Worldly Wednesday

Morgan, Emily & Emily looking across the river at the Papal Place, Avignon, France.
I love to travel and have been lucky enough to have visited a lot of amazing places.  Every Wednesday I share one picture of the places I’ve been.

S’mores!

It has been brought to my attention (thanks Mom) that tomorrow is National S’mores Day. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is more like Talk Like A Pirate Day than Christmas, but I for one will be celebrating.  If you follow me on Pinterest, you may have noticed I have a think for s’mores right now.  You might think s’mores are only for camping, but man you are wrong.

You can put them in a jar:

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You can make them into a cupcake:

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Maybe you prefer your s’mores a bit more on the ice cream side:

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Would you like a cookie?

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Or maybe a cookie bar (note: these are my new favorite desserts—they are heaven in a pan—seriously)

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You can have s’mores for breakfast

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Pie?

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Nachos?

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I’ve got more on there, so head on over to check it out.  As you can probably tell, I slightly obsessed with s’mores.  My Mom caught on to this and while I was studying for the Bar she surprised me with a pretty awesome s’mores treat.  She put mini Hershey’s Kisses, Teddy Grahams, mini marshmallows and brownies in jars.  I apologize in advance for the TERRIBLE pictures—apparently my brain was having a really off day that day.

Yummy!  (And blurry)

Doesn’t that look tasty.  It gest even better:

That’s right, we microwaved them for a little while, just to get everything soft and gooey.  If you leave the brownies out, it makes a great s’mores trail mix.  Just don’t take it to a baseball game in a million degree heat—take my word for it.

Monday Musings

You know how a lot of people swear by having a routine for their kids and sticking to it?  I do that to myself.  I am way more productive and way less stressed when I have a routine to follow.  The last few weeks have been pretty routine-less because of everything going on, but I think I am finally back to a point where I can figure something out.  It seems like lately when I set out to have a very productive day, well, as John Steinbeck said, the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.  I’m trying though and one of these days its going to work out for me.  I did okay on my list from last week—I got the baby gifts done and the apartment is starting to look nice again.  I didn’t work on the puff quilt at all because I ended up going back to work last week.  I’m not licensed yet (won’t get the Bar results until mid-September), so I’m doing the same thing as before, working part time.  I’m so thankful for it though, even if it did cut my vacation short. 

Here’s what we are eating this week:

Sunday: Tacos
Monday:  Skillet Chicken with Tomatoes
Tuesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Wednesday: Chicken BLTs
Thursday: T-Bones game
Friday: Enchiladas
Saturday: Date Night for our anniversary (crazy to think we’ve been dating for 2 years now)
 

Projects for This Week

One of my law school friends had a birthday right before the Bar.  Due to time constraints (aka studying for 12 hours a day), I had to give her an IOU.  I've come up with something that I think is going to be pretty cute but you guys won’t get to see it until I have a chance to give it to her.
Maybe I’ll actually get a chance to work on the puff quilt this week.  Don’t hold your breath—the last one took me forever to do too.  I seriously am the world’s slowest sewer. 
I’ve got to come up with a  new hobby/craft that I can do during football games.  I really don’t like football but Alex loves it.  I’m thinking of taking up knitting (again).  I know how to do it, I’m just not patient enough.  If anyone has any ideas for a portable hobby, let me know.

A Little Inspiration to Get You Though the Week

(I’m feeling a little sappy, with the whole anniversary thing this week).  Have a great week everyone!

I almost forgot to mention the most exciting thing--my Mod Podge Shoes were featured over at Keepin it Thifty!  Its a great blog, so go check it out:

Worldly Wednesday

Disturbingly Large Pink Pelican, Mykonos, Greece

I love to travel and have been lucky enough to have visited a lot of amazing places.  Every Wednesday I share one picture of the places I’ve been.

Mod Podge Shoes

I’ve seen posts about using Mod Podge to attach fabric to shoes all over the place and decided to give it a try.  I had a pair of black ballet flats that had a hole where my big toe nail is.  I’m too cheap to buy new shoes at the moment (other than some clearance flip flops at Target that I love) so I decided to see if I could give the flats a second life.  I figured that the worst thing that happened was that I ruined a pair of already ruined shoes.

You can see the hole on the one on the right.  Its not a big hole, but its noticeable and since I wear these shoes to work, I wanted them to look nice.  Since the only problem was the hole, I decided just to cover the toes and not the whole thing.  That way if it didn’t work out, I hadn’t wasted too much fabric.  Plus, it seemed easier.  I used a heavier weight fabric (duck cloth I think) and outdoor Mod Podge so they would be a little more weather proof.  No step-by-step pictures, because like most of my projects, I just kind of winged it.  All I did was cut a square of fabric, glued it on then trimmed it along the bottom.  A few more coats of Mod Podge to seal it up and you have:

Tada!  No more hole.  They aren’t perfect, but no one spends a lot of time staring at my feet.  And they are somewhat waterproof—the first day I wore them it rained cats and dogs.  I’ve worn them several times now and they still look great.  I was a little concerned that the white fabric would get dingy or dirty quickly, but so far, with normal wear (I’m not jumping in any mud puddles), they still look nice.  Not a bad (free) fix for a pair of shoes that would have otherwise gone in the trash.

Sunday Summary (On Monday)

This was the post I was originally going to do yesterday, but we spent the day with Alex’s parents finishing the last four (of nine) loads of laundry that needed to get done to catch up from bar prep.  Then Alex had the first of three 10:00 softball games this session.  We have a terrible schedule and no one is happy about it.  The only good thing about it was that by then it had cooled off a little.

I try to plan out our menu for the week in advance.  This way we have a plan when we go grocery shopping, which saves us money.  I also find that it takes away a lot of stress too because I hate when 5:00 rolls around and I have no idea what we are going to have for dinner.  I like when other people pose things like this on their blogs because it gives me new ideas for our dinners. 

Here’s what we are eating this week:

Sunday: Dinner with Alex’s family

Monday: Pizza pancakes with salad

Tuesday: Drunken Pork Chops with Rice

Wednesday: Cornbread Taco Casserole

Thursday: Soft Pretzel Dogs

Friday: Tortellini with Trader Joe’s Bruschetta topping

Saturday: Sporting Kansas City game

Projects for This Week

I’ve got another puff quilt in the works.  This one is for Alex’s cousin’s baby.  They are in town this week so I’m hoping to get it done so I don’t have to mail it to them.  I’ve had most of the pieces cut out since before graduation, so I’m ready to get it out the door.  I’m only cautiously optimistic about this one.

We got caught up on laundry but the rest of our apartment has been sorely neglected over the last month.  My goal is always to keep it neat enough so that I’m no embarrassed if we have company show up unexpectedly.

One of Alex’s buddies had a baby at the height of last month’s insanity, so we haven’t met her yet.  We’re taking dinner over there this week, which means I have to cook and finish her gifts. 

A Little Inspiration to Get You Though the Week

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Hope everyone has a great week!

Worldly Wednesday

Inside the Catacombs, Paris, France

I love to travel and have been lucky enough to have visited a lot of amazing places. Every Wednesday I share one picture of the places I’ve been.