A calendar twist

So we were in desperate need of a calendar to keep all of our dates straight.

Who worked when and what days and what days we would have off together.

I didn't have a plan but I started with sticky white board material on the fridge, I liked it but it looked pieced together and blended in with the fridge too much for my liking.

So I went the other route, chalkboard sticky paper :) and some chalk board markers and we were in business, but again a little boring

I found this wood frame at michael's 

painted it yellow and instantly fell in love. 

I love the way it came out and it is so easy for us to tell when we are doing what. 

What do you think?

This post will be linking up here

Outdoor overhaul: Part I (the front yard)

 So, we have a party we are hosting soon and it gave us a swift kick in the rear to get our outdoor spaces party ready again. 

Two years ago this is what the front looked like:

Kind of plain with no pizazz or color

I was in need of some major changes, So I did some switch-a-roos with the furniture we had 

I rook a wreath I had added a $1 pinwheel from target and a wood bird from michael's 

( that I painted yellow and a cute small flower pot)

I moved a bench from the backyard to the front added some flower pots, a lantern and new pillows from pier 1

Chairs from the photo above with pillows from target last season

Up close of the small flowers

What do you think?

I love all the colors and flowers, they make me happy. 

I like traveling..

You hear everyone say it, but do they really mean it?

I mean honestly, until now, all of my prior vacations were filled to the brim with the feeling of being rushed to meet up with people and see things. 

It honestly never felt like a vacation. 

Well, I am about to leave for my 4th trip this year and I can honestly say I like traveling, for me. 

I don't plan an agenda, I go for my scheduled days off and just see whats out there. 

If I like it, I can always go back.

We usually only have a few days and if we (or I should say I) just want to lay on the beach and do nothing, I can. 

Traveling is a lot easier when your not on a schedule and you get there, when you get there.

Managing airports has become a lot easier and I am starting to find tricks (like don't wear bobby pins in your hair during security because they will mess it up) and liking certain airports over others. 

I have also found some amazing deals when you fly last minute 

(I'll talk about those later)

Do you dread traveling or do you enjoy it?

Mini Vaca: PR

P and I had 3 days off together and we wanted to go somewhere we haven't been

So, we went to.. Puerto Rico

IT WAS AMAZING!

We used the website airbnb.com to rent a room in a condo and rented a car for the experience

We went to the beach

 Lighthouse at teh forts

Tiny island off the coast where they use to keep leppers

The coast

Pretty view

Coast

cannon

to the forts

Old San Juan

Kayaking from our backyard to the ocean 

(sorry no pictures of that due to wet phones)

the rain forrest

Our serious faces.. haha

Have you taken any vacations lately? where'd you go? 

Pouf this: part 2

 So, if you missed it Saturday I posted some inspiration for a crocheted pouf  Here

Well, I promptly got started on my own pouf

I found this pattern on pinterest and tweaked it to my own discretion.

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(I never did the single crochet as mentioned and added more rows than it states)

After 2 hours this is 

I love it.

The same day I went to target and found there interpretation of the pouf for $50

I spent $6.

I had to buy one skein of yarn ($5.99 at walmart), had the poly fil and the other skein of yarn

I used the Lions brand thick wool and a large crochet needle (pictured below).

I suggest a large needle especially when you are closing because you are making some very big stitches at the end. 

So that how I made my own pouf. What do you think?

This post will be linking up this week to some of these sites

Pouf this

I don't know about you, but I see these knitted poufs EVERYWHERE and for quite sometime now. 

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I have been pinning them and really wanting to make one for the same amount of time

They come in many sizes, 

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colors (any really, dependent on space and materials)

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shapes, and 

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can be made with different unconventional materials

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 of course all these are crocheted (because I don't knit) .. I am so inspired I have started my own :)

Have you made one yet? Have you bought one? Do you love it? Where did you get it?

Our Honeymoon

I know its been almost two years since P and I went on our honeymoon, but I realized the other day as I was rumaging through stuff that I did not post anything about our honeymoon.. oops. 

Well, here you go..

Where did we go: Excellence resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Adult all inclusive

How did you pick: (Our only) Friend recomendation

Who did you go through: The Excellence website here; I was originally going to go through travelocity but I had issues booking the tickets and than when I called, I could not understand them, so I had enough.

How long were you there: Sunday to Saturday

What did you do: Our resort had activities set up from about 6 am to about 10pm every day, that you could choose to participate in. Some of the activities included: horse back riding, intro scuba diving, snorkeling, canoing in the ocean, volleyball (sand and pool) and other misc. games.

Best part: All the activities and because its all adults, mostly couples, so its easy to set up dates for later in the evening. 

Worse part: The non-ethnic food left little to be desired

Did you buy anything: We tipped when we felt appropriate or when someone would go out of there way for us. An older man was trimming the palm trees and he was knocking off the cocunuts (a liability) and he cam down opened one up with a machetti for us and we drank out of it.. so cool. We wanted to go scuba diving, we took the intro class (free) than learned about the other intracacies once we paid to go and went off to another resort and went. I freaked out as soon as I got in the ocean, but our instructor from our resort only worried about us and took my hand, calmed me down and we went. I had a blast. We also brought bread and bananas with us and watched as the fished engulfed us.. so cool. We bought small trinkets to bring back with us as well.

Was it weird being in a foreign coutry: In the Dominican Republic they speak spanish and I knew enough to get by but almost everyone on the resort knew english.

We met some pretty amazing people on our honeymoon and had a great week there.

I would highly recommend going there.

I was not paid or perked to write this post and 100% of this post is my own opinion.