Where We've Been

I know, I know. Blog post a day - makes the followers stay. BUT, we have been so busy with work, work, school, more work, the gym, cooking, cleaning, trying to train Dexter. I'm sorry if I haven't been posting more often. Heres some highlights from the last little bit.


Dexter is still ripping apart our apartment, he is progressively getting worse and we are on the verge of snapping. Regardless of punishment, his bad behavior continues. We are still looking for a training collar, and are going to keep him in a kennel while I am at work.
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We are meeting Chads family this upcoming week in Oregon for a ski trip to Mt. Bachelor. I am so excited to see the family, to spend time at the spa, to watch movies, sit in the hot tub and relax with the girls. BUT, I am mortified because we are taking Dex, so my "vacation" is actually dog sitting so he doesn't ruin the cabin they are renting.

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We checked the PO Box yesterday and got a denial letter from the University of Washington, the school Chad interviewed with 2 weeks ago. They sent the letter not even 48hrs after Chad interviewed. I'm convinced the letter was sent on accident, and trying to tell Chad to call the school. Chad applied to 15 schools, and has heard from 4. That means 11 more schools that haven't contacted us - but our hope is dwindling as a lot of schools have already done all their acceptance.

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I have had a very humbling week as a wife - unable to comfort my husband, and constantly looking for other ways to support him. It is hard to be a wife, the struggles wives face is incredible to me. I had no idea the pressure I would be under. It is hard to try and take away the discouragement my husband feels. I am trying to be happy with our "Plan B if Chad doesn't get accepted this year" but it's hard trying to be the stronger one.

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We went out on a Sushi Date night last night, and I am slowly falling more and more in love with Sushi.

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My Mother just had Carpel Tunnel surgery. AGAIN. Her stiches are incredible - this has made me miss family. I know that my mom is completely selfless and is pushing her body to the max in her home. I wish that I was there to sit her down and to help her relax

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 came out on DVD last night at midnight. I suprisingly wasn't in line to purchase it. And I won't be today either. Maybe next paycheck. Impressive huh? I guess I'm not as Twi-Hard as I thought.



Thats about as exciting as we get lately. I am planning a lot of fun recipes for this next week in Oregon, so stay tuned for some printable recipe cards next week!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Random.Org - Sequence Generator told me that 21 was the lucky #

Comment # 21: MINDY HARRIS!

Congratulations Mindy - Please contact either myself or Lauren so that your banner can be shipped ASAP!

Thanks to everyone that entered!

Oopsies.

It was brought to my attention that you have to have a blogger account in order to comment on the current giveaway for this LOVE banner:




If you want to enter in the give-a-way but don't have a blogger account, you can still ENTER!

Just email ME when you:



1. Follow my blog - Your here! Just click FOLLOW (On the right side of the blog)
2. Follow Pink on the Cheek's Blog
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Remember, you don't have to do all 4, but each one earns you a comment (more comments = more chances to win)

Hope that helps!

Bachelor

I'm pretty sure I've lost ALL hope for Ben. I've been so let down with his decision to keep Courtney around. I know it's probably just the shows idea because of the drama, but I've been let down with Ben's actions towards her, and that he hasn't been more of a gentleman.
At least my #1 Choice is stil there.

Butterfingers Recipe

What a glorious day off yesterday!

I got to spend the day running errands and shopping with my Best Friend Kari!
When we were done running our errands, we watched a movie and made this recipe we found on Pinterest.



I promise - these taste DELICIOUS, and JUST LIKE BUTTERFINGERS!
(Oh, and it's SUPER EASY!)



(Click on picture to Enlarge, Save & Print)

January Photo-A-Day Link Up!

Time to LINK!

One of my all-time FAVORITE bloggers Shelly @ House Of Smiths is hosting a Link Up Party for Photo-A-Day.
And so is Nest of Posies.As soon as I saw this list of pictures floating around Instagram the beginning of this year, I jumped on the bandwagon and had such a blast taking a picture every day, adding text, changing colors, etc.
So, here is my January Photo A Day!
(Oh, and I totally spaced on some of the dates and forget we are now in 2012!)


Heres my January Pictures!


(Am I the only one freaking out that PicNik is closing? Where to go now??)

Jump on the bandwagon for February! You know you want to! It's never to late to start - and think of how fun it will be to look back at the end of the year!

Oh, and don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE!

Check me out!

This is:

Precious right? She blogs over at Pink on the Cheek:

Look at some of the AMAZING things she makes:

Laurens got great talent, so I was BEYOND thrilled that she asked me to visit her blog and do a guest post with an EASY Valentines Tutorial....

I found an idea on Pinterest {but she used paper instead of burlap...}

And went to town.

My favorite things include:

Valentines Day, Hearts, Burlap, and GLITTER so this is PERFECT for me!

AND - Because I love Lauren so much, I am going to do a give-a-way!
Make sure you check it out!

OH. And our new blog design should be up TOMORROW!!! I'm seriously freaking out with excitement!