New dining set

My new dining table and chairs. I love them. I have been wanting these chairs for years because they are so comfy. Now that we have the new set, I find that we are all wanting to spend time together at the table reading the paper, doing homework or whatever. That is the biggest bonus to changing the table and chair out for the new ones.

IKEA goodies

I had been waiting for what seemed like forever to go to IKEA and get some things for our house so of course I have to share the highlights from our trip.


For our bedroom...









And new dining table and chairs...

Recipe Binder

I love the cooking/cookbook scrapbook ideas I see in the stores but it never seemed all that practical to me. I am sure that Josh and I are not alone in being messing while we cook and often accidentally touching our recipe with sticky hands or spilling something on it. Awhile back I decided to jazz up a 3 ring binder to hold our recipes and I got a great compromise between useful and creative. recently used my scrapbooking skills to make a recipe holder for my sister for her birthday much like the one I made us. I made a page for the cover and dividers for each type of recipe. The cover goes into the plastic sleeve on the front of the binder. The dividers and the recipes go into plastic page protectors--perfect for when you tear a recipe out of a magazine or print out something you found online. Here is what my sister's looked like:

Woohoo!

I had my 1st weigh-in since joining Weight Watchers tonight and I'm down 6.4 pounds.  Granted, I should have weighed in on Tuesday but didn't go because I have the virus from hell.  It really hasn't been that hard for me most of the time which makes me really happy. Woot!