Dear So & So: Congestion Sucks

Dear Congestion,

Can we be done now please?  I'm sorry, but seeing as you're making me miss three days of work, I'm breaking out the big guns today.  Yup, that's right, headed to the store to get the Mucinex D behind the counter.   God, I hope this works.  I can't handle not being able to breath anymore.  It's miserable.

Sincerely,
Someone who's done being sick.

Dear Chas,

You are so sweet, really.  Thanks for making my best friend so happy, and for being such a nice guy to me.  Stick around a long while, k?

Signed,
The best friend of your boyfriend.

Dear Kristina,

Thanks for making last weekend so much better than the days before had been.  We seriously need more Angie/Kristina time, because it brightened my week so much more.  Thanks for being one of my very best friends.

Signed,
Me

Dear Heather & Mike,

Thanks goes to you too for helping last weekend rock!  Thank you for inviting us up to Park City to chill for a while!  :)  I love you guys.

Signed,
Me

Dear Valentine's Flowers I Bought Myself,

Thank you for staying pretty for so long!  Every time I look at you I smile.  That was a good idea.

Signed,
A self-sufficient Woman.

Dear Readers,

Sorry I'm so sick and don't have much to write, I'm weak and haven't left the couch for much the past few days.  But I seriously love you all and will be back to posting more very soon I hope!

Signed,
A grateful Blogger.

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I Love Irish Boys

Monday night, Josh and I went and saw Leap Year in the dollar theatre.  The movie is about an old Irish tradition that says a woman can propose to a man on February 29th, and he has to say yes.  So Anna (Amy Adams) decides to fly to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) but ends up getting caught caught in a storm and stranded in Ireland.  Declan (Matthew Goode) is the hot Irish pub owner that accompanies her to Dublin and muddles up the emotions.  Typical chick flick, but I absolutely loved it!  Even Josh thought it was cute, and he's not usually into girly movies.

Why am I blogging about this movie?

Because I WANT. 

Yes, I WANT.

I want to hop on a plane and go to Ireland and find me an extremely cute Irish boy to sweep me off my feet.  

That accent gets me every time.  

♥ ♥ ♥

Anyone coming with me?

 

 

 

Jewelry Organization

So I was inspired to do this originally by Lacey over at Apartment 513 when she did her jewelry organization with Lace and dowels.  However I never got around to it, and was reminded again by Lacey over at Lacey in Love when she did her jewelry organization with a picture frame and cross stitch fabric.  I tried Lacey In Love's version (but with my own touch) and it turned out  so well!  It also looks very pretty on my wall!

    

If you're anything like me, I still have the jewelry box I was given as a little girl, so the jewelry (especially earings) pretty much look like this:

It's pretty much a pain to find anything in it, let alone earring matches.  So for the longest time I've been frustrated with it and wanting a way to keep things more organized.

What you will need to achieve one like mine:

Picture Frames
Cross Stitch Fabric
A Hot Glue Gun
Wire
Needle Nose Pliers or Jewelry Pliers
Pushpins

I was lucky I had some cheap Dollar Tree picture frames already, so I just took the glass and wood backs out and hot glued the Cross Stitch Fabric to the back.  That made it perfectly framed.

 This is the back.

This is what the front looks like.

Then I twisted the wire into little twirly hooks and threaded it through the fabric.  I like Lacey's better, but my frames weren't wood (they were plastic) so I could screw little hooks on it.  I use these hooks to hang my hoop earrings on.

Next, I sorted out all of my earrings and made sure they matched up.  If they didn't have a match, I threw them back in the drawer.  I have this idea in my head about using the ones that are missing their match in some other project, because they're still so pretty! 

Then I hung them on the wall and put the pushpins in to hang my favorite necklaces on!  It turned out so well!