Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Blank Project Canvas Print
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Shutterfly-Get 50 free holiday cards

Shutterfly is a fantastic photo sharing website. I have only used it once before to create a custom photo book as a gift for my maid of honor. The quality & clarity of the book was phenomenal. I had so many people ask where/how I made it and what a thoughtful gift it was. Also, I've already started making us a "coffee table" book of our wedding. In addition, I'm planning on making parent albums of the wedding and giving them as Christmas gifts this year.
Finally, the reason for all the great compliments about this wonderful website  is because there is a promotion for bloggers to receive 50 free holiday cards if you mention it in a blog post.  This is our first Christmas married in our new home and a new fur-baby to show off that being said this is a great time to share our happiness with our family & friends. I'm excited to send out Christmas cards for the first time! 


Hurry! Go see for yourself!


Two of my other favorite products are:


·         Christmas photo cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
·         photo mugs to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mug

Friday, November 19, 2010

Getting ready for turkey day

I know... I know I haven't written a post in over a week. I'm such a slacker. It looks as though I've given up on this whole blog challenge ordeal. I think it was a great idea to get the ball rolling, but I'm not planning to continue with it. Anyway, I've been sick for almost a week now with this incredibly annoying bug/chest cold, and let me tell you it hasn't been fun. I was out of work for two days and basically out of commission. I was in bed all day for those two days and I did nothing but eat, sleep, drink tons of water, and watch food network thanksgiving shows. I'm still not myself but I did go back to work today.

After work today Cory & I decided to go shopping early to get ready for thanksgiving next week. This will be our first thanksgiving dinner together as a married couple and come to think of it..ever! Throughout our whole four years together I always spent thanksgiving with my parents. This year I will be spending thanksgiving with my father-in-law & step-mom in law in Weymouth. We always have a great time when we visit, and I'm sure the food will be spectacular. I'm planning on making three desserts this year. Originally, I was just going to make two (pumpkin pie & snickers cheesecake) but at the request of my husband we will be having a third dessert (chocolate cream pie). I always look forward to the Wednesday before thanksgiving because that is the night that I bake and prepare everything that I will need for dinner the next day. I have never hosted thanksgiving, but I hope to someday in the future because I love to cook! I know it's a week too early, but I'm in the mood.....

Happy Thanksgiving blogger friends! :)

Monday, November 8, 2010

Wedding Video Teaser

I know I'm a little early for this post blogging about the wedding isn't for a few more days, but I just received our wedding teaser yesterday morning so I just had to share!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

30 day Blog Challenge- Day 15 - My dream house

Okay, I'll be honest...I cheated. I skipped Day 13 & 14 on the blog challenge list. Personally, I thought how are people going to get to know me better by posting about a fictional and nonfictional book? They won't. So, I decided to go straight to discussing my dream house!

My dream house would consist of a modern style colonial home w/ 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths....much like this one.


 The kitchen would be adorned with granite counter tops, tile back-splash, gas cook top, and a breakfast bar with stools (number one on my list since I don't have it now)

Next, a massive master suite with an attached bathroom with jetted tub, and stand-up stone shower.




These elements of a home are definitely the most important on my list. I would call myself a little home & decor obsessed. I watch HGTV and DIY network constantly. I love anything that has to do with renovating a home to make it more modern. It's safe to say that this home may not have to be a "dream"  for us. We might be able to invest in one very similar to this in the future if we play our cards right.

Monday, November 1, 2010

30 day Blog Challege- Day 12 - something you are OCD about

First off,  I'm very OCD about clutter in my home and on my desk at work. I'm a very organized and methodical person. I guess you could say I have a typical type A personality. My home isn't always as neat and tidy as I would like it to be due to all the dog hair and due to the fact that my husband isn't always the best at picking up after himself. However, I try my best to pick up the accumulated clutter each night before I go to bed. Also, I'm very OCD about germs. I always carry hand sanitizer in my purse wherever I go. I brought it with us to Mexico, and I was always reminding Cory to use it before he ate if we weren't able to wash our hands. He thought I was crazy.

Halloween Weekend Recap

This is actually the first weekend since our wedding that I've had 3 consecutive days off with Cory. Overall, we had a fantastic weekend. I decided to take a personal day from work on Friday the 29th. That morning I made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast we decided to do a little shopping and then we had lunch at our favorite place, Panera! After lunch, we proceeded to find a mason jar to complete my accessories for my halloween costume. As soon as we found one we immediately went home to get ready for our friend's Halloween party. This was the first time Cory and I have celebrated Halloween together and actually dressed up. We dressed up as Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt. We got the idea for our costume from the heinous crime that occurred back in the early 1990's. The crime involved a woman (Lorena) who chopped a piece of her husband's "man parts" off while he was sleeping. We got tons of laughs from this costume and everyone thought we were so creative. We had a nice time but we really didn't know many people at the party.

On Saturday we had breakfast at the honey dew donuts in Carver and then did our weekly grocery shopping run. That night we went to my parent's house for dinner and we brought Colt with us. He had a blast playing with Tucker and we ended up taking tons of pictures. Here are a few that we took...




 Finally, on Halloween morning we went to Target to pick up some last minute candy and a couple of other things for the house. Cory watched football and I just relaxed and cleaned a little. We had a wonderful weekend, and I think we really needed that time together to connect as a couple again. Cory's schedule has just been so crazy it's been impossible to actually get a full day together. I'm excited for next week because I've planned a day trip to Boston on Veteran's day since I'm off from work. I hope everybody had a fantastic Halloween. :)