The one where we get flooded...

I am sitting here at work (sorry boss) with an hour and six minutes left until my four day weekend. Yeah, you read that right. There is no need to be jealous. But, it will be wonderful to spend some much needed time away from work and with my husband. We usually always try to take our time off together to catch up on things around the house or if we have somewhere in particular we want to go.

This is what our plans were for this weekend...

I was really looking forward to spending the day at the waterfront eating all the carnival food, listening to a band, and sipping some fresh squeezed lemonade. However, I am pretty sure that with all the rain Kentucky has experienced the past 123,234,534 days (I may or may not be exaggerating) the place where the Chow Wagon usually sits is probably under about 345,345 feet of water. At least it is supposed to be sunny for the rest of the week.
All I really care about anyway is seeing my hubs run in the Derby mini marathon on Saturday. He is awesome and he better love me for waking up on Saturday at about 5 am to beat the traffic and get a great spot at the starting/finish line! Wish him luck!

Happy Easter

 ⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
 ⁸ So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

 ¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28: 5-10:16-20

Oreo Cupcakes

*side note: for some reason I have to resist the urge to name all of my posts like friends episodes. For instance this post should be properly titled: The one where she bakes...   moooovvvinnng onnnnn.......*

One thing you might not know about me is that I love to cook and bake. If I have to be totally honest I love to make things that people are impressed by (don't judge!) because it makes me feel good when people enjoy something that I have made for them. I come from a family of GREAT cooks. My great grandmother would pull her own candy and spread it out on her marble countertops. She would make the best desserts and dinners for people which unfortunately were lost when she passed away because she didn't write down any of her recipes. Drats. But that doesn't mean we haven't tried to recreate some of her best. This recipe certainly wasn't hers, but I made these cupcakes for work and for my husbands boss. They look delicious and tasted great too!

The first time I made these cupcakes I followed this recipe from Annies Eats. The cupcake base was more dense and I think it held up better with the oreo bits inside. For some reason though I had trouble with the foil wrappers sticking to the sides.. anyone else have this trouble? This time I needed to save time so I opted to use a boxed cake mix in Chocolate Fudge. I still placed a half oreo in the botton and cut up oreo pieces in the batter. YUM! For the icing I used this vanilla buttercream from My Sweet and Saucy and then added oreo crumbs to the icing at the end. I finished it with mini oreos!
A lot of the time I will just get an idea and google the recipe... sometimes putting different parts of different recipes together to make a new one. I have found some wonderful go-to recipe blogs in the process. But that will be another post for another day...

Oh, and you should go check out all the cupcakes at Annie's Eats. They look so good and it is my goal to one day tackle all of them.... so please give me an excuse to make some!

Wee Bit Wednesday

It's a slow day today so I thought I would link up with Leigh Ashley and do her Wee Bit Wednesdays!

{one} how often do you do laundry?Probably not enough...I try to throw in some loads during the week. The folding part is the problem :) {two} what is your favorite type of cookie?Hmmmm... do I have to pick just one? Chocolate Chip or Snikerdoodle



{three} what would you do with an extra $2000 per month?I could do so much! I'll be honest and say the first thing I thought of was furnishing our house (it is expensive and we try to save and buy instead of putting it on credit). 



{four} what was/is your favorite subject in school?Science or English.



{five} have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon?No, but I would LOVE to do that one day...



{six} what was your high school mascot?Rocket pride was county wide! lol



{seven} if you had the chance to go into space, would you?I don't think you could pay me to do that.  {eight} how often do you go dancing?Does Zumba count? If so, twice a week :)



{nine} would you rather drive or fly?Depends on how long or who I'm with!



{ten} have you ever been caught re-gifting?No...  I don’t think I’ve actually ever re-gifted.

xo.

I need professional help...

Design help that is. You see I've got this adorable 1940's house with all the charm in the world and I just can't make up my mind how to decorate it. The problem is I like too many different styles. How in the world do you just pick one and go with it? On top of that, I am a horrible decision maker and I can never make up my mind... my husband knows this and bless his sweet heart is always patient with me.

Case. In. Point.

We bought these new pieces of furniture from Haverty's and we just got them delivered on Wednesday. And it really pains me to say it but.... I hate them. Blah.

*Please pay no attention to the curtains in the background. They aren't staying and they were there from the previous owners.*

Ok, so I don't hate the couch and I don't hate the chair; it's just that together its a no-go for me. The chair is giving off a yellowish tint next to the couch and I just can't deal with it. You see it? Anyway, we exchanged them yesterday and got the same fabric on the couch on the chair too. I think that will let me open up some possibilities with rugs and accent pillows. The curtains will be switched to white with some darker bamboo shades underneath. Here is my inspiration photo that I LOVE!

drools...

images courtesy of plum cushion

You think I could get plum cushion to come decorate my house... or just let me have hers? Wishful thinking...