tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61618416057575293702024-02-20T17:57:45.600-08:00The Unmarried LifeRamblings, confessions, and portraits of a twenty-something, house owning, decor loving, boyfriend and puppy training southern girl.Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-89681642251014903012013-09-06T10:48:00.005-07:002013-09-06T10:48:49.468-07:00Garlic Cilantro HummusSlowly but surely I am getting back into my blog! Lots of things going on to blog about, but, first up is a super delicious hummus recipe that we have been munching on lately!<br />
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I love to cook, and I love being in the kitchen creating new things, so when I discovered how simple hummus was to make, I couldn't wait to attempt my own! I searched <a href="http://pinterest.com/hpennington28">Pinterest</a> for a few different recipes that sounded good, then asked the Mr. which one sounded the best, and we ended up choosing the Cilantro Garlic Hummus recipe, and I think I can speak for both of us when I say, I am SO glad we did! It is amazing, and so simple to make! <br />
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<li>2 cans Garbonzo Beans/Chickpeas (Drained)</li>
<li>1/2 Cup Tahini</li>
<li>1/2 Cup Olive Oil</li>
<li>Juice of 2 Lemons</li>
<li>1/2 Bunch Cilantro</li>
<li>1/2 of a Cucumber (Peeled and Sliced)</li>
<li>Pickle Juice</li>
<li>Fresh Garlic (I used probably 2-3 heaping tablespoons .. We love garlic, ya'll!) </li>
<li>1/2 Tbsp Garlic Salt (Optional)</li>
<li>1/2 tbsp garlic powder</li>
<li>Pepper </li>
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*Notes --- We used probably 2-3 tablespoons of pickle juice, and a few shakes of pepper to begin with, but added more after mixing everything. The best way is to just follow the standard ingredients list, and once blended, add more seasoning as you prefer.<br />
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This is the best part ... Put all your ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. It is seriously THAT simple! Once it is blended, let sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, but we found the next day it was SO much more flavorful after everything had a chance to meld together -- So yum!<br />
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Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-44440701087578063282013-08-28T09:36:00.000-07:002013-08-28T09:36:25.416-07:00Looking back...It's practically been a century or so since I've updated this thing, but life just won't slow down. I mean, is it really almost SEPTEMBER? Wasn't yesterday New Years? Although the year is literally flying by, I am soo ready for the next couple of months!<br />
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This summer has been terrible weather-wise here in GA! I think it rained two and a half months out of the three summer months, no joke! And not to mention we had a few days with highs in the upper 60's lower 70's? That just doesn't happen in the south during the summer.... especially not AUGUST! Crazy, crazy! But none the less, we have had a jam packed summer, and made the best out of all the sogginess.<br />
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So many things I could post about, but per the usual, I am running short on time, so I figured I would just do a quick post. This past June we hit two years in our house, can you believe it? It seems like just yesterday we were sitting at the closing table praying our little hearts out for a smooth closing! We have accomplished so much in two years, and I am so proud of how far our house has come.<br />
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But, as we all know, I am literally terrible at before and after pictures. I always forget the dang before picture, then I snap a quick after picture on my phone post it to Instagram, and wah-la, I am done. I've gotta stop that lol -- I have pledged to myself to A. keep up this blog more, and B. start taking better quality pictures with my camera I just "HAD TO HAVE".<br />
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So with all that being said, this morning I looked through my Facebook album of our house before we closed on it -- I just cannot believe how much a can of paint, and some DIY'ing can change a house! Case in point.. Our living room.<br />
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Even though the stripes may have almost been the end of our relationship and the start of world war three, still to this day, we BOTH love them more than anything! The impact they have on the entire space is amazing -- All for the cost of a gallon of paint and a few hours of bickering ;)</div>
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I have been seriously slacking on these blog posts. I have about a million and two things I could post about .. but I just can't seem to find the time lately! Now that spring has rolled around......... or should I say supposed to be rolling around? (There are a chance of flurries tonight & freeze warnings until 11 am tomorrow ...??) the real estate market is booming again. I LOVE IT! We have six new listings going on right now, and are working with several first time home buyers, which are my absolute favorite!<br />
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But anyways, life outside of work has been a flurry of activity for us also. Last weekend we had our kitchen and foyer painted <i><strike>for the 3rd time in two years</strike></i>... have I ever explained how indecisive I am when it comes to paint? Ha! This time we had it professionally done, and I am absolutely IN LOVE with both spaces. They turned out great. I will be posting finish product pictures on that soon enough!<br />
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The following Tuesday we had our backyard finished ... thaaaaaank the Lord! It is so nice to finally have some fresh green grass down there! Now, once it starts to warm up outside, we will have the landscaping professionally finished, and both decks and the fence stained and our backyard will be complete just in time for warm summer nights around the fire pit! (Please excuse my 5th grade photoshop abilities hahaha...)<br />
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Speaking of our backyard .. I think this week it finally hit me, what if once it's all finished and we are ready to list our house... WHAT IF we don't get to enjoy it this summer? What if we do go under contract on our house and we find another that we love?! We have been on the hunt here lately because time is ticking. I think we have been looking at our possibilities since the beginning of January and have not really LOVED anything.. <i>Until the past two weeks</i>. All of these houses have shown up on our daily emails, and <b>every.single.one</b> matches almost all of our criteria. How crazy is that?! I feel like things are getting more real the closer we get to summer.. but, we have also agreed, we are only going to sell if we absolutely find something we are in LOVE with, and honestly, between the two of us, and our never ending list of things we want, that may be impossible. I have had several people ask me why we are planning on selling, and what we are listing our home for. The short version of both is.. we need a three car garage, and preferably would like a larger lot (at least an acre) and to answer the other question regarding what we are listing for, probably in the mid 200's :) Let me know if you're interested! Ha!<br />
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I meannnn... are they all not just darling?! They all have great, large, flat backyards for Cooper, three car garages, basements, and each are in our price range AND an area we would be comfortable moving to .. double bonus. So stay tuned for more details on our moving status :)<br />
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We also celebrated the mister's 24th birthday this past weekend with friends and family and had a great time. I always love birthdays :) And not to mention, the weather was perfect all weekend! But, I have to say, it was weird not going down to Atlanta and getting crazy drunk like past years ... signs of growing up I suppose lol. I also spent a good portion of my Saturday with my parents which is always so nice. We laughed about the fact that Cody and I enjoy spending time with our families so much now that we are growing up, but when we were in our late teens and early 20's you couldn't keep us home to spend time with the parental units for nothin! Funny how growing up works! I cherish my parents more than anything, and wouldn't trade the world for the great relationships we have.<br />
