Summer Bucket List Update

June is already past the halfway mark!  Time needs to go ahead and just slow down a little.  I'm not going to be able to get everything done!

1.  Have a cookout at our house.

2.  Go to a baseball game.

3.  Drink outside.

4.  Lay out.

5.  Plant a garden.

6.  Cook with veggies from said garden.

7.  Take a boat trip.

8.  Make margaritas from scratch.
9.  Watch fireworks.
10.  Go to a summer social.
11.  Go to an outdoor concert.
12.  Go to a bierstube.
13.  Eat a sno-cone.
14.  Take a walk by the river.
15.  Go to the zoo.
16.  Eat at a food truck.
20.  Go to the farmer's market.
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2.  Go to a baseball game.  Check!

{Kelly is always up for lots of pictures}

It was just the Evansville Otters but it works!  The games are fun and a lot of times free to get in!  And the beer is cold!

 

13.  Eat a sno-cone.  Check!

 

{Tiger's Blood, my favorite flavor!}

 

 10.  Go to a summer social.  Check!

 

{my siblings and I after eating fried chicken...so happy}

 

For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a fundraiser carnival for churches.  Each church in the area has one at some point during the summer.  There is usually fried chicken to be had...and lots of games and rides!

1.  Have a cookout at our house.  Check!
 



{My sister, my dad, and I waiting for the burgers to finish cooking on the grill}

 

Seriously I am so proud that we pulled this off!  The food was delicious!  Both families were very impressed, and we had so much fun!  I can't wait to have our next one!

 

I'm on a roll!  Check back next week to see what other fun things I've accomplished!

 

5 for Five...For real!!

Goodbye Writer's Block!  Sorry girl but as of this morning I kicked your booty out the door!  And by 8:30 I had already been peed on (Swimmie Diapers are only made to hold #2 and I had on an army green dress...just picture how that worked out, good thing we were going to the pool!).  Let's see how I did with Jessica @ Fantastically Average and Jenn @ Party of One! 
 

 

 

Here are my goals from last week:

 

1.  Set up coffee bar.  Got it!  I'm not sure I am in love with it though.

 

 

It was white and I painted it purple to match the peacock painting that hangs above it.  That I sanded down some of the edges.  I painted some sketchy black lines on it with a dry fan brush, then I splattered it with gold and silver paint.  It looks very "arty".  I also put crackle on it, but I crackled and crackled, and the paint never budged.  So no crackle, but I still like the worn, sloppy look of it!

 

 

 

 

What I don't like about it is that it sits kind of low for how tall I am.  I have to hunch over to make my coffee.  It's also smaller than I envisioned.  I was hoping to fit all of my mugs on it too.  Plus the sink is all the way over on the other side of the counter that you see on the right.  So I have to walk all the way around to fill the pot up with water.  Right now it's more of an inconvenience to me. 

 

I did actually move it so that it sits against the counter.  That way I can set my mug on the counter, and I don't have to hunch as much. 

 

I would still prefer something like this:

 

 

But mine will do for now!  At least I freed up some counter space!

 

2.  Hang décor in bedroom, living, and kitchen.  Pics to come!  I don't want to spoil it!

 

3.  Work out every day. Monday-Sunday.  I skipped two days, but I worked out twice on Monday and Thursday so I still made it 7 times.  It counts!

 

4.  Plan meals for next week.  Turns out I didn't even have to go to the store to buy any of the stuff!  Double points for that right?

 

5.  Sign up for yoga.  I signed up!  Now I just have to go! I'm afraid!  I can workout until the cows come home, but yoga??? Idk yet.

 

5/5...What what!?!?  Go me!

 

Here are my goals for this week: 

 

1.  Go to school one time.  I really have to do it this week!!!  I am getting too "lax" about this new job.  I have a ton of stuff to do!

 

2.  Go to two yoga classes.  I have to go to at least five classes a month to get my $$ worth.

 

3.  Begin the ever-so-long process of fixing my Cri-cut.  Y'all remember the last time I did this?  Wasn't pretty.

 

4.  Organize my craft room. 

 

5.  Blog every day. 

 

See ya next Monday!

