The Lundt Life!

Pretty Pumpkin!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:06:00 +0000

I wanted to share with you my first craft project in quite a while! This project was fun and a lot less ooey, gooey than carving a pumpkin! I did find this idea on Pinterest.

You can see the original Pinterest post here.

Anyways, have you seen any of the wall art that was done where you line up crayons and melt them down the canvas? This idea was basically the same thing, except with a pumpkin!

I started out with a black fake pumpkin from Walmart. You can use a real pumpkin or whatever type of pumpkin you want to use. I wanted to make something that was going to last longer than a real pumpkin, so that is why I went with the fake pumpkin.

The first step was to pain the pumpkin. You may or may not have to do this step depending on your pumpkin. Since my pumpkin was white, I had to do a couple coats of white paint on it. I used acrylic paint from Walmart.

I kept the pumpkin in a box which ended up being really helpful when I started to melt the crayons.

Next you will want to peel the wrappers off the crayons and break them in half. Peeling the wrappers off was more difficult than I thought it would be!

The original directions were to use tacky glue to glue the crayons to the pumpkins. I have tacky glue, but for the life of me I couldn't find it when I needed it. Instead I used a glue gun. It worked well, except obviously that it will start to melt the crayons.

I also had trouble at this point because I spaced the crayons too far apart at first, and then I had to go and redo it. It wasn't a big deal, but depending on the size of your pumpkin, make sure you keep this in mind!

Next is the fun part! Again, this is when the box comes in handy! Turn on that blow dryer and start melting! I did this sitting on the floor with the box sitting on a plastic cover. The crayon will bleed through to the bottom of the box, so just to be on the safe side, I had plastic on the floor so it wouldn't get on my floor. It takes a while to melt and can sometimes splash all over the place, so keep an eye on where the wax is going. Also, I used off brand crayons so this might have impacted my end result.

Here is my pumpkin right after it started to melt. I love the abstractness of this project! And I love colors and rainbows so this was right up my alley!

Here is my pumpkin after I finished. I felt there were some places that didn't get enough variety, so I added some more crayon to those spaces to fill them in. Then I let it dry overnight.

Next step is to seal it! Since my base is acrylic paint, I wanted to make sure that it wasn't going to come off. I used a mod podge acrylic sealer that has a gloss to it. I let this dry overnight as well. It has a wet look to it, but is completely dry. I like the wet look though, it kinda goes with the look of wax melting!

Here is the end result! As you can see, the darker colors definitely showed up better. All in all it was an amazing fun and easy project.

The Lundt Life...Nine Months Later!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:35:00 +0000

Wow! I really haven't kept up on my blog!

I really planned to, but sometimes life happens. A lot has changed in nine months!

Moving into our new house was the last update I made. It seems like a lot has happened since then, but looking back, only a few major things have changed in our lives.

In March we had an addition (or two) to the family. No, not children (at least not in human form!), but two new puppies! We already had two dogs, Ace and Echo and we decided that we wanted another puppy. When we went to get another one, there were only two puppies in the litter, and we couldn't pick between them, so we just got them both! Plus, I am not a fan of odd numbers, so four is defiantly better than three! So now we have Ace, Echo, Izzie, and Ollie! They are now about nine months old so we are almost out of the puppy stage!

It was quite a difference in our household pretty much doubling the number of animals, but we haven't regretted it for a minute! The fit perfectly into the family. It has been really fun to see them grow up together and they have become best friends. Echo loves to attack them, but Ace on the other end only goes as far as "tolerating" them. He has warmed up to them for the most part, but you can still tell he has the attitude that he would have been perfectly happy being the only child!

Here are some pictures!

Left: All of the dogs eagerly waiting for a treat! Right: Ace and Echo (top) before puppies riding in car, and (bottom) puppies at the neighbors when they were about three months old

Izzie Shortly after we brought them home (about 2 months)

Ollie Shortly after we brought them home (about 2 months)

Ace (4 yrs old) and Echo (3 yrs old) about a year ago

The Babies when we first got to meet them! (Around Jan 2013)

Izzie a few months ago (Aug 2013)

They were all thirsty after playing in the big backyard!

The new normal, Izzie, Ollie, and Echo playing

while laying on me with Ace off sleeping somewhere!

