Pin, Pin, Pin

Anyone as addicted to Pinterest as I am? Come on, I know you are out there. Admit it! Pinterest is amazing, and if you have yet to discover the fun of "pinning," let me know and I will send you an invite. Here are some of my favorite recent pins.

What a cute idea! I want to make this.

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Marquee Style Letters DIY

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Love the packaging style of this cheese!

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Some awesome free fonts!

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Glitter tape tutorial

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 I basically do my hair like this everyday lately.

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Love this painting.

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The July Wrap-up

 What? It's August already? Sorry I have been MIA lately... I finally found a job! I am actually working at my last job, but this time in the graphic design department. Yay! I am really liking it, and can I say that I have never liked my job? SO this is a big deal for me. Lately I have been busy with work, along with all of those extra things that seem to take up my day. But I will try to blog more often now that I have gotten back into the routine of life. Anyways, here are some fun things that happened in July!

>>>>>>>>>>Moved back to SLC<<<<<<<<<<

Sam was a sleepy head at the airport.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>4th of July<<<<<<<<<<<<<

A fun night with the Rapps

>>>>>>>>>>>Snow Cone Runs<<<<<<<<<<<<

Can't you tell Sam loves it when I take random photos?

>>>>>>>>>>>>I turned 25!<<<<<<<<<<<<

 No, that is not our baby. And yes, she is that cute!

Guess what today is?

Guess what today is? My birthday! Is it lamo to blog on your birthday? I mean, usually most people are too busy on their birthdays to blog, but due to my current unemployment situation, I have had a lovely relaxing morning.  Today I am officially 25, a quarter of a century old. This age feels good... I wouldn't mind staying 25 for a while. And my birthday wish this year? A job! And if I am being picky, please send a job my way that I might actually like.  Meanwhile, I am happy to announce that I am working on a blog template store! I have had some requests for blog designs, but I realize not everyone has a budget for a custom design, so I am designing templates where you can change the pictures and the words, and tada! Your own cute, custom blog. More details soon!

photo take via laphotocabine.com

Who You Are

Whoa. Has anyone else noticed their blogger dashboard go through a big transformation? It might take a little getting use to, but I am liking it. Sorry i have been MIA the last 2 weeks. Sam and I decided to move back to Salt Lake from Milwaukee! And now we are on the job/apartment hunt. Not my favorite, but such is the reality of life. Anyways, I need to do some catch up posts for sure. Meanwhile, I was looking through my blogroll and found this video via the flower child dwelling and thought that this girl sounded amazing. Also, I loved how the whole thing was filmed in the Subway.  Last year I tried something like this with my guitar, but I am pretty sure it wasn't half as cool as this.

Happy Belated Father's Day

Some things I love about my Dad are:
-How you prefer to be addressed as "Marcus Aurelius."

-How you take a trip to Costco just to eat samples

-How one Halloween you loved dressing as Spock so much you slept with your costume ears on.

-How you can remember the exact date and time of the Battle of the Bulge, but can't remember the name of my friend you met 10 times.
-How you can strike up a conversation with anyone about any topic, no matter how uncomfortable it makes them
-How you wear socks with sandals
-How you would rather be traveling than home.

-How you spend every Saturday afternoon at the movie theaters

-How you are always interested in all of your kids lives and love to hang out with them

-How you call me "your special Morg."

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Awkward

• You know how dreams can feel soooo real sometimes? Well I dreamed last night that I was 4 months prego! I woke up this morning and felt my stomach a million time just to make sure if it was real. 
• I was debating wether to post this, because it's pretty embarassing, but it was awkward in every sense of the word, so I had to.  I was in my robe, sitting in our chair on the computer,  when I decided i wanted to play my guitar. Well, as I leaned back to grab it, the chair flung back, along with my naked body which then slammed up against the window. Good thing no one was around because otherwise I would have given them quite the show.
• My "alfalfa" hair moment  this weekend

Awesome

• Finally got some of our wedding photos back! I will post more soon.

• A husband who wants to watch another episode of the bachelorette more than I do.
• This recipe...

• This 1960's van

This will make your day...

This week I should be getting back our pictures from the wedding! wohoo! Here is a sneak peak...I stole this hilarious picture of my grandma from the blog of our wedding photographer.  Isn't it awesome? It just makes me want to give her a big smooch!

Awkward & Awesome Thursday (a day late)

Awkward

• I went to Aldi for the first time (for those who don't know, it's a crazy cheap grocery store) and was so excited about the prices I stocked my cart full! Well, I got to the check out line and found out via the grumpiest checkout lady in the world that they don't take credit, and that was all I had with me. The lady was so mean about it, I left my filled-to-the-brim cart right by her register and quietly sneaked out. I hope she had to put it all back.  Muah ha ha.
• Went to eat my mexican food leftovers and discovered I put my box straight in the freezer! I don't know if my brain even works sometimes!
• How come all of the crazy people on the Bachlorette are from Salt Lake?
• You know you need to do laundry when you lounge around in your husbands clothes for 3 days.