Crickets

Do you hear them?  Do you hear those crickets?

That's the sound of my not-so-fab friend.

Writer's Block.

She's taking over today.

And causing me to stare at this screen and tap my fingers on the keys.  Occasionally typing a letter.

The ideas are there.  The words are not. 

So have a great weekend my friends, and hopefully my friend will put an end to her unwelcome stay by next week. 

Don't forget to enter Jenn's giveaway!

 

 

 

Goody Bag Giveaway

Do you know Jenn?

Jenn is an amazing blogger!  And it's her birthday!

 

And she is having a birthday giveaway!

There are 18 chances to win! 

Including a chance to win these nail polishes from me!

 

 With chances so good, why wouldn't you enter???

Stitch Fix

I have been have participating in Stitch Fix for over 2 months, and I am loving it!  If you don't know what Stitch Fix is, I will explain...

 

Stitch Fix is a kind of like a Birch Box only it's for clothes, and they are not samples...and it's cheaper therefore it's better!

 

You sign up for the low cost of $20 a month.  (When you do give them my name, Elyse Fuchs, because then I get credit :-) )

 

You take several surveys on clothing styles, preferences, sizes, costs.  You can even link your profile to your favorite Pinterest fashion board!

 

They assign a stylist to your account, and that stylist looks at all of your info including your Pinterest board to figure out what kind of clothes they should send you. 

 

Then they send you your items in them snail-mail!  It is usually 4 clothing items and 1 piece of jewelry. 

 

You have three days to try the items on, keep what you want, take a survey on what they sent you, and send whatever you don't want back in the prepaid package they send with the clothes.  Oh and remember the $20?  It goes towards whatever you keep.  If you don't keep anything, well then you just wasted $20, but I always keep something.

 

My only complaint is that the clothes are a little pricier than I would normally purchase for myself.  They have different price levels that you can choose, and I am on the lowest one, but they are still pricey (for me).  I am for sure a bargain shopper!

 

What I do like is that so far, everything has fit!  There has always been at least one thing that I want to keep, and the items they send you are unique and not anything I could normally find at the mall. 

This would be ideal for people who do not live near a mall, or clothing store!  That is not me, but I still think its fun!

 

So here are the items I got in my first Fix a couple months ago.

 

(Sorry for the closet pictures.  It's the only long mirror we have, and the boy hates taking pictures)

(And also please excuse the messy closet, we had just moved in...not that it doesn't still look like that, but that is my excuse)

 

I really liked this dress.  It is actually the item that I kept!

I did not like this shirt.  The whole wrap around thing does not suit me well, and this type of sleeve (or lack thereof) makes my arms look bigger than they are.  Not a fan.

I did like the back though!

I loved this tunic top!  I really wanted to keep this, but I have a shirt that is almost exactly like it, hence the reason why I like it so much!

I liked this shirt to, but the bottom of the shirt was cut up the sides pretty high, and the middle was see through like the bottom.  No see through shirts for this girl!

I liked this necklace, but it was expensive for a necklace.  I like $10 necklaces. 

 

There you have it!  My first Stitch Fix!  Since then I have also had a second one, but I did not have time to take pictures!

 

Don't forget, if you sign up give them my name (Elyse Fuchs)!

 

 

All opinions in this post are my own.  This is not a paid post.

 

What I'm Loving Wednesday

This summer is going by way to fast!  It's already Wednesday again!  So of course I'm linking up with Jamie @ This Kind of Love and What I'm Loving Wednesday and Michelle @ The Vintage Apple and Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday! 

 

Here is what I am loving on this week:

 

I am loving that we are having a Father's Day cookout this weekend!  Hopefully it won't rain!

 

I am loving that I am finally getting some stuff accomplished this week... 2 of my 5 for Five goals are already met!

