Friday Fives!

This has been a crazy week through and through, all the way down to the weather.  This week's five are of no particular theme, unless random is a theme!!!

1.  UK Wildcats beat Witchita State to head to the Sweet Sixteen to play our little brother, UofL.  Don't even get me started about all the crazy posts on my FB feed this week.  All I know for sure is that it's going to be one hell of a game!!!!  I'm having some friends over tonight to watch the game and to stop me from throwing things at the TV when we miss foul shots.  Can't wait!

2.  Umm, S'mores donut?  Can we say sugar overload?  It was freaking delicious and worth every calorie. Lexington friends, if you haven't checked out North Lime Coffee & Donuts, you should.  Just prepare to wait if you go on a weekend morning.  

3.  First signs of spring in my yard!!!!!

Followed by a twenty minute snow storm a few days later.  Mother Nature, you need to take your lithium.

4.  Birthday party for my cousin's three adorable little girls, all born in March.

Here's Meghan, right after she asked why I'm not married for the bazillionth time.  That kid absolutely slays me!!!  I swear her dad puts her up to it.

5.  A little love for the Bluegrass in my kitchen!  I found this at Fan Outfitters, the local UK apparel store, and had to have it.  If you live in Louisville, you can also find your UofL gear there.  I am still not used to going into stores and seeing red Cardinal stuff everywhere.  One of the things I will always miss about Lexington; NO RED!!!!

Linking up with Darci, Natasha, Christina and April!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and your team plays well in the tournament.  Unless you're a Louisville fan.  Then I hope they suck.  Anyway... Oooooooh, C-A-T-S, CATS, CATS, CATS!!!!!

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...

Did anyone else's mom sing show tunes or old songs all the time like mine did?  I am constantly singing random old, old, old, oldies out loud without realizing it.  Especially when I'm cleaning.  Talk about learned behavior!  Apparently her father did the same thing, so I am not at all ashamed of this interesting little quirk about myself.  I can always blame my mother...

Any who, the title of today's blog post is a line from one of those old songs she sings randomly, and is my inspiration for today's blog fodder.  I'm going to treat you guys to a little info session on some of my personality quirks and guilty pleasures.  Maybe this will be a reoccurring post topic, or maybe I'll just fail to follow up.  Who knows, I'm spontaneous and unpredictable!  Or something.  Anyway...

1.  I haven't eaten red meat or pork since I was twelve, but I absolutely love the way it smells when it's cooking.  You may say, "Hey, Eileen, maybe you really like those meats now and should give them another shot."  To which I will reply, I have tried over and over again to like the taste of beef or pork on many occasion (one as recent as a month ago), and I have not changed my mind.  Gross.

{The boyfriend would be so proud}

2.  My favorite thing to do on a free Sunday (besides watch football) is to clean the house and organize closets.  My version of cleaning involves putting things away and doing laundry.  Unfortunately, I don't like actually scrubbing floors, vacuuming or dusting; you know, actual cleaning.  Meh.

{A girl can dream}

3.  I am a horrible pack rat.  Just ask my roommate.  He secretly throws stuff away sometimes to see if I'll notice.  I never do.  All I can say, is thank god for unfinished basement storage.

4.  My favorite part of my job is working on spreadsheets.  This is also why I had to get a new pair of glasses yesterday...  I am so super cool that it's not even funny.

5.  I am addicted to fancy soaps for my bathrooms.  And fancy linens for my guest rooms and table tops.  This particular soap below is one I buy by the truck load every time it goes on sale.

6.  I sleep on top of my covers with a throw.  Because I am weird.   That is really the only explanation.  No rhyme or reason to it.  Ehh, whatever.

7.  I never wear makeup unless I absolutely have to.  Not because I have awesome skin or am naturally beautiful, but because I am L-A-Z-Y, lazy.  I do not want to get up early to do my makeup.  I prefer sleep.  And I work at a rock quarry.  The worse I look, sometimes the better off it is.

So that's enough for now.  I don't want to risk you really knowing exactly how bizarre I am.  But that's what makes us interesting and unique, right?  Go out and celebrate your differences today, folks!  Happy Tuesday!

***Shout out to the Internets for these pics, they are not mine.  Click the pictures for a link!***

Hashtag Laterpost...

This post is way late, in terms of the timeline of events in my life.  But here it is anyway!  Have I mentioned that I'm busy and really bad at this whole blog thing?  I think that's the war cry of your thirties, "I'm really busy."  Anyway...