• Finally shaved my legs after 3.5 weeks. Sam will be proud.
• Cut my own bangs with craft scissors at home... let's just say they are shorter than what I had planned, but hair grows right?

Awesome

• Having a husband that will watch Anastasia with me, and not get annoyed by my singing along.
• Finally organized all of my blogs in google reader! Yay!
• Getting my hands on some new awesome actions. Thanks Tara!

• My plants finally grew a strawberry!

• Starting my very own collection of recipes. Any suggestions?
• Went on a fun date with the husband. We had some food at a haunted bar ( for reals, they even had a 1920's picture of the ghost hung on the wall!), then played " If we had a house, what would you buy?" at the nearest home improvement store. Such is the life of a newlywed.

Some Yummy Weekend Recipes

I tried out a couple of new recipes this weekend, and they were hits with the husband, so I thought that I should pass them along :)

 At first I was intimidated by the idea of making pizza crust, but it really wasn't too hard! And don't get nervous like I did if the dough doesn't rise in 2 seconds... it takes a full hour to double it's size, so be patient! Also, I used regular onions and it was still crazy yummy. Check out the recipe here.

What do you do with those gross over-ripe bananas? Make bread of course! I recently tried a different Banana bread recipe, and it was sooo dry! Yuck. Once upon a time I heard that adding sour cream to sugar cookies makes them more moist, so it must work with bread right? Well, it did. Sam and I couldn't keep our hands off this bread. Try out the recipe here.

Wedding Video Preview!!!

I am so crazy excited to share this video... this is the same day edit our videographer Nathan Pickett made in just a couple of hours on our wedding day! He really is so talented, and I can't wait for our full video which will be done later this summer! For now, here is a little preview...

Morgan + Sam Preview from Nathan Pickett on Vimeo.

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Lately i have been thinking that I need to try harder with this little bloggy blog. I have been posting more often than I ever have in my whole life, but realized this week that I need to start getting more personal. It is kind of scary for me, but when thinking about all of my favorite blogs, I realized I read them because they are specific and personal about their own lives. So, to start things I off, I want to start doing Awkward & Awesome Thursdays inspired by one of my favorite blogs The Daybook. So here we go...

Awkward
-Making cookie dough for breakfast, despite our new goals to eat better. Whoops! But I guess if you are going to have treats, it's better to have them in the morning so we can burn them off, right? 

-Shopping next to the grandmas at the thrift store, in the same section.

-Dyed my hair this week, but I couldn't find a junky shirt to wear, so I decided not to wear one and to just drape a towel over my shoulders. I started coloring my hair, then right in the middle of it my brother in law rings the doorbell because he is locked out of his apartment... so what did I do? Hid behind the door half naked, opened the door, and reached my hand around to give him his keys. I am sure he thought I was being a weirdo. Ha.
Awesome
- Found Joe's jeans at the thrift store for $5! Usually at Nordstrom's those bad boys will sell for upwards of $125. Sweet deal.
-All of the wives out here in Milwaukee got together and spent the day at the beach with the little kiddos. It was the perfect activity for Memorial Day.

-Finding out the library here has an awesome movie section... And they are free to rent! I got " What about Bob,"  because Sam has never seen it before... which I still find hard to believe.
-Pinterest. I love you.
- Finally finished designing this blog. wahoo!  
- Finding a cute love note from my husband on the computer keyboard, where he knows I would find it :)

Cutting a pineapple...

I bought a pineapple for dinner tonight, and for some reason, I find this fruit somewhat intimidating to slice. It has a weird shape, and is super slimy! I found this video on youtube to be super helpful... and so much easier than how I normally do it.

Somehow I managed to pick the perfect pineapple. It was sooooo sweet and yummy! I ate so much it gave me cankers the rest of the night.

Washi Tape Adventures

I love Washi tape. It's so cheap, and you can use it on virtually anything! You seriously need to get some if you haven't yet.  I used it a ton in my wedding, so it's only fitting that I make my wedding thank you cards with it right?

Camera Anxiety

Lately I have been longing for my camera, the camera I bought last summer in San Francisco and then sold a few months ago to help pay for the wedding. I loved feeling like I was actually taking high quality photos... and now I haven't had that feeling for a while. I don't think that I can take it anymore. Time to save up for a new one!

Seeing Dots

I love how these these simple vintage collages have a whimsical flair, I feel like these prints could go just about anywhere...and yes, that just rhymed. :) Check out Violet May's Etsy shop here.