Book Review

Working 3 days a week leaves plenty of time for one of my favorite acitivites: reading anything and everything I want to, WHEN I want to!

Here are a few that I have already read, and a few that are on the list to be read soon!

The Hunger Games Series
Recommended by Kitty. SO GOOD!

Had I been at the book store on my own, and picked this books up and read the back. I probably would have sat them right back down and moved on to a different book. However, I gave them a chance because Kitty liked them so much!

WOW. Think about America in the future, but no longer America, but a place where people are foced to sarifice their children for the "good of the country". War story and a love story all rolled into three "can't put them down" books. LOVE them.

Unforutnately, they were destroyed in the great house fire of 2010. They will need to be replaced, I am ready to re-read them!

Darling Jim

I owe this book to the worker at Barne's and Noble that recommended it! It's a gothic romance that takes place in Ireland, following the lives of 3 sisters and the one man who changes their lives forever.

I could not put it down! I could have done without some of the language, (so be warned) but otherwise, it was fabulously scary and romantic.

To be read soon:

Newly Wed Christmas

My first Christmas as a married woman was very interesting. Let me give you the quick run down!

1. Reall Family Electric Blanket House Fire:

• Electric blankets can catch fire, even if not turned on! Don't buy one. They are the number 1 cause of house fires.


• Everyone (Dad, Mom, Winiston, Max and the puppies) were all OKAY! God truely took care of my family.


• We are getting a NEW upstairs and downstairs! Who knew we would get the remodel the house in 2011?


• Their rental house for the duration of the remodel is amazing! (staytulsa.com, click on Silverchase).

2. Christmas On The Job

• Working on Christmas sucks no matter how they label it!


• Time and a half pay does not make it worth it!


• I had a super bad day at work. (Dear God, please help me be thankful for my job, on the good days, and especially on the days I hate my life)


• I have not left work past 7:45 in months (quite an accomplishment I believe) but on Christmas, I left work at 8:30! Nothing like a 15 hour work day on Christmas to put you in a Merry mood!

3. Christmas after Christmas at the rental house!

• News Flash: You CAN celebrate Christmas on a day other than December 24th and You CAN celebrate without a Christmas tree!!

4. Beautiful Bride

• One of my very best friends got married on New Years Day 1/1/11!


• Congrats to Austin and Bradleigh!! You will love married life

Overall, this Christmas will probably not go down in the books as the best Christmas ever! But there was much to be thankful for in 2010! Including my family's safety, a new huband and extended family, a college degree, jobs for both Jeremy and I, and wonderful friends!

Count your blessings, name them one by one.

Count your blessing see what God has done!

Life Saver

Ornaments are done just in time for the party!

Love them :)

Thanks to mom for basically making them!

I spray painted them and picked out the ribbon though!

I think I am going to make a few for myself! Maybe I will have better luck with the glue gun.

Glue guns scare me...I can never get away with out a burn, but I have learned a few tricks...and maybe next time I can come out of it with all my skin intact!

Failure

Remember how I was going to make some awesome ornaments for the homemade ornament party I have Friday night (aka TOMORROW)?

Well I have royally failed. I spray painted my pine cones silver...and I must say they look fabulous...

However, the next step of attaching a string/bow of some sort to hang them from a tree with has turned into a massive disaster.

Thank goodness Jeremy and I are going to Tulsa tonight. My mother is going to try and salvage the mess I have made of my ornaments before tomorrow night.

I painted them, so they still count as being homemade by me correct?

On that note, Jeremy and I are going to Tulsa to meet with our wedding photographer to FINALLY get our pictures ordered. Yes, it has been over 6 months...but I have not been on top of it for some reason.

Anyway, I should finally have wedding pictures in my empty frames before Christmas!

Also, I have decided my wreath needs a bow....does anyway have fabulous bow making skills? If so, please make me a pretty red bow for my wreath!!

Last thing!

I am watching Twilight as I type. Nothing makes me happier. Eclipse comes out this weekend so of course I have to watch Twilight and New Moon first!

This may even call for a re-read of all the books soon. I am in that mood again. I'll keep you up-dated :)

Christmas Time!

