Howdy!

    Why am I excited, you ask?  Well, my hubby, Daniel is almost home from a business trip up in Northern California and I can't wait for him to see the surprise projects I've completed while he was away!  Which means I can almost reveal them to you too!  For now, enjoy a post about my lunch. lol  Pinterest inspired, natch.

It's kinda blurry, and once again could not get the image to stay horizontal, but it's a whole wheat tortilla with roasted garlic hummus, baby spinach, avocado, edamame (green soy beans) and a little bit of leftover chicken I had.  O.M.G. can you say, delicious????  I'm hooked now.  I may have to make one for dinner too. ;) 

Have a happy Thursday and I'll prolly be posting my surprises tomorrow.
Bye for now!
Holly

So I look at my Facebook page to see when my last post on here was and dang if it wasn't 11 days ago... Sorry I just have had no motivation to finish my ottoman so have had nothing to really blog about. At any rate, I have tried some new Pinteresting (to coin a phrase) ideas since my last post. 

Spaghetti squash! Who knew, right? Probably lots of people but I was not aware of it so soooorry! ;)  It was totally delicious! I would swap my noodle for it any day!  Not sure if it would swap out as nicely with other sauces as with tomato based sauces though...  I was actually at the store to get zucchini to try as pasta when I ran into my friend Tracy, who looked at me like I was crazy when I said I'd never even heard of spaghetti squash so I got that instead.

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce recipe. Can I just say $$$$$$! (That means "Money!" in Holly speak)  It was so incredibly amazing I cannot even tell you.  Even better the next day and the next day and.... I should probably stop eating so much Spaghetti Alfredo.  But that's neither here nor there. ;)  I used spaghetti noodles because it was all we had.  http://pinterest.com/pin/30047522486010235/

Easy Egg Drop Soup.  Awesome!  Super simple and tasted just like what you'd get at a Chinese restaurant.  I added tofu too which tastes great and adds some more filler to this light and delicious soup. http://pinterest.com/pin/30047522486053853/

But enough about food, how bout my No Poo Shampoo and Conditioner?!  Baking soda + Water and Apple Cider Vinegar + Water respectively.  Totally legit, so far.  It absolutely cleans my hair, I've gone 2 days at a time without washing it but they say it'll get even better after my scalp returns to it's normal PH balance.  It's supposed to help your hair grow faster and stronger too which is something I need so very badly.  I also starting taking Biotin which is a vitamin supplement which helps hair, skin and nails.  My hair is hopelessly thin from over processing, add that to the fact that I now use boxed dye (tho I haven't dyed it in months) and you've got yourself hair that you put up in a bun 9 times outta 10.  Anyhoo, here's that link: http://pinterest.com/pin/30047522486052110/ 

I can't get the image to stay flipped upright! Grrrr... So annoying.

I hope some of this is helpful or interesting to any of you.  I thoroughly enjoy trying out these silly Pinterest ideas, especially since I've been having so much success with them!  I have had my fill of failures though such as last nights attempt to re-soften hard French Bread.  The tutorial said "Just rinse bread completely in cold water (don't soak though) and pop it in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes."  FAIL.  My bread got even harder!  It ended up being a great chew toy for Presley (our black lab puppy). At least someone got to enjoy it. lol

Have a great rest of your week everyone!
Holly

If the mood strikes... nevermind.  Happy Friday!!! 

So I teased about an ottoman that I was constructing using a yard-sale table I got for $5.  Here is my progress so far... Without the pics of it's current state of undress due to the adhesive not holding up.  In the adhesive's defense, I haven't worked on the ottoman in a couple weeks and it should have been covered in batting and fabric by now. *sigh*

$5 yard sale table that started it all

After I spray painted it black and stained the top

My pal and partner in all things Pinteresty, Tracy with the supplies

After screwing in wood frame and stuffing it with foam to fill in the gaps.

Spray adhesive to add foam around all the edges and Voila! Ready for foam topper, batting and fabric!

We also drilled the holes in the top of the table which I forgot to take a picture of so once I'm alllll finished with it I'll post missing steps/whatnot.  Oh so the sewing issue I mentioned!  The fabric is not wide enough to cover 2 sides of it so I'll have to cut 2 pieces of the fabric and sew them to the large size which will create 2 seams on the sides (I fervently hope this works out).  Miss Tracy is going to be doing the sewing since I'm not confident on the sewing machine as of yet.

Wish us luck!!!

Have an awesome weekend!
Holly