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But, the weekend ended and it was back to the grind this week. Busy, busy, busy! This weekend we are taking a nice get away to Cherokee, NC for the Darius Rucker concert on Friday and then the Blake Shelton concert on Saturday, with a little gambling and golf action in between! I was hoping that the weather in Cherokee would be nicer than what is predicted here, butttt after looking at the weather this morning, that's a definite NO. Oh well, at least gambling and drinking takes place inside ;)<br />
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Hope everyone is having a great week... and enjoying some <a href="http://homesweethomeownership.blogspot.com/2013/02/buffalo-chicken-sliders-in-crock-pot.html">buffalo chicken sliders </a>-- I am not kidding when I say I am so humbled by peoples reaction to these things lol -- Over <i><b>26,000</b></i> page views for those things alone! Crazy I tell ya! <br />
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For once, I did semi-okay with taking step-by-step pictures of one of my projects! I always get a million questions on how I do things, so I am trying to get better about taking pictures along the way! :) Bear with me ya'll.</div>
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I knew I wanted a cute Easter wreath, but had a hard time coming up with this one. I had seen a few different wreaths that I liked on Pinterest, but of course when you click on the link to see better pictures, either half of them don't exist, or, the freakin thing is over $100, um no thanks!</div>
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So, after deciding on a style I really liked, off to Hobby Lobby I went. Once I was there, I began to run into some issues. I know bunnies have large, cute floppy ears, but apparently Hobby Lobby doesn't understand this. After brainstorming for <i><strike>over and hour</strike></i> a little while, I picked up these overly large oval shaped grapevine wreaths. They are ridiculously dis-proportioned, but oh well, you should have seen my other options .. I'm talking like tiny little ears that come on those headbands that kids wear around Easter, not cute. </div>
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Repeat this step five million times and you will be ready to hang up your new wreath! I added a pink ribbon between the "head" and the "body" wreaths to add a little more character. The possibilities are endless with this wreath, and there are so many personal touches you could add, mine is just a basic how-to! Hope this has helped! :)</div>
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2LBs Ground Chicken <br />Pineapple Rings (I accidentally picked up chunks, but rings would be much easier!)<br />6 slices pepper jack cheese</div>
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Minced Garlic<br />1 tsp smoked paprika<br />1 tsp chili powder<br />1/2 tsp seasoning salt (I use Lawry's)</div>
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Combine the ground chicken, soy sauce, paprika, chili
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Normally, we would grill these, but since it was a cool 32 degrees yesterday, I cooked them inside on the stove! I heated a small amount of EVOO in a medium pan over medium heat. Once the oil was heated, I placed the patties in cooked on each side for about seven minutes or so. </div>
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While the burgers were cooking, I placed my pineapple chunks in a small pan with just enough juice from the can to cover the bottom of the pan, and let them simmer over medium-high heat until they began to brown. Once a nice golden brown, flip them over, and allow the other side to cook until golden brown. </div>
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Once you flip your burgers, place your pepper jack cheese on and finish cooking. Heat up your buns, place your burger on the bun, add your pineapple slices on top .. and enjoy!</div>
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**I added a spicy mayonnaise to just mine, since the mister doesn't like mayonnaise, but it was ridiculously simple to make. I'm talking mayo mixed with Sriracha and your done! Ha! So simple and so yummy! </div>
<br />Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-45028231848593020632013-03-06T11:08:00.001-08:002013-03-06T12:40:07.863-08:00Oh, How Pinteresting!<center>
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So, it is no secret I pretty much adore Pinterest. Some of my greatest ideas ever have stemmed from some of the amazing pictures I come across .. for example, my living room stripe wall..</div>
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Orr... the gallery wall in my office ...</div>
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Pinterest pretty much is my home away from home! I use it for everything from recipes, to paint colors, to biulding ideas, you name, I've pinned it! Ha. So, of course, when I stumbled across this little link party on one of my daily reads.. I had to join. So please excuse me while I go a little Pinterest-cray-cray on ya'll, but I have been doing some serious lusting over all the spring pins lately :)</div>
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Loving on these Dolce Vita Flats -- with the pop of pink, they are perfect for spring!</div>
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I adore this Essie color! It has spring written all over it! :)</div>
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Love, love, love these workout capris - Perfect color to motivate anyone to work out! </div>
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This Tory tote is SO cute! I will be adding this to my collection soon. </div>
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Loving the denim and hot pink combo!</div>
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This week is really busy for us.. so I needed some simple, go to meals for dinner each night this week.<br />
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Last night I was craving Thai, and considering I have never had thai, I have no idea where that craving came from! So random, I know. But, this girl was on a mission. I didn't get home until 6:30 last night, and the Bachelor started at 8 .. talk about a time crunch!<br />
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I threw this dish together in less than 10 minutes, the longest part was waiting for my water to boil to cook the noodles! I just love a simple dish!<br />
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1 Box Noodles (I used Linguine Noodles)</div>
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6 Tbsp Honey</div>
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6 Tbsp Soy Sauce</div>
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2 Tbsp Sriracha Sauce </div>
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Crunchy or Creamy All Natural Peanut Butter </div>
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Start your water for your noodles, and begin preparing your shrimp. Since I was using frozen shrimp, I placed the shrimp in a strainer and ran hot water over the shrimp until almost completely thawed. Dry off the shrimp and place in your small pan with fresh garlic and sautee while preparing your peanut sauce. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3PM Watched Kourtney & Kim take Miami and scoured the internet to find these beautiful chairs...</span></div>
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Finally around 5PM the mister got home and I was feeling much better! So I decided to throw together a simple pasta dish just in time for our favorite shows to come on ... In the Middle, Modern Family, Saburgatory, The Neighbors, Nashville, and Duck Dynasty! Seriously, Wednesday nights we are glued to the TV ha!</div>
