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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Our Home: DIY Whitewashed Fireplace

Our living room was one of our biggest projects when we bought our house! We had a vision for what we wanted it to look like and one of the first steps was changing the fireplace. We were going for a modern look and this just wasn't it.

We had the wood burning stove removed first!

It was a lot of work whitewashing the fireplace but it wasn't especially hard. Basically, I mixed water and white paint half and half in a cup and then brushed it on small sections at a time with a paintbrush. I would let it sit for a minute or two and then wipe it with a towel. Then I would do a second layer over the same spot & this time dab it with the towel to give it some texture. I basically repeated this process over and over and up inside the fireplace too :)

I think it turned out great! Other than me being completely covered in white paint! But it was worth it! If you know me, I can never half do a project. If I'm in, I'm all in. In this case all in a bucket of white paint :)

Stay tuned to see my post about the renovation of the rest of the room!

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday! We had such a relaxing weekend that honestly I hardly took any pictures! I was just enjoying hanging out with my husband too much!

I finally got around to joining the public library again now that I've moved and that called for a bubble bath & reading!

Love running errands and just doing life with this amazing husband of mine :)

We spent a lot of time working on our landscaping & making plans for what we want to plant, etc this weekend. It's going to take several weekends to get it all done but it's a lot of fun to work on together so we don't mind!

Tried a new Broccoli, Chicken & Rice casserole that I'll share on the blog soon!

More landscape shopping :)

And, ended the weekend with one of my favorite meals - Chicken Spaghetti! I'll share this recipe soon too.

We spent the whole weekend doing a little house & landscape shopping, relaxing, cooking dinner and just enjoying hanging out! Perfect way to spend a weekend :)

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Friday Favorites

Woohoo! It's Friday! I am so, so excited for this weekend! We have a relaxing weekend planned and I'm so excited to get to it! But first, Friday Favorites! This is a longer post but stay through to the end because I have a giveaway for you (Kate Spade lovers be sure the check it out)!!

1. 6 Months of Marriage

Saturday, Jared and I will celebrate being married 6 months!! I can't believe we've already been married that long. Looking forward to our special plans this weekend to celebrate :)

See my wedding related posts here:
The Dress

Bachelor/Bachelorette Party

Wedding Showers

Engagement Pictures

Rehearsal Dinner

More to come in the next couple of weeks!

2. Taco Soup

New favorite recipe. Check it out here!

3. New Laundry Hamper

Seville Classics 3 Bag Laundry Sorter

You know you're getting older when you get super excited about a laundry hamper! But seriously, so excited! I've been making piles in the floor of our guest room to keep things separated which meant our guest room looked awful & the mess was driving us crazy!! I ordered this new hamper from Wayfair and can't wait to put it together this weekend.

4. Aviators

I love aviators for the spring & summer and have found two pairs I love! I found silver ones at Target (shop them here) and the gold ones at New York & Company (most of their sunglasses are only $8!!) found here. Two great deals! I lose and mess up sunglasses a lot so I always go with the cheap ones and honestly they seem to last longer than any expensive ones I've ever bought anyway!

5. Sales

There are some great sales going on right now and I have highlighted my favorites I think you might enjoy below! Is it just me or do sales seem to be better this spring?!

Yankee Candle

Yankee Candle is having a candle sale for Mother's Day! It's buy 2, get 2 free using code: MOTHER online. See my post about my favorite ones here! Great time to stock up for your house & they are great for gifts!

The Container Store

The Container Store is having a spring organization sale (#hidemywallet)! Shop it here! Even though summer is coming you still need storage for winter boots and the boot boxes, racks & shapers are on sale! They are having some really good deals right now, I've highlighted some of my favorites below!

Our Boot Box

Boot storage boxes on sale for $7.99 here!

Our Shoe Box

Storage box for flats $1.51 here! Seriously, that's what we call #crazycheap!

Our Tall Shoe Box

Storage box for heels $3.19 found here!

I think Jared's going to beg me to order the next few items haha! Nothing irritates him more than the boot stuffing that comes in your boots that I leave laying out the day I wear said pair of boots!

4-Pair Boot Rack

Boot rack on sale for $14.99 here!

Quilted boot shapers on sale for $14.99 here!

Less expensive set of boot shapers here for $6.99! Yes Jared I'm ordering these now :)

12-Pair Shoe Organizer

My favorite shoe organizer is on sale for $24.99 here! It will keep your closet so much more organized!

Our Accessory Box

Accessory box for $1.35 (!!!!) here.

Chrome 4-Tier Swing-Arm Skirt Hanger

4 tier skirt hanger for 7.99 found here! I love my tiered skirt hangers especially for my out of season closet to save space! The pants ones are on sale too here!

