High Five for Friday!

Happy Friday!  Today, I'm trying something new.  I'm linking up with Lauren, she is the author of From My Grey Desk Blog.  It is seriously one of my favorite blogs to read. Ever! She started the High Five for Friday link up, and it's a chance to write about five of your favorite things lately.  I love it!  You should try it too!

Here's my five favorite things from the week...

1. I saw Carrie Underwood and Aerosmith this week!  It was the Walmart Shareholders' concerts and our awesome friends, Alex and Neda, were able to get us tickets too.  Both of the concerts were amazing. 

{This is a picture from Carrie Underwood. I somehow didn't take one at the Aerosmith concert.  Maybe I was distracted by how cool Steven Tyler is.}

2. A trip to the Farmer's Market in Downtown Rogers with my group of sweet kids in the elementary day camp I work at.

3.  Ty and I found a precious house several months ago that we loved.  It was built in the 80's and has some serious character! I love houses that are a little older, but have been taken care of.  This house is exactly that!  When we found it, it was under contract! I never have been able to stop thinking about this house, and continuously check on the status of it online.  Yesterday, I found out it was back on the market {the contract fell through} and we have an appointment to look at it today! Wooo!

4. My sleepyhead pup, Mo! I love having this little baby around.  He has so much personality, and makes us laugh everyday.  

5. I'm totally in love with the Hunger Game series and I'm currently reading this book...

Ty and I are off {tomorrow morning} to Branson, MO for a trip his work has given us.  We are splashing at White Water tomorrow, seeing the Dixie Stampede {Yee-haw} and staying at Grand Country Inn. All for free! His work place definitely values their employees. We are looking forward to the get-away.  Pictures to come Sunday!  Have a happy weekend, y'all.

love, the Blair Abode

Our Junk Cabinet

Please excuse these horrible pictures.  You would never know that I have a really nice camera.  A nikon D3100, to be exact.  But, let's be honest, it's way easier to snap a picture on my phone and send it on to instagram. I promise I am going to try really hard to stop using my iPhone for blogging pictures.

Most people have a junk drawer in their kitchen or near by, right? Well, due to our kitchen cabinet/drawer layout... we didn't really have a good spot for a junk drawer.  But, we do have this narrow, little cabinet by the fridge that is perfect for a junk spot.  It has three shelves and not a whole lot of space on any of the shelves.  When we first moved in the cabinet was a disaster.  Piles of mail. Medicine. Measuring cups. {I do not have a "before" picture because I wasn't even considering blogging when I organized this space. Sorry!}

Anyway...on to the good stuff. Pictures!

+Here she is.  See, not really all that big and pretty narrow.

+A far away shot of the three shelves post organization.  This cabinet makes me smile, and I feel like I'm in a classroom when I look at it. 

+A close up of the top shelf.  The clips tin has paperclips and binder clips. The marker tin is really self explanatory, and the crayons are tucked in there by the markers.

+Middle shelf close up.  The office bin has stamps, checks and labels.  The letters bin has anything we would need to right a letter/thank you note.  Including envelopes.  My blue journal propped beside the letters tin is what I make my grocery lists in, and I have stashed eating related coupons by the journal {We do not get very many eating related coupons so that works for us}.

+The bottom shelf has a glass square vase holding pens, pencils and scissors.  The coins tin has spare change and the notes bin has note pads and sticky notes.

This space is totally a life saver for us! It hasn't even gotten 'junky' one time since organizing it.  I really wish you could have seen the before! Trust me, it was yucky.  Even if you do not have a drawer that would work for stashing these kind of things, find a small space that will do the trick!

love, the Blair Abode

Happy Tuesday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  It was slightly rough getting back into the swing of things today.  But, it's definitely nice that tomorrow is already Wednesday.  Our weekend was absolutely awesome. We had some much needed down time, family time, cleaning time and just being together time!

Some favorite's from the long weekend...

+ Cucumbers and ranch for an afternoon snack.  It was so refreshing!

+I made this for dinner Sunday night and it was oh.my.goodness. This is a spicy sausage pasta dish that will seriously impress you! It is beyond easy and a perfect weeknight meal.  This dish is packed full of flavor and goodness! I found the recipe here!

+Memorial Day outfit.  I'm totally loving wide leg + linen pants.  They are so much cooler than jeans and I love them with wedges.  I'm addicted.

gray, "flowey" tank - TJMaxx

nude tank- Francesca's

white linen pants {wide leg} - Altar'd State

+This is how I started my morning today.  Hazelnut coffee with cream and sugar.  I'm so thankful for coffee in the mornings.  Such a wonderful way to start the day...

I also did some organizing in our closet this weekend, and I'll be posting about that sometime this week.  I hope y'all had a wonderful Tuesday and I'd love to hear how you spent your weekend.

love, the Blair Abode