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1 Package Hillshire Farm Turkey Sausages (You can use any brand, and any flavor, we just prefer the Hillshire Farms Turkey Pepper Jack) </div>
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Begin with heating your garlic and olive oil in a pan. While the pan is heating begin dicing up your onion, sausages, and mushrooms. For this recipe I only used three sausage links, but feel free to use as many as you like. I cut the sausage link width wise so my pieces were slightly thick, and the size of a quarter (I have no idea how to explain this otherwise haha)</div>
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When all the sausages were cut up, I added them to the pan first over medium heat letting them brown. Next I added in the onions, then mushrooms and let everything sautee together just until the onions and mushrooms began to get soft, once at this point, add in your can of diced tomatoes (including juice) and allow to simmer.</div>
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If you follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/hpenn28">Instagram</a> you pretty much know what my weekend consisted of! So here is a little photo dump for my weekend..<br />
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Friday night we had <a href="http://homesweethomeownership.blogspot.com/2013/02/tilapia-tacos-w-sweet-bacon-slaw.html">tilapia tacos</a> and they turned out better than expected! Also, watched the season finale of Gold Rush -- does anyone else watch this show?! I am obsessed haha!<br />
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Saturday we slept in .. some of us longer than others ;) Cooper would not wake up to save his life! But, of course when I asked if he wanted to go to grandma's (my mom's) he was ready to go! Ha! </div>
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Got in some much needed retail therapy on Saturday and picked up my new bedroom lamps, which if we're friends on Facebook I am sure you have seen my cry for help regarding our bedroom lamps. But, here's the deal .. Since I literally could not decide on one or the other, even after my five million comments on Facebook, I decided to buy both sets of lamps. BUT, of course, went to pick them up Saturday and they only had one left in stock of my 2nd choice, and none of my first choice... GO FIGURE! So I bought the last one, and will just have to order the other online. So to sum up that story, my bedroom still looks just like this.. </div>
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Also, since I was still semi rocking the winter-ish decor around the house, I decided it was time to add in some spring-like decorations! I picked up these vine like stems at Pottery Barn, and the glass jug on clearance for $18. </div>
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Sunday was ridicuously productive and I am glad! Woke up, made our weekly meal list, planned out my grocery trip, did some laundry and took Coop for a walk .. It was B-E-A-U-tiful outside ya'll. </div>
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While at the grocery store I discovered this little gem.... Pretty much, if Cody could marry a type of candy, this would be his girl. He loves these things, and this one just so happened to be like the size of my palm. HA!</div>
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Once home I completely organized all the kitchen drawers/refrigerator/restocked the pantry and got everything ready for our lunches/dinners this week. And then, it was time to FINALLY start staining my beautiful new farmhouse table that my sweet babe built for me ;) I am so in love with her, and I am super happy with how the stain turned out. I will be posting our instructions on how we completed it later this week! Now just to find chairs... Hmm. </div>
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Then Sunday night of course we watched the Oscars, and I couldn't stop <strike>drooling</strike> starring at all the BEAUTIFUL dresses! I mean let's be real here... these are just some of my favorites, I am sure I could find a hundred more that I loved! I think Jennifer Garner stole the show for me. I loved the color, the detailing in the back, just everything about it.</div>
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Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-51382952126418588272013-02-23T08:10:00.000-08:002013-02-23T08:10:24.783-08:00Tilapia Tacos w/ Sweet Bacon Slaw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Usually on the weekends, we tend to eat out both Friday and Saturday night with friends. But, this week the mister is on call for work, and it was the season finale of Gold Rush so we were homebound for the night! <div>
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We have been on a fish kick lately, but I was craving tacos (surprise surprise! ha) so I decided to make tilapia tacos. I looked up a few recipes online, but nothing was really sounding great, or had three million ingredients in which I didn't have, and I am all about simple, especially on a Friday night!</div>
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So, after thinking on it for a while, I decided I was going to do a recipe similar to one my daddy makes, but add my own touches. I stopped by the store on the way home, picked up a few ingredients and was ready to go! This recipe is so quick and easy, and perfect for any night of the week!<br /></div>
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I began with mixing the coleslaw mixture and dressing together so it will have time to sit and blend together while I prepare the tilapia. This part really just depends on how many tacos you are making. I filled up a medium glass bowl with the coleslaw blend and then added the coleslaw dressing until it was the desired consistency we wanted. Once you have it to your desired consistency, add in your bacon, mix well, and set in the refrigerator until ready to serve.</div>
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Since I buy frozen tilapia, it is already individually packaged into single serving sizes. I just remove from packaging, rinse well, and place in a hot skillet coated in extra virgin olive oil. Sprinkle each side with any seasonings you prefer (I just use Old Bay), and cook until you can flake apart the fish with a fork. </div>
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While your tilapia is cooking, heat vegetable oil in a small pan on medium heat. Once it begins to heat up, take one corn tortilla and place in oil, let cook 30 seconds, then flip over and cook for an additional 30 seconds. Remove from oil, and place on a plate layered with paper towels to let the excess oil drain off. Continue until all shells are cooked. </div>
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Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-19141001520670672192013-02-22T11:21:00.002-08:002013-02-22T11:21:54.778-08:00$6 Rustic Chalkboard CrateI am so humbled by the overwhelming response some of my posts have gotten on my blog. I know it's a silly thing to most people to get excited about .. but, as of the beginning of February, I had MAYBE 400 views on this blog. Now. granted I didn't post much, I just liked to <strike>stalk</strike> read other blogs.<br />
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But, let me tell ya'll something, apparently people LOVE buffalo chicken. I mean so much so, that in the one day alone that I posted my <a href="http://homesweethomeownership.blogspot.com/2013/02/buffalo-chicken-sliders-in-crock-pot.html">Buffalo Chicken Sliders </a>onto my Pinterest, I had over 2,000 page views just to that one post alone. I was shocked. But, at the same time, so happy with peoples response to them. I mean after all, they are to die for good. So, I just wanted to say thank you to all my new readers that I have gained, and I hope to bring you more recipes and ideas that you can use in your own life :)<br />
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So today I wanted to share a simple and super cost efficient storage solution. A few days ago I posted about our <a href="http://www.homesweethomeownership.blogspot.com/2013/02/pantry-makeover-done.html">Pantry Makeover</a> and you may have noticed the little chalkboard crate at the bottom of the pantry in which I said I would be posting a how-to on how I turned it into a chalkboard basket to store all of our extra items in the pantry.<br />
