Month: April 2011

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Everything Else

Owly Bathroom

Remember in the home tour & again in the guest room re-do seeing that I have owl all over our houses?! Well, the guest bathroom was pretty much owl free. It’s had a beachy theme which I’ve been just fine with. But after 5 years, I was ready for a little change.

So when I saw these featured on The Owl Barn from Target, I was smitten. I looked for the set at a couple area Targets before going on my phone & realizing I’d missed the dreaded “online only”. I sat on it for a couple days before taking the plunge & buying the shower curtain & lotion/soap pump online. Hello guest bathroom re-do!!

I removed the beachy themed decorations & added in a few owls that I already had. Instead of little beach frames to the right of the shower, I’ve now hung two wooden frames. Might need to update the photos in them though.

I returned the toilet seat cover because I couldn’t keep the seat up with it on. I’ve decided I need want the soap dish {the current white one holding ‘B’ soap bar is boring} & toothbrush holder to complete the set. The trashcan now doesn’t match either. I need a covered one to keep Moe {who’s a fan of the redo!} out of it so I’ll probably pick up a basic white one of my next Target trip.

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Food

Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes {revisited}

I’ve never done this before, but this recipe is the number one search that brings random people to this blog. Hi! 🙂 {My posts about my Lilly Pulitzer scarf are a close seconds.}

I relooked at the cupcake post this weekend. Just mentioning them, Jason said you have to make those cupcakes! I thought my coworkers might enjoy them too. So after realizing I had all the ingredients {minus the lime} on hand, I decided to make them Tuesday night. I’m reposting because {1} the original photos are horrible {2} the fonts weird & {3} it’s a three year old post!

So if you followed me back in 2008 {praise you!}, you can ignore this post {or come over & have a cupcake}. I have to say they’re just as good as I remembered! I know I’ll make them a few more times this spring/summer.

Ingredients
box of white cake mix
can of frozen margarita/daiquiri mix, thawed
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 egg whites
1 tbsp lime zest

Preheat oven to 350.
Combine cake mix, margarita mix, egg whites, & oil in stand mixer. Stir in zest.

Filled well greased or cupcake papered muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake 22-24 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. I let cool for a few minutes in the pans before transferring to cooling rack.

Lime Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
1 stick butter, softened
1 pkg cream cheese {light ok}, softened
2 tbsp lime juice {I squeezed the post-zested limes}
1 tsp lime zest
4-5 c powdered sugar

Cream softened butter & cream cheese, juice & zest until light & fluffy. Add 4 c sugar 1 c at a time. I ended up doing 4.5 c sugar.

We don’t love a ton of icing on our cupcakes so this icing recipe will be enough for making 2 sets of the cupcakes. {I froze the unused half.} I also attempted to “professionally” ice these babies. But later last night decided they looked weird & smoothed them out.

These cupcakes were dessert last night, breakfast this morning & again dessert tonight. I’m taking them to work tomorrow & to save us from eating all 23!

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Baby Brianna

Baby Brianna was supposed to be born via scheduled C-section last Wednesday. Instead she surprised her parents {& big sis Lexie} by arriving Sunday morning. Which meant things were a little hectic for them as they had things all planned out for later in the week!

Dad Keith {my husband’s coworker} was picking his mom up from the airport, & Lexie was staying with another of their friends. New mom to 2 under 2, Jen & I were able to hang out with tiny baby Brianna last Tuesday night while they were having their last night at Rex Hospital. I went after book club around 7. We got to chatting, enjoying baby snuggles & walks around the halls, next thing I knew, it was close to 10p! So fun & I’d never been to Rex baby center so I enjoyed checking it all out. So glad I remembered my D5000 to capture these freshly baked baby shots.

Jen was doing great & y’all can see, Brianna is just precious! She went from Jen to their daycare provider {who also stopped by} then my arms like it was nothing. I was LOVING that skinny baby legs & feet! Brianna also enjoyed chillin’ in the bassinet with that paci. We’re looking forward to going to visit this family at home soon.

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Photography

Week 14 Project 365

I took photos 6 out of 7 days & only one of Moe! A recent record. I wasn’t thinking about project 365, but just going about life & photographing it.

Day 92 Saturday night after the VCU loss, Jason & I wanted to go get dinner together. Instead we discovered someone had hit my SUV & driven off.

Day 93 Sunday was a chill day. Walked with Alethea, did laundry & finished a book. Didn’t take any photos.

Day 94 Monday night after small group I started reading Wesley the Owl. You know I can’t resist a book about an owl this cute!

Day 95 Tuesday was a busy fun-filled night. Ran to the library to pick up a book, received three books in the mail from Amazon when I got home, had a great time at book club {review to come this week}, then hung out at Rex Hospital with new baby Brianna & mom Jen {post with more pics to come}.

Day 96 We all slept in a little Wednesday since my RE appointment wasn’t until 8:30. Moe was still sleepy & stayed in bed even after both Jason & I were heading out the door. I took this around 8:15. I dropped off the prescriptions (Ovidrel has to be refrigerated) before heading to work & Moe was still in bed around 10. Lucky lazy Fluff.

Day 97 Sharing one the the Capture the Everyday photo rejects. My new phone & blogging laptop.

Day 98 Nothing says Happy Friday to me like pizza & beer!

Hope you had good week!

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And the winner is…

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Congratulations to

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I had a lot of fun with this giveaway & hope to do more in the future. Thanks to everyone who entered. Also remember Marian’s offering 15% off with the code SUZSTREATS.