Sunday, July 28, 2013

Celebratory Saturday

Our second wedding anniversary is on Tuesday however, I have to work all day so we decided to celebrate on Saturday!

 We headed downtown to do some exploring and  we started out with lunch at Molly's in Soulard. Then we headed to the Loop. Unfortunately I'm not the greatest with directions and we ended up in a sketchy neighborhood so we played it safe and went to Forest Park. The park is one of our favorite spots to lay in the grass and count the clouds, people watch and just talk. Later that evening we decided to go to a movie and Despicable Me 2 won the coin toss! It was cute, but not quite as good as the first one. We had a really great afternoon and I'm glad we decided to get out of the house and celebrate.

 Happy  2 years on Tuesday Alex, I love you! 
 

Side note- My brother is home from Afghanistan safe and sound!!
We are very proud of you Jim and we love you! 

Friday, July 26, 2013

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my Dad's birthday! I forgot to send a card, so I will make a public announcement that I have the best dad on earth and he deserves the happiest birthday ever...this year! 


I love you! 

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Oh, what a day!

We take our Saturday's very seriously around these parts amd try to cram as much as humanly possible into our day. A typical (ish) Saturday:

We woke up to the toilet still running, presumably from last night. I couldn't let it be so we made an early morning trip to R.P Lumber for a new flapper thing (Alex did all of the plumbing and I have no idea what all happened in the bathroom). After the flapper was replaced the toilet was still running so we went to Lowes to get a new something or other that, after a big wet mess, did the trick. Alex only shouted profanities once but I'm pretty sure that was after I told him I needed to got to the bathroom.

After we plumbed we headed downtown to the farmers market. We got some fresh mint that I have no clue what to do with but, it smells good. We also got some meat rubs that are fantastic on grilled chicken. The lady felt sorry for us trying to wrangle Moose and stop him from eating her samples so we got a freebie creme brûlée dip packet too. Hopefully it's as good as her other mixes. (Check out my Instagram for a picture)

I was inspired by our trip to Lowes to paint a mirror that I indefinitely borrowed my parents gave us, so we went to Home Depot and Ace to check out their spray paint options. I went with green and I'm very happy with the result, it compliments the rest of our bedroom very well (check out my Instagram for a picture).

After we spray painted, we decided to really paint, with rollers and all! We started in the creepy corner of our basement, cleared out the junk, swept and Alex dry-locked. The plan for tomorrow is to hang peg board and organize the tools and all of our miscellaneous basement stuff, pictures to follow.

Alex mowed, I weeded the gardens and then did our laundry. We've been very busy and I feel quite accomplished! Now to sit back and relax....or go to bed!

Happy Saturday! 

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Sangria + a printable

Nothing is better on a hot afternoon than an ice cold drink, especially when that drink is sangria! I got this recipe from my sister a while back and I have no idea where she got it, so I will give her the credit for creating it.

Ingredients:
-2 bottles of white or red wine (we like white and prefer Riesling)
-2 peaches, sliced
-1 orange, sliced
-6+ strawberries, sliced
-3/4 cup triple sec
- Ginger Ale (to taste)
- 1/4 cup sugar (dissolved in the wine/liquor mix)


Directions:
Mix everything, except ginger ale in a one gallon pitcher and chill. Add ginger ale and ice before serving and viola! you've got a pitcher of delicious sangria!


Chef's note:
You can half the recipe if you don't want to make as much. Also, when I make it, I usually just throw in some fruit that I have on hand. There's no wrong way to make this yummy sangria!

Enjoy and now for the printable!



Please enjoy responsibly and 21 and older!