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This thing was probably the easiest/best $6 I've ever spent. Our local Home Depot started selling these wooden crates/storage boxes around Christmas time and I knew I could do something with them, so I scooped two up and brought them home..<br />
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Originally I was planning on using them for blanket storage in our living room, but once the pantry was complete a little light bulb popped on in my head and gave me the great idea of using them for all of the miscellaneous items the bottom of our pantry seems to collect. I already had the stain on hand, as well as the chalkboard paint. <br />
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I started out by staining the entire crate in Mixwax Jacobean. It turned out a little darker than I originally wanted, so I rough sanded it once it was dry, and gave the stain great color variation in some spots :)<br />
Once the stain was completely dry, I sprayed one end of the crate with two coats of chalkboard paint spray paint, aka heaven in a can ;) Once it was dry, I put all of the extra items in there and there you have it .. simple, stylish, and efficient! <br /><br />
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Well, I'm not really sure what world I was living in, because "weeks end" just happened to be two and a half weeks later! Life gets busy sometimes, so please excuse my lack of timing.<br />
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But, the pantry is finally complete and I couldn't be any happier with how it turned out! The entire project was fairly inexpensive (Seriously, thank God for 50% weeks at Hobby Lobby) the glass jars were the most "expensive" part, and I think on spent somewhere around $80 on jars. I picked up the woven baskets at HomeGoods, the wood shelves were just one piece of wood from Home Depot that cost around $12 and we cut our own shelves from it, and the brackets to attach the shelves to the walls were 2/$8 and we have ten total (2 for each shelf).<br />
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Other than that, I had the spray paint on hand to paint the shelves, and we also put a fresh coat of wall paint on which we also had on hand. So without further adieu, here is our pantry! Also, please excuse the terrible picture quality, it is so hard to take pictures of a pantry .. So, that is why in our next house I have requested a walk in pantry ;)<br />
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Here is the picture I posted a few weeks back as our "before" shot...<br />
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So, looking back at this picture, I am kind of ashamed to admit that I use to consider our pantry "organized" HA! </div>
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Not only has the makeover created so much more space, cooking dinner at night is a dream with this pantry! Everything is so easy to find, and just goes right back into its place once I am done with it! I love it so much, that I have considered removing our standard builder grade door and replacing it with a glass door ... something along the lines of this style..<br />
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Plus it would add so much character to the kitchen! But, anyways, that's another post for another day! So let's continue on with the pantry break down shall we....<br />
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The most important thing with this entire makeover was making sure everything was in sealed containers. After my moth freak out, I wanted to make sure all of our food, and Coopers food would not have any more intruders. Which led me to the glass container storage...<br />
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These containers are so awesome! One large container holds one box of cereal, or a standard bag of chips. The medium containers are great for smaller bags of chips, or a box of Tricuits! And by adding the chalkboard labels myself, not only did I save money, but it is so easy to change out what is in each jar, and just to re-label what is in there!<br />
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Once all of the jars were filled, I had so much "extra" stuff just floating around, I wanted to contain it all some way, so I broke it down into woven baskets to create even more open space on each shelf.</div>
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How I chose what went into each basket was fairly simple. We have a lot of canned beans, so I immediately knew one basket would be just for canned beans because this would eliminate 80% of the can good clutter.<br />
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Next was the breakfast basket. I love oatmeal in the morning, and I generally have two or three boxes of different kinds on hand, so this was a no brainer for me to throw away the boxes and just place them neatly in the basket. Another reason for throwing away the boxes, after doing my research, moths actually love cardboard, and the glue that holds the cardboard packaging together, so I knew I wanted to throw as many boxes away as possible.<br />
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The "snacks" basket was up next. Cody loves his snacks. They are a grab and go kinda meal, and we all know men love simple! So I took all our granola bars, snack packs, and whatever other snacky foods that were floating around and stuck them all in one basket.<br />
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Now that the bulk of the cardboard boxes were gone, I had so many miscellaneous items laying around, I created a basket just for them! Which has worked out great. Things like peanut putter, spaghetti sauce jars, syrup, and some baking goods have found their way into this basket, and it's so nice to have all the extra crap just stored in one area.<br />
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Once everything was in the proper basket, I broke out my chalkboard labels that I made for Thanksgiving and tied them to each basket with some jute. Simple, and goes along with the chalkboard jars!<br />
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Now that the shelves were organized, it was time to deal with all the crap at the bottom of the pantry. Stuff like solo cups, paper plates, nakpins, placemats, ect. Please tell me everyone has this kind of randomness in their pantry .... yes? no?<br />
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Well, I wanted it all off the shelves and into it's own area. So I picked up some $6 crates at Home Depot that were pretty plain jane, did a little DIYness to them, and put all of our extras into them and called it a day!<br />
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<br />Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-79939745516102442702013-02-19T17:50:00.002-08:002013-02-19T17:51:13.207-08:00Simple Stuffed Shells .. On The Lighter Side!I literally just threw these together tonight for dinner, and they turned out so good, I immediately wanted to post the recipe before I forgot it!<br />
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1 Can Diced Tomatoes (I used Italian Style)</div>
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3 Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss Triangles</div>
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Brown your turkey in a skillet, once almost cooked all the way through, add your chopped onion and can of tomatoes, including the juice. Let simmer on low heat while your shells begin to boil.</div>
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Once your shells are tender, remove them from the stove, drain and rinse immediately with cool water and set aside to dry.</div>
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While the shells are drying, in a small/medium bowl, combine your Laughing Cow Cheese triangles, cream cheese and two tablespoons of parmesan cheese and microwave for 30 seconds or until soft. Mix well, then add your sun dried tomato paste and pesto and mix well once again. </div>