February 22nd was the first annual Tailspin Beerfest in Louisville.  It also happens to be one of my very favorite friend's birthday's!  Happy 22 plus 11!  Ugh, that doesn't sound as good as 22 plus 1 through 5.  Oh well, our thirties have been pretty good to us!  Can't wait to see what the rest of them bring!  Bring it on!!!

Anyway, we celebrated by heading to the Beerfest and drinking our weight in free samples.  It was a great day, complete with perfect weather and great friends!

{The birthday gal and her hubby!}

I can't wait until next year's event, and I hope that this becomes our annual celebration for Jen's birthday!  

Happy Wednesday, y'all!

St. Paddy's Celebrations

Happy St. Paddy's, y'all!!!  My post is a bit late, but I'm sure if I ventured to Bardstown Road, I could still find some place to sport my green duds and drink a pint!  I did my celebrating on Saturday, and here's how it went!

{This is actually from Friday, I lied!  Patio of Beer Store in NULU.}

{Extreme Close Up!}

{The most wonderful person of the day, the DD!!! Thanks, Ali!}

{Those mustaches only lasted a few minutes; super annoying.  Great for a photo op, though!}

{Amidst the insanity that is Bardstown Road}

{Celebrating his day in the sun, the St. Paddy's b'day boy!}

We had an absolute blast and the weather was absolutely perfect!  Aaaand then it snowed on Sunday night.  I am ready to pack my bags and move to the tropics?  How 'bout y'all?

Until next time, may the luck o' the Irish be with ya!

Five on Friday

It's been a long week, and doesn't show any signs of slowing down within the next couple of months.  So this week's five are themed around what's been keeping me going during a stressful time.  I highly recommend the tacos...

1.  Tacos.  Seriously, I know joke about how often I eat tacos, but it's an absurd amount.  Wanna know why?  They're delicious and easy.  It's a great go to for a quick meal.  Hence my diet consisting of taco dinners at least 3 days a week.  And that's on a slow week.  Also, these fresh from the tortilla press in the back of the taqueria corn tortillas didn't hurt, either.  Yummmmm!!!!

2. A small purchase that is going to make my life so much more enjoyable.  Have ya'll heard of Keysocks?  I'm hoping they revolutionize wearing flats.  I have really wide feet and a lot of my really cute flats are ridiculously uncomfortable.  I have the footie versions of socks similar to these, and they are constantly rolling down.  Pain in the rump.

3.  Skin saving salve.  I have been rough on my skin the past few weeks, and this stuff is a life saver.  It can calm my super flared up sensitive skin.

4.   I don't always wash my hair every day.  Hey, don't get judgey, I do shower every day.  It just takes way too long to fix my super thick hair now that it's long.  This dry shampoo is great to get through the no wash days, and smells pretty great too!

5.  A small little pick me up.   I picked this up while running some errands for the event I'm working on this week.  It was very reasonably priced, and came from a boutique that an old friend from high school owns!  Check out her shop on Facebook here!

That's whats been getting me through this week!  What's going on in your world?

Thanks to Christina, April, Natasha, and Darci for hosting another week of linky goodness!

FYI, no one paid me to say anything about the products I mentioned above.  I seriously doubt I need actually put these disclaimers on my blog, but I see all the other cool bloggers doing it.  So Imma do it too, just in case.  Heeheehee... 

House update, post 74,649 or whatever

Here's what's been happening elsewhere in the house.  Mostly just some picture gallery hanging.  Have y'all ever tried the Command Strip picture strips?  They might be the most brilliant invention of our lifetime.  I'm not even joking.  They are a real game changer.

My wonderful Aunt Beth gave me my wood monogram as one of many housewarming gifts when I moved to Louisville last year.  We finally got around to hanging the frames around it a couple weeks ago, and it turned out pretty great!  Most of the photos have been featured on the blog, but there are a few from my trip to Europe and of my family.

Other side of the living room.  Unfortunately, this room doesn't have an overhead light and gets super dark at night.  Good thing I hung black drapes, right???

The hallway downstairs is fairly long, somewhat dark, and a bit boring.  This photo gallery helped spruce it up a bit.  One day I will do a post on what a pain in the ass spray painting all these frames was.  Pinterest fail.

And finally the office.  The only room that is pretty much completely finished, furniture and floor wise. I need curtains, but since those lovely plastic shades were here when I moved in, I'm leaving them for a bit.  I'm banned from buying fabric for a few months.

