Thanks to Washington and Lincoln

We had Presidents day off together to work on all of the projects around the house. Ok, mostly Nathan worked on the projects and I helped some. Amy came and painted our baseboards for us, now we just have to do the doors and some touch up and the inside of the house will be done! Nathan cleaned the pesky pigeon nests our of our roof and put up chicken wire to impede them creating such habitations again. He also primed our garage. It smells better already. Can't wait for it to be done so we can fill it with junk. We also organized our office and had a special dinner together. Yum, Chicken piccata and garlic cauliflower with sparkling apple-cranberry juice. Yeah for holidays!

Wendy's Eat Your Heart Out

Saturday, Nathan and I decided to get our chef on and try out a recipe we found online for Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich. We love eating those spicy delectable sandwiches but at $5 a pop it doesn't happen very often. I am pleased to announce that they turned out awesome. We also had some of Nathan's famous french fries and I made a Frosty that tasted just like the real thing. No, really it did. Ask Amy, she will testify to its authenticity. My husband is a lover of all things fried, so he was put in charge of the actual greasy part.

Hot, Right? Nothing like a man barefoot in the kitchen

I'm not the best cuisine photographer. So sue me. It tasted much better than this picture can ever get across.

Anderson Update

Since last post was all about shopping, here a post about what we have really been up to.

We went to the annual Davis Christmas tree burn...I think they had about 22 trees to burn.

Epic. Good food, good friends, BIG fire.

 Uncle Bob had a special way to protect his face from the firey inferno. The rest of us just played yo-yo moving our chairs closer and further from the fire depending on the level of heat.

 We organized our pantry. It looks awesome! We love food storage, especially when we can find what we need. (This is my mom's favorite part of our house, by the way.)
 Nathan and Dad planted two pomegranate trees. I can't wait until they start producing.

 Amy and I made rockin' Valentines. They are pretty much professional.

 We joined my family for the traditional Valentines' Day Dance Party. Each year we dress up, put on some music and everyone gets their groove on. I'm not gonna lie, its pretty cool. This year mom made delicious hamburgers for dinner beforehand. Doesn't sound like a very Valentine-y meal? Well you must have not ever eaten one of my mom's delicious homemade hamburgers. Any excuse to have them is good enough for me.

 Aww, we're so festive.

 Some pics of the beginning of the dance. Jimmy decided that air guitar was just not good enough. Sorry, I did not get any picture of our awesome Riverdance solo line.

Happy Valentine's Deals To Me!

Yesterday, since Nathan had a short day at school, we decided that I would drop him off and get some errands run while he was in class. I have finally started showing so some maternity pants were a necessary item on the menu. Nathan thinks the baby is "tired of getting squished". So off I went to shop. I love finding good deals and thrift stores are a good place to start. At my first stop I miraculously found a pair of brand-new, tags-still-on cute pants. It was too good to be true. Could they possibly be my size? YES! Now let's sweeten the deal a little.
Here is the original price of the pants.

Yes, that is almost $35.
Here is the thrift store price.

Now, I just happened to find them on a day that all items with a white tag were 50% off. For those of you that are math challenged, that would be $10 my cost.
But WAIT...it gets better. (I know you're thinking "It can get better than brand new jeans for $10? On the fist day of looking for an item you need, at the first store?" At this point I would be thinking this.)
Well I got to the counter and rang up at...

 That's right. $5. The lady that rang me up was super nice and gave me an extra discount.

 Then I went to another thrift store and they were having a huge red tag sale. Everything with a red tag was 2/$1. You had better bet I jumped all over that. The following is what I got for $9.

3 baby outfits
1 little pink dress...yeah we don't know what we're having but for 50 cents it was too good a deal to pass up and someone is going to have a girl sometime.
2 little person jackets
2 camis
1 button down shirt for Nathan
1 mens sweater
1 cute grey sweater for me
1 fitted tan blazer
1 black jersey knit dress
2 button down shirts for me
1 t-shirt
2 slips of various lengths
1 cute sundress for Kristi- also too cute to pass on

 I am still in awe of the bargain-ness. Then at the DI, Nathan found this cool mirror that he wants to pain the frame on and hang in the entryway. (Who knew...he's an in the closet DIY guy)

 And this plant...that did not photograph well but will look nice in our house.

I love deals! I am so glad Nathan understands this and doesn't laugh at me when I come home with little girl clothes because they were "just too good to pass up". Ok so maybe he laughed a little, but it was a loving laugh.