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Take your shells and stuff each one with your meat mixture, and place in a shallow glass baking dish (be sure to spray the bottom of the dish with PAM before placing the shells in it). Once all your shells are filled, top with your alfredo mixture, and then sprinkle lightly with parmesan cheese. </div>
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Pop into oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes, or until they are slightly golden on top. Serve while hot with your favorite side dish for Italian and enjoy!</div>
Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-61099433965919143592013-02-18T09:41:00.002-08:002013-02-18T17:41:59.924-08:00Weekend Update!It's President's Day, and while most of the country is still snuggled in their warm beds, I am at the office, just workin away! Even though I would much rather still be at home snuggled in bed with my sweet babies .. I have a busy week ahead with houses to sell and sweet clients to help :)<br />
Although the weekend was much too short, per the usual, it was a huge success in my books! The end of last week was absolutely crazy with all the construction going on at the office, so I played catch up Friday evening and then again Saturday morning, and it was so nice to get in a few hours of work completely uninterrupted! Which meant my Friday night consisted of this...<br />
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Saturday afternoon I showed a few houses, and then drove my happy little self to the mall. Anyone who knows me, knows I completely despise going to the mall, as much as I love to shop, the mall traffic is enough to drive any sane person crazy .. So clearly I was on a mission! <br />
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I wanted to find new bedding for one of our guest rooms, and of course, Friday night browsing <a href="http://pinterest.com/hpennington28/">Pinterest</a>, I found the perfect bedding..<br />
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Saturday I went to Pottery Barn and was determined to leave the store with it, yea, not happening ya'll. After spending about an hour with their design consultant calling nine different stores in nine different states, I came up empty handed. But, at the same time, I had a moment of clarity .. <i>why the hell was I buying $400 worth of bedding for a guest room that will only be used a few times a year?!</i> So after regaining my sanity, I decided I was going to buy all new bedding for OUR room! Duh.<br />
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So since Pottery Barn left me more than <i><strike>heartbroken</strike></i> disappointed, I made my way over to Target, my other guilty pleasure and proceeded to walk up and down the home decor isles for more hours than I ever want to admit. But, I did leave there on happy lady. Talk about love at first sight...<br />
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But, no task is ever simple when it comes to me and decorating. I then had to run back to Pottery Barn, then to TJ Maxx, then back to Target, but when all was said and done, I had a trunk full of new linens, and my wallet wasn't crying from Pottery Barn prices!<br />
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My Saturday night consisted of much needed alcohol, friends, and our favorite Mexican joint! Yumm yum!<br />
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Sunday was a serious day of cleaning. But, first, it started with the mister doing his very first Pinterest project WITHOUT my request! HA!<br />
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Since we are getting ready to put our house on the market, we have been doing little things here and there to get it ready. We completely dedicated yesterday to cleaning out all of our <strike>junk</strike> closets upstairs, and I think I also did roughly 467 loads of laundry. How exactly do two people accumulate so many clothing items? Its semi embarrassing. But, our upstairs is lookin' mighty fine, and mighty clean! Oh, and did I mention I have a serious crush on our bedroom thus far?<br />
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I still have some big plans that I hope to get finished this week, but I am just too smitten with the way it is coming along! Is it crazy that we actually thought about sleeping in the guest room last night so we didn't mess up the bed .. HA! I can't wait to post what I have in store for the nightstands!! ;)</div>
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Anyways, we ended our night with some homemade spaghetti, and attempted to watch The Walking Dead, for the first time ever, maybe it's because we are so far behind/have never watched it, but that show is so weird. I'll stick to my regular Duck Dynasty, Honey Boo Boo, and Buckwild marathons instead! HAHA! </div>
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Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend .. and I can't wait to post on our finally finished pantry renovation that you will LOVE! :) </div>
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Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-17619488539876552812013-02-13T10:41:00.000-08:002013-02-13T10:41:13.512-08:00Five Things<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Saw this little thing going around bloggy-land so I decided to join in!<b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">... you'll find in my purse</span></i></b></span></div>
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1. Burt's Bees Chapstick</span></div>
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3. Wallet</span></div>
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4. Plans to some DIY project I want done, ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Cell phone, but who am I kidding, this thing is always in my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">... <i>you'll find in my bedroom</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. Burt's Bees -- Literally have one in every spot so I don't lose one haha!</span></div>
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2. My iPad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. 900 Pillows -- We have a ridiculous amount of pillows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. Blankets; Another thing I make sure we will never have a shortage of ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Wall charger for my phone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>... I've always wanted to </i></b></span></span></div>
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1. Get Cooper a brother</span></div>
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2. Go on a month long vacation with not a care in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. Go to the Country Music Awards in Nashville</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. Meet Carrie Underwood</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Own a house on lots of land and have some horses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>... I'm currently loving</i></b></span></span></div>
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1. Nashville -- Cannot get enough of this show!!</span></div>
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2. My newest Michael Kors watch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. Getting our house ready to sell!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. Buckwild on MTV, ha such a guilty pleasure for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. My new hair color</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>... quirks I have </i></b></span></span></div>
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1. I am majorly independent. </span></div>
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2. I can't stand when people put the toilet paper roll on backwards hahaha -- I will literally fix it at someones house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. I don't like to get my nails done (I feel like it just takes foreverrrr) lol -- but I can't stand having unprofessional looking nails!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. I cannot paint .. Like to save my life haha .. I always hire it out!</span></div>
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5. If my kitchen is clean, I feel like my whole house feels so much cleaner.</span></div>
Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-68532125232044434912013-02-11T09:53:00.001-08:002013-02-11T09:53:20.358-08:00DIY Valentine Wreath<div style="text-align: center;">
I literally cannot believe Valentine's day is this week! But, I am oh-so-excited for an extra date night with my sweet man ;) </div>
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I normally don't decorate much for smaller holidays i.e. Valentine's Day, St. Patty's Day, ect., but after swooning over this wreath on Pinterest since LAST Valentine's Day, I decided to attempt to make it myself. Because lets be honest, I like to spend money, but there was no way I was spending almost $90 on a wreath when I totally knew I could DIY one myself :)</div>
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I don't know about you, but this wreath literally says perfection to me. If I crush over something for over a year, you know it's gotta be good :) I almost love it as much as my snowman wreath that I did for Christmas..</div>
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Obviously, it's not perfect, but I am super happy with the way it turned out, and it's been up for about two weeks now, and it's holding up just fine! </div>
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It was pretty simple to make and really cheap (I'm talking like a matter of under $20, can't beat that!) I bought a grapevine wreath from Hobby Lobby ($2.50) and then bought two bundles of grapevine. I wish I had taken a picture of these because I had never seen them before, but basically they were grapevine just bundled together in the middle which worked out perfect for creating the 'x'. Then I picked up some bouquets of small pink and white flowers and some hot glue sticks!</div>
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I tied the two bundles together with twine to create the x, and then tied the x to the grapevine wreath also using twine. Once they were tied together, I spent <strike>eternity</strike> the next hour hot gluing the flowers all over the wreaths. I am positive there is a better, less time consuming way to do this, because about 15 minutes in I was over it. Ha. </div>
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Once everything was dried and in place, I looped some light pink wired edge ribbon through the back of the 'x' where I had secured the two bundles together and tied a bow around by door hanger, wah La! I love it, and have received so many compliments on it! Not too bad for under $20!</div>
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<br />Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-63795758152409481032013-01-31T09:10:00.001-08:002013-01-31T09:59:14.861-08:00Pantry MadnessThis past week has been absolutely crazy! This past weekend Mr. Man finished my new farmhouse table, which I am so absolutely smitten with. Will be posting pictures as soon as I get back around to that project!<br />
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So lets rewind a little as to why I haven't been able to pay any much deserved attention to my new table -- So, last Wednesday, I am getting ready to cook dinner, and I pull out a bag of sweet potato chips from the pantry, they were BRAND SPANKIN NEW, literally, I had just bought them the night before. So, open the bag, pull out a chip, and a moth flies it's happy little self out of there. Um, what the shit?! So that, sparked my little mind, because a few days prior I had opened the pantry door and there was a moth crawling along the wall.<br />
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So me, being the super paranoid of all types of bugs person that I am, decided to Google "Moths in pantry" .. I mean surely if there was two within a few days of each other, they were coming from somewhere!<br />
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Was there anything wrong with the stuff I threw away? I'm not really sure, but better to be safe than sorry. Google pretty much told me, it can become a huge problem if you don't take care of it immediately, and if there is one, THERE IS MORE. They can lay up to FOUR FREAKIN HUNDRED eggs at a time. SAY WHAT?! And they are common in items that come in cardboard packaging (i.e. rices, cereals, dog treats, pastas, ect.)<br />
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So, after I threw away all the <strike><i>money</i></strike> food that I thought may be contaminated, I had to come up with a plan of what to do next. Well, unfortunately we do not have a gorgeous walk in pantry like I dream of, just a plain jane builder grade pantry ...<br />
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So I gathered my favorite ideas from each picture I saw and came up for a game plan for our pantry. First step, purchase glass jars/containers for everything that was not individually packaged (which to my surprise, is A LOT.) If you follow me on Instagram, you have seen my daily posts about the project lol.<br />
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I started with buying $100 worth of jars and baskets from Hobby Lobby, seriously thank you sweet baby Jesus for their 50% off weeks.<br />
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<br />Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-48428010402659919432013-01-15T07:11:00.000-08:002013-01-15T07:11:08.351-08:00After Christmas.... Decorating?So I am completely, 100% lost on how to decorate this time of year. So much so, to the point of where I have even Googled it. Seriously, thank God for Google.<br />
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Two weekends ago we took down all of our Christmas stuff, and my house is straight up NAKED ya'll! I had no idea how much stuff I had put out for Christmas. Jeez! So two trips later to buy MORE storage bins from Home Depot, all our stuff is safely packed away in the basement until next year!<br />
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But in the mean time, I am so lost. It's not spring, and the holidays are over -- So what exactly do I put out? Here is what Pinterest has offered..<br />
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Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-34585517084697977512013-01-03T06:33:00.000-08:002013-01-03T06:33:07.193-08:002012 In Review/Jumpstarting 2013!Wow, I literally cannot believe it is 2013! The saying "the older you get, the faster time flies" is becoming more true every day! It feels like just yesterday I was putting up my Christmas decorations, and now it's time to take them down! (Which I am ridiculously sad about .. why can't they just stay up a few more months?)<br />
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Anyways, we had a fantastic Christmas with our families and were so incredibly blessed again this year! It is always such a treat to have both of our families together, laughing, exchanging gifts, and eating delicious food! We continued our tradition we started last year and had both of our families over to our house for Christmas morning together. We sat around and drank coffee and mimosa's, enjoyed an incredible breakfast with so many different breakfast foods, and then opened presents. Such a fantastic morning. Unfortunately, my camera was dead, and I didn't get to snap any pictures.. but, thank goodness Cody's mom was able to get a few shots, and probably my favorite picture of all time!<br />
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And then before you know it, it was NYE! I think this was the first year we didn't have a big party, or do anything crazy! We went down to our neighbors house, and just had a nice relaxing evening with them! Nothing fancy, but a good time!</div>
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UGA won their bowl game, which was still a hard pill to swallow, considering they should be in the national championship! Still a little bitter about that, obviously!</div>
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But, now that it is a new year, it is time to start fresh! Looking back on 2012, we got so much accomplished with our home, and I can't wait to get started with our 2013 projects!</div>
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In March of this year, we had our house painted, which completely changed the entire look of our home! </div>
