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you make me feel so fine :). been trying out some new types of wine and my new fave is merlot. yum. so anyway, i did a couple crafty things on my day off the other day and all it really involved was me going onto walgreens.com and paying 12 dollars to get like  70 pictures printed and picked them up in half an hour, then making a collage and putting some in a frame. haha, we had to go to staples to get an extra long phone cord because for a moment there we had hapazardous wires connecting from the back of the tv to the kitchen to the bedroom. it was the only way we could have internet on all of our devices, it was quite a sight! and no, it wasnt the reason why i fell down the stairs....ha. so while we were at staples i saw a pack of thumb tacks in blues, teals and greens and just had to buy them since they match my living room. then since i bought thouse i figured i might as well get some use out of them, so on a whim i got a bunch of pictures printed and heres what turned out!


The first one is sort of a tribute to drew and i's relationship and are pictures from our trips to vegas, fishing, the river, camping, and some christmas pics. i love it cause its from the beginning till now and the pictures look great! this one i ended up hanging up right next to the "bar". the second picture is a collage of a bunch of pictures over the last three years or so of my friends and family and me! The title was tedious because i cut out each letter on my own out of my peacock scrap paper :) but i LOVE how it turned out! I havent hung this one up yet because its sort of huge and i havent decided where to put it yet!! The last picture is just a little update on the bookcase....not too exciting but i changed out a few pictures in the frames the top is vickie and i, the middle is drew and i and the third is brit and meee. the middle one i want to change out to one with me and katy, but we need a new picture! then each of the frames will have a picture of me and the person who the frame is from:) sorry im sorta rambling and not using proper grammar in this post...ive had a glass of wine and that means i dont want to try hard. haha. i also got a cool peacock "book" that opens up and the wieght is a beautiful addition isnt it? well the bookcase was going to tip over so i had to put them there, but i will find something else to cover it up in some time. i need to get some bookends, more books, and then i think ill be happy with it!

another exciting tidbit, for me at least..... im making lobster for dinner! im way nervous, but im pretty sure i can handle it. i checked out some recipes and it looks like a yummy way to make em is to brush with melted butter, paprika, pepper and squeeze some lemon juice...then broil em for 10 mins and voilaaaa! sounds good to me. and ill make some veggies and mashed potatoes for the side :)

well, off to make some dinner! maybe ill present it all nice and take some pictures...we shall see ;)

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