I think I need to take more pictures of the dogs! As you probably can imagine, everyday is an adventure with 16 paws around the house! They are our children (for right now), and they are so lovable and fun. Echo and Ollie are still in a battle of who is the Alpha Female. Izzie knows shes the little cute one and is learning to use it to her advantage. Ace is the easy going one that sleeps 95% of the time. Ollie is the strong, silent type who is turning out to be a pretty good dog. Echo is the watch dog and makes sure to alert us of any noises by barking constantly. They each have their own little personalities and all get along really well!

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Another awesome thing that happened within the last nine months is Nathan and I were able to visit Cancun for vacation! It was a ton of fun and we made some awesome memories! It was our first time being out of the country and it was something we would love to do again! We got to go on a catamaran, a speed boat tour in the ocean, went snorkeling twice, got to wake up to the beautiful Caribbean sea every morning, and the highlight of our trip was getting a chance to swim with dolphins! Here are a few of the pictures we have from the trip!

The view from our room!

The hotel we stayed in

The beach and the ocean!

Nathans favorite dessert that he had almost every night!

The Catamaran..it has a hammock towards the back of the boat

The beautiful sunset

I love Palm trees!

The view while Nathan is driving the speed boat in the ocean

Underwater snorkeling pictures

The place where we swam with dolphins

Me and a dolphin

Me swimming on the stomach of a dolphin (they can go really fast!)

Nathan and a smiling dolphin!

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Other than our fun, the only other exciting thing that has happened in the last few months is that I started a new job. I was working for a company in a retail store selling T-Mobile. I decided I was done with the stress of meeting sales quotas and pay being so heavily weighted on commission. I decided to start working at the T-Mobile call center in Meridian. I started training in July and have been done with training almost a month now. I really like it a lot better. I have better benefits including much more time off and a consistent schedule. I am planning on working for T-Mobile for the rest of my career. They have a lot of varied options within the call center as well as other opportunities in a lot of different lines of work. They are making a lot of business changes for the better which has caused a lot of growth. It is really exciting to be part of a company that is growing right now with how the economy is.

Well now that I have caught you up on the major things that has happened in the Lundt life, I promise to be more consistent about posting. I am currently working towards a better and healthier me so this blog will include a lot of posts about my progress and what I am doing to be successful. I also want to start reviewing products and posting more of the recipes I have been trying out lately!

Thanks for sticking with me as I fit nine months into one blog entry!

And Then There Was a House!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:35:00 +0000

So I have been WAY behind on my blog, about 2 months worth! I was planning on blogging as our house was being built but I guess life happened, and I didn't. So here is about 2 months worth of blogging fit into one post!

The last time I posted was at the end of October and at that time they had just started framing our house. Here are some more pictures of our house in the framing stage.

At the beginning of November they were working on the end of framing as well as delivering some of the items for the house including our Jacuzzi tub and shower stalls!

They had the bonus room framed enough that we were actually able to go upstairs. Here is a picture of Nathan's pickup from looking out the upstairs window.

Around November 13th, they finally started painting! Here are some pictures of them painting as well as the final product!

On the 16th, there was finally drywall on the walls and our house really started to look like a house with rooms instead of a bunch of 2x4s and 2x6s.

They finally started installing some of the more detailed items like the shelving in the closets and the pantry. This happened around November 24th.

We were starting to get worried because they hadn't put our roof on and it was getting closer to winter and snow every day. Finally, on November 28th, the roof was being installed!

On the 28th, a ton of boxes were delivered that contained our beautiful dark cabinets for our kitchen.

On the 29th, the walls were painted and trim was installed everywhere except where the carpet was going to be.

November 30th our cabinets in the master bath were installed as well as in the main bathroom, guest bathroom, and they started on the installation of the cabinets in the kitchen.

The 1st, we finally got a look at our bathroom coming together. When you are picking out the colors, it is so hard to know what is going to look good together when you are looking at samples and are trying to picture it. Luckily we love the flooring we picked out which is good since a majority of the floors are this design.

Our counter tops were also starting to be installed. Nathan thought we went a little too light on our kitchen counter tops, but once the flooring went in and all of our black appliances and cabinets, the lighter colored counter tops were a really nice contrast.

All of our bathrooms are starting to look like they could actually be used as a bathroom!

The back splash really added to the contrast and matched the counter tops perfectly! Don't mind the random guy in the picture! He was one of the awesome construction workers who helped make our house as amazing as it is!

So when we originally decided on all the plans and details for our house, we had decided to rough in the ability to add sconce lights to our walls in between the windows in the living room. We had planned to get lights and install them at a later time. Well CBH decided to throw in three sconce lights for us which was awesome!

