I'm a SLACKER!

Well, this is my first post of 2012! 

It has been a little over a year since I started blogging, I can't believe it! It's neat to look back now at the pictures and compare :) I will probably do A LOT of compare posts!

With Justin working up in Concord and school starting back, I just haven't had time to blog :( I've kept up with other blogs though and they are still inspiring! So what's new? Well...Justin leaves @ 5:30 a.m. every morning in order to go to the gym before he leaves for Concord. Tj and Justin opened up a new Sonny's location! It's very exciting, yet very tiring. I'm proud of them and I know they are having fun! 

School started a few weeks back and I'm taking Biology. There is so much information my brain is going to explode, lol. It is neat though b/c I do remember some of these things from high school. I'm also taking Developmental Psych, and it's very interesting. 

Work has been crazy, it's so different not having Justin & Tj around...I've worked with Justin for the last 7 years or so, I'm definitely having withdrawals from seeing him :( 

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To catch up from my Bathroom Reno..This was before, *GAG* what what I thinking?

First I painted the walls...

Then removed the old light fixture. I installed my first wall box

 (is that what it's called? ha!) 

I also removed the mini blinds and hung faux wood blinds to match the rest of the house

My plans are still to frame the mirror (when I have time ;) )

Love those distressed frames to the left? Luckily, about a year ago I spray painted them white, then I forgot about them and they rusted and peeled up. PERFECT!

 I bleached them to get the rust off and wiped them down...

If you haven't figured out by now, I go through obsessive phases. Matilda Jane ring a bell? Well, I've discovered Organic Bloom Frames. They started as a small company (still are small) but they are so very popular now. They make these amazing frames in tons of different shapes and colors! Thanks to many of you I won an 8x8 frame from them :) (THANKS AGAIN!) Well, I've ordered several and I am seriously in LOVE! See the frames in this picture? Those are some of them :) 

The 2 on the side are Mary Anne 5x7's simply in Black.

The one in the middle is a June 8x10 in Morning Grey, You can tell it has a blue hint.

I'm not sure what pictures I'll put in these...My original idea was to make prints of white brick, I still may do that...

What's Left:

• As I mentioned before, frame the mirror with white molding
• Fix the Tile around the bath & add trim
• Paint cabinetry
• Hang shelving
• Do Pinterest ideas for decor

Ok, Until Next Time :) 

Thanks for reading!

Homemade Sushi & Layering

We love some sushi...so why not try to make it? We didn't try the raw stuff (I don't eat that kind anyways.) We sauteed the shrimp and added carrots, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese and a special homemade sauce.

Justin is the master at seasonings and sauces so he made what looks like shrimp sauce. But it's far from it, it was a little sweet but it had a hot flare at the end.

We made the Sushi rice and cooked the shrimp
Sushi rice can be found at most grocery stores, it's very sticky. You also need Rice Vinegar to mix in

This is the seaweed paper, found at Bilo

:) the experimentors

It takes more rice than you think, spread the rice evenly across the whole sheet

There are 2 ways to make a roll, rice in or rice out. This is the 'rice out' method
Put whatever ingredients you want and start rolling the paper, I should have put the ingredients a little more towards the middle of this particular roll. Use wax paper so the rice doesn't stick to your hands. Compress it as your roll.

This is the rice in method. It's easier to do it this way b/c you don't have to worry about rice sticking to everything.

Cut into slices

This is the easiest kind to make and eat, everything is contained :)

 

It was really really good and the sauce Justin made just topped it off.

We will definitely be making this again!

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Lanie is getting to where she wants to pick out her clothes :( *wahhhh* So I'm taking this new step and teaching her some fashion 'do's and don'ts' ;)

She picked out her skirt that was a clearanced MJ skirt btw, $8.00 or something. And I had picked up this Gap collared striped shirt from Switcharoos Consignment. She fought me on it but once she had it on and I curled her hair she "felt beautiful" , she is so grown up!

It's hard to tell but she's also wearing a green "tank". While i'm teary-eyed that she is so big, I am LOVING every minute of her interest in 'big girl' things :) I think something that helps is knowing I have Addison who is still a baby, and I know she's always a few stages behind Lanie!