joy filled friday

1 lazy days full of sunshine, reading, puppy snuggles, and music 2 Criminal Minds (tv show, not real life minds of criminals) 3 everything baby (sorry to my Pinterest followers, all baby-all day) 4 red toenails 

5 learning songs on my ukulele (not ready to play for anyone more than the pups, but soon!) 

6 the fact that one of my closest friends is also pregnant (we're due within days of each other!) 7 mismatched funky fabrics 8 clean/tidy rooms 9 hair cuts 10 free things

Happy Weekend, y'all!

joy filled friday

1 pennants (especially ones made using my mamaw's fabric) 2 making Husband sit through musicals with me 3 pickle flavored chips 4 fritos and bean dip 5 girl meets world premiere date finally being revealed 

6 gel nails 7 dinners at our table (as opposed to on the couch, with the tv on) 8 freshly bathed puppies 

9 pinstripe shorts 10 flowers in mason jars

Happy Weekend!

Friday Favorites

1 nap times (that don't end with Olive throwing up over everything) 2 warm clean sheets (thanks, Olive!) 3 going one more day without washing your hair because you can get away with it (who me? never.) 4 my sound machine (I don't even hear Husband's snoring...or my alarm.) 5 living so close to my godparents 6 girl talk 7 wildflowers in coke bottles 8 old people fashions 9 your pie 10 a beautiful mess app

Happy weekend!

friday favorites

1 fireflies 2 outdoor movies 3 happy husband (mine specifically)
4 tan lines 5 candy crush 6 hopeful futures 
7 maxi dresses 8 pinterest 9 good mascara days 

10 having my house full of 20+ teenage girls every Thursday night

Hope you have a happy Friday and wonderful weekend!

Joy Filled Friday

Before I begin, I would like to thank all my sweet encouragers out there! The sweet words you all left made things so much easier to deal with! As soon as I get to a computer (I'm on my phone now) and figure out how, you can bet I'll be turning off the option for "Anonymous" to comment. What's funny is they aren't truly anonymous, I know who they are. Anyways, thank you and let's move on, shall we?

It's funny to think of doing my "joys" when I'm going on day 3 of a nasty stomach bug, but I'm still alive and that's enough for me!

1 reading through my documentary book of The 101 Greatest Broadway Musicals. 2 finding nasea medicine that taste 500% better than Pepto Bismal 3 Tim Hawkins in concert tonight (if my health permits!) 4 painting nails 5 puppy hiccups 6 All things Calvin and Hobbes 7 surprise Anniversary weekend getaways (next week!) 8 babies! Congrats to all my blog friends who just had/are having/will have new additions to their families! So exciting! 9 vanilla scented candles 10 Sweeney Todd, White Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, and 27 Dresses. My feel good, sick day movie playlist. Random?

Hope you have great weekends!

P.S. This is the first time I've tried to publish a post from my phone, so excuse the format! I added a picture, but I'm not sure where it will go! Let's see if this works!

My Friday Night

Pretty perfect to me.

Have a great weekend!

Joy Filled Friday and a Recipe!

1 writing to release emotions 2 reading to escape 3 music that makes you want to dance 4 Friday nights with Husband 5 instagram for android 6 my nook 7 God's promises 8 peace in chaos 

9 planning "dream" vacations 10 puppies that make me giggle

Well, today is a new day! I woke up giggling to the sound of my malti-pom howling, snuggled with Husband, and enjoyed pizza for breakfast. I'd say that's a great start. Despite the struggles this week brought, I can smile because it's the weekend, I'm alive, and God is in control. Amen to that!

This weekend I will:

-organize the "box room" (that dreaded room in the house, full of unpacked boxes that need to be thrown out, given away, or placed elsewhere) That's been on the to-do list for....ever.

-watch some more of my classic movies collection

-paint my nails

-clean, clean, clean!

Here's to hoping I get at least one of those things done!

Now, as promised, my Oreo Cupcake Recipe!

(I cannot take all credit for this, it's part Pinterest pictures, part back of cake mix box, and part imagination!)

Ingredients: 

Cake mix (and all ingredients it calls for: eggs, butter, oil, etc. They all differ!)

Pack of Oreo's

Frosting

Cupcake Sleeves

Cupcake Pan(s)

Prep the pan.

I had two pans, totaling in 20 cupcakes. One pan (12 cupcakes) had Oreos on the bottom. The other (8 cupcakes) had an Oreo on top. 

Chop up an entire row of Oreos. I chopped each Oreo into 8 pieces, then chopped randomly through the pile. 

Make the cake mix. I used Butter Yellow Cake mix. If you have an electric mixer, you are so lucky. If not, like me, you get to work out for a bit!

Once the mix is the right consistency, add the chopped Oreos.

