Wow! It's been over a week since I have posted anything. Oops! Corey & I have been pretty busy lately. He has built a frame for our master king-size bed, but some changes are going to be made and he is going to build a headboard; then I'll post some pics. We've painted & glazed it the same color as our kitchen cabinets, so it's neutral. My mind changes pretty often when it comes to decor & color schemes, so if we ever want to change it up any, we won't have to repaint the bed.

Last Wednesday was my birthday, and I was on a mission to find a painting to go above our mantle. I knew the wall was 7 ft. wide, so I knew we needed something pretty large to go up there. I found what I thought was the perfect painting. It has a dark red background with white flowers and the prettiest bronze frame. It was about 60% off, so we got it. Well, it turns out it was almost the size of the wall! It's huge! I'm still not 100% sure if I'm keeping it. What do you think? Too big?

I thought about just sitting it on the mantle itself and leaning it up against the wall, but the ever-so-diligent husband said, "I'll just hang it up on the wall because come time to decorate for Christmas, you'll want to put that dang light-up village on this mantle." So thoughtful :) I also splurged a little and treated myself to a mini-shopping spree at the Outlet Shoppes at OKC, along with a salon trip to give my hair a fresh new 'do:


Hubs & Big Sis took me to Zio's for dinner where I got a free entree (one of the perks of signing up for their e-mails), a free Amaretto sour (courtesy of our waiter) and a free dessert! I told Corey since he didn't have to pay for my dinner at all, he will have to take me out again! :) And the fact that my birthday happened to fall on my day off wasn't too bad either :)

This weekend was great too! I got up at 5 am Saturday morning to go up to the Warren theatre to wait on Breaking Dawn tickets to go on sale. I know what you're thinking...and yes, I'm aware of my craziness (Hubs never lets me forget :) ), but my friends and I got all the tickets we needed and we are in the perfect seats! Now, I can't wait for Nov. 18!

Dad's birthday was yesterday, so we went home Saturday and spent Saturday & Sunday with him. They just moved into their gorgeous new house; it felt like we had gone to a resort and spent the weekend! The only thing that was missing was mom, who was gone on a work trip.



I made dad a coconut creme pie for his birthday. After I made the meringue and poured it on top of the pie, I noticed it was runnier than usual and the pretty little peaks would not stay up. I didn't know what the problem was...until I found an egg that had rolled away from its group while I was making the meringue. I guess it was one egg short! Oops! Happens to the best of us :) I bet dad will still have that pie gone by the end of the week....egg or no egg.

I have a busy week ahead of me so I'm not sure when I'll be back. Probably when something interesting happens (if it does). :)

Oh...and we only have 33 more days before we go on a long-awaited vacation to Destin, FL!! Can't WAIT!

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