it's that time..

I saw this post the other day & the friggen little brown devils have been on my mind ever since. Now i'll say that I'm pretty good at saying no to sweets most of the time- I'd rather eat salty foods. But about once a month I have a few days where I just can't say no- if you're getting where i'm going with this. I don't know why, but I just can't even seem to resist.

So, needless to say, you can bet they are sitting on my counter at this very moment. UH-MAZING. I have a few bones to pick with the receipe, such as before they were baked, they tasted JUST like the cookies. However, once we baked them- the peppermint baked RIGHT out. OH NO! But Gabe saved the day & came up with the idea that we just put the peppermint extract in the chocolate that we dipped the cookies in! BINGO, back to amazing.

I mean, how can you even think about resisting? I think i'll skip dinner & just have a cookie or ten.

Godislove,yall.
Mrs.Grinder.

xox

pretty.pretty.

Soooo, about 2 summers ago I came up with a friggen grat idea & i'm really proud of it. I'm not sure what my inspiration was other than being tired of transporting my jewelry from college to home, back to college, just to find that it always displayed better at home. When you're in college you're always lacking space for the important things, like earrings! So this is what I came up with to solve that problem!

the quality of the picture sucks & i apologize for that!

(yes, i know it's sideways & apparently there's nothing i can do about it..

just go ahead & turn your head to the side!)

This is how you would make it! SOOO easy, look!

all the things you'll need:
picture frame, with no glass

hook & eye's

string- i used cooking twine

hammer & skizzo's

add the "eyes" by just twisting them into place,

the wood on this frame was softer, so they went in pretty easily

tie the twine across the frame,

once you have the twine tied on, give the hooks a few more twists,

then you can put some glue around the knots if you'd like for extra support

"ta-da" there you have it!

the pictures stink & again i'm sorry about that.

not a photographer, just a crafter.

here are some other pictures of my jewelry area at home!

necklaces, again- sorry for the sideways picture.

i'm not sure why some are loading that way!

remember this from a few weeks ago?

still LOVING it, hangs the long, chunky necklaces very well :)

my oh so serious glasses collection.

there's another AMAZING sideways shot of my jewelry table!

i'm so confused as to why only SOME of my pictures are loading sideways, this isn't the first time it's happened, but i'm not sure how to fix it! maybe my blog is mad that i dont update enough. regardless, there you have it folks. i've decided that these are the best gifts for girls living in dorms or apartments, because they're so cute & save SOOO much space.

i've been creating some great decorations for my cubical at work, i'll post pictures when all the little goodies are done. you're going to be amazed at this friggen picture board i made, i'm literally drooling over it.

xox yall, have a great day.

GodisLove,
Mrs.Grinder.

I had a great blog ready to be posted, but this wonderful website wants to load all of my pictures sideways. I'm boycotting.. until tomorrow. See yall then!

I'm finding myself extremely stressed out these days and I'm not sure why. Actually, now that I think about it, that's not true, I'm just finding myself stressed out today and I know just why. Coming home to a messy house is probably one of the most frusturating situations I could imagine. I hate clutter and mess, so after working all day that's the last thing I want to be welcomed home with.

But apparently, life happens. The days are gone before we know it, quickly consumed with work, exercising, baseball games, homework and other various activities that seem to gobble up every single minute. Then when there is a spare minute in the day, it seems to quickly be stolen by another random task that I've put off til the last minute.

I had planned to come home today after my work/workout, run by the nail salon and then go over to Gabe's second baseball game of the week but I'm thinking that things are going to change. I'm seeing a night of a long hot shower, followed by cleaning and organizing of the house- because no one likes a stressed out Teressa.

In the mean time i'll leave you with these few images that are going to make everything seem okay until the mess has been cleaned.

GodisLove,
Mrs.Grinder



Every single Saturday should be started with a cup of tea, a peanut butter english muffin & blogging. It's

official & if I was president I'd make that a law. Speaking seriously.

I am now going to single handedly turn this apartment from DRAB to FAB.

bahaha I can't believe I just said that, but I totally did so I'll get over it. I have high hopes for this day, including cleaning the entire place, because it is so messy! Then I want to get a few crafts knocked out. I haven't been crafting at all lately & it makes me literally not feel like myself.

I've also decided that I want to get up & go to early Church tomorrow, then go to a flea market. I am dying to just walk around & see all of the great little finds.

Have a great weekend yall.

GodisLove,
Mrs.Grinder.
xox

love.

So, I don't have much time to knock out this blog before I have to get ready for a friends birthday dinner! (happy birthday DevyBear!) Anyways, I thought that I would post a few pictures that remind me of how truly blessed my life is. I have way more than I could ever ask for & I could ever possibly deserve. I love everyone in my life, I'm so very thankful.

this group of girls got me through freshman year.

JiEun&I picking up Charissa from the airport junior year

Natalie- my roomie junior/senior year

the pic we used for our "savethedate"

my teamers. <3

out to dinner for tina's birthday!

bridesmaids from florida!
.karlee.tina(MOH).me.natty.tiffy.allison.

me&daddy during our father/daughter dance

mom&dad at the wedding.

so inlove.
.7.2.10.

and the story continues.. there are plenty more people & pictures I could post about, however I have spent about 30 minutes going through to just get this many because I keep getting side tracked. I think i'm going to have a weekly "shout-out" and appreciate people in my life via this blog. Not that it's a HUGE honor to be mentioned in my blog, but just that it's another way to show my love for the people in my life.

GodisLove,
Mrs.Grinder.

Face.Lift.

so i've decided to give the blog a little face lift.
what do you think so far?


be back for more later.

GodisLove.
Mrs.Grinder.
xox