This is the fun part! I used a spoon to fill each paper cup. The 12 on top have Oreos on the bottom. I filled each cup a little over half way because they will rise. Pop them in the oven! The back of all cake mixes should have the temp and time for cupcakes.

While the cupcakes were in the oven, I got my frosting ready. I used a freezer bag, filled it with chocolate frosting, and cut a small tip out of the bottom.

I was so glad to see they didn't rise up and spill over the sides. I had never made cupcakes before and I kept thinking of how horrible they could turn out!

I frosted the ones with Oreo's on the bottom and chopped up the remaining Oreo's to sprinkle on top. Lesson learned: wait until the cupcakes cool before trying to frost! Otherwise, frosting melts and everything gets messy! For the Oreo on top ones, I left them alone. Husband like them the best, tasted like a chocolate chip muffin to him.

There you go! I have never done a recipe blog before. Mainly because I never really cook and because I don't think anyone would care! 

Funny thing, I didn't eat a single cupcake. I don't usually like sweets, so I judged them by all the guys at the house...it was a success! 

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Joy Filled Friday (on Thursday)

You can call it hopeful wishing, but I do realize that it is not Friday, but Thursday. I am one day early for the weekend. Why? Because mine starts today, at 4:00pm. Not only does my weekend start, but so does Spring Break!! It's times like this that I really, really love my job. Working at a school allows me to still have Christmas break, Thanksgiving break, Spring break, and Summer break. I am a-okay with that.

Seeing how I will be in a car, with 3 boys, for 8 hours tomorrow, I decided to do my joys today!

(My girls are always joys of mine!)

1 51 followers on this little blog! Woohoo! Thanks guys, I appreciate the constant flow of sweet comments and friendships I've made through blogging! 2 Going "home." Since being married, I do realize that my home home is with my husband. But, there's just something about going to your "old" home that makes you fuzzy inside! 3 Late night tandem bike rides with Husband. This seems to be a weekly/daily thing and I love it!

4 Girl talks. I work in a mostly all girl office and I love our random (albeit-distracting from work) talks!

5 Eyebrow waxing. I hate the process, but love the outcome. Especially when it's been....oh, 4 or 5 months since they've been done. 6 Fun hair styles. I've been throwing around the idea to do this. Yes? No? 7 Filling out the silly quizzes in magazines. 8 Thinking something is 100x funnier only because it's not the right time to laugh and you're trying so hard to stay quiet. 9 Sleeping in with no regrets.

10 This song, on repeat, all day, every day.

 

To those who have to work tomorrow: have a happy last day of work and enjoy your weekend!

To those who don't: have a happy 3 day weekend!

To those who are cool, like me: have a happy week off from life!

I'll be posting here and there, keeping you all up to date on my spring breaking, and you bet your bottom dollar there will be pictures!

Joy Filled Friday

(My view last night, laying on the floor, looking up.)

1 pencil skirts 2 finding comfort in Husband's arms 3 thin crust, extra cheese pizza 4 chalkboard paint

  5 new friends 6 lazy weekends 7 pastel pink nail polish 8 late night tandem bike rides 

9 Chinese paper lanterns 10 possible cruise plans for our anniversary trip

Things have been crazy around the Crews' household lately! We returned from the wedding weekend (I finally have a sister!) late Sunday night, and I was up for work on Monday! Today is "Preview Day" where I work, so a lot of preparing has been going on! But, all this running around is totally worth it when I know I have no schedule whatsoever for the weekend.

Here's to lazy weekends and back-to-normal posting!

P.S. Ignore the randomness that is my blog design! I'm working with my cousin and computer guru to give it all a facelift!

Joy Filled Friday!

1 playing with Husband's phone will he's being studious in the li-berry. (see picture above) 2 wraps (there's always food on my joy list...proof I'm a fatty!) 3 flowy dresses 4 the perfect messy bun 5 office parties! 6 going through junk and having boxes upon boxes to give away 7 simple-sweet rings 8 hedgehogs (I'm still holding out for one!) 9 "once upon a time" 10 hearing my Husband speak to youth (biggest joy of all!)

The weekend is here!
(Almost here for those like me who work until 5-6...boo!)
I still don't have access to my email and once again, don't open anything suspicious from me!!!
I'd hate to think what giving you a virus would do to our friendship.

This weekend will be full of nothing.
I plan on becoming a hermit.

In our new house, we have one room that is full of boxes and junk.
It's quite intimidating, but I need to get in there and re-arrange, sort, and throw things out!
We shall see how that goes!

Husband is leaving me on Sunday to go with some guy friends to Youth Pastor Summit.
They get a free day pass to Universal Studios.
So not fair!
Thankfully, he promised that he wouldn't go to Harry Potter World without me!

I hope you guys have great weekends filled with joy!