There's no place like home!

So yesterday I was able to spend some time at the home that I grew up in and I just have to say that it made me a little home sick. My mom and dad have always done such a good job at always having a "project" to work on. I decided that I would take my camera and show you where I grew up. Thanks mom for letting me show some of your house before my camera died.
I always love going home.

Tuesdays project!

I had these picture frames that I really didnt know what to do with. I found them at z Gallery and they were a screaming deal but I finally found something to do with them!

My mom has this cool little machine called a Cricket that will cut any shape out of just about anything. My sister and I sat down and started experimenting.

We went to the store and got a stack of paper to play with and got to work

These were some of our little experiments on some extra vinyl that we had lying around

What a fun day!

This weather is nuts!

Last week this is what we woke up to! Snow... Wet, heavy white SNOW!

This was after we had cleared off the hot tub once already!

Welcome to Sunday.... where did it all go!

While driving home the other night I realized, its been just over a year since we moved from Draper to West Bountiful! What a fun, crazy. stressful, hectic, insane year it has been! Here is to many many more!

Isnt it fun when you go somewhere great and they know you by name!
Its especially fun when you go somewhere and they know about your secret little diet coke with Lime addiction.
Me and my girlfriends go to the Bistro
almost weekly and we have our favorite little corner where we sit and tell secrets and giggle.
In that special little corner we laugh and laugh. We call it our "circle of trust" where all is told and nothing is held back. I look forward to our weekly girl getaways but I especially love that everyone there knows us well enough that they bring our condiments and limes/lemons before we can even ask for them. Its simply amazing! Today we snapped a picture to show how amazing it always is! I love our little getaways!

removable wallpaper? Seriously!

Its always a great day when you find a website that has removable wallpaper! As often as we are changing things, this could actually work out in my favor. I was going to just paint an accent wall but I think this looks like a little more fun. Which color and pattern should we pick for my "girl cave?"

Wonder if these would look cute on our wall?

This is a different pattern but I thought it might look kind of fun
Have a fabulous day!
♥ Melissa!

I have a confession to make.... If you know me well then you already know what I am about to confess. I am obsessed with the "barefoot contessa!" aka Ina Garten

About 5 months ago or so I decided that I was going to
DVR her shows on Food network but I really didnt think much about it again. Well while going through our DVR last night I realized that something had been recording over
100 shows!


WHAT?

Really?


Now I call that crazy! Who needs 100 + shows of anything recorded! Well, call me crazy I guess!

Yep, I have over 100 of her shows recorded. Its awful but secretly I am always so excited to learn something new to cook besides my 5 or 10 things that I get stuck cooking!
One of my best friends Misty loves Ina as well and its fun to compare what does or doesn't work while trying out our own little experiments.
Do you like to cook?
What is your favorite recipe?

If you havent ever looked through these particular cookbooks then you are missing out
BIG TIME
I received these cookbooks for Christmas from Mitch and they are awesome!
Have you ever looked through them?
She is inspiring to step out of my little box and try something new!

Ina, you are a little over the top at times but I finally admitted that I am officially obsessed!
There, I said it!
♥ Melissa

I had planned on being a good wifey and making dinner the other night. Needless to say, it has been a long long interesting week and when I got home the other night, the LAST thing I wanted to do was cook. Which is very unusual for me! Mitch decided on 5 guys, and off we went!

If you havent ever been to 5 guys, its AWESOME! They have great burgers and fries. They also have boxes and boxes of these bad boys!
PEANUTS!
Now normally I am a huge fan, but just recently I have had an allergic reaction to something and I just cant pin point what is making me so itchy! Well my friends, I think I figured it out!

I actually sure hope not!

(Pictures taken from Google.com)

be good for goodness sake!

First of all I want to thank my cousin Liz for letting me take these off her blog! I didnt ask but I am sure she wont mind! First things first.... Like every year, we gather together on Christmas Eve either at Auntie Jo's or mama Baird's house. This year we ended up getting together at the Cleggs home and had some delicious food and way too many giggles! As the night was winding down Maddie was startled by some very loud bells and a ho, ho. ho'ing from outside the window. Mitch and I were not able to see how cute she was as we were out in the front yard looking for "santa" and we completely missed him and his loud bells and her reaction (darn it)...... Its amazing how easy you forget how fun Christmas Eve ad Christmas can be with little cuties batooties around.

Maddie looking for Santa outside!
As soon as Santa had left, Maddie ran down the hall... jumped into her jammies and got into bed and was out! So dang cute!

What a lovely Christmas Eve it was!