On Dec 5th, we have carpet. They also installed the rest of the cabinets including the elevated cabinets above the fridge and microwave. The microwave isn't installed yet, but our two oven stove and ceiling fan have been!

Also our lights have been installed as well as our jetted tub and tile around the tub (also added at no extra cost, thanks CBH!).

Most everything by this point has been installed. From this point there was a lot of fine tuning and stuff outside to be completed.

By the 6th, all the carpet was installed and our house was really looking like our dream home!

Now we had to play the waiting game. From what we could see, everything looked pretty much done. There was still quite a bit to do before we could move in. In order for the appraisal to be completed, the sod had to be done in the front yard as well as the brick on the front of the house. This is when things got a little stressful. For some reason things were planned to be done a certain day, but then were delayed. This really made us stress out because we were trying to be able to close on our house early enough before Christmas that we would still have time to get in and unpacked before the 22nd.

After fighting with them and stressing out, the sod and brick were finally done around December 12th.

So finally, as of December 13th. our house was finally completed! We were so relieved. All that was left to do was the final detailing and signing off on everything and then allowing the bank time to get everything ready for closing. Our goal was to be closed and starting to be moving in by the 17th. Some papers got submitted too late and we got pushed back to the 18th. This still gave us enough time (barely) to get moved in before family was in town on the 22nd.

It is amazing to look back to see how much progress happened in so little time. We started out with a empty lot on October 15th and as of December 13th our house was completely built and we were moved in and closed on December 18th.

We couldn't have dreamed for it to go any better. Even though things were tense, we came out stronger for the stress and have an amazing house that we can call our own and enjoy for many years to come!

Here are some pictures we have taken since we have moved in. It feels like home now with all of our stuff. We are still unpacking and organizing, but as much as I am OCD, the organizing will always be a work in progress. I am hoping to have many opportunities to try some Pinterest ideas in our new home. One of the first ideas I have already started on is the painting on the wall.

All in all, this was an awesome opportunity to go through and I am very happy with our decision to build. I can't thank the people enough who were there to support us through this process including our coworkers, friends, family, CBH Homes, our realtor and his assistant, and our mortgage loan officer. You all played a part in making our dreams come true!

Behind on Posting Already!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:40:00 +0000

Hey everyone!

I haven't posted forever, and I am not happy about that! I have so many things I have wanted to post, but I just haven't got around to it. Here is a little update on what has been going on. I am hoping to post some more entries about some Pinterest stuff later this week if I have time.

I was transferred to work at a store in Boise so I have been spending a lot more time on the road commuting to and from work. So far the new location is going well. I am pretty much used to it and ready for the busy holiday season.

Our house progress is going better than expected. As of now (10/29/2012) They have pretty much framed most of the exterior of the house and are working on the interior walls and the roof through this week. Nathan talked to the superintendent today, and it sounds like he plans for it to be done at the beginning of December which means we are 99% sure we will be able to spend Christmas in our new house!

We are super excited because my parents are coming to Boise for this Christmas for the first time, and it would be awesome for them to be able to spend it in our brand new house, not to mention it would be the best Christmas present! Anyways, here are some pictures of the most recent progress. Nathan has been good about taking pictures of every step of the way because he practically lives there when he isn't working!

Our Dream Home

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:33:00 +0000

Hey Everyone! Hopefully soon, our dream home will be a reality! We just recently decided to have a house built in the area that we are living currently. We decided on a smaller town close enough to everything, but this way we will still be living in a place with the small town feel that we are used to from growing up in St. Maries.

If everything goes right we are hoping to be able to move in before Christmas, but realistically we will probably be able to move in sometime in the middle of January.

Here are some pictures of what our house and community are going to look like! As we go along in the building process, I will be adding more posts with info to keep everyone updated!

Here is what our floor plan looks like. We will have a 3 car garage, one section of it will be for Nathan's shop. We will have the room labeled "dine" as a workout or game room. Then we have our master bed/bath (with a jetted corner tub in the bathroom!) on one side of the house and then the kids rooms (for future) on the other side of the house with the living room, dining room, and kitchen in the middle of the house. Then there is a bonus room with a bathroom that is above the garage that will be used for a guest room or a family room.

Here is a picture of what the house looks like from the outside. Ours will be flipped the opposite way with the garage on the right hand side instead of the left.