Please ignore the giant mess of bags and whatnot around the desk.  This is one of the few rooms I let stay messy for more than a day or so.  I realize that doesn't sound like much, but I think many people underestimate the level of crazy I am.

All the furniture in this room, with the exception of the painted bookshelf on the other wall (not pictured), are from IKEA.  Let me tell you, that shelf is a filthy wh***e.  It had to be built once at the old house, moved to Louisville, taken apart, and put back together again inside the office.  Not fun for any of the people that move/build shit for me.  Sorry, guys!

I need to find a bigger picture for above the desk, where the hanging shelf is supposed to go.  Scroll back up to the first picture of the office.  See the short shelf on the floor?  Yeah, that's supposed to be hanging on the wall above the desk, holding my important business stuff.  Apparently the IKEA hanging apparatuses are not sufficient in holding the weight of the shelf without actually breaking the shelf.

I'm sure we could have bought some that would have worked, but we were both over hanging stuff that day.  So a small under the window shelf it became.  And there it will stay.  Because I'm tired of decorating.  Seriously.  

I should probably reupholster the desk chair one day, too.  Especially since it is also from the same year as the chair I'm reupholstering for the guest room.  That year was 1985, in case anyone was wondering.    This particular fabric is smidge more dated than the other chair, however.

Anyway, so that's about the best I'm going to have for awhile in terms of home progress.  It's getting there, slowly.  Hopefully it will be done by this spring for my BFF's baby shower!!!  I gotta find a place for people to sit!

Until next time, peace out, girl scout!

***Update:  Two of the larger framed pictures hung using command strips fell off the wall not a week after this post.  Maybe I'll only use the strips on smaller frames.  Oops.***

Five on Friday!

Hey!  It's Friday and I think I've posted one other time this week, so I feel like I'm doing pretty awesome.  This week's five has a music theme, more specifically concerts.

It might be the absolute high I'm still on from the concert I went to last night, but last night might have been one of the best stage shows and concerts I've ever seen.  So here we go!

1.  Arcade Fire- Reflektor Tour

Like I said, best stage show ever.  Best concert from a band I have loved since the release of the first album.  I left the concert exhausted, sweaty, and with a huge smile on my face!

2.  Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn- Acoustic Show

This was not exactly what I was expecting, but still an awesome show.  Anytime spent watching Bela pick is well worth your time.  The show was very intimate and sedate, but great for a Tuesday night.

3.  Crosby, Stills, and Nash

I grew up listening to CSN (&Y) and every single song can bring back a happy childhood memory.  I've been lucky enough to catch CSNY in concert once before, and it was amazing.  I can't wait till this Saturday to see the CSN members again!

4.  Forecastle Festival

Tickets go on sale today!  I cannot wait to see Jack White, Beck, and Outkast!!!  It should be a blast!  Every year is a great time!  And it's awesome that there is such a wonderful festival right in my town!  No hotels, roadtrips, huge expenses!  Love it!

5.  Haim and Mogwai- May awaits!

For Christmas, I bought the boyfriend two sets of concert tickets, one for a band he loves and one for a band that I love.  Both will be awesome shows, but could not be more polar opposite in their music genres and styles.  Oh yeah, and I'll get to see my main man!  That's always awesome!

Linking up with these ladies, April, Christina, Darci, and Natasha, for another Five on Friday!

Beer and Cookies

This weekend, one of my favorite beer stores/tasting rooms hosted a flight tasting paired with Girl Scout cookies.  Let me just tell you that any excuse to drink yummy craft beer and eat cookies is alright in my book.

Saturday morning my roommate and I spent some time with my best friend and her husband doing some baby related errands/projects.  For us ladies, that meant buying some cute layettes and whatnot.  For the guys, a little physical labor.

As a reward for all the hard work we did (ahem), a trip to Louisville Beerstore for some draughts and cookies was in order.  Note, the pregnant lady opted to meet us later for dinner.  Baby is not quite old enough for a drink yet...21 years and 5 months to go!

Anyway, back to the point of my story, we thoroughly enjoyed the pairings and ESPECIALLY the cookies.  God, I missed Girl Scout cookies! 

{Mmmm, crafty beer goodness and delicious fattening cookies!  Woohoo!}

{Beer choices & the accompanying cookies}

We enjoyed dinner later at The Bard's Town, where I spotted this lovely little door and matching graffiti.  Too funny!  I kind of want a little door in my house somewhere now.  

All in all, we had a great day and I was so glad to see Beth & JD and spend some time actually in the city I live in.  I have been out of town too much lately!

Hope everyone has a splendid Tuesday!