Fun Weekend with the hubby!

This weekend was such a fun weekend with my husband! Friday night we had a nice dinner at lovely Applebees (remember the town I live in has slim pickings for food) then to the movies to see the Lucky One which was very romantic!

Then Saturday I changed out our current desk of about 6 years and put in our newer desk! A good friend is moving and they gave us their old desk and dresser set. We left the dresser in our guest room and brought the desk in here!

Then we went and got some new cushions for my patio table! Our old ones had been eaten by animals of some sort!

Then we got new phones! Well newer for me! I had the iphone 3gs and I upgraded to hubby's phone the iphone 4 and he got the iphone 4s! Isn't my cover super cute with the birds on it!

Then Sunday we went golfing which was nice and a great way to get some sun! Then rested for the rest of the afternoon and a little fro yo as well:)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Fun Fall decor

My friend and I made these wreaths today! She got the leaves, acorns, ribbon, and wreath from Michael's for like 75% off! So easy to make and fun for me, the non crafty gal!

My bookshelf in our entry way with some fun acorn people and fall baskets!

Another shelf on my bookcase!

I had a couple mason jars and filled them with fake leaves and gourds (fun word of the week) and tied a fun fall ribbon around the edge! Super easy and festive!

Another fabulous fall mason jar decoration!

Our dining room table with a wonderful jack o lantern bowl and more festive mason jars!

The window sill above my kitchen with a fun autumn sign and red acorn salt and pepper shakers!

A corner in my kitchen!

I found these cute wicker pumpkins at dollar general and thought they were perfect for the bathrooms!

In our second bathroom!

I love decorating with wicker baskets and filling them with festive items for the holiday, especially these pumpkins that sparkle!

I love to see how everyone is decorating for the fall season! I got alot of inspiration this year from pinterest as well!

Recent Wall decor

A couple posts ago I had talked about my interest in getting some more wall decorations for our living room and bedroom as well as hanging and framing prints and diplomas. Well here are the finished details:)
**We live in on base officer housing so we can't paint or make too many drastic changes. Also, I live in a small border town in Texas with only, and I am not kidding, a Ross, Walmart, Home Depot, JC Penny and Bealls. Closest big city with more than these stores is 2.5 hrs away!
First, the bedroom:

I got these two small wooden prints of beach chairs from Wal-mart and would love to get two more for the other side of the wall.

I got this wall art from Marshalls which ties in with the relaxing beach theme. I also got some delicious smelling candles from Ross (Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Toast!) and found this cute white porcelain dish in a small shop back home in NY!

I got this beautiful monogrammed wall art from craftcuts.com! It is navy blue and made out of birch wood!

Next up the living room:

I got the two picture frames around the clock from walmart which I love and the clock was a wedding present! The other picture frame collage I got from walmart and the mirror I got a year ago from Home Depot! I feel like the room looks more cozy with more things on the wall.

Love this photo college again from Walmart!

My friend, an amazing artist, drew this picture of the state of Texas and gave it to us:) I framed it myself with a frame from Walmart!

 Lastly, The office:

In here, I bought three diploma frames and framed the hubby's bachelors and my bachelors and masters diplomas!

I am happy with all the changes! Hope you enjoyed the pictures:)

WILW-Pioneer Woman edition

Hi Everyone! I am linking up with Jamie @ This kind of love for What I am loving Wednesdays!

I recently read The Pioneer Woman-Black Heels to Tractor Wheels and LOVED IT!

I am an avid reader and tend to borrow books from the library and even though I have my kindle I get the free books or books less than $5. But I would recommend this book and buy it myself so I could read it every year and pick up something different from it. Ree Drummond tells her love story with her husband and abrupt change of life from suburban working girl to rancher's wife! I can somewhat relate to this story going from working girl in Upstate NY to Air Force wife in South west Texas! Definitly an adjustment and she taught me to really embrace my situation and not worry and stress but be happy that I am with the one I am madly in love with and any opportunities or lack of opportunities that I may face, it is all part of the plan of life! I also enjoyed that she had a couple of recipes at the back of the book! My hubby's birthday is in 10 days and he loves beef tenderloin and I've never attempted making it. I found a delicious recipe in the book from the pioneer woman that I am going to try! Ree also has a website, Pioneer Woman, where she shares decorating, photography and cooking recipes. So in conclusion, buy/borrow/read this book!! 

