Busy Busy Busy

My posts have been a little distant. I have been so busy. Busy at home, busy at work... busy, busy busy. Life just needs to slow down a bit so I have time to finish the things I'm working on in my "spare" time and trying to get our taxes down. We'll see how that goes.

This weekend I have a birthday party to attend tomorrow night and then we have a wedding on Saturday.
But I am super excited about next week. My sisters and mom are coming to town to go to a concert in Lawrence... the great Copeland Farewell tour show... and then just hanging out in KC for the weekend! It will be so much fun and I'm super pumped to have them here. I go through times where I just miss my family a ton and wnat to be able to just drive down the street to hang out with them, or call up one of my sisters and see if they want to go shopping or to lunch or to the park... so you can see why I"m so excited for next week to come. So I'm sure I'll have photos in a few  weeks from our weekend adventures in KC. But at least I have my love and some good friends, it definitley makes life easier!

(Zach has trouble looking normal in photos...)

I also got a new purse. I HAVE to have purses with a sholder strap. It's just always a must and I just had 3 purses break with in three months (they were all pretty old) and so it was finally time to get a new purse. I am so in love with my new yellow bag I got on sale from Urban. (you can see the strap in the photo above)

If I'm too busy to post tomorrow, have a great weekend! Catch ya next week.

Friday, finally!!

The week is finally over and my Friday evening has almost arrived! I'm so happy for today because it's absolutely beautiful outside, and it seems like almost every Friday during this horrible winter has been snowy and cold, and today, then sun is out and the sky is blue and it's in the 50's! Which is great for Kansas City in March! So, yay for Spring, I'm ready for it to show it's effect full force!

This beautiful photo via Metallic on etsy. A very cute little photography shop, I might add!

Have a great weekend and don't forget to enter the give away at Lauren's blog!

So many giveaways, so little time!

There are so many great giveaways out there in the blogger world right now, and one of them happens to feature one of my lovely cowls!

Head on over to Lauren's blog: the little things we do, and enter your name to win a light blue cowl! Perfect for the spring!

Also, below are a few other great giveaways...

Cakies poloroid camera giveaway - ends today!

Rockstar diaries jototes giveaway - ends friday!

One pearl button's 2 year anniversary giveaway - ends friday!

What a great start to March! Bring on the spring!

P.S. Like the new hair color? I'm still getting used to it...

Rainbow Cake and Some Photo Booth Shots

A few weeks ago I was reading Emma's from scratch blog and thought this cake that she found was so amazing! I had to show Zach...and of course...he wanted to try and make it. So, last weekend, he experimented and this is what he came up with. Not quite the same, but still pretty cool!

We had so many fun photo booth pics from last weekend that I thought I'd share a few more.

My mom and sister, Erin.

I think Erin and Zach had the most fun...the other high school students were a little too cool for this...

 

More photos here.

Weekend recap.

We had such a fun weekend. We drove to St. Louis to visit my fam and had such a good time. My parents are host parents for an exchange student this year and her birthday was on Friday, so we threw her an awesome luau surprise party on Saturday. I made these cute invites pretty quickly one day so her friend could hand them out at school.

It was a ton of fun and she was so excited and super surprised!

 

Her awesome cake my mom ordered from the Cakery in St. Louis

 

We also set up a photo booth in the basement for her to have some memories of the party.

    

 This girl is the sweetest and I'm so glad she is able to spend a year with us! She is truly one special person and will always be a part of our family!

Also, on Sunday my sister did my hair and it's dark now! We're working on getting it closer to my natural color. :) I don't have a photo yet but soon!

Fill in the blank Friday and Friday Fav!

I created a new treasury on etsy today, all things green! So pretty... I pretty much want everything, so I would consider them all my Friday Fav.

So, Lauren over at the the little things we do... does Fill in the Blank Friday every week. I thought I would join in this time!

Here are my answers... don't judge me! :)

1. If I could medal in an olympic event it would be speed skating short track, they are so freaking fast, it's awesome! I wouldnt be able to do anything with a big drop, because I'm kind of afraid of heights...

2. If I was stranded on a deserted island I'd take Zach, my knitting stuff (entertainment) & some sunscreen (I burn easily).


3. Birds are my most irrational fear. Alfred Hitchcock anyone?


4. I'd rather eat my boogers everyday, than have to work in a cubicle everyday. Yep I said it. Don't be grossed out, I just hate it that much.


5. I am praying everyday that God provides the right job, at the right time, in the right location for my husband. It's been a long bumpy road, and I'm very tired.


6. I should really be going to church on Sunday more often than I do. I have a really hard time getting out of bed before 10 on the weekends...


7. One of my favorite things in all the world is night-time drives in the summer with my hubby. Windows down, sunroof open, music playing, the moon out, cool breeze. Nothing beats it.

Happy Friday! It seems like it's becoming a trend in Kansas City that it snows every Friday. Not a good trend... but it does make a good day for chocolate chip cookies...yummm

(This cookie is smiling at you.) via

Freakin hilarious

Has anyone else seen this commercial on during the olympics and freakin laughed your head off?



Love it.

P.S. Way to go U.S Team, I am thoroughly enjoying watching almost everything on during the winter olympics except figure skating...

P.P.S. People think Zach looks like this guy (Apolo Ohno - the speed skater).

Do you see it? I do, but Zach doesn't... :)
Speed Skating is awesome.