This is a picture of the colors that the house will be painted on the outside. We will probably have the shutters a darker color and eventually paint our garage and front doors darker as well.

Here is a Google map's satellite view of where our house is going to be built (the star marks our property!) We will have one side neighbor when we move in and eventually another side neighbor once someone decides to build beside us! There is a field behind the fence so we won't have any neighbors behind us!

Here is a zoomed out view of our subdivision. We are right off the main highway. You stay to the right thru one round about and then turn right in the second one. The subdivision is small and very quiet which is what we prefer!

One of my Favorite Treats (Orange Dreamsicle Fudge)

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:25:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Today I was off so I had a lot of time to devote to Pinterest! I have a lot of dessert recipes saved so I thought I would find something good to make. I decided on Orange Creamsicle Fudge!

I have always loved fudge, but I especially love Orange Creamsicle! I have talked before about how I am NOT a cook. Well I decided that since Pinterest is slowly going to change that anyways, I am going to make the things that I like. So here is the instructions and pictures for making Orange Creamsicle Fudge.

Ingredients:

6 -ounces (1.5 sticks) butter
2- cups granulated sugar
3/4- cup heavy cream
1- package (12 oz) white chocolate chips
1- jar (7 oz) marshmallow cream (or fluff)
1- tablespoon orange extract
orange (or a combination of red and yellow) food coloring

Instructions:

Prepare a 13x9 pan by lining it with aluminum foil and spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, cream, and butter over medium heat.

Continually stir the mixture until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.

Brush down the sides with a wet pastry brush.
Bring the mixture to a boil, and once it starts boiling, stir continuously for four minutes.

After four minutes of boiling, remove the pan from the heat and immediately stir in the marshmallow cream and white chocolate chips.
Stir until the white chocolate has melted and the fudge is completely smooth.

Working quickly, pour about a third of the white fudge into a bowl and set aside.
To the remaining fudge, add the orange extract and orange food coloring, stirring until it is a smooth, even color. It is important to perform these steps quickly, because the fudge will start to set if you take too long, and the end result will not be smooth.

Pour the orange fudge into the prepared pan and spread it into an even layer.

Drop the white fudge over the top by the spoonful, then drag a table knife or toothpick through the fudge to create orange-white swirls. You can spray your hands with nonstick cooking spray and gently press them into the top to smooth out the swirls, if desired.

Allow the fudge to set at room temperature for 2 hours, or in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
To cut, pull the fudge out of the pan using the foil as handles.
Use a large sharp knife to cut the fudge into small 1-inch squares. Store Orange Creamsicle Fudge in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week, and bring it to room temperature to serve.

From how it looks and how the little bit of fudge that was left in the bowl tastes, I am going to be very happy with how this turns out!

I just realized that I didn't do the instructions right. I poured the white into the orange instead of dropping it in by spoonfuls. I am sure it won't make that big of a difference though!

Edit: So even though my fudge tastes AMAZING, for some reason it didn't turn solid. It is a little gooey, but since I am the only one eating it, I just eat it off a spoon and it works just fine. I don't know what I did wrong, but I know that fudge is really hard to make anyways. All that matters is that it tastes good!

Dinner Plan 9/20/12-9/26/12

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Hey everyone! So if you know me, you know I am not a cook. How this happened I don't know. My mom, sister, and grandma all are good at cooking and love to cook! Me, not so much! I think that I could have been a good cook, but I don't have the patience for cooking. Well, Pinterest might just change that!

I have found so many good recipes on Pinterest that I am starting to want to cook more and try all these recipes. I am going to start posting our weekly meal plan here with links to the dinners we are going to be trying. I am not going to guarantee that I am the one cooking all of them, but I will be cooking a few times a week. If nothing else, it will make it easy for my husband to find the recipe for whats on the menu instead of trying to ask me while I am working! Please click on the links to check out the recipes!

Thursday 9/20~ Homemade Chicken Nuggets and No-Fry Fries
Friday 9/21~ Hawaiian Sweet Roll Ham Sandwhiches
Saturday 9/22~ Breakfast (No recipe, just making French Toast, Bacon, Eggs....for Dinner!)
Sunday 9/23~ Chicken Stuffed Shells
Monday 9/24~ Turkey Patties
Tuesday 9/25~ Ranch Pork Chops
Wednesday 9/26~ Chicken Roll Ups

Here are some of the recipes that we made last week (before I started the blog) and what we thought of each one.

