My Cat

This is how he sits next to me in the recliner...no need to say more

Great Bath Concoction

Who doesn't love a great bath?  Here's a few things I used tonight

1. Beer
2. Sour Patch Kids
3. Magazine
4. Bath Oil
5. Adele's 21 in the background playing

Song of the Week

Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die" from her upcoming album.  This girl's got something definitely interesting going on

Revamped Guest Bedroom

When I bought my home 2 years ago the guest bedroom was a baby's room.  After 2 years I finally got down to updating the bedroom.  I switched the bright green walls to a light blue, pulled out all the trim and replaced with white trim, made hand-painted mustache pillowcases, an iron-on "poor man's" headboard, and brought in an antique sewing machine from when I was little.

Here's the before:

And after:

This is a great example of my decorating style, odd ball unique mixed with old school classic.

Finally Decorating the Kitchen

I've lived in my house for a few years but have been hesitant to hang things on the wall.  I finally gave in and decided to add some flavor finally.  I went with some discounted plates I found at Urbanoutfitters and Anthropologie.  You just need some plate hangers from your local hardware store (around $2.99 a piece) and a fairly simple project.

Before:

After:

Chocolate Coffee Drink

Sometimes I don't want to run to Starbucks and spend the $ to get a yummy frozen coffee drink.  Here's a simple recipe that I use to squash the cravings.  Most of the measurements are estimates, which yes I know is annoying, but it is really what you like.

What you need: 1/2 tray ice cubes, 2 tablespoons instant coffee grounds, 2 big squeezes of chocolate syrup, 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup water.

Throw all in a blender and then taste test, add more chocolate syrup for flavor.  When done, through in a cup and enjoy!

Holiday Starbucks Joy

Carmel Brulee Late or Peppermint Mocha, either one plus this red cup makes me oh so happy!

Leftover Feta

How can you not love feta?  I had some leftover from a feta/egg/green onion (amazing combination) meal and knew I had to use it up and not waste a morsel.  What's a girl to do? Well make some mashed potatoes (I use the 90 cal 3-minute ready kind) and through that amazing cheese on top and enjoy!

Christmas Lights FAIL :(

Got brand new lights, strung them up, left the house and came back four hours later to burnt out lights  :(

Rejoice! New Black Keys!!!!

Love this band so much, can't find great music like this around too much any more.  They just released their new album this week.

And here's a couple pictures from when I saw them this past summer, gave a great show no doubt!

Chocolate Covered Oreos

Here's a little treat that I made for Thanksgiving and was demanded for Christmas, chocolate covered oreos.

Here's what you need: Oreo's (stating the obvious), 1 bag chocolate chips, and some Crisco.

Microwave the entire bag of chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon Crisco for 1 minute, stir them and then microwave at 20 second intervals until completely melted.

Once ready I made a little assembly line, Oreo's - Melted Chocolate - Wax paper lined pan

Dip the Ore's into the chocolate and stir around with a spoon, pick up (I use 2 spoons to not get my hands messy) then lay on the wax paper.  Once your all finished placed the pan in the fridge for 20-30 minutes for the chocolate to set.  

Now your all done and can enjoy, or you can add a little more decoration.  Following the melting instructions above, I melted white chocolate and placed it in a ziplock bag, then cut the tip of one of the corners and then squeezed out some decorations!  Place back in the fridge for a few minutes to let the new chocolate set, then pull out.

Through in a cute tin and you got some scrumption cookies!