The Bombshell

This little beauty came in the mail yesterday.

I am a total sucker, so when I heard it would give me gorgeous waves in my hair like the Victoria's Secret models I had to make it mine.

Luckily I have a bday coming up in April and luckily my brother is a sucker and I talked him into sending me a Sephora gift card at the end of February as an early bday present. If I told Danny I wanted a $130 curling iron he would have laughed in my face and said I don't need gorgeous bombshell waves. He doesn't know what he is talking about. The brother on the other hand doesn't ask questions.

I tried to go into the store last week (the day after the gift card came in the mail) to get it, but those jokers didn't have any! So bummed. So I had to order online and wait another week for it.

I need to watch some tutorials online to see how to work this bad boy but I am hoping to get some good practice in this weekend! I will make sure to take some good before and after pics!

They Can't be Trusted

Today we had to lock the dogs in the bedroom while we were at work since we had a guy coming over to finish grinding out our huge tree stump in the backyard.

I was worried that we would come home and find the dogs on top of the bed but instead we got home to find that they decided to eat all of the turtle food and treats! To top it all off, the turtle food container was ginormous and only 1/4 of the way empty. I was not a happy girl when I saw what they did.

The number one suspect is for sure this guy.

He felt so guilty he wouldn't even look me in the eyes!

But, we have no doubt that Ollie helped him out.

I put the container next to him just so you can see how big it really was.

Here's to hoping they don't barf out all that turtle food tonight!

Dog Tales

Last night, these two hooligans got yelled at because they would not stay out of the master bedroom where we were trying to build something and then start ripping up the carpet. I was the one yelling at them so I am not surprised they didn't do what they were told because those fools never listen to what I say. Anyway, I finally got their attention and told them to go get in their beds. I walked into the guest room to make sure they actually did what they were told and this is what I found. They are totally best buds!!! Ollie has his own bed but I guess he wanted to snuggle with his big brother!


Charlie, my parents dog who now lives with us, refuses to sleep on dog beds. He prefers things like the couch or our bed. Problem is he likes to lick his paws which totally annoys me, he takes up way too much space when you let him on the bed and he is a dog so sometimes he stinks like a bag of Frito's. Therefore, this guy has to sleep on the floor. He also won't be caught dead laying less than 2 feet away from Ender which is why he wasn't in the pic with the other dogs. Ollie he semi likes, Ender he tolerates.



All three of these dogs are totally nuts, but we still totally love them! Danny says I love them more than I love him. Not true, but they aren't too far behind on my love meter.

Weekend Fun

This weekend was so great! The weather was amazing and I got to hang out with some of my all time favorite people!

Friday night Danny and I hit up Home Depot for some paint so I could finish painting our closets which are part of the bathroom renovation. $200 plus dollars later we walked out of there with a giant bag of soil, flower bulbs, saw blades, mortar, two cans of spray paint, bars for the closets and a gallon of paint. We headed home, made a BBQ chicken dinner, played outside with the dogs and then painted the closets.

Saturday, while Danny and his parents laid the tile in our bathroom, I spent the day with Kiki trying to go “thrifting”. The mission was not successful and all I ended up with were 2 candle sticks from Goodwill. Kiki came home empty handed. Total let down. We need to reassess and find some better places to go!

I came home and spray painted my new candlesticks with some metallic spray paint that I got at Home Depot the night before.

Not bad for $1.99.

That night, we went over to Jon and Shellie’s and had steak, mashed potatoes and baked beans for dinner. Then we sat on the couch and watched House Crashers for like 2 hours. I don’t know why, but I thought it was the funniest show I have ever seen.

Sunday we had another date with Shellie and Jon to go to the ballet in Fort Worth. We went up there a little early and had lunch at a cute restaurant downtown called Cowtown Diner. Then we walked down the street and had a frozen banana before the show.

All in all, a super fantastic weekend. This spring time weather has really put some pep in my step!

I love my happy hubby!

Nail Polish of the Month

OPI Privacy Please

The Half Bath

I have no idea what week of the renovation we are on at this point. We had some set backs like ice storms and my family coming to visit and now the hubs is sick so I have decided to stop counting.

We were able to get the half bath completed about 2 weeks ago and I am so happy with the way it turned out. I was concerned that it would be too cramped in there but it turned out to be just the right size.It is super simple with a pedestal sink, toilet, mirror and marble tile. The mirror was like $70 at Lowe's and is my favorite part of the room. I also painted horizontal stripes on the wall but they are kind of hard to see since I used the same paint color just in 2 different sheens. Danny was totally against the stripes because he didn't think we would be able to get clean enough lines but Frog Tape has literally changed my life. This stuff is so much better than normal blue painters tape.



This has nothing to do with the bathroom but I got a new rug for the craft room that I think makes it look so much more cozy!


These guys approve.

I Can't Speak Spanish but I Can Make Tortillas

That's right, I can now make homemade flour tortillas and they taste amazing!

So where did I get my recipe? My Mexican mother? No. One of my Mexican grandmothers? Nope. A white lady from Oklahoma? Yup! I used this recipe from the Pioneer Woman herself.


I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it really was and how delicious they taste. I think they are better than the ones I buy from the tortilla ladies at Kroger which is saying a lot because I think those are pretty authentic. So long Kroger ladies, Mitz is now making her own tortillas!

I also made some chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes this weekend that were AMAZING as well. I was doing a test run for the Cupcakes, Champagne and Panty Exchange party that the girls and I are having in a couple of weeks.



I didn't have a piping bag to make the frosting look nice, so while they don't look beautiful, they tasted totally yummy. I was pretty proud of myself since A) I don't really like to bake or cook and B) this is the first thing I have baked successfully in this house. I blame B on our gas oven that Danny just had to have. We recently realized that when it said it was preheated it really wasn't so my baked good just never turned out right.

For a girl who doesn't like to cook I sure did try a lot of new recipes this weekend. I am not turning over a new leaf or anything, I will leave the cooking to the real cook in this house, but my in-laws came over this weekend to help with the bathroom makeover and I didn't want to look like a worthless wife just sitting on the couch, so I kept myself busy in the kitchen instead. I don't really like to participate in home renovation projects until we are at the stage where I can paint and decorate so I do whatever I can to look busy so I am not expected to help. So far, this technique has totally worked for me.

Stay tuned for Week 4 of our bathroom makeover! We (by we I mean Danny and his parents) made some real progress this week!