House Wife Week

Last week I went and picked 2 gallons of strawberries.
And then I made 4 batches of jam

This is about 1/2 of the jam in the freezer

However we had to go to 3 stores to find more of the freezer jars, and then we couldn't find the kind with twist on lids, only the snap on lids... which I do not prefer.

Then I also tried out a pintrest recipe that I had at my sisters house for fruit rollups.

Josh is unsure he wants to eat them... more for me!

also I had some strawberries left over for eating and our neighbors were nice enough to drop by with another court of strawberries!!! how thoughtful! :D 

Hope you enjoy your strawberries too!

Home Work

So Josh and I have been working on some stuff around the house.
Since we have moved in there has been a horrible wire shelving unit in my laundry room. I HATE wire shelves... EVERYTHING falls through or does not stand straight because half of it falls into the empty hole.

So finally we bought some shelves. however we had a heck of a time finding one that would accommodate the water valves and cleanouts and plugs. and fit in the corner.

Work in Progress

It only took 3 trips to Lowes and 2 to home depot to get it put up :D

Then I filled the shelves

I didn't know I had so much cleaning stuff!

Things around the house

No these are not hung up, but we finally ordered some prints from our travels and they turned out fabulously... so we are going to get the rest of them printed eventually and either hang them in our living room or our bedroom... which do you think?

We had to put in a new kitchen faucet, we decided to do one of these with two handles because the other one we had started leaking, can you believe it after 1 year!

And a Pintrest project! found a picture frame and had josh put some screen in it  and then hung in it the closet and hung my earrings... now I just need to figure out a way to hang hoops... any suggestions?

The Virgin Islands

We made a trip to the Virgin Islands to see some friends get married.
We stayed in a house with 11 other friends from college. Most of them were Josh's fraternity brothers, I remember the days back then when I thought it was fun... but honestly those boys are a disaster! so messy! I was happy when we got to come home and not worry about that mess...lol... but it was really great to see everyone and the wedding and the sites!

I learned how to snorkle

our super awesome rental company seriously rented this to us... I mean honestly? and then we got pulled over and they did not have the right insurance and registration in the car!!!

My first wedding on a beach, it was great!

The wonderful world of snorkeling

My My My its MAY!

So I really haven't been updating much, I've been feeling like I don't have anything to report on my list... so I was procrastinating on posting.
But I think I finally have a little progress :D

well I found .03, 1 penny today in the road in our neighborhood, 1 at walmart and the other I can not remember, so we are up to $1.05

1. I made serious progress on my mending, thanks to my quilting groups sewing night... although I wasnt exactly quilting, it was nice to set aside some time and get things done, I think I am 1/2 way done... the main thing I have left to do is hem all of Josh's jeans... he has decided dragging your jeans on the ground everywhere is no longer fashionable... impressive
however I noticed that one pair of sweatpants I mended has reopened the hole :( so I need to remend those...

3. go through all of my pics and finish up the book- not started yet

4. Twin sized quilts (up to 3) - not started yet, but its been bugging me so perhaps I will get a chance this week while Josh is out of town?

5. Six weeks to a six pack. So I made it through most of 5 but that was before we went to the Virgin Islands... and honestly I havent made it back to it since... perhaps tomorrow I can pick it up, working 8 hours on monday really discourages me from wanting to do much when I get home... but only 2 weeks to finish... redo week 5 and then 6... honestly its a great workout I think it really trims the waistline.

6. finish 2 5Ks, I thought I had chosen one... but we didnt get to register in time because of the whole trip to VI and back home for easter.

7. I have been taking my vitamins for 2 weeks, and have only forgotten 1 day... which is great.

8. finish my star quilt- no progress

9.finish the pillow I made was making for my Grandma

10. Sell all of my stuff on ebay... well out of those 9 things 3 sold. and have not relisted or listed anything new... I should get on that...

Quick post

So I've been meaning to update, but have been too busy/lazy to do it...
so here is my current update... I found 58 more cents, at assorted places, including the gas station and walmart :D
my total is 1.02