Fridge Binz Egg Holder

It seems so silly but I love my egg bin and it's on sale for $11.99 here!

AND, the best part is that you get free shipping with a $75 purchase!!! If you love getting organized like me or need to get organized, this is a great sale!

Nordstrom

My Ultra Wide Waistband must have (go buy them right now) leggings are on sale!! $27 instead of the regular $36 and they are my favorite because they are fitted but not see through AT ALL! Shop them here.

Love this Kate Spade monogrammed necklace! On sale 25% off right now here for $43.50! Would make a good Mother's Day gift or it's even something you could buy for Christmas and save (I love some early Christmas shopping! Yes, I have 4 presents already purchased)

Shutterfly

Shutterfly is having an up to 50% off sale + 20% using code: MOMSDAY. I might actually use this to motivate me to get some photo books done and marked off my to-do list!

Giveaway

And, in exciting news! Today I am hosting my first giveaway on The Peacock Roost! I love Kate Spade & I love colorful earrings for spring/summer that you can transition from work to play to even the pool. The pink small square studs from Kate Spade fit the bill & are the perfect color to go with everything this season. Click HERE to enter the giveaway! There are several options of how to enter and it's super easy! If you've never used Rafflecopter before, you can do one or all of the entry options and if you're already following one of the accounts you can still qualify for that entry, just enter your username. You can enter until 12:00am ET on April 29th and the winner will be announced the next day so check back here on the 30th to claim your prize if you win! Enter to win for yourself or these could make a great Mother's Day gift :)

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Healthy & Yummy Taco Soup

We have been so busy lately with the new business and I've taken on some new projects myself that it has made cooking regularly and even keeping up with the blog more challenging!

We're really trying to reset in our house right now. Get the house clean, cook every night, relax in the evenings, etc. I decided to start working on some new recipes to post on the blog soon and am so excited to share this one with y'all! Seriously, delicious, easy and healthy. Does it get any better than that?!

Taco Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1 packet taco seasoning

1 packet ranch mix

1,can corn

1 can great northern beans

1 can Mexican style stewed tomatoes

1 can stewed tomatoes

1 can diced tomatoes

Garlic Powder

Sugar

Directions:

Brown the ground beef in a skillet and mix in half of each seasoning packet. Combine cooked & seasoned meat in a soup pot with the rest of each seasoning packet, corn, beans, and tomatoes. I added just a couple shakes of the garlic powder and a couple pinches of sugar. Cook on the stove for an hour and serve hot.

I added avocado & cheese to mine when eating it and you could add tortilla chips too! I've eaten it for lunch three days straight & Jared loved this soup too!

I'm normally not a soup fan in the spring/summer but I make an exception for taco soup and I love how filling it is! Hope you enjoy : )

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Our Wedding: Rehearsal Dinner

Our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner took place at our wedding location, The Country Plantation House in Greenville, KY.

The day of the rehearsal was full of last minute wedding errands, nail appointments & finalizing packing for the weekend! It was a hectic but fun day! Darlene, Katlin & I got so much accomplished and I even got to spend a little time with my groom :)

Once we arrived at the Plantation, everything started moving along quickly. I have a heart arrhythmia that doesn't act up as much anymore but I guess the stress of everything caught up to me and I had an episode on the way downstairs to our rehearsal :/ So we ended up having to delay it for a few minutes while I waited for my heart to settle down! That was really the only time I felt stressed so I guess my body just needed to get it out of its system!

We had been so busy the week of the wedding that I don't think the emotions of it had really hit me at this point. When we started the rehearsal, I was fine but when it came time for my Dad to walk me down the aisle towards Jared something just changed. I can't honestly put it into words but Jared and I both felt it! I couldn't take my eyes off of his and I felt like I was floating in his direction. It was the most perfect moment and I think that's what kept me at ease the whole wedding weekend.

Our Bridal Party (My MOH had to miss this part of the night so Darlene stood in for her!)

They didn't even coordinate on purpose.

Dad & Darlene :)

This is when Brother Sams asked us our opinion on his tie for the wedding and pulled out a UK tie. Gag me! As you can see I have a happy UK fan bridesmaid that loved the idea lol! Got to love a fun rivalry ; )

Such a special moment standing there with my Dad & Jared and it was even better the next day!

The guys

The girls

A girl & her daddy :)

All eyes on my groom :)

Happy :)

Love my bouquet of ribbons from all our showers! Katlin did such an awesome job! Funny story, during rehearsal the top just randomly fell off from all the weight, it was hilarious!