Five on Friday

A dear friend does "5 on Friday" and told me I should start doing it. I know it is Saturday, but I was exhausted yesterday from a long long week at work. I went to bed super early (was in bed around 7:30pm)! So here is my 5 on Friday on Saturday :)

1.  We decorated last weekend and put the tree up. Ignore the top. I still need to make a bow for the tree.

2. Roo got a friend at work this year. Roo's BFF is Pepper! 

3. My dad was super sweet and sent Derek and I some yummy food from Omaha Steaks. We already ate the steaks. They were delicious! We have chicken thawed out for tomorrow night. We also go brats, burgers and D got twice-baked potatoes. It was so thoughtful of him!

4. Ginger has made her debut at home. In December she may make an appearance at work :) 

5. My awesome BFF's daughter G. She loves sitting in boxes/baskets.

P.S. I LOVE Christmas and decorating. I'm sure I will have more pics to share!

I'm back!

Hi! I have taken a long break from the blogging world, but i'm back now! I plan to keep this blog going and have started another one! Follow my journey of being engaged and planning a wedding at mrandmrsmarlow.blogspot.com . That blog will be dedicated to all the ins and outs of our wedding. I plan on posting about my crafts, thoughts, and recipes on this blog. I'm happy to be back in the blogging world. Here are some of the things I have done in the past few months. 

Here is a picture from the STL Cardinals game back in May. We went with work!

This is a before picture of my pantry....

And after! I found these great stackable containers online from Amazon for half the price they were at Bed Bath and Beyond. Don't mind the top shelf, I needed some more organizational bins.

This is a picture of the best team from work. Jessica came back to Missouri this summer and visited us. We sure do miss her.

I found this cute idea on Pinterest. I tinted mason jars and now they sit on my  desk for pens and pencils!

Here is the desk in my kitchen. I repainted it to an off-white color then I distressed the edges and added new knobs.

I got to go to a dinner meeting for work and had a wonderful steak then cheesecake for dessert! 

In November I got to go down to Oklahoma and got these new awesome workout shoes. They are also in my favorite color! They are so comfortable. 

While down in Oklahoma we went to a resale shop and found this cute chair. My Pawpaw painted it green for me. I'm in search for a cute seat cushion then it will go in the kitchen with my repainted desk.

And last but not least, here is a preview of our engagement pictures that my best friend Jamie took of us. I really love this one and cannot wait to get them all printed and hung in the house. 

Things I have learned recently...

I have some more advice to share:

1. If you are cooking easy mac in the microwave read the directions. The white powder stuff IS supposed to be in the noodles and helps them cook. If you pour out that powder the noodles do not cook as well.

2. When cooking with a skillet, keep the lid out by the stove, in case you have a fire you can put the lid on the skillet. If not use baking soda, NOT flour as flour is combustible.

3. If you have a MAC computer and programs automatically open when you start your computer right click on the icon in the dock, go to options and make sure there is not a check by open at login.

4. Even if you have a "self propelled" mower there still is a lever you have to push....

Oklahoma!

Last week i went down to Oklahoma to visit some of my family. It was a great visit. We got to go to our farm for one day, I helped put back all the nick-knacks after my grandparents got new carpet, and got to do a lot of fun things. Here are some pictures from the farm.

PawPaw opening the gate to the farm.

A picture of the barn

In a few years this land will be in the family for 100 years!

Standing outside the barn door looking in. We have a house built inside part of the barn.

The great room.

Here is a picture of Dad and Diane's "new" puppy. They got her in December and she is only a few months old. She is going to be huge!

My Pawpaw built this clock. It has been in a shed at my dad's. He is going to have Pawpaw clean it up then it is mine :)

I came into town on Wednesday and the weekend before Pawpaw went to an auction and came home with fishing coolers and supplies. It takes up the third car garage. We know NOTHING about fishing. When I was down there we organized it and my dad took inventory. Hopefully he gets his money back!

Snow, Snow, Snow

Here are some pictures from the snow storms we had in February. We were hit twice with huge snow storms. And rumor has it we might be getting 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow!!

A few weeks behind

I have not met my goal of blogging once a week :(. The last two weeks have gotten away from me! Here are some pictures of what I did this weekend.... The Polar Plunge and it was cold!

And my lovely roses on Valentine's Day. I also got chocolate covered strawberries from the Candy Factory :)

I ran into the wiener mobile twice in one week in Columbia! I had to take a picture of it this time. The Oscar mayer mobile must think that Columbia is a cool place to be! I saw it last Wednesday on I -70 and today on College.

Advice for today... make todo lists and stick to them :). I feel so productive today crossing a lot off of my todo list. :) Happy Monday and President's Day!

My fear

I'm of mice and my oh so loving boyfriend sent me this picture on Friday.


He happens to work at a place I see one of my clients and I have seen mice on three different occasions while I've been out there. He tells me horror stories of mice, like how one jumped out of a hole in the wall and ran down the hallway into a room. I know I'm a little dramatic but these pesky little creatures scare the daylight out of me.