Meatball Sanwhiches~ These were amazing! I am not a huge meatball fan, but this was so good that I actually took leftovers for lunch the next day which I used to never do! We just used freezer meatballs and they still turned out really good!

Chicken Alfredo Roll Ups~ These were awesome as well. My husband made them and made it like normal lasagna instead of doing the individual roll ups. I think it would taste the same either way!

Chicken Crescent Roll Casserole~ Again, very good! How can anything with crescent, chicken, and cheese not be good though!

Skinny Dorito Taco Bake~ This was overall good, but it didn't turn out the best. The skinny version of this recipe called for a half pound of meat so that made a little bit of a difference. I didn't know what Rotel was and didn't have time to find out so I just left it out which made it a bit dry. My husband doesn't like greek yogurt (a substitute for the sour cream) so that and the fact that it was a little overcooked because of the lack of ingredients overall made the dish too dry. We will for sure try the recipe again adding the Rotel (tomato sauce) and maybe cooking it 25 min instead of the 30 min that it says to.

Easy Calendar Decorating Idea

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:57:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Here is another idea I got from Pinterest. It's a super easy and cheap way to make a cute calendar for any purpose. I will be using mine to write out our weekly menu. My husband does the cooking most of the time so it will be an easy way for him to know what to make for dinner. There are a few other ones on Pinterest to check out for inspiration!

Here is what mine looks like!

I got 8 small frames from Wal-Mart. They are cheap plastic 4x6 frames that were $.95 each. Then I had some bright colored card stock laying around the house already. I printed some cool black and white patterns on the pages and then cut them out to put behind the glass. You can use scrap booking paper or whatever you want. The nice thing is that if we ever wanted to change the paper out to something that isn't so bold, it would be really easy to do.

I also made some funky looking labels for the days and have each one a different font.

I put the frames into a pattern that I liked and used a glue gun to glue the frames together. Make sure that when you are doing this, the piece on the back of the frame that you will be using to hang it up is going to be in the right position.

All that is left is to find a dry erase marker to write on your calendar! This could be a good idea for children, chores, or just for keeping track of your schedule!

Homemade Laundry Soap (Costs $.02 per load!)

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Hey everyone! So one of the first things that I found on Pinterest to try out was making my own laundry soap. I used to buy the Great Value Wal-Mart brand, but even the generic brand is about $12 for one gallon jug.

Once I found this idea on Pinterest, I knew I had to try it! I made it once a while back and it lasted me quite a while. Then we ran out, and I didn't have a chance to make any more so we ended up going back to buying the overpriced stuff.

I just made some a few nights ago and am planning on making some more tomorrow. I am going to list out the instructions with pictures (some will be added tomorrow after I take them!) so you can see the process.

This idea was originally from Erin @ Why Not Sew? Here is a link to her blog with the instructions I used. Her post has been very popular because of Pinterest so it has a lot of comments. If you have any question about the process or what specific products to use, please refer to the blog comments on her page or contact me so I can find out for you. I have only tried this recipe a few times and so far it has turned out really good. Things can vary though because of different soaps used, temperatures, etc. From the comments, it looks like this detergent is save to use in High Efficiency washers.

Here is the list of ingredients and tools that you need. I use the pot, grater, funnel, spoon, and containers ONLY for making this detergent.

1 bar of soap (any kind you want)
1 cup of Borax
1 cup of washing soda
1 gallon water (to be boiled)1 gallon cold water
a big pot ( that holds more than 2 gallons)
a grater
a funnel
a long spoon
2 empty gallon jugs/containers

For the soap I used Dial because it was cheap, and I got a bar of Fels Naptha because of some of the comments on Erin's blog. It is used for pre-treating stains. When I make my detergent, I grate up about 1/4 of the Fels Naptha bar and then half of the dial bar. Even though they smell completely different, I like the smell of the bars when mixed together.

The Borax, Washing Soda, and Fels Naptha were all right together in the laundry detergent aisle at Walmart. I think the total cost for everything including the tools that you will only need to buy once was about $20. The actual ingredients was probably $6-$10 of that.

For this amount of supplies, the original blogger can make nine batches of this detergent. Each batch makes 2 gallons of soap. If you were to use a half a cup of soap per load, that is 64 loads per batch so 9 batches would be around 576 loads of laundry for $6-$10. That is significant savings compared to my generic brand costing $12 and giving me just enough soap to wash about 32 loads.