I am also loving this week

Pinterest-finding images for my dream home

Instagr photos

 Frames-Once all my new wall frames are up I will take pictures and post them!

Pinterest love

So I ventured to pinterest to see what all the fuss was about it and loved it! Its a great way to remember all my home decorating and furniture and color ideas for my future home and dream home!

Here are a couple pins:)

Dream home-Craftsman-Simply Gorgeous

Dream home office-I must say I love built in shelving in every room!

Love white and built in shelves and fire places and dark wood floors throughout!

Dream white kitchen with shelving and gorgeous island!

Love the entry way and large doors-would definitely prefer white or red though:)

I would recommend joining and organizing all you thoughts on home decor, fashion, movies, books, music, and places to visit! If you love a good list and organization, you will love pinterest and the boards!

Decorating our bedroom

Seeing we live in on base housing, we are limited to what we can to do to 'sass" up our home. If we paint the walls, we have to repaint them which doesn't appeal to me! So despite the lack of color, I still want to decorate our house and make it as homey as possible. Ive always been attracted to the nautical/simple style with the colors white red and navy blue. In particular, our bedroom, since Ive been back, has seemed like a white dull cell hahaha. We have a beautiful dark brown bedroom set and dresser but the walls are completely white. I have a navy blue striped duvet cover and curtains so I have been trying to find some simple, personalized and colorful items to add to the wall.

I would like to get three wooden letters to put above our bed as a monogrammed in either a red or navy blue, a pop of color on these white walls. I am also considering  other simple wall art to put on each side of the window. If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them!!!

Here is my inspiration:

What I've been up to...

Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been a busy girl!


Last week I planted flowers and mulched my front lawn with the help of my friend!

I also got some new curtains for the living room that I put up last week, goes good with my lovely red navy blue and white color scheme!

Last weekend, a friend from home had a conference in San Antonio and I drove out to spend Sunday with her wandering around the river walk, eating yummy food, and catching up on each others lives!

I drove back on Monday and then we went patio furniture shopping because we had a cookout for hubby's flight to celebrate the end of phase 2 of pilot training!

Here is a pic of some of the lovely wives, girlfriend, and fiances of the guys in our flight!



Wednesday was Track Select day for their flight class and my hubby was chosen to fly t-38s, a supersonic, fighter-bomber training plane for the next 6 months of pilot training! He was quite excited and was definitely an accomplishment!

Wednesday was also one of my good friends birthdays so a bunch of us ladies to lunch at a local mexican restaurant to celebrate!


This upcoming weekend is their class track party which should be fun! Hope to see some movies as well this weekend! Hope everyone has a great weekend ahead!

I heart Christmas time: shopping, decorating, 25 days and counting till I am back in NY!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Saturday: The hubby went golfing and I cleaned! After a movie filled friday night, we saw Love and other drugs, very cute! as well as rented Prince of Persia, not so much, and Charlie St. Cloud, different but good! we just went to the grocery store, put up the tree and I decorated the house, with the limited amount of decorations I have. I still need to get a wreath for the outside and possibly lights!
Here is a picture of our tree!

We played Wii bowling and golf with a friend of hubby's on Saturday night and had fun!

Sunday: We woke up bright and early to go to breakfast then I lounged around most of the day. My left hip, which has chronic bursitis, started acting up, which totally bums me out! I have been running for almost a month and have gotten up to about 3 miles and now my hip starts to hurt. I am going to stretch it as much as I can and not run for a couple days but I dont want to give up on the 5k just yet! I will keep you posted! We ended up grabbing a late lunch at Applebees then getting Toy Story 3 at Blockbuster. Super cute movie, love all the toy story movies!

Monday: Cyber Monday! I looked at the stores websites participating and at my gift list and saved some money on shipping today! I bought my mom and dads presents so they are done, and they will be shipped to their house! Next up is my sis and grandparents, then bro in laws, yes 2:), and mother in law!
 I got my free 50 Christmas cards from Shutterfly today which I was quite excited about! I even started addressing the envelopes and using the stamps I had and address labels I had:)

Here is our card! One more day in November left, then its December!:)