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Then in May, we had our drain lines run from our front yard, to a creek near our property. This has made the biggest difference for our yard! It was pretty pricey, ecspecially since you can't exactly see anything, but it has been worth every penny!</div>
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<i>*Since this picture, we have since had pine straw laid, as well as low growing plants, so it looks much nicer than just dirt!</i></div>
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Then also in May, we ripped up all the old crappy landscape edging the previous owners had put in, and we put down rocks..</div>
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Like painting our front door!</div>
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I also refinished my dining room table..</div>
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*Sorry I don't have a better after picture on my computer right now, but I absolutely love this outcome. It lightened the entire dining room up, and I am so glad I took <strike>eight hours of my life</strike> to redo this! HA!</div>
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But, then, in October, we started the biggest change of all.. which will be a work in progress through the spring of this year.. We began our backyard renovations! Anyone who knows us, knows how terrible our backyard was beforehand.. but, we absolutely LOVE it now!</div>
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*In 2013, I promise to be better at picture taking, because I still do not have a picture of the completed project, but it is so fabulous ya'll!</div>
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We also did other projects here and there to increase the value of our house, and also to continue to work towards our goal of turning a house into a home! In 2013, we have vowed to focus more on actual home improvement projects, rather than decorating <strike>(I'm really bad about this)</strike> </div>
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<li>Paint/Glaze cabinets</li>
<li>Change out all the hardware</li>
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<li>Build new kitchen table/sell current one</li>
<li>Buy new barstools</li>
<li>Update island w/ finials & add more trim</li>
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3. Wrought Iron Railings in foyer</div>
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5.Start finishing the basement</div>
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6. Re-tile our master bathroom/shower/tub</div>
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8.Repaint interior front door</div>
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9.Crown Molding upstairs hallway </div>
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10. Finish my craft room<br />
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<li>New Rug</li>
<li>Curtains</li>
<li>DIY Cork Boards</li>
<li>Chair for current desk</li>
<li>Purchase IKEA Expedit Bookshelf</li>
<li>Paint Ceiling/Add Crown Moulding</li>
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And I am sure along the way I will add many more things to the list, but this is a pretty good start for 2013! Wish us luck! And check back tomorrow for our goals on a healthy 2013! </div>
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<br />Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-42048423769309251382012-12-18T07:18:00.000-08:002012-12-18T07:20:45.906-08:00Meanwhile at the Griswold's...I have seriously slacked on posts lately, but when I saw this holiday link party going on, I had to join!<br />
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Life has been so crazy busy, per usual, I seriously think I decorated our house over a span of four weeks, that's normal, <i>right? </i><strike>And, I still have a few things I could put out.</strike><br />
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So instead of a blog post, here is a photo dump of our house this year for Christmas! Enjoy!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">DIY Snowman Wreat<span style="font-size: x-small;">h, Urns with fresh<span style="font-size: x-small;"> garland from Home Depot, a<span style="font-size: x-small;">nd<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">poinsettias</span>. </span></span></span></span> </span></i></div>
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Is it just me, or does this time of year go by at a ridiculous pace? I just want to bottle up all the holiday cheer and use it throughout the year! Everyone is just so jolly and happy .. I LOVE IT!<br />
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With that being said .. it is officially the holiday season around our house and I have been taking full advantage of this time of year! I have been decorating our house for about two weeks now, (don't judge, we both love Christmas!) and I have also been shopping <strike>non stop</strike>.<br />
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We didn't <strike>freeze our asses off</strike> go all out this year for Black Friday, but we did scoop up some good deals! Thursday night we went to WalMart so I could get my hands on the Paula Deen 28 piece cookware .. um, hello .. GOOD DEAL. Then Friday we each spent a majority of the day shopping for each other. Is it just me, or did Black Friday not seem as busy this year?<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(If you don't have this set, I HIGHLY recommend picking one up .. so fabulous!)</span></i></div>
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Anyways, after I <strike>drained my bank account</strike> finished shopping, it was time to sprinkle holiday cheer all over our house, and I could hardly contain my excitement. Even though I started decorating before Thanksgiving, it was time to get serious about turning our house into the North Pole. I am almost there, just a few more touches inside and out and we'll be all set.<br />
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How is your holiday decorating coming along? Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-43149342972411005662012-11-14T07:10:00.000-08:002012-11-27T11:58:06.448-08:00What I am Thankful for...<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the spirit of the season, I have decided to avoid the current trend on Facebook by posting what I am thankful for each day, and do one big blog post regarding my thankfulness :) Since I have fully committed to making something of this blog, I figured why not?! And even though I do not think I could ever put into words all that I am thankful for, I would like to put the most important things on here :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First and foremost, I am simply thankful for <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Cody</i>.</span></span> He is my rock, my better half, my happy place, and my 'normal' in this crazy, hectic, always on-the-go life of mine. He is my biggest supporter, and is always there when I need him, & even when I think I don't. I could not imagine my life without him, and I am so thankful for God working in the most mysterious of ways, and putting us together. I truly believe God wanted us together when he wrote our life story, and for that, I am thankful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Secondly, I am thankful for</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">our families</span></i></span>. <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We each have been blessed beyond belief when it comes to our families and the constant love and support they have all given us not only throughout our relationship, but our entire lives. They are always there for us, cheering us on, supporting our every decision, and helping every chance they have. I am thankful for the relationships that we have each formed with each others families, and the relationship our families have formed together. They would literally bend over backwards for us, and are always so willing and kind. We always talk about how blessed we are to have the families that we do, and for that WE are thankful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next up,</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">COOPER!