As newly weds, I find that we are a seriously lacking in the Christmas decoration department.

I have a few things sent from my mother, but overall, the Holiday Cheer in my apartment is a sad story.

So I decided I wanted a wreath. Not for the front of the door, because in all reality I don't know my neighbors...what if they try and steal my wreath!? So I wanted to put my wreath on the inside of my front door. Great idea, I know!

I went wreath shopping...Do you have any idea how expensive wreaths are? I mean, seriously, its fake trees, pine cones, ribbons, and sparkly things! $15 bucks right?

WRONG! The few I found at hobby lobby were all over $40!! And of course the one that I actually wanted was definitely $80!!


(YES, Hobby Lobby's Christmas decorations were 50% off...but still, I can't pay $40 for a WREATH!)

So I decided to take after my friend Kitty (who is now going to be known as Crafty Kitty).

Anyway, Crafty Kitty has inspired me to try out my own hand at crafting!

I bought supplies at Hobby Lobby, all for 50% off:

A medium sized green wreath for $4
6 sticks with red berries for $3
3 silver leaf sticks for $1.95
4 decorated pine cones for $2

Total price of Homemade wreath: $10.95.

Take that Hobby Lobby and your WAY overpriced wreaths!

Here is the final product, I am actually very pleased with it

I think it turned out well! It could probably use a ribbon or something cute, but my bow tying skills are seriously lacking!

Jeremy was less than thrilled with the sheer amount of glitter I have spread all over the apartment from the crafting adventure, thankfully, the vacuum was able to pick up most of it!

I have another crafting adventure coming up this week, I have to make 8 homemade ornaments for an ornament exchange party with some women from church this Friday. I should have probably started this a week or so ago...but I can crank out 8 ornaments right?

I'll post pictures when I finish them. They will involve: pine cones, spray paint, glitter and ribbons! Get excited!

Merry Christmas!

Catching Up

So a lot has been going on at the Robertson household!

I've learned to make super yummy semi-homemade cinnamon rolls:

1 package of reduced fat crescent rolls rolled out in the a square

Spread butter over entire surrface

Apply mixture of cinnamon and sugar to surface area

roll into a log and cut into small cinnamon rolls

Bake in cake pan at 375 for 11 minutes

Glaze:

in a coffee cup mix powedered sugar with a little milk until consistency is a little thinner than honey. Stir until smooth.

Apply glaze on top of warm cinnamon rolls. YUM!

We celebrated my sweet husband's 23rd birthday! What an old man :)

Yes, that is a homemade cookie cake and it was fabulous....minus the icing job! I am no Cake Boss to say the least!

Jeremy and I got a free table...and tried to update it to a little more our style! I LOVE antiqued furniture. So I thought, what the heck, let's try out our hand on the free table. The worst that could happen is we have to donate it if it looks terrible! Well, we are still working on it, but here are some pictures!

Before:
After 1st coat:

Second Coat finished and antiquing started:

It is still a work in progress....I haven't decided how I feel about it yet! We still need to touch up a few spots that the tape ripped off and paint a glaze over it to keep it from chipping.

Chairs for this table are another story. I have to decide if I like it before we get chairs.

I'm thinking just plain black chairs though.

Nevermind that we don't have a dining room, or just any room to put this table and chairs in. Our second bedroom can count as a dining room if need be! At least we'd have somewhere else to eat our meals at instead of at the counter everytime!

I will post a finalized picture with chairs if we decide to keep it!

Harry Potter....Take Two

In response to my last post, I have to say I was wrong.

So thoroughly wrong. I apoligize to all of you Harry Potter Fans out there.

I LOVE Harry Potter. It may have taken me a while to come to this conclusion, but I have reached it.

Apparently I needed to fully finish the series before coming to this conclusion.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


By far, the two best books in the entire series. They tied everything together and made me want to be a part of their world.

I am not saying that I only like the last 2 books, but in fact, the last 2 books made me fall in love with the entire series!

I am going to read book 7 one more time...before the movie comes out. I read it too quickly and I think I might have missed some important things.

I cannot wait for the movie..maybe midnight premiere? We'll see!

Enjoy the trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC2tmFVNNE

PS: Twilight is still my favorite though