Shop Update!

I have added quite a few more items to my shop! Go check it out here.

I am loving this new cowl I started making. It's super chunky and warm, and so cute!

New slouchy hat.

A few new colors in the earwarmer/headband.

And a new loose knit scarf.

Enjoy perusing, Happy Monday!

Friday Fav

Today my favorite thing is

VALENTINE'S DAY!

yes, I admit, I love this holiday.

Before I used to think it was just a stupid corporate card holiday, but now that I am older and understand what an amazing thing LOVE is, I just think it's so great that there is a holiday to remind us how important it is to be thankful for the loved ones in your life and for the simpleness of understanding what we learned in sunday school that GOD is LOVE. :) So this post is dedicated to a few people in my life who I love and am so grateful for, there are so many more than are just in this post!

My cool friends

My buddy - yes, that's what we call each other. 

(This girls is an amazing person.)

 

My best friend from high school

 My awesome bro.

  

My beautiful sisters

  

Cutest niece in the world.

My Amazing parents

And crazy family in general

And my hubby - the love of my life (besides Jesus).

 

 

Sorry for the long post. Happy early Valentines Day. Don't forget that LOVE really does make the world a better place....

living greenlee tip #2

reduce, REUSE, recycle

Last fall Zach got inspired by this article in a old Readymade and wanted to try and make some bowls out of construction netting. I have to say they turned out pretty neat! We spray painted a few green after they were made but then decided that that probably wasn't the most environmentally friendly thing to do, so we left the rest orange. He sold quite a few at a craft show I had a booth at in December and the rest are now in the garage except for one on our dining table.  So if you want one let me know :).

 

 

Remember before you throw something away, think of a way it can be reused first! (We got our construction netting for the workers that were finishing up a project on our street).  If you want to learn how you can make these bowls go here.

Friday Fav

Because it looks like this out today...

my favorite thing would be anything to do with spring.

You have to admit it's beautiful. But with the amount of snow we have had this year I need spring. And therefore my background has changed to this on my computer:

Via Free People's blog. Go here for a few more options to help make your winter feel a bit more springy.

Have a good weekend. Stay warm and see you next week!

The SLR Sloop

This new SLR bag is so freakin' awesome! It's so bright, modern and fun and I would love to carry around my camera in this bag. AND one lucky winner will get one over at the Creature Comforts blog! Hurry, contest ends Monday!

 

Our Tuesday Nights...

Recently we've started doing a dinner every Tuesday night with some of our married friends in kansas city. Since graduating college, it gets hard to arrage to see people because everyone gets so busy, so finally, Laura, decided we needed to pick a night of the week and start doing dinner with our friends. I am so glad she finally set her foot down! We've only been doing it for 2 weeks but its been loads of fun and I can't wait for Tuesday to come again!

I will be the first to admit that I was a little sad yesterday that the season premiere of the final season of the show that Zach and I have been watching for the last 5 years together, was premiering last night...but... I had to give that up so I could enjoy time with my friends.

Enjoying good food, good community and lots of laughter is something everyone needs a little of! Last night we had fondue and something called racclette at our friends place. If you dont know what it is, you should look into it, it's pretty freakin cool! We used the electric version and cooked sliders on the grill and cheesy potatoes on the bottom. Next week Zach and I are hosting, and we're planning to try out some homemade Chicago style pizza! Yummmm
A few pics Bree took last night.

 

 

Using the raclette for our burgers...

What do you do with your friends that has become a tradition or what would you like to start doing?

living greenlee tip #1

When I first started this blog I thought I would be super clever and have the title be a pun on my new last name and the trendy "green" idea. Well, now that Zach and I have been married over two years now (smiley face) we have discovered that both of us have a pretty big passion for sustainability, you can probably tell that from some of the posts I've done in the past. So, I thought I would try to be a little more regular about it, and share some of the information that we've found and things that we've done around our house here on my blog!

I don't want this to be SO educational or anything, just a spot where I will share cool things with you. And if you'd like to share your tips with me, feel free! I'd love to hear them and then share them as well! I thought I'd start by telling you what SUSTAINABILITY is, so that we are all on the same page.

Sustainability (according to wiki and adjusted my me) is the potential for us humans to try and maintain a long term well-being for our planet, which is determined by the responsible use of our natural resources. So pretty much going green and trying to help the planet and not take away all of it's resources.

On to living greenlee tip #1 - Preserve products.

Have you gone to a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods and noticed these expensive (and very cool) toothbrushes in neat plastic cases? Chances are you have and below are a few reasons why you should use them and a few of the other Preserve products out there.

- These little babies are made up of 100 % completely recycled plastics. (Your number 5's to be exact-think yogurt cups) The bristles are not, so no worries there.
- They come in 6 different colors and 3 different strenghts (ultra soft, soft, and medium)
-When you are done with your toothbrush, you can send it back to them and they will grind it up and make it into a new one! Now that is sustainability.
- AND, they offer toothbrush subscriptions! So you can receive a new toothbrush every 3 months, just like the doctor ordered!

They also have a few new products that use the same idea. Like plastic tablewear and harder plastic containers and measuring cups for everyday use. And when you are done with them, you just stick them in your recycling bin! (If they take number 5s). This company is just great!

(all photos via the preserve website)

Let me know what you think of my new segment!!
Happy Monday everyone!