2009 Year In Review

Last Year These Were My Resolutions...
-Sew/Craft more *Check!*
-Spend more time with people who are important to me *Did That*
-Cook healthier *Kinda, Sorta... We now eat more organic*
-Take a cake decorating class *Did That*
-Read more *Do Magazines and Blogs Count?*
-Learn to correctly bind a quilt *Check!*
-Drink less soda *Not so much....*

Not too bad! Here's the resolutions for this year...
-Try new recipes more often
-Really try to drink less soda
-Plant a garden
-Learn to redo furniture

And now for our 2009 Review (in Pictures):

December- Our Annual Christmas Card


November- Stephanie & Chris got engaged!


October- We Moved Into Our New Home!


September- Matt Started His New Job


August- Took A Relaxing Beach Trip


July- We Celebrated 1 Year of Marriage


June- Matt Sold His Jeep


May- Matt Graduated Law School (and we had a surprise party, hence this picture)


April- I started my Quilting Business CCQuilts


March- 10th Annual Spelling Bee (4th for me)


February- Campbell Law's Symposium and Barristers Ball


January- Snow!

Happy Birthday!

Today is Matt's 27th Birthday! Happy Birthday Babe!

Just think of all the things that have happened since your last birthday! We bought a house, you graduated Law School, you passed the bar, you got a job, you got a new car... whew!

I hope that year 27 is as awesome as 26!

Love you!

Elbow Grease

So I accidentally got spray adhesive on our hardwood floors... whoops. And I have been thinking about the best way to get it off... Goo Be Gone? That could ruin the finish...

So I turned to my most trusted friend...


Anyways, after typing in "removing spray adhesive from hardwood floors" into the search box up came a forum where people were discussing just that...

I read that Goo Be Gone can mess with the finish of the floor... crap, good thing I didn't just go ahead and use it :)

But then I read something that I really loved... Vegetable oil and a bit of elbow grease will take it right up! I couldn't believe it! But guess what folks? IT WORKED! Thank goodness!

Thanks Google!

Anyone else have a great tip to make life easier? I found another one this morning when I had noticed my Swiffer Sweeper stunk at collecting pet hair, it just pushed it away! Spritz with a bit of water and ta da, pet hair sticks to it!

Man, I love intersession :)

Merry Christmas 2009

May all your Christmas dreams come true!

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

As we speak Matt is enjoying Christmas Eve, watching Star Wars and reading... :)

We have already received some fantastic gifts! Yay Christmas! Thank you to Patti and Mike for the tulip bulbs and the awesome Appalachian Grill Tool, those burgers will taste even better with a big A on them! Thanks to Gmom and Gpa Quinn for all the gardening tools (will come in handy planting those bulbs) and the Lowe's gift card! Could be used towards a grill :)

Thanks to Ellie and Jimmy for the package of goodies that came in the mail the other day, we couldn't wait and opened it :) I LOVE the Joanns gift card! Already know what I am going to use it on and Matt is excited to pick out some new clothes with the Kohl's card :) I also loved the penguin fan pull and monogrammed soap. Ellie you can always find Q's, I have such a hard time finding them!

And did you see this week's fantastic Wordless Wednesday? That was a Christmas/House Warming gift from the McDonald family plus Hollie (you're family Hollie!). Oh how I have wanted that mixer... and now it is mine! Looks good in the kitchen too! :)

I am preparing our roast "beast" for dinner. Matt and I have our own little tradition where on Christmas Eve we watch the cartoon version on the Grinch (the only version in my opinion that is worth watching) and eat roast "beast". So that is in the crockpot smelling yummy...


Hope Santa is good to you!

Picture: http://expatjane.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html

Wordless Wednesday 28

Monday Madness

What a day! Mom and I left Sanford at 8:30am to go to IKEA to get a table for my kitchen. We decided to stop at Furnitureland South to check their outlet center since it was on the way... What a place! I have NEVER seen so much furniture! Matt and I have to go back there to check out pictures and coffee tables. I did see one table that I liked but it did not have a leaf, and I would really like to have a table with one...

So we continued on...

Now I knew that Charlotte had a Rooms To Go Outlet, so we checked there. Great things, super prices, but no colors I liked...

So on we went...

To IKEA!

Now let me say that I picked up many fantastic things, like 4 picture ledges to go by our TV

Picture: http://simplynaturaldecor.blogspot.com/2008/11/if-youve-read-my-blog-before-you-might.html

Also picked up one of these for the kitchen... Kari & Nathan might recognize this :)

Picture: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/organizing/luns-magnetic-chalkboard-landing-strip-from-ikea-047036

A magnetic knife strip (since the last one didn't survive the move that well), that I plan on turning into something adorable like this! *Which makes me think I can cover the ugly metal board for the kitchen... Plan to try that over break!* I also have colored knives like these, I love TJMaxx...

Picture: http://thefarmchicks.typepad.com/farmchicks/2008/11/magnetic-knife-rack.html?cid=139919720#comments

I quickly unwrapped this little goodie and put it beside my lovely chair...

What a great place for my magazines!

Plus a great cutting board, and a few little Christmas gifts...

I bet you are thinking, "Didn't you go for a kitchen table?"

Why yes, yes I did... in fact, I even bought the table and chairs... but they would not fit in the vehicle we took (even though I really thought it would). And even after lots of attempts to get it back to Sanford somehow (thanks Jeremy, Phillip, and Adam) it just would work. So I had to walk back into IKEA and return them all... thanks Mom for dealing with all that... what a mess.

So I am back to craigslist... I have decided, if I haven't found a table locally by New Year's Eve, then we will just take a truck to Adam and Lindsay's party and go to IKEA the next day :) Problem solved.