Portlandia: Put A Bird On It

Last weekend, while I was with friends, I found out about these funny Portlandia clips. Then I was looking at a blog today, and saw this video. I thought it was funny since birds for decorating is so in right now! Check out other Portlandia videos - so funny!

My bathroom project

We are renting this house, and John wants to try to buy a house when our lease in up. Not sure if it'll happen, but since we don't know how long we'll be in this house, I don't want to do any painting or much investing. I saw this post and wanted to try a similar, smaller project. Mine's pretty basic, but for some reason I really like it. The rest of the bathroom is boring, so it seems to add a lot.


So happy to have my husband home (and not just so he can hang pictures for me!). : )

A little help

I posted this picture a couple weeks ago, and since I probably won't be getting those apothecaries anytime soon, I added a little detail to it to help it a bit.

Hanging some things up

John helped me a ton this past weekend, hanging up more in our house to make it feel more like home. As you can see, Fenway likes to help, too.

Fenway on Fenway!
I was going to get shelves for the office (for these pictures), but we are trying not to spend money right now, so for now, I'll wait.
My new W I got for Christmas.
The burlap wreath I made (and another W I got for Christmas), and I hung a wedding picture.

A day in Petaluma

Last week we drove an hour to Petaluma, CA, after seeing the town featured in an article my mom sent me. It was a fun outing on one of John's days off. We've had some of the best two weeks we've had. It's amazing what some time off can do to recharge someone (John). He is a like a different person, and understandably so, after working so hard on his deployment without much down time. Yes, traveling in Europe was great, but he didn't get actual rest. So he has been sleeping in, eating some fun, homemade foods, being lazy and productive at the same time, being super sweet and helpful, and loving life. It's been so awesome. He went back to work today. Praying the day goes well for him in his new job.

A fun find

My mom found this shirt for me at H&M for $5. Looking forward to wearing it this spring.

Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce

Here's a great recipe I got from The Pioneer Woman. My husband loved it...I thought it was good, but I don't love onions, so I would use less onion next time (the onion taste was a little strong). You can go to her site for the recipe, but here's how it looks as it cooks, just to get you inspired.