</span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In reality, my sweet boy is probably one of my most favorite things about my life. Not only is he a pure momma's boy ha! .. He is the most loyal, loving, snuggly (is that a word?) fur-baby on the planet. I literally could not imagine my life without this dog. He is oooober protective of his momma, and is always by my side, or under my feet, or under the table (begging, of course!) but regardless of his stinky breath, or fuzzy fur-ball tumbleweeds that are currently floating around our house, I will love this dog to the end of time. Is it weird that he is just barely one, and I already get overly emotional at the thought of him getting that "white face" that all goldies get when they get older? ugh, so sad .. but, with that being said, it just shows how much I love this little stud muffin. Get ready for cuteness overload.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next, I am thankful for my</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Career</i></span></span>.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Beyond thankful actually. Like I posted last week, the job post will be for another day and another time, but for today, I am purely thankful where I am in my career and for who I work with, and who I work for. For those of you who know, I had a major career change over the summer, and I work for Remax Five Star now! I love what I do. There is not a day I dread coming into work, or looking at houses with the sweetest clients. I absolutely LOVE it. I have met so many new people, who are all so sweet to trust me with such a big decision in their life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! I have truly been blessed when it comes to this career!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next .. I am thankful for our</span> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">home</span>. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our house</span> means the world to us, for so many reasons. But, to say I am thankful for our home, would be the understatement of the year. Ya'll, for those of you who know, we went through hell and high water buying our first home .. no joke. But, here we are a year and a half later, and we could not be ANY happier, or more thankful for our beautiful home and absolutely wonderful neighbors!! God truly blessed our lives and showed us exactly where we are supposed to be with this home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And who could forget my</span> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">friends</span></span></i>.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Better yet, my girlfriends. The ones who I talk to every day, or the ones I can go months without talking to, and pick right back up where we have left off. The ones who are there no matter what, and even the ones who we have lost touch over the years. I truly believe my friends make up a huge part of who I am today. So no matter where our relationships have drifted away to, or not drifted at all, I am thankful for all my girlfriends, new and old. You have forever impacted my life in some way, at some time, and for that, I am thankful for you.</span><br />
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I still have found time to <strike>stalk</strike> <i>read </i>blogs every day, fantasizing about someday filling my blog with beautiful pictures of our home, mouth watering new recipes that I've made, and even DIY projects that we have accomplished, but life has literally gotten in the way.<br />
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In the way of what you might ask? In the way of any free time that may find its way into my schedule. Since starting this blog a few months back, I have had a major career change (more about that later) more BBQ's and friendly get-togethers than one could ever imagine, more DIY projects/new recipes/Pinterest ideas than Martha Stewart would ever find fun, and all while still maintaining a clean house, busy work schedule, spontaneous date nights, and long walks with my sweet pup. <br />
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So to start with our home, we have managed to make so many new friends within our neighborhood over the summer months, and it is glorious. Of course we will always have our friends from high school and college, but there is just something about not always having to drive somewhere to go out, or make plans, or get dressed up. Just walking out our front door and down a few houses is so nice. We truly have been blessed when it comes to our neighbors. They are all so wonderful, and of all ages (<strike>most</strike> okay, all are older than us) but everyone just gets along, and we LOVE it ya'll! Cooper has even found a new fur-friend in the neighborhood, so cute.<br />
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More recently we have been really focused on the house, of course with fall in full effect here in Georgia, I have gone a little stir crazy with the decorations. You better believe that come September 1st, I had all of my decorations out in full effect. I just can't get enough of this time of year. The weather has been incredible lately, and I want to soak it up as much as possible before the dreaded winter months arrive. Here are a few pictures of what fall has brought to our house this year...<br />
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The first place it started was in our dining room, with the coffee filter wreath I made (talk about a DIY project that I will never do again, mark my words .. Holy.Pain.In.The.Ass!)<br />
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Then I moved onto the dining room table..<br />
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Then to the mantle in the living room (please excuse the terrible picture quality, it was night, and I was overly excited about how it turned out..) I will have to tell you all about this design idea in another post -- Seriously you will love it & love the price tag!<br />
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Then onto the front porch. I knew I had to hit a home run with this because everyone would be seeing it .. so it was on. On a Friday night, the man and I decided to go to Pike's to pick up our pumpkins (It was $20 for ALL.YOU.CAN.CARRY) You better believe I loaded Cody down with some pumpkins, actually so much so that the two men working in the seasonal center took a picture because they had never seen someone carry so many out .. HA! So .. here we have the front porch ....<br />
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So there is my fall-tastic ideas around the house! Of course I have other small touches every where I can put them, or plug them in. Is it bad that I had the windows open a few Saturdays ago, and one of of my neighbors was on her way down and couple smell my apple cinnamon spiced house from a house down? LOL -- I'm not kidding when I say I love fall! Hope everyone is fantastic, and has a spook-tacular Halloween! Heather Penningtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202365332382800199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161841605757529370.post-24992727762228726832012-06-28T08:28:00.000-07:002012-06-28T08:28:14.901-07:00Welcome To My Home ..... Online! <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would weigh out the pros and cons, and always toss the blog idea to the side & say to myself .. "Maybe when my house is complete" ...... Who am I trying to kid? We have lived in our house for a little over a year, my master bathroom has been painted four times, and we have just recently purchased our SECOND brand new living room set. So the excuse of "waiting until the house is complete" was obviously NOT realistic by any means! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sweet baby boy, Cooper!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So here I am, posting my first blog post! I have lots to share about me, my life, my home, and what goes on inside this little head of mine, so please join me as I enter this whole new world, and share with you my attempt at creating the perfect Pinterest home! :) Until next time, here is a sneak peek inside my world!</span></span></div>
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