{How I Met My House - Part Deux - More Pictures}

*sorry, these pictures are so out of order, Blogger just wasn't cooperating!*

My Christmas tree. I went with brown, silver and celery green. I LOVED it.

My bedroom, and the only room that's painted in my house. It's Behr Aqua Breeze, from Home Depot. The quilt was a Christmas gift from my mom. It's very shabby chic.

My mantle from the antique store. I talked to the dealer and it came out of a mansion in Oklahoma's first capital, Guthrie.

Living room - fall 2009...

Got the curtains that my mom and I made, the giant key from Pottery Barn, $40 garage sale coffee table, and the most comfortable couch ever.

Dining room and kitchen. I chose a table that was pub height. I love having a tall table. The accent table to the right is actually a dresser that I scored from an antique store. My mom and I made the curtains in the kitchen and dining area too!

For some reason, my couch looks green here....it's actually chocolate brown.

I love this picture. The natural light is just gorgeous.

{How I Met my House}

I saw this post over at Southern Confort in a Nothern Life a while ago and was inspired to write about it. Especially since today, June 30th, was exactly a year ago when I signed the paperwork and became a homeowner.

I stared looking around March 2009 and I looked at a LOT of houses. And I mean, a LOT. I wanted something not too old, and that would require little maintenance. I knew a house built within the last 15-20 years was right up my alley. I found several houses I liked and suffered heartbreak when the contracts contiunally fell through.

I wanted to stay relatively close to my parent's, just in case I need anything or have a little emergency. I found this house in a brand new neighborhood 5 miles from my parents.

I was able to sign the contract in the middle of construction so I got to pick out the cabinets, carpet, tile, etc. I went with walnut cabinets. I've always been a fan of darker wood. This is the dining area and kitchen.

My living room is huge. I love it. lots of free space to move around and do my aerobics and whatnot. I searched high and low for the perfect furniture to go in the house. I didn't have furniture for a month becuase I didn't want to make a hasty purchase and end up with something I didn't love.

Where has the month gone?

Unfortunately, the month caught up to me! Work work work! Busy busy busy!

I'm now a night walker at work. Oklahoma summers are brutal and I made the switch from days to nights. It sure is different. The nature of the calls is just night and day difference (no pun intended). I went from running a few chest pains, sick calls, etc. to lots of trauma, overdoses, wrecks, and some of the craziest cardiac calls. It's been busy, but really great.

I'd love to write more, but I'm getting ready for a garage sale this weekend and I need to clean out some stuff and get it priced and ready to go.

{new house update}

Hi bloggers!

Trying to decide what to do today. If the weather/lighting/sunshine cooperates I'd like to snap some pics of my house and take you on a tour. Wouldn't that be fun? However, it's been rainy, tornado-y, and overcast so I don't know that I could get any very good pictures....and let's be honest, do it the right way or don't do it at all.

I'm going to scour my computer today for pictures and send them to get printed. I've been meaning to do this for several weeks, but always get "too busy" doing other stuff to actually get it done. Today seems like the perfect day.

I got the best floating shelves last fall from Kohls. They have a leveling device built into the mounting bracket and they were perfect for my living room. Remember them?

Anyway, I was at Gordman's yesterday and I saw some white floating shelves and I debated on getting them or not. I walked away empty handed, only because I was so impressed with THESE shelves and I'd like more if I could find them. I'm planning on hanging them in my bedroom since I have nothing on my bedroom walls. *tragic, I know*

So, there ya have it! My "to do" list for the day. Wish me luck!

{in good times and in bad}

I have a really fun job. No, really I do. I work for a large, well respecated ambulance service serving the fine citizens of Oklahoma City. We're #1 in the country for cardiac arrest saves, we have the coolest equipment and I work the the best and brightest paramedics and EMTs in the country. I enjoy coming to work every day, anxious to see what the day holds in store for us.

Sometimes we sit, joke around and be silly.

We buy rink dinky toys at gas stations, pharmacies, hospital gift shops and play with them. (here, we attached a $3 plastic basketball hoop to the ambulance and played basketball at 3am)
We work with our friends the local fire deparments.

And then we have incidents like yesterday where tornadoes hit our area. This is in eastern OKC, at I-40 and Choctaw Road. This building was a Loves and as you can see, it's completely demolished.

Another view of the same Loves.

It's amazing to me how such desastation can happen in such a short period of time. We were on scene moments after the tornado hit and luckily injuries were minimal, although there are 2 confirmed fatalities. I worked out there for 6 hours and finally was able to get some relief out there around 12:30am so I could go home. Thank you co-workers for your help and assitance in making the search, rescue and treatment go so smoothly. Thank you to police and fire for your assistance with the downed power lines, traffic, road blocks and search and rescue. We are, in fact, the masters of disaster.

{My New Favorite Thing}

Very rarely do I find something and then think "sweet sassy molassey! I absolutely must tell everyone about this!" That is, until today...

When I was a kid my favorite thing was when my mom would make breakfast for dinner. It always felt so silly to me. Kinda like when you had "backwards day" in school. I'm 25 years old and still crazy about breakfast for dinner. What's not to love? Well, living by yourself, I find it really difficult to cook for 1 sometimes. I make too much or not enough. There's never a middle ground.

My mom went to the grocery store a few weeks ago and bought me a can of this, I was VERY skeptical at first. Really? Pancake batter out of *gulp* a can?!?!? And not only that, but.....organic?!?!? Grrrrreat, so it'll be disgusting AND taste like cardboard, thanks mom.

Boy was I wrong. So very wrong. Deliciously wrong. It's the best thing since..well...batter in a can! I'm hooked! All you do is squirt in in your skillet/griddle wait a few minutes and then flip it. They're light and fluffy and taste great! I've been adding chocolate chips to mine and then rolling them up like a taquito. I'm weird, I know.

Anyway, please please please try this. You'll love it, I promise!

{spring sofa table}

I recently changed up my sofa table with some spring decor. It's so light and charming. Not too crowded, enough space to not feel cluttered.

Apothecary jar with "W" (my last name), pink glitter garland fills the middle apothecary jar, along with a crystal rosaryaraped over the lid and mossy rocks fill the largest jar.

Tiered sterling silver serving stand, fresh cut hydrangeas from my flower bed, picture of my family

The sofa table - cuteness!

I went on a day trip to Dallas with my mom recently and I returned with these treasures. I went to a place called "World Market". We don't have that store in Oklahoma and it's absolutely fantastic! There's ton of food from all over the world. I got some coarse sea salt, lemon curd and 2 bottles of wine.

I also made a short trip to Ikea and got some vases, and jars. A pair of wedge shoes from Bass, and a batter bowl and towels at Home Goods, another store we don't have in Oklahoma.

All in all, it was a great and productive day!


Spraking of productive, let's take a trip through my back yard.

See this beauty? Look closer.

Yup, right there. These are my FAVORITE flowers. I love love love hydrangeas. They're stunning. They change colors based on the ph of the soil. They're so light and fluffy.


These are my newest plants. Welcome to the back yard, ladies! (blue on the left, pink on the right) These ladies were COVERED in blooms when I bought them, so the minute I planted them they all bent over from the weight of the blooms. I had to do some quick pruning, and now my house is filled with hydrangeas in vases.


These other ladies are on the other side of my patio (pink on the left and blue on the right).

Hope you enjoyed the peek into my back yard oasis. It's got a long ways to go, but for me, it's paradise.