'over the taupe'

I don't know if it is just me but I never use ALL of the nail polish I purchase before it goes all gross and sticky and useless!

Well...my favorite nail polish has recently reached this fate and
I must say
I have been living in denial.

I keep putting it on...it has been uneven and bubbly and completely awful for months but I have not been ready to give the bottle up!

Every time I walk past an O P I seller I have to go in and look for "over the taupe"

I have been searching for months!...but. no. luck.

Then the other day I was walking through the Dilliards salon and decided to stop-

AND THERE IT WAS! Seriously, I almost flipped out...maybe a little "over the taupe" but I didn't care, I am thrilled.

Now I can gladly throw away the old bottle and enjoy the smooth evenly coated fresh one!

~ahhhh~

one more day!

Whew....well it has gone by fast but I am one skills/assessment lab away from completing
Quarter 2 of Nursing school!!!

I am really excited to take a little break from studying, writing, and constantly being confused about EVERYTHING I am learning!

On this break I plan to:

1. finish painting the den upstairs and hang the curtains that I took to my seamstress today

2. Take a nap

3. Work a ton in the bakery (as usual)

4. Go to Disney World. more importantly visit Joe's dad in Cocoa Florida and go to the BEACH!

my love/hate relationship

Fall and I have a Love/Hate relationship

There are soo many things I LOVE about fall!

The Textures

The Sights

The Tastes

The smells!

{I absolutely love making pumpkin pies and cakes

with the nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon!}

The colors and the smells are truly magical!

HOWEVER...

There are two things that make the arrival of fall bittersweet!

I hate to see summer left behind and I really hate to see winter arrive.

Why does such a great season like Autumn have to come before winter?

...I guess it is a little gift that is given before the beasts of snow and ice arrive!

I am excited for all of the fun activities like bonfires, pumpkin patches, football games, and sleeping with the windows open but I am just not ready to let another summer go just yet!

'our home'

Joe and I appreciate our house soo much!

I think almost everyday we say how much we love our home...

i think we appreciate it so much because we lived in many places that did not feel like

"home"

before we were blessed with our home!

We have been hard at work in our home again...

we have officially finished our half bath upstairs

{some day I WILL take a picture}

We are redoing the den upstairs and adding other touches to other rooms!

When I came across this picture in an email from a dear friend I realized that this picture is the epitome of what I want my house to feel like!

{We also love to have people over so if you are reading this consider it an open invitation!}

Happy 3 day weekend!

A three day weekend...what a joy!

The weekend was started off last night with an Alias night
with Jessica, Andrea, and Erin...WE love Alias nights!

This morning NC and I woke up early and made some delicious
Lemon Poppy Seed muffins

Then we went outside to paint our garage door...it looks great!

Then I primed my dresser that has been in our room forever...and it was hideous!

When Joe gets home from work we are going to go to Home Depot to buy:

1. Grey paint for the dresser
2. new knobs
3. paint for den upstairs that we are re-doing
4. hopefully a new storm door

Then we are going to go to JoAnn Fabrics to buy the fabrics
for new drapes and pillows for the den!!

Tonight we are going out with friends to celebrate Jessica's birthday!! yay!!

Tomorrow I am sure we will do a lot of Norah's new favorite pastime:

Cajun loves the swing set too!

Tomorrow we are also celebrating Joe's moms birthday at Buca di Peppo's

Then we have a "free" day on Monday...oh the possibilities!

Did I mention I have finals week coming up, I guess I should fit in some studying also!!