Star Cupcakes

Happy 4th of July!!!

We went to the lake yesterday with a bunch of friends and I decided to make cupcakes like Allison from A Glimpse Inside had talked about.  Well, mine turned out a wee bit different, but tasty and fun none-the-less!

Here are the goods that you need:

You don’t need all of those blueberries or all of the strawberries, so now you can just munch on them as you bake :)

Step 1: Bake cupcakes!  I NEVER bake, crap… I never cook, so this was a big day for me.  They were delish.  I HAD to try one out.  I didn’t want people getting sick ;)

Step 2: Icing Time!  I put a lot of icing on all 24… err.. 23 cupcakes so that the strawberries would really stay on there.  While I was doing this Jeremy helped me chop up the strawberries.  I apparently bought huge strawberries so we ended up cutting them into 1/8 instead of 1/4.

Step 3: Assemble!  I wasn’t looking at the picture of the cupcakes from Allison’s blog, so I just remembered that they were stars.  Well, now that I look at the picture we did it way differently!  Oh well!  Mine remind me of starfish.  Which, who doesn’t love starfish??

 
I should have taken a picture of all 23 cupcakes, but our ride got there and we had to speed on out of the house.  (Can you tell that the middle cupcakes was one of the first ones and that was cut into 1/4 and the star is humongous!) 

And, the cupcakes went quickly, so I guess they were a big hit! 

Oh, Jer!

Here is a conversation from tonight and this is why I am always laughing with Jeremy.

Me: “Someone said something about us being an adorable couple today.  And, it isn’t the first time I have heard that.”
Jer: “Really?  Huh.  Do they know that we don’t like each other?”
Me: “Doubt it.”

Isn’t he a sweetheart?  I do love him.  And, he does love me.  Promise.

Speaking of.  I am going to show off what Jeremy did a few months ago and I forgot to talk about.  He took an old coke machine and completely revamped it.  It looks amazing and my dad loved his birthday gift!
     
Isn’t my hubby talented?!  He restored another one for our patio and it looks superb. :)

Don’t fret!

I am alive and well; just SUPER busy lately!  I hosted my very first trunk show this past weekend and that took up a lot of my time.  This week I have been at an AP Institute and it was amazing.  I got so many great things to bring back to the classroom, so I am excited for that!  Even though it was a lot of fun, I am glad it is over… such long days!

Anywhom, I am off to do some work around the house because I am way behind on laundry and such.  But, Happy 90th Birthday to my grandma!!

1st Timer at Canton

Yesterday a few of my fellow 7th grade teachers and I headed out to the fun that is Canton!  We were so excited to just walk around and see everything.  I had nothing in mind to buy, just if anything jumped out at me.  Which, was great because I wasn’t stressed about finding that perfect item.  It was pretty hot outside, mid 90’s I think, but at least there was a slight breeze, so we didn’t feel like death on a stick.  It was acres and acres and acres of funness!

Being indoors was LOVELY!  Although, at times it was hotter inside than outside.

This guys were so much fun!  I wish you could see that everything dealt with rocks… so neat!

How fun is this place?!

So, I literally bought one thing for me and one thing for my nephew’s big boy room.  His duvet has owls in it and I found these guys and thought cute cute!  Jen can paint them or keep them as is.

(They are cuter in person, promise!)  I got these decor balls (haha sounds awful.. or maybe my mind is in the gutter?) that are green and I just loved for some reason.  Here is what I did with them.  I also added in some potpourri items that I wasn’t using to complete the look.  All in all it cost less than $20!  Splendid!

I have two more that I am not quite sure what I should do with.  I am sure I will figure it out.  But I like how it turned out!  Here are a few pictures of Shari, Kerri, Angela, and myself.  I love my SMS buddies!!

Angela hit the jackpot and found the exact headboard that she was looking for for her son’s bedroom and it was only $10!!  She also got the chair and stool to paint to match his new train themed bedroom.  And, how fun is her hat?!

