30 before 30 UPDATE...

... I am happy to announce that I have a update to my 30 before 30 list. I have been planning this post for a while and well obviously it hasn't been written until right this second. I apologize but as we discussed, I am pretty terrible a this. Anyway, as you all may or probably don't may not remember I had a list , kind of like a bucket list of things that I want to do before I am 30.

Here is the list again for a refresher--

1)Travel Abroad

2) Get Married

3)Run a 5k

4) Buy a house

5) Adopt a puppy

6) Go skydiving

7) Have a honeymoon

8) Lose 20 pounds

9) Grow my blog

10) Witness a proposal

11) Be a maid of honor

12) Treat someone to a Random Act of Kindness 

13) Go an entire week without social media

14) Visit the florida keys

15) Go ice skating at Rockefeller Center

16) Go horseback riding

17) Pay off my debt

18) Do a cleanse

19) Sew a quilt

20) Have a cousins reunion

21) Go on a girls only weekend

22) Send Bret to Tallahassee for a FSU game

23) Get a couples massage

24) Buy a NEW car

25) Have another baby

26) See the rockettes during Christmas

27) Vacation in California

28) Donate my hair

29) Serve food during the holidays

30) Start a new family tradition 

 

 

Well lovelies I am happy to announce that I can cross off # 30! We have started a new family tradition. I didn't realize when I started it that it would become a tradition, I just wanted to watch a movie. It actually started in 2012 ( I know how could I not realize it was a tradition) . The night of thanksgiving my in-laws were at our condo and I just didn't want to watch football anymore. I can only handle no little football. So I thought for a change we could watch a Christmas movie since it was officially the Christmas season. Santa arrived in the parade, Christmas was coming. So we decided to watch Christmas Vacation.

 

And now every year after dinner and dishes are done, yes while listening to Christmas music. We snuggle in and watch Christmas vacation because everyone needs a little Eddie in their life after a large meal.

Of course we say all the famous quotes with the movie. But this is one tradition that I started with Bret. I know some people go out shopping for their tradition. What ever it is I hope you enjoy it.

What are some of your tradition for the holidays?

 

As always, until next time...

A Christmas Craft....

I am SO beyond excited to post a craft for you all FINALLY a Christmas Craft!! ( I am a hopeless crafter, Give me a glass of wine, a hot glue gun, and I'm in my happy place) I have been wanting to post a craft since the wedding so bad and I am way to freeking excited about it. Okay now I LOVE Christmas I really do. It has been extreamly hard to get into the spirit of the holidays when you are singing about letting it snow and its 80 degrees outside. Well this year is a little different. Now that we are in PA and not FL its bringing the holiday feeling back.

As you know we just got married, and of course I am that newlywed that needs to have all the things that say we are married around, so I can look at them all the time. So for some of my holiday crafts I am making ornaments for our tree. The first one I am doing is a Pinterest inspired craft with my own little twist on to it.

The Inspiration

I bought the products used here at AC MOORE, Michael's and Hobby Lobby. Lets be honest you will be able to find majority of them at any craft store.

You will need:

• Acrylic Paint 
• Clear Christmas Ornament (i am using plastic, Toddlers and glass not a good mix.. I got mine at A.C Moore for $1.00 super excited about this will need to get more!)
• A wedding invitation 
• Scissors 
• and Mod Podge 

Okay for your first step you want to take a wedding invitation that you have left over*we all know this is a common occurrence* and cut it into strips. I am going horizontally so that you can make out some of the words.

From there I twisted the strips, You can leave them the way you cut them out. 

I wanted to be fancy.

Once the pieces are twisted put them into the ornament

Next you will want to take a small tip paint brush and pant on your

Family last name on the ornament ( I went the step farther and put EST 2015 on the back

that decision is yours if you want to put it on the back,front, or not at all)

I used Acrylic paint which scratches off way too easily, so i sealed the paint in with Mod Podge

(if you are new to crafting get yourself a big jar of this stuff you will use it for basically everything you do, its glue, and a sealer. Its a must have in every craft corner)

I couldn't find my sponge brush so I used a paper towel bad idea

Always, always, always use the sponge brush. But you want to coat that bad boy all over. Okay let it dry, it wont take too long to dry, but over night is always safe before you hang it on your tree. 

Now becuase I am impatient and wanted it to be completed before I left it to dry over night this is why we cant have nice things

I added the bow. I was unable to get pictures, all cameras were dead and i didnt feel like looking for batteries *I will post an update on how to do the bow.*  But i just took my glue gun and wrapped a small piece of the trim around the metal of the ornament. and then placed the bow "in the middle" of the ornament and boom sha-ka-la-la you have your ornament. I did take these finished product pictures this morning.

Front, Back and Bottom. 

Alright there you have it. All in all it took about an hour and a half to complete everything. 

Drying time not included. 

If this helped you at all leave me a comment below with a picture!

If you want more craft tutorials let me know that too!!

As always,

Until Next time...

We have ...

... and Elf on the Shelf!

His name is Sly and Bret and I enjoy it more than Magoo does. He showed up last year and decided to come back again this year.

When he first showed up in 2014

He flew in the on black Flriday.. A little early but to us that is the start of the Christmas season. This year since we are currently at my parents, My little Sister and Brother are enjoying looking around for Sly every morning. They read the story so they know not to touch him but that he is listening to them.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

 (Bret sang I came in like a wrecking ball,. No wait I came in like a dradle when we found him here) 

Day 5

Day 6

 So Far he has been pretty low key. I can't wait to see what else we come up with, Its hard for us to figure some stuff out because we have a dog and Magoo is 1 so he will want to touch him. Do you have an elf? What were some of your favorite things that he did?

Shorter post tonight, I'm so tired I'm falling asleep on my keyboard. I will have an update to the 30 before 30 soon!!

Until Next time...