 

I am loving nanny-ing my favorite kiddos two days a week!  Seriously who doesn't love playing with kids all day?  So much better than trying to teach them. ;-)

 

I am loving fresh summer produce!  It's so nice to have fresh fruits and veggies to snack on and cook for dinner!

 

As always I am loving my pins!

 

You can find my pins here.

 

Easy cake-stand.

 

 Cute mugs. :-)

I'm not a little girl but I want to do this!

Wouldn't this be the perfect cake for me?

Panted bricks for a garden.

My heart!

 

 

Butterscotch Caramel Peach Cobbler.  MMM.

 

That's all for today friends!  Have a fabulous Wednesday!

 

 

Summer Bucket List 2013

Two weeks ago in this post, I talked about letting go of the little things and worrying about what matters most.  What matters most to me right now is making the most of my summer!  So my friends, here is my bucket list for this summer:

 

1.  Have a cookout at our house.

2.  Go to a baseball game.

3.  Drink outside.

4.  Lay out.

5.  Plant a garden.

6.  Cook with veggies from said garden.

7.  Take a boat trip.

8.  Make margaritas from scratch.
9.  Watch fireworks.
10.  Go to a summer social.
11.  Go to an outdoor concert.
12.  Go to a bierstube.
13.  Eat a sno-cone.
14.  Take a walk by the river.
15.  Go to the zoo.
16.  Eat at a food truck.
20.  Go to the farmer's market.

I better get to work!!!

 

5 for Five

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Let's set some goals with Jessica @ Fantastically Average and Jenn @ Party of One! 
 

 

 

Here are my goals from last week:

 

1.  Go to school one time.  Didn't happen.

 

2.  Spray/pull weeds. 

 

3.  Hang décor on walls in living room.  I tried to do this.  I really did, but Kelly was watching North America, then I started watching North America, then it was midnight.  I did lay it out how I want it though. 

 

 

 

4.  Finish painting coffee bar.  This is so close to being done!  It would be done, but when I painted the crackle on, it never crackled...so I have to do it again.  Not my fault.

 

5.  Plan boat trip.   Apparently we are not having one right now because every one is too busy this summer!  Problem solved.

 

3 out of 5 again (orange equals .5).  Not too bad.

 

Here are my goals for this week:

 

1.  Set up coffee bar.  The whole thing, in the kitchen, ready to use.

 

2.  Hang décor in bedroom, living, and kitchen.  For real this time.  We are having a cookout for Father's Day on Sunday so this has to get done.

 

3.  Work out every day. Monday-Sunday.  I didn't not have adequate time last week, so I have to make up for it this week.

 

4.  Plan meals for next week.

 

5.  Sign up for yoga.  I wanted to do start doing yoga this summer because I have a little extra time, but I have to get going on this or summer will be over!

 

Going for all five this week!

Half-way there!

Hello Wednesday!  It's nice to see you so soon!  This week is flying on by and I am linking up with Jamie @ This Kind of Love and What I'm Loving Wednesday and Michelle @ The Vintage Apple and Oh How Pinteresting Wednesday! 

 

Here is what I am loving on this Wednesday morning:

 

I am loving that we are going to a baseball game Thursday night!  Thursdays are the best days to go because it's $2 beer night, but I never get to go because I am always working Thursday nights!  Well this time I asked to leave early...so I'm going!

 

I am loving that I am getting so much accomplished around the house this week! 

 

I am loving that since summer has started I have got to try so many new recipes!  All of which I will be sharing!

 

I am loving that Kelly and I get to watch Dierks, my puppy brother, this weekend while my parents are out of town! 

 

Hey everyone here's my puppy brother! 

<3 that commercial.

 

I am loving my pins!

You can find all of them here.

 

Small section of chalkboard wall in doorway...love that idea!

 

Cute for a garden!

BBQ Chicken and Pineapple Quesadilla...My mouth is watering.

Love this saying for the classroom.

This outfit is screaming, "Buy me!"

Buttery Honey Beer Bread.

What I wouldn't give to have a pool with a tanning ledge...or even just a pool.

 

And as always I am loving my life with a cherry on top!

 

Have a peachy day!