Tie Knot Blanket Tuesday

For today's Spring Break Project, I made a blanket! I made a cute tie knot fleece blanket. The lady at Joann's said it would only take me 30 minutes. Well, it took about 3 hours, but I'll chalk that up to the fact that I'm an amateur and that I was watching last night's episode of Gossip Girl (OMG - Dan and Vanessa?!? LOVE IT!). Anyway, I had fun making the blanket and I can't wait to snuggle up and use it, since I'm always cold! Here are a few pics from each step of the way!

First, I cut 4 inch squares in each of the corners of the blanket.

Then I cut 4 inch strips on all sides of the blanket (lesson learned: do this project on a large table, and not on the living room floor)

Next, I tied the strips together. Do you like the polka dot fabric? It's called Skittles - cute, right?

Ta-da - its finished! Charley likes it, of course, he barely stayed off of it long enough for me to finish!

I had fun with the blanket!! Jenna - are you proud?!?
Not sure what I'll be taking on tomorrow yet!
XOXO-
Brittney

Chocolate Cake Monday

To celebrate Spring Break, I'm doing something new every day! I love to bake, so I figured I'd make a new dessert today - not to mention I LOVE SWEETS!

Today I made a Chocolate Sheet Cake! I've never made one before, but I love to eat them, so I gave it a go with Pioneer Woman's Recipe. It only called for 3 3/4 sticks of butter (yep, you read that right!). It was fairly easy to make, but next time I'll use a deeper baking sheet. The mess took a long time to clean up! Live and learn! That's my cooking motto :)

This is the icing starting to boil; after I made the icing, I poured it onto the cake just as it came out of the oven...this was pure bliss!

This is what the cake looked like in the oven!

It was all fun and games until I realized the big mess I made pouring the icing on top of the cake - oh well, part of the fun!

The only downside to this cake is that making it uses a ton of dishes!

This is what Charley did while I was a baking! Usually he's right on my heels, so this is serious progress!

Happy Spring Break!!
Brittney

30 Things About US

I borrowed this idea from my friend, Sara - enjoy!

1. What are your middle names? Mine is Leigh and his is Charles

2. How long have you been together? We dated for 9 months, were engaged for a year, and we've been married for almost 20 months.

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating? about a month

4. Who asked who out? Funny story - he says I asked him out, but that date was planned far out, and he asked me to do something before then; so we say we had a "first" first date and then a "second" first date.

5. How old are each of you? I'm 25 and he is 34

6. Did you go to the same school? Nope, he went to LSU and I went to HBU

7. Are you from the same home town? Nope, he's from Baton Rouge and I mostly grew up in Deer Park

8. Who is the smartest? He is, for sure.

9. Who majored in what? I double majored in Business and Communications, and he majored in Chemical Engineering; and now I'll admit that I have NO CLUE what his minor was....hmmm....

10. Who is the most sensitive? Me, definitely.

11. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? We went to London and to Paris together!

12. Who has the worst temper? I don't know - we're both pretty mild mannered.

13. How many children do you want? At least two, but if neither of those is a girl, we'll keep going...right, honey?

14. Who does the cooking? As much as we try to share, he does most of it, and I do the baking :)

15. Who is more social? Me! But he's pretty social, too; but I do manage our social calendar!

16. Who is the neat freak? Neither of us are "neat freaks" but I'm definitely neater than he is.

17. Who is the most stubborn? He is; but I've learned how to talk him out of his stubborn state!

18. Who wakes up earlier? He always does; I actually think he likes to wake up early. I could sleep all day....and that's the truth!

19. Where was your first date? We went to see a terrible chick flick (my choice) and then got ice cream at Coldstone (his choice). I was so excited towards then end of my movie when he reached over to hold my hand!! I can still feel the butterflies!

20. Who has the bigger family? Umm...well, we both have pretty big families, immediate and extended; this is a complicated question!

21. Do you get flowers often? I used to, but I asked him to save the money and cut back on sending them (when I saw how much they cost!); but I love getting them!

22. How do you spend the holidays? We alternate between his side and both of my sides of the fam.

23. Who is more jealous? I am, but I really never have a reason to be; he's a champ for putting up with all of my ridiculous crushes - Kenny Chesney, Chuck Bass, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, etc...

24. How long did it take to get serious? A couple of months; he told me "I love you too" on November 29, 2006 (after we had been dating almost 2 months); I had never said "I love you" so it was cute that he just said "I love you too"

25. Who eats more? That's easy - Jeremy

26. What do you do for a living? He is in sales (business development) and I work in communications and coach cheerleading

27. Who does the laundry? We split it, and have a good routine of how we do it!

28. Who's better with the computer? He is, hands down

29. Who drives when you are together? Usually he does, not sure why; I'm sure my driving scares him :)

30. What is your song? "At Last" by Etta James

Wishful Wednesday

Today, I wish I could be a personal shopper. I want to have clients that pay me to dress them, decorate their home, and pick things out for them (with their money, of course). Wouldn't that be a fun job to go to each day? I think so! Is anyone out there doing their dream job? What is it?

Let the Games Begin...

Tuesday's Top Ten

Since I'm likely wearing all of you out talking about houses, I thought I would do a "Top Ten" list of the things that have been going on lately! And a few random thoughts thrown in there for good measure. Here you go:

1. I'll get the house one over with - our house goes on the market on Monday (the 22nd) and we're going to look at houses for the first time with our Realtor on Saturday! So excited!

2. Call me a teenager - but when are Gossip Girl and 90210 coming back on?

3. I really want a pair of Tory Burch flats. Maybe for my St. Patrick's Day present? Surely, I need a gift to celebrate everyone's favorite Irish holiday. Jeremy...are you listening? I'll be happy with these, or these. Sigh...

4. Many of you don't know this, but our wedding photographer never gave us our wedding book. Yes, you read that right - we payed her for it and she never gave it to us. Classy, right? Well, we found a great photography company that is going to make us a book for a great price! Woo hoo!

5. I was invited to join a book club last week at work - The Chapter Chicks. Cute name, yes? I'm really excited about being a part of this group of really sweet SBS ladies. We are currently reading "Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt." I'll start it this weekend!

6. As I get older, I think my body is falling apart. Last week in kickboxing, I strained my back and could hardly get out of bed and walk the next day. After a trip to the doctor and several great medications later, I'm feeling better. I should also mention that I was walking and texting two weeks ago and ran straight into a metal basketball pole. I had a bump on my head for 6 days to show for that one. Brilliant, Brittney.

7. Only 16 days until I am going to the rodeo to see Kenny Chesney with Jenna! As many of you know, I am absolutely in love with Kenny! Can. Not. Wait.

8. The Bachelor this season totally disgusts me. Vienna is a horrible, awful, trashy choice. Seriously? Vienna? Not Alli or Tenley? Ummm....ok.

9. I can't wait for spring - bright colors, flowing dresses and sandals! Swing wide o doors of J. Crew. I'll see you soon!

10. My new favorite song is Josh Turner's "Why Don't We Just Dance" - love the song and really love the video! In case any of you were wondering!

That's all for tonight - Idol is on :)
Brittney

I Can't Stop Thinking About...

This chest she put in her dining room! The color is fabulous and I love the touch of color it adds to the room. I don't think I would've ever thought about doing this, but I love it! I like how she incorporates white and yellow and I think it would look good with dark wood.

It's from hookedonhouses.net - one of my new favorite websites!

Any guesses on what my current obsession is? Haha!