things that...

made me {happy}: a beautiful day and that dinner is already made.  hello leftovers.

made me {sad}: i may be the only person that can manage to shed tears while watching ESPN.  oh how i love the ESPY's they make me laugh and last night seth was hilarious, but the courage award gets me every stinking time.  the tears I tell you.

made me {laugh}: this e-mail with a bunch of random classified ads.  this one was my fav.

FOR SALE BY OWNER:  
Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica, 45 volumes. Excellent condition. $1,000 or best offer No longer needed, Got married last month. Wife knows everything

made me {wonder}: why it's 3 in the afternoon and I'm still in my pj's.

made me {grateful}: a hubby that i love more and more each day.

barky fife

When pug isn't busy with his secretarial work, he's on pug patrol in our backyard.  I need to make it clear that this is a job he elected for himself and one that I'm pretty sure the whole neighborhood wouldn't mind if he stepped down from.

Yesterday we heard pug begin his crazy bark.  This crazy bark can be heard when a blade of grass moves too close to pug or even when he just likes to hear the sound of his own bark.  We gave him a minute then boy went outside to find pug had indeed caught an intruder.

Said intruder.

Inspecting said intruder.  I wonder if {Mall Cops} would hire him?

It's a tough and dangerous job, but someones got to do it.

and the store for the brave

I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend.  We had a wonderful and relaxing weekend.  On Sunday evening we headed over to some friend's house.  They have quite a bit of land and a few fearless teenagers, so combine that with a ridiculously large supply of fireworks and you have yourself a spectacular show.  It was such a blast and we were so grateful that the weather was just perfect.

Then on on our way home we we were heading right past a Wally World and I asked boy if he'd mind if I just swung in real quick because our pop-tart supply was dangerously low, but what I really meant was "hey do mine pushing my cart around for me and keeping me company in Wally World while I grab a week's worth of groceries like a mad woman".  Bless his heart. 

And to my utter disbelief I discovered that Wally World can actually be an enjoyable and tranquil experience.  Go figure.  Some may say even a trip to the spa.  If your spa is lined with a ginormous amount of NASCAR paraphernalia.  My awestruck discovery that Wally World is the place to be at 11:35 on the 4th of July almost made us stand next to the sticker greeter and belt out the Star-Spangled Banner.

Almost.

{happy 4th of july}

"o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"

wishing everyone a safe & wonderful 4th of july weekend!

summer tivoing

Around mid-May I always boo-hoo about my regular tv shows ending and whine to boy how September is like FOREVER away and I might not make it without getting my weekly dosage of the Walkers or Michael Scott's hilarious antics.  Somehow I make it.  Most likely thanks to the awesomeness of my favorite summer show, {Big Brother}, which in only 8 days away!  I cannot wait!  Some families spend their late summer evenings having picnics and roasting marshmellows, mine on the other hand can most definitely be found plopped in front of the tv devouring the loveliness of HOH competitions, POV, slop and Miss Julie.  Reality tv at it's finest folks.

There's also a couple other summer shows that I've been enjoying.

1. {Hot in Cleveland}- this show is so funny.  I can't even begin to tell you what a huge Golden Girls fan I am so that the wonderous Betty is back on a sitcom is music to my ears!

2. {Design Star}- my addiction to all HGTV lures me on this one.  They seem to be doing it a little differently this year, not digging a musical instrument competition though.  I hope they start redoing actually rooms soon.

3. {Food Network Challenge}- always a yummy summer favorite.  I was so happy Melissa won last summer!

4. {Wipeout}- Is there anything funnier than grown-ups hopping across giant rubber balls?

5. {Bethenny Getting Married?}- she cracks me up with her one liners.  I'd love to have lunch with this woman.

I'm sure I'm missing some with me being the reality show junkie that I am.  I also have to share that I've discovered {Party of Five} on DVD.  Boy is totally making fun of me for this one...he's made it known I'm going to be a Party of One watching it.  I'm loving it though...I was a little too young to watch it when it first came out, but compared to what's on tv now it's like a Disney movie.  I think my {Lost} & Jack withdrawls drove me too it ha!

What's on your Tivo/DVR this summer?

meet my secretary

have y'all met my secretary before?  he really is the laziest worker ever...

see, he gets fired at least twice a day for sleeping on the job...

{there better be a really good reason for waking me up}

{i'm debating on going on strike...let me just try out this arm rest first}

{now i'm just going to rest my chin on this desk while i check a few e-mails}

{is that a bird out there?!?!...i think i see a bird}

{i'd like to discuss a raise in treats for all my hard work}

subway scripture art part 2

So many of you had asked how I made my scripture subway art, and my apologizes for taking forever to tell you.  I actually used this wonderful tutorial as an inspiration and kind of tweaked a few thing here and there.

I'm not super handy with tools and wood so I used just a simple piece of medium density fiberboard...or faux wood.  It's a little cheaper (about $9) and the end result turned out just fine.  I had it cut down at Home Depot for free then came home and primed it.

I loved her idea for creating the stenciling, but unfortunately it is so humid here I had a really huge problem with getting the letters to stick.  Next time all though it'd be a little more time consuming I might trace and hand paint.  Also, I think it would look super cute to get some stencils like these for a different look    I used a beige/gray spray paint for the top coat, then because mine looked funky (not a good funky) once I peeled the letters back I spent a good time touching up each letter.  Then to give it a more distressed look and hide the imperfections the humidity caused I pulled out my sander and roughed it up.  Finally, I went back and brushed on and then wipped off my favorite glaze Ralph Lauren Tea-Stained to finish it off.

If I missed something don't hesitate to ask.