on my phone and decided to mix them all together to make the ultimate muffin. I bought all the ingredients plus a new collar, leash, dog PJs, and candy corn. When I got home I began cooking. I made 4 batches (over 50 muffins.) The smell was intoxicating. A little banana, honey, oats, peanut butter, and a dash of beef and gravy baby food. The dogs were drooling. I boxed them up and delivered them bright and early to the Pet Fair Muffin Eating booth. I think my favorite touch was the dog food as sprinkles. I didn't have very big shoes to fill. Last year, the muffins were so gross that most dogs would not eat them. This year, the competition was steep. Most dogs inhaled the muffins in a few gobbles. Stanley swallowed his in 6.5 seconds! The winner was a big dog who scarfed his down in 4.1 seconds! Violet daintily chewed and swallowed hers in 45 seconds, but she enjoyed every bite!
Dog-O-Meter: Scent-sational and dog-gone good!

Besides the muffins, we took part in most of the festivities. Violet lost the small dog costume contest to a bunch of weiners- literally... She lost the big dog costume contest to 2 goofy Australians. She lost the pup trot to a homely piece of shit-zu. But she did get lots of free treats, toys, vet visits, flea meds, and a microchip!

Pj Dog #2

Thank you Angel Millini for whispering an important message in Violet's ear. She just knows how important Pjs are to me and she wore her first Pjs with ease and a smile on her face. She even did the Moto growl as I tried to take them off of her.

It's Fall Y'all

My favorite food season is upon us! Bring on the pumpkin spice, salted caramel, and apple crisp.

ACL

This weekend is ACL fest. I am sad to be missing it. Some year soon I will ACL again!! Until next time.

Snake on a Porch

We went to the dog park this week like usual. Upon our return, we had a great surprise on our doorstep. We have hear many many stories of rattlers in our neighborhood. We were happy to see that this was a harmless rat snake. I wanted to kill it and Trevor wanted to spare its life. Trevor won. I just hope that we don't come home to baby snakes anytime soon.

Headband Curls

Pinterest Project: IT WORKS!

I put a loose rubber headband around my forehead and then wrapped my hair around it over night. It was very comfortable to sleep in! I pulled the headband off and ran a brush through the curls once. The curls were nice loose curls. They didn't last near as long as flat iron curls, but they took a total of 2 minutes in the morning! I give them a B-.

Funfetti Blondies

Dish: Funfetti Blondies
Pajamas: Polar bear shorts and pink top
Recipe: Sis and Pinterest

I have seen all types of yummy blondies on Pinterest. Sis made some a few weekends ago and told me that I would love them. I looked in my pantry and I just happened to have all of the ingredients. I used a Funfette cake mix, one egg, 1/2 c white chocolate chips, 1/2c milk and 1/4 c oil. I mixed it all up and let it bake on 350* for about 20 minutes. When they came out of the oven, they were super gooey so I let them sit for about 10 minutes. Once they were a bit easier to pick up, I devoured mine :) I am not a huge chocolate fan, so this to me was like gold. It is the consistency of a brownie without the chocolate! I will definitely make these again. Thanks for the recommendation Sis!
Trev-o-meter: Not available due to the sweetness of the recipe :)

My sweet freckle face Violet

Best Friends

My 2 loves

Here's my #, so call me maybe

I'm not a huge fan of this song, but I love the Disney pics :)