Jeremy drove me around yesterday after I got back from Canton to try to find plates to put on the chargers in the dining room.  I just needed to find something and I was tired of looking for white freaking plates!  They were not white enough and I think Jeremy was getting a tad annoyed with this.  As he would say, “You get something in your head and you don’t even know if you will ever be able to find it.”  True, but I always come up with something!  Crate and Barrel had these plates that were super different and I just had to get them! 

I like that I can use these plates with ANY color and they will last a long time.  The dining room table looks better, but I still have things to do.  It will have to wait though because I need to do touch paint in almost every room!  I am having a little gathering in a few weeks and I feel like I have so much to do.  Who wants to come and do a deep clean at my house?! :)

Already 100!

Summer is here and it is already incredibly hot outside.  We should reach triple digits this weekend… super.  Just in time for us to sweat to death at Canton.  I am really excited about going and I will take pictures and post more.  Here are my summer goals!

Get Into Shape
I work out at least 5 days a week now but I am really trying hard to tone up.  I am taking more strength classes and I am seeing a slight difference in my massive muscles in my arms and shoulders.  Can you sense the sarcasm there?
 

Start and Complete our Nightstands
Remember our Craigslist find?  We need to sand, paint, antique, etc…
 

Complete Zebra Chairs
Can you see where I am going with these?  That was coat one, I have done at least 3 coats.  I think one more than poly and dunzo!
  

Touch up Paint around the House
I have so much touch up paint that I need to do… I don’t know where these spots are coming from!  Maybe that will be a project for this tomorrow and this weekend.

What are your summer goals??

Smurf Like

Opposite of smurf really.  I promised my students that if they all passed TAKS I would color part of my hair blue.  Well, they did it!  So… here is the result.  FYI, I bought the spray in kind at Sally’s and it washed right away.  Thank God!  It was not a good look on me.   Here are the during and after pictures.  It was PRETTY blue, don’t you think?!

Bad Blogger

I know I have not blogged as often as I should be or as often as I would life to.  Life just gets busy.  Here are my 10 quick updates on life.  I will get back to normal blogging soon!

1.) Summer vacation starts this Saturday!  I loved my students this year, but I love the fact that next week at this time I will not have to go to work the next morning! :)

2.) ALL of my students passed the math TAKS.  Yes, ALL!  This is a first for me and I am really excited.  I had a little over 130 students take it and we pulled it off!  Which means, I have to dye part of my hair blue.  Pictures to come….

3.) My friend from work is 7 months pregnant and needs to make window treatments for her nursery and redo some chairs… so, I am going to help.  Crafty summer, coming up!

4.) I am on book 14 out of the 15 book series that I have been trying to read before summer.  Janet Evanovich releases a new book a summer (or so I’m told), so I want to be ready for the 16th to come out.  But, I am really getting tired of reading the same type of book over and over.  Oh well, they are still funny.

5.) I am branching out and challenging myself and I signed up to be a consultant for a brand new handbag/jewelry line.  I am really excited!  I love every single piece and I get to host parties.  Sounds perfect to me :)

6.) Sadly, I am running out of updates.  Our lives aren’t that boring, I swear.

7.) Ummm… I got a new pair of workout capris from Lucy!  If you know me, you know that I could buy practically every piece in that store; if only I were a millionaire.  They are incredibly comfortable and have passed up my Zella pair to be my new favorite.  And yes, I rank my favorite workout pants, jeans, sweaters, etc.  Who doesn’t?

8.) Did I mention that summer starts Saturday?  If not… summer starts Saturday!

9.) My sisters, mom, and I had our Mother’s Day celebration yesterday.  We ate a delish lunch and got pedicures together.  We had planned on getting facials and a massage but they had to cancel our appointment because someone quit.  Not our problem!  Hire someone else :(

Okay.  I am going to have to stop at 9.  I was struggling to think of the last 7.

Normal posts with pictures soon!