National GO Month

13 Friday Jan 2012

Posted by Danielle in Currently inspired by...., Decor, Inspire, Ramblings, Spring Cleaning

January is National GO (Get Organized) Month, as designated by the National Association of Professional Organizers. As we all know, January is also a time for resolutions. Instead of making the same resolutions to lose weight or pay off our bills, we are making a resolution to try to get organized. Small steps, such as cleaning out drawers, clearing off kitchen counters and recycling things will be on our agenda in the upcoming weeks. We will use small steps to help make this upcoming year a little less cluttered.

Below are a couple of organizing ideas that we love and have inspired us to get on the organization kick!

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It’s been a while.

12 Thursday Jan 2012

Posted by Danielle in 101 in 1001

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I haven’t been around in a while. The last couple of months have been jammed packed and I haven’t thought much about writing. I am going to try to resolve this.

Below are some of the 101 in 1001 tasks that have kept me busy. More to come soon…

21. Go one week without television.

Every month my husband and I try to complete a challenge. November we decided to give up television for a month. Now if you know the two of us, you know this was quite a challenge. We love watching movies and enjoy our time in front of the boob tube. However, after a month without, we realized that we have so many other wonderful things that we want to do. The television just doesn’t have any sort of pull for us anymore and we have actually cut down watching dramatically.

26. Buy a fire safe

This isn’t one of the most exciting 101’s, but it is one that I have wanted to do for a while. We have a lot of paperwork that needs safe keeping and our filing cabinets were not doing the job. In comes the fire safe. Our paperwork is now safe.

49. Finish five DIY projects (1/5)

Below is a picture of a wreath that I made in December. I know the picture is of horrible quality, but it was all I could do at the time. I have wanted to do a wreath like this for some time, but always put in on the back burner. Since I had plenty of time in November (while not watching television), I decided to give it a try. I love the outcome and can’t wait to try it in other colors. Want to try one yourself? See a tutorial here.

63. Stop cussing for 1 week

Family and Friends know I have quite the potty mouth. I couldn’t believe I could go a week without ONE curse work. Job well done, Danielle!

66. Make our wedding album

I have pushed this project off for a year. I was always too busy or wasn’t in the mood to spend hours trying to put together the book. Again in November, I sat down and designed a book on Blurb. I am in love with it and can’t wait to surprise our families with one.

70. Send my uncle all of the photos he has lost.

My uncle was working on his computer where he stores all of his pictures and had a major malfunction. Bye, bye pictures. Lucky for him I have all of them stored elsewhere and I was able to send him what he was missing.

71. Make a gingerbread house with my husband

My husband, sister and I each received a William Sonoma No-Bake Winter Wonderland Gingerbread House Kit in the mail. So in December we gathered at our apartment, opened a bottle of wine and proceeded to make our houses with Christmas tunes humming in the background. Who knew that three adults could have so much fun making Gingerbread Houses!

This happen. Often.

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Danielle in Purely Amazing, Things that make me laugh, Websites to check out

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Via Cat versus Human

Etsy Love: Christmas Red

27 Sunday Nov 2011

Posted by Danielle in Etsy Love, Shopping, Style, Things I want, Websites to check out

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It seems that this holiday season is flying by. I haven’t done one stitch of Christmas shopping and I am usually done by now. So to start off the season this Sunday’s Etsy Love is Christmas Red. I am especially in love the Sweetheart Apron. It is a perfectly pretty apron for when we have guests over. I might not want to even take it off after the cooking is done!

1. Mrs. Claus Wreath
2. Sweetheart Hostess Apron
3. Red T-shirt Scarf Necklace
4. White Gift Tags NO Peaking
5. Red Drop Necklace
6. Coffee Cozy and Tea Wallet Gift Set

Etsy Love: Winter Greens

20 Sunday Nov 2011

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Dark green colors always remind me of winter and the smell of pine. Two things I love around this time of year! I am completely in love with the felt coasters in this Sunday’s Etsy Love. The cowl is also perfect for the upcoming chilly weather.

1. Felted Coasters
2. Plush bird
3. Rain Boots Personalized Stationery
4. Agate Pendant
5. Crochet cowl
6. Owl Post Earrings on Tree Branch Gift Card

Wordless Wednesday: Our heads here. Early night to bed.

16 Wednesday Nov 2011

Posted by Danielle in Just for a laugh, Things that make me laugh

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Cat versus Human

15 Tuesday Nov 2011

Posted by Danielle in Just for a laugh, Things that make me happy, Things that make me laugh, Websites to check out

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Cat versus Human one of my favorite new websites this week. I can’t tell you how many of the comics on the site actually happen in our house. If you have a cat you must check this site out!

This so happens to my husband. He always says, “What? What did I do?”

Off to the Races…

14 Monday Nov 2011

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Saturday.
Family. Friends. Food. Horse Races.

I woke Saturday to our cat purring in my ear. She loves to wake me in the morning with cuddles and then shows me the way to her food. Shortly after, I was asked to breakfast and shopping. What a great way to start a Saturday morning.

That evening friends of ours invited us to a get together that involved a horse derby and betting. I am not exactly sure how to describe how everything went down, but I will try. First off, there were no horses. How do you have a horse derby without any horses you ask? Well, you sit at a table with eight other people. There you will find a printout with the “horses”, each having a silly name. Each person at the table gets to select one horse each round to bet on. Each person places a one dollar bet in the middle of the table. At the front of the room there is a large magnet board with the eight numbers on it. They signify the “horse”. Eight sets of die are rolled and the numbers are counted. Shouting ensues. The die are rolled until one of the “horses” reaches the end of the “track”. There is a random winner each time to ensure everybody is kept on the edge of their seats. The winner gets the money from the middle of the table and the race start again. Imagine my luck when I see Delightfully Danielle, my pick of course. What are the odds?

We had so much fun that we are trying to think of a way to make our own board and have Horse Race Parties at our place!

Sunday.
Sleep. Painting. Trivia. Dinner.

After Saturday’s excitement, winning four of the eight games we played, K and I decided to sleep in. After a hardy sleep we ventured into our kitchen and gave it a good painting. Painting the kitchen then turned into painting the hallway. Of course, after the hallway was done, a nap transpired, homemade pizza with a heavy dose of trivia and dinner at my parents.

All in all , this weekend was a great one. It reminds me of how many great opportunities we have been able to have and that we have the most wonderful friends. I look forward the rest of this month’s planned activities.