What have YOU been up to???

When I sat down to look through the photos on my camera, I had to take a minute to think about what have we been doing since February?

There is nada from March until September.  So I went to my calendar.  We were away for Easter, then I was at Duke for work, then I was in San Francisco for work, we went to Bruce's parent and he ran a crazy trail race, we went to my parents for a baby shower (and to meet my Dad's new dog), then we went to Georgia for a weekend, we went home for my younger cousin's high school graduation, we did Fourth of July with our college friends (on the 3rd), .

Start of the Seven Sisters Trail Race Bruce's brother Tim finished sixth and Bruce did the race in 3:23.

That Georgia weekend was awesome I helped host a baby shower for my bestest/matron of honor and did some dress shopping.

Kenny Puppy and I made a few trips to Massachusetts, for my Dad's Birthday, my friend Brad was in town for a weekend so I hung out with high school friends for a night, we did Father's Day with Bruce's family at our house, Kenny and I did the actual Fourth at The Pond with the July cousins, then we were back at the end of July for a family reunion.  

August I was back and forth from The Pond, I water-skied, which was awesome. We took a week vacation at the pond.  And did NOTHING, that's not really true we hung out with my family, ate, drank and were merry. And I got addicted to Words with Friends again.

More of the update tomorrow.

I "stole" all these photos from: Stephs' mom, one of my July cousins and cousin Daniel's girlfriend Vanessa.

Re-Covering the Couch

First, let me apologize for the yellow-ness of these pictures.  The downside of doing everything at night without a fancy camera.  Also these were taken before I remembered that the front hallway also has a light. 

So Bruce's parents gave me a Pottery Barn gift card for my birthday and instead of buying something cute and little I put it towards a slip cover for this couch in our living room.  AKA the couch I don't hate.

The Pottery Barn slipcover came it was beautiful and perfect.  Until it didn't quite fit.  I was very excited.  Then I was very upset, I'm not going to lie, I cried.  Bruce might have come home from work to find me sitting on the living room floor, crying and swearing at a slip cover.

So when I got over it I returned it and bought another one from Overstock. For way less. A third the price AND it fits.  It's a little more pastel than what I was going for but it will do for now. 

And the old "Slipcover" which was upholstery fabric with some elastic and these screwy things to keep it in place.  I'm going to use it to make a cover for the Red Sox pillow.  Not that we don't love the Red Sox but it doesn't quite fit the decor.

What Have We Been Up To?

After going through all the photos on my camera I've decided to do a quick run down over the next few days so look out!

Sprouting Sprouts

Have I mentioned yet that I am in love with Pinterest?  I am, click the button, follow me.  It's Amazing.

One of the first things I pinned was this article from Simple Bites about sprouting your own sprouts. I took the plunge and ordered the seeds and screen from the recommended source.

Once everything arrived I promptly mixed my seed varieties together.  I have lots of these quart containers from my weekly trip to the Vietnamese cart outside work *mmmmm noooodles*

I set up the screen in one of my jars.

Five days later I had this:

I've found that they keep much better than what I've bought from the supermarket and they are super tasty.

Menu For the Week

These days we're trying to cram as much into a weekend as possible.  We lost EIGHT trees during Hurricane Irene, Bruce is in school full time and three fall weddings with assorted happenings.  So on the weekends we are around I try to get the shopping done as efficiently as possible to get home to stack wood or assist with backyard cleanup.  I find that one thing that helps with that is to know what we're eating during the week.  This week looks like:

Sunday: Pasta with home made sauce (just canned) and Sausages (on sale with a coupon at BJ's)

Monday: Cooking Light Pork Stir Fry  (Pork tenderloin on sale at Stop & Shop)

Tuesday: Bun or Soup

Wednesday: Bun or Soup

Thursday: Pork Burritos or Grilled Cheese and Soup

Friday: most likely eating on the road

Saturday: Christina's Wedding

Bun is Vietnamese (I think) salad~ish with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, rice vermicelli, and stir-fry beef (already marinated in the freezer in single serving packs) with a peanut vinaigrette.

I'm also planning on making Ina's Corn Chowder today to have through the week, I have a ton of frozen corn that's taking up way to much room in the freezer.  Because both of these are really quick I threw them in for nights that Bruce has class (with PB&J for dinner).

Thursday I left as a toss-up in case we go to the gym or I'm lazy and don't feel like cooking.

We have a wedding this weekend in Boston so we'll be taking off after work on Friday being a realistic person, Bruce is going to want fast food.  GROSS but we indulge when we're spending hours in the car.

This took me about 30 minutes to put together. Including looking at the Stop & Shop flier, BJ's coupon book and my online coupons. I write the lists and the menu and hit the road.  It took me under two hours at three stores. Go us, time to start the chowder and stack some wood.

It's Been A While

And I should 100% be doing other things, cleaning the house, getting ready to go to a baby shower or making my half of the office not look like this:

You can't even see the desk (or the pile that's on the desk).  Sorry for the blurry photo, things are a little blurry for me in the morning.

I have some cool things to share.  I'm ALL over Pinterest and have pinned approximately 1 million things to DIY.

I still really want a Cricut.  I was hoping for one for my birthday. Nope.  However in place of an expensive crafty gift I got an inexpensive awesome gift AND the assurance there is a honeymoon fund. He's the best.

Being a Domestic Goddess and having a job is like having two full time jobs and I'm not really sure how blogging fits in that picture these days.  BUT I've started taking pictures again and am wrapping my mind around blogging again.  Considering we're almost a year into employment I should have this routine worked out by now.

UPDATE: I have found the top of my desk.  Also I've put away four pairs of shoes from the pile.  Progress.

We're not dead . . .

or injured, or trapped under a crappy particle board dresser.  We just haven't done much all winter. I've taken some random assorted photos.  Also, had a massive FAIL with the duvet cover staying in place, and did some wedding planning. 

I'll write some new posts soon and show you what we've been up to!