Awfully Quiet.

Published on April 25, 2011 in Daily Rambling. Closed

Anyone else here the crickets chirping?

You know what they always say… it is always the most quiet before the storm.

(I haven’t been making anything lately. Just taking a much needed hiatus from the digital world… I will return soon. Promise.)

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Oatmeal Cream Pies

Published on April 6, 2011 in Recipes. Closed

When Jenna of Eat Live Run posted this recipe for oatmeal cream pies, I knew I was doomed.


And if I wasn’t doomed from just looking at the recipe, I might have reached dessert nirvana while enjoying these. That cinnamon buttercream filling? I can think of a million different applications for that. (Just FYI- though her recipe didn’t call for it, I took a pint glass and smashed my dough balls into flat cookies before I baked them.)

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When I Grow Up…

Published on April 5, 2011 in When I grow up.... Closed

I want a pair of these.

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10,000 steps

Published on April 5, 2011 in I'm healthy. Closed

I knew that I had to do something to get myself in better shape. No matter how much I walk around the office, it isn’t negating the fact that I sit at my desk for 8+ hours a day. Of course, to compound the problem, I am in the car for about 5 hours a day. When is a girl supposed to get in exercise?

So I am a technology geek. If there is something out there that will make things more efficient- more entertaining- I am most likely going to figure out a way to get it into my life. Heck- I am writing this from my new iPad because it makes my commute on the train more enjoyable (and productive). Bear with me… This is leading to something.

There are a lot of options out there in the fitness arena to make exercise more measurable, which translates to more fun for me. The two objects that I reviewed the most were the FitBit and the Bodybugg.

I am happily working with the Fitbit. The price was right. And after a couple of hiccups at the beginning, it has been working pretty flawlessly. It certainly helps me see how much I really walk during the day… And just how lazy I really can be on a Sunday. Someday I might need more analytical power, but right now this little guy counts my steps, the calories I burn, and my fitness level. Then it uploads all of the information to a website, where I can log my food intake and balance the number of calories I eat with the calories I burn.

Plus… It keeps track of how many times I wake up in the middle of the night and rates my sleep efficiency. Crazy!

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Wedding Crafts

Published on March 21, 2011 in Crafty. 1 Comment

This photograph is a collage of the decorations that my friends and I made for my wedding. (You can click to make it bigger!)

Porter’s mom made the bouquets and boutonnieres. They were perfect. And she did a great job on such short notice!

I designed the “entertainment fans” with a word search, wedding madlibs, and tic tac toe. My dad drilled the holes in the tongue depressors and pencils. Then our out-of-town guests and my family helped assemble them the night before the wedding.

The terrariums were planted and maintained by Porter. I am glad she was in charge of these, seeing as once they became mine, it took me all of about a week to kill them all. She put in an amazing mixture of moss and leafy greens. Each table had a different one. It was perfect.

Porter’s mom also made me about 150 white napkins from twin sheets purchased at IKEA. (Again – AMAZING!) Then my mom spend hours over the course of the week before the wedding folding them into fans. The little box on top says “Thank You”. I made those using the Cricut and put our favors inside.

The triangle flags that adorned each of the chair backs were also made by Porter’s mom. (She has a serger so she got all of the fun serger jobs.) Lisa and Jess traced out all of the triangles beforehand. The day before the wedding Kelly, Victor, Porter and Lisa (maybe Jess, Alicia and Brad too?) figured out how to get those suckers to hang on the back of the chairs. All I know was it was a joint effort to get them to hang.

Those magnets with mine and Eric’s faces? Those were our favors and possibly my most favorite of all of the crafts we did. Sierra came over one afternoon and we plugged away at making these. First I designed the graphics in Illustrator. Then I had them printed on fabric via Spoonflower. I made sure the circles were the correct size for the button covers I had. I glued magnets on the backs of the button covers and Sierra came over and helped cut out all of the Erics and Michelles and put them together. I love seeing them on our wedding guests’ refrigerators when we go and visit!

The last highlight is of the photobooth that we designed. It was a piece of plywood painted in chalkboard paint with a super cute frame placed around a cut out. It also had a chair rail, so it looked like a section of wall. Porter made a bunch of mustaches on sticks along with a monocle and some glasses. We tried to get everyone in the “booth” for photos. We have some super cute pictures of a guests!

There is so much more to come… The next wedding hightlights will be of the cakes that my friends made… so yummy….

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Disgruntled.

Published on March 21, 2011 in reader input. 2 Comments

So I am trying to update my blog via the WordPress app on my ipad and it is totally not working. I hope I can figure out a reasonable workaround soon because it is really frustrating.

Do any of you have ideas?

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