#SPDL LINK UP

Linking up with Katie at Keep Calm and Carry On and Steph at a Beautiful Mess for their

Saw it, Pinned it and Did it! 

I have been eye-ing a Laundry sign at TJ Maxx. It was on canvas, $12 bucks and I couldn't get myself to buy it. El Cheapo, I know. I saw this on Pinterest and decided to go for it.

 

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So I went to Michael's and bought my own wood sign. It was $3.99 and I had a 40% off coupon. 

I may or may not have been crafting on a Fredrick's Catalog. I cropped as much as I could.

 First I painted it with some teal paint. Super light with the paint brush making sure not to saturate the wood.

 

 

Then I stenciled the word "LAUNDRY" on it and colored it in with a sharpie. *Sorry I forgot to take a pic, pre-sharpied. I was on a roll. 

I then sanded off the bright finish of marker.

Lastly, I rag stained it with Minwax English Chestnut, to give it that old dingy (dinjē)
look.

Saw it, Pinned it, Did it!!!

This will be hung down stairs in my laundry area, obviously :) 

   

#BragAboutit and a Weekend update!

Happy Monday friends! My weekend was pretty quiet and uneventful. I'm linking up with Sami over at Sami's Shenanigans

 

My mom had surgery on Thursday. She had her eyelid fat removed. She had heybabies of the eyes.

Here is a pic after the surgery, It looks worse than it is and I keep reassuring that her inner Joan Rivers will be soon be visible.

Graycie also had surgery this week. She had all of her lady parts removed on Friday.

 She has truly been a great patient and she hasn't even been wearing the cone of shame that much. 

No #Bragaboutit link up today but we will be tweeting it live! So feel free to tweet out to Jenn, Mallory or myself about what ever badass, super awesome, jealously worthy thing you did this weekend! 

  

#BRAGABOUTIT

 

For the record, I did not gain a pound this weekend!!! Not.A.One.!!!! This is epic due to the fact that I am 4lb weekend gainer. So either A.) the exercise is starting to kick in or, 2.) eating clean has been paying off or, C.) I'm dehydrated and the poundage just hasn't shown up yet. 

 And the hubs is going to get me coffee as we speak!

Over and out Bitches!

Brag About It Mondays LInk up

Happy Monday friends. While your sitting at your desk, drinking your expensive coffee and getting paid to read blogs work, I'm still in Pj's.

It was nice to have a weekend that was hangover free AKA no headaches.

I have eaten clean for 6 straight days now. Minus the umpteen glasses of wine that I have had, but wine is good for the heart. 

I worked out 4 times last week!!! AND I even worked out on Sunday. Don't kid yourself. I'm not a die-hard but the Pats didn't play so this was easy.

 
What was the awesome project that consumed all of my time on Saturday?
This little guy, from the dump!

  
 Fugly, I know. But after a few hours worth the work.

 My new hobby is taking old shit and refinishing it. The bonus? You also find surprises in other peoples shit. Like the 200 Q-tips that I found just hanging out in the bottom of this bad boy. Now I have a little history on the piece. Was shitter table and is now entry way table. FO FREE.

So link up betches and Brag About it! 

Join me, Jen at That's What She Read , and Mallory at From California To Kansas for our Monday link up! 

 We all know there's something you've done this week that is worth bragging about! Don't be afraid, we'll be just as happy for you! :) 

Our only rules:

Please  follow the hosts, Jen, Jess, and Mallory and please interact with 1 or more of the bloggers that link up! 

Not a blogger?

Not a problem! Comment on any of the hosts posts with your Brag so we can share for you!

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Happy New Year and everything else.

Happy New Year friends! Social media has taken the back seat to all of my holiday festivities! This post will be just a pic dump.  I've had no interest in blogging these lately but I owe it to my blog and my lovely readers to update ya'll on the last few weeks.

Christmas Eve/Day  Pic dump!

 Our first Snow Storm of 2012 

And  NYE

Lastly, my anxiety has been creeping back up into my life, and trying to take control. With this happening, the hubs and I went out and purchased an elliptical this weekend.  I really don't want to address this with meds so I'm going to get it under control with diet and exercise. I also visited Stephanie's Blog this week as I usually do, but I stumbled upon her health page. She has totally inspired me to clean out my system!

I hope you all had a fab New Year!!! And a happy 3 day work week!