What a Mighty Good Man!

Yes he is!  (For those of you that know that song...)  So yes, I brag about how handy my husband is, and he'd probably kill me for posting this.  He likes to downplay how great he is.  He installed a new kitchen sink and facet for me!  We got our tax return (yeah baby!) and we decided on two things we'd get.  1. new bed.  We're both big people and we've been sleeping on this queen (yes, that's right...i said QUEEN) mattress that's like at least ten years old!  Honestly, it had some MAJOR impressions.  I'm talking like if you wanted to roll over to the other side of the bed, you had to have some serious momentum to get over the middle bump.  And when you got to Ry's side you were stuck the depression was so bad.  (PLEASE don't tell him I said that!)  2. we got a new sink and facet!  Our water in PG is pretty hard.  I'm thinking I should probably bust out my hygiene scalers from school and chisel off the shiz around my facets.  Our kitchen facet was pretty bad and when you turned it on water would run ooze out of the sides and get all over the counter.  Solution: new facet and sink!  I knew I wanted the composite granite but I was deciding to go 60/40 or single.  I chose single! LOVE it! I'm pretty sure I could bathe in that sucker it's big enough.  It was "fun" to install.  I always tell Ry I'll help, but honestly, for those of you that know me, I can't even put a screw in the wall.  So I "supervised" and aided where I could.  We started 6:00 pm Friday and after MANY choice words were said (and not by me!) and several trips to the home depot and one night without water we got it in! She's a beauty!

New furniture, valentine's decor, jazz game and my new obsession! (whew...long title post!)

So, I have been searching and looking for something to go underneath my TV to replace this tiny little 'thing' I had there and I got an email from this couple that refurnishes old pieces of furniture and I fell  in love! I got it for a GREAT deal and it's a nice, solid piece of furniture.  PLUS, I LOVE that it's white.  I'm very into the shabby chic look right now and I'm starting to change out some of the decorations in my home to make it look more that way.

 

 The detailing on the side. I LOVE it!

  Ryan made me this knock off Ballard's drying rack and I absolutely LOVE it! It really pays to have a handy husband!

 I made one of those cute yarn wreaths.  I recently hung it from an empty frame that I painted off-white and it looks even better! Just imagine....

 Ok, my new addiction is Subway art!  I've found SO many free printables online from craft blogs that I'm storing and I'll be switching out of my frames to go with the current holidays.  This one we made for our friend whose boyfriend is gone doing basic training for the National Guard, and he's Ry's good friend so we're doing some things for her for V-day.  I hope she doesn't check this out before tomorrow! (highly doubt it tho)

 

Please ignore the hot glue on those rosettes.  Messy, messy.

 

LOVE this 'you are the cheese to my macaroni...'  Found this online for free.

This one is on top of my red hutch. LOVE the old frame.  I've come to acquire several old silver and gold frames that I've spray painted and I LOVE how they've turned out.

This is my cupcake liner V-day wreath. So fun to make and I love how it turned out.

 

 I ordered this burlap pillow from Groopdealz.com.  A few weeks ago they had a special and I'm SO glad I bought it!  What a fun idea! I LOVE burlap! Seriously, Valentine's is my new favorite holiday to decorate for!

 Here are a few more printables I came across that I love.  I made this black one, but changed it to "Love Everyone" on the top and had it enlarged and it's not framed on my wall.  I LOVE subway art!!! The yellow one I found online, and the blue one I made and copied the idea from a print I saw on Etsy.  It's the chorus to the country song, "Love Like Crazy." Love it.

Made this pillow from an online tutorial. SO easy to make and adds some color to my guest bedroom.

 Ryan and I went to the Jazz game last month when they played the NY Knicks.  FUN!!! My boss has season tickets that are 5th row from the floor on the baseline on the visiting team's side. It was amazing! The players were life size and you could hear everything the players were saying, swearing and all!

I realized after taking this picture how much we look like vampires.  We're so stinkin' white! Tanning bed anyone?!

Here are some pics from the game, I realize I have a crappy camera.  One day, I'll have a nice. one.