So, even though Thanksgiving is over, I still have lots of food left in my house and I have eaten so much this weekend.  Ugh!  I have not done much this long weekend.  I went out to two places on black Friday and went during the middle of the day (there were no crowds) and was done in a hour; spent time with the in-laws who were only here for a day and then Jesse's brother hung out with us until today.  Now, Jesse is back at work today and I have been hanging out, watched a movie and am doing laundry.  Tomorrow will be more laundry and watching football.  

I will be traveling to Leavenworth for Christmas this year because I am in my friend's wedding.  (Of all times to get married...)  I just picked up the bridesmaid dress that I needed to have slightly altered.  I am excited to be in the wedding but I am a bit stressed about driving in snow, which I'm sure we will hit some once we reach the pass.  


Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving...wish I could have made the trip to Spokane. :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone is having a great thanksgiving and eating themselves full!  Enjoy the long weekend.

breathe, kelly, breathe

This week has been crazy: 1) Getting ready for the party I'm hosting at my house on Saturday (I'm so excited though and I will try to take pics, I'm so bad at doing that), the prepartion has included getting a new slipcover for our sofa.  Let me tell you this has been more stressful than it needed to be.  I have a slipcover that I bought two years ago but it never really fit it that well.  I did some research last week and thought that the Sure Fit stretch slipcover would be perfect, but I needed to find places that sold it and that wasn't too expensive.  Turns out, it is perfect and fits like a glove, well, almost.   I actually had to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond twice because I bought the loveseat size thinking it would fit, but the seat part was too small, so then I went the next day and bought the sofa size.  So, I still have yet to go back to return the one that was too small.  I still need to get some ingredients for the food I'm making on Saturday, I need to vaccum the house thoroughly (nobody likes pet hair on their clothes) and in between all this we are 2) refinancing our home so we can get a lower interest rate.  I hate trying to wrap my brain around all the numbers and what everything means.  It means asking my broker a ton of questions which I'm sure she hates me by now.  Plus, I am getting a bridesmaid dress slightly altered this Saturday for my friends wedding on Christmas weekend. 

Phew!  I can't wait until Sunday when most of this stuff will be over with!

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Sad to say, but I don't have a lot going on lately...therefore, I haven't written much on my blog.  I went to game night tonight.  We have a group of people from work who go to game night about once a month, boy are we a bunch of nerds...but it's totally fun!  Tomorrow I am meeting a friend for dinner and a movie.  We are going to see Amelia (Amelia Erhardt).  Then next weekend I am hosting Girls Night at my house.  There is a group of girls that try and get together once a month for girls night, we watch chic flicks and all bring food & drinks to share.  This will be the first time for most of them seeing my home and I am a little stressed about it.  I hate that I compare my home to others.  The fact that it's an older home and therefore needs updating makes having parties at your house a little embarrassing.  I know I shouldn't be embarrassed, but I feel like there is a bunch of stuff I should do to prepare my house so it doesn't have such a college feel to it (mis-matched furniture, no art on the walls...)  I was the one afterall, who volunteered to host this time, so I need to get over it.  Ok, I need to not stress.  I will keep you updated as to how it goes.  I am looking forward to the weekend.  :)

Make average great

"I learned that when you make average great, your dreams can become a reality."- Suze Orman.  This is pretty profound if you think about it.  How many of us just work average jobs or do average things that we're maybe not so excited about, where we would rather do anything else or be anywhere else?  But if you take that average thing and make it great, get something out of it, make the most of it and have fun with it, it will set up an (work) ethic for your future.  It can change how you do things, how you run your house, play with your kids, do things with your spouse...the list goes on. 

I hope you can turn something average into something grrrreat!