Here is the picture of all my ingredients:

I don't have the in between pictures as I am making the detergent, but I will be sure to add that after I make some more! Until then, I will be using her pictures.

First you will want to grate your soap into the pot. Her recipe calls for 1 bar of soap. I use half of one type of bar and 1/4 of another. If your detergent gets too thick, you can use only half a bar. I promise this is soap and not grated cheese!

Fill one of your gallon jugs with water and pour it into the pot. Cook it until the grated soap dissolves completely. This step can take a while, but it is fine to let it sit and simmer, just stir it every once in a while.

Add once cup of borax and one cup of washing soda to the liquid and let it boil. It will coagulate. When I make mine, it doesn't seem to coagulate very much but you can notice it getting a little thicker. I think the times I have made this, I let it boil too long which results in it being way to thick at the end. You can let it boil for probably 5 minutes as long as you notice it getting thicker.

Turn off the heat and fill the other gallon jug with cold water and add it to the pot, making sure to stir well.

At this point she recommends to pour the detergent into your gallon jugs using a funnel and let them sit overnight. I usually let it sit in the pot overnight and then in the morning I stir it to get rid of the clumps and then add it to my containers. Both times I have done it this way and have made a royal mess. I would recommend pouring the detergent into the containers before you let it sit overnight.

The 3rd and 4th batches I put it in my containers to let it coagulate and it was MUCH easier to do. Please learn from my mistakes and do it this way!

After 24 hours, it will coagulate, and you will have to shake up the bottle so it isn't so thick. Normally, I have to shake the bottle before each use.

You can use as much detergent as you want for each load. If you use around a half a cup per load, this batch should give you enough detergent for 64 loads.

On a side note, if you want to get the labels off your milk containers, while the detergent is still hot, it will be really easy to peel the stickers off. Then take a little bit of nail polish remover and a cotton ball and rub off the stickiness.

Here is my final product:

List of my Pinterest Boards!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:15:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Since most of my blog entries are going to be about things from Pinterest, I thought I should give you an overview of my Pinterest boards so you have an easy way to get to all of my pins.

Like I said before, I am addicted to Pinterest, but I can't stop looking! Everyday I find something new that I will be glad I pinned someday! There are so many crazy ideas from a variety of topics that I just can't get enough! I have almost 50 boards and 2000 pins so far, and somehow I keep finding new stuff!

Anyways, I have a link to all of my different types of boards listed here so you can get to them easy. I will update this page as I add more boards and put a link on my homepage. If you are familiar with Pinterest, you can go right to my page here.

Food Boards

Healthy Recipes

Quick and Easy Recipes

Food Tips and Tricks

Dinner Recipes

Lunch Recipes

Appetizer/Snacks/Sides

Batch Cooking/Crockpot Recipes

DIY Boards

Crafts

Clothing and Accessories

Health Boards

Health and Fitness Tips

Health and Fitness Quotes

Beauty Boards

Love/Family Boards

Relationship Ideas

Puppies

Pregnancy/Babies/Children

Organization/Cleaning Boards

Organizing Ideas

Cleaning Tips

Decorating Boards

House Decorating Ideas

Ideas for Outside

DIY Decor

Holidays/Gifts Boards

Other Boards

Products to Buy

Welcome to my Blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:48:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by to check out my blog. I have been blogging on and off for a while, and I decided it would be much easier to have one blog with all the stuff that I have going on instead of multiple blogs for each thing.

I am really excited to get organized so I can be posting in my blog often! I am going to start out with at least one blog entry per week, and then hopefully I will be able to post more frequently then that.

Since I have a lot of stuff going on right now, I will have quite a variety of posts on my blog. I have really been hooked on Pinterest lately, so there will be lots of posts about things I find on Pinterest. Feel free to follow me on pinterest and all the other social networking sites as well! We are in the process of having our dream house built, so I will be talking a lot about that including budgeting, planning to move, things for first time home buyers to know, and much more! After the house is built, I will be in heaven with decorating, cleaning, and making our house a home!

In addition to various pinterest posts about cooking, organizing, craft ideas, and DIY, I will also be posting about weight loss, fitness, finances, budget, relationship ideas, holiday ideas, decorating, and much more. Honestly, no topic is off the table!

If you are looking for a blog with lots of information, laughs, and great ideas, please follow me! If you are a blogger, I would love to check out your blog and add you to my blogroll so that others can find you through me!