Where there's smoke...

The other night, I made this recipe of pineapple and shrimp skewers.  Yum.  If you look at the recipe, you'll notice you use a broiler, and you can also use a broiler to cook french bread, which is what we decided to do for a side.  In the interest of just using one dish laziness, I laid foil on top of the rack and placed the bread on top instead of removing the rack and putting the bread down in the pan.

Unfortunately, this led to the bread being WAY to close to the flame and yes, the bread caught on fire.  I had flaming bread.  Fail.  In the theme of "waste not, want not", I cut off the burnt part and heated the rest up in our toaster oven.  For those of you that have never tried smoked bread, you shouldn't.  But we ate every bit.

But really, the pineapple and shrimp skewers were fabulous.

Gallery wall pondering...

In my quest to continue decorating our first home, I have a decided to attempt a gallery wall in a little space in our living room.  I was already thinking about this, inspired by a few different house blogs, and then, my favorite house blog- Young House Love, did this in their home, which you can see here.  

I'm taking it as a sign. 

Right now our old entertainment console is housed in this space, and there is a large expanse of open wall above it.  I have debated if I want to do a conglomeration of family wedding photos, or images from trips we've taken, if I should do all the same frames or a mix of different frames in the same color, or different frames in different colors. 

I think I've decided to do different frames in the same color, and as for the images that will fill the frames, right now I'm thinking it will be some wedding, some travel, and some others I have in mind.  I still need to collect more frames, and decide how to get them all the same color (I'm thinking brown spray paint of some kind), so this won't be a Here's-what-I'm-going-to-do-and-now-it's-done post.  Instead, this is a I-will-post-it-so-then-I-have-to-do-something.

I'll keep you updated.

A fun little quiz

Borrowed from Glamorous Housewife:)

A. Age: Twenty-Six

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you dislike: Mopping.  It used to be ironing, but I just don't iron anymore so there's nothing to dislike:)

D. Dogs: Ellie, our 8lb Maltese, and Gus, our 108 lb Chocolate Lab (who thinks he's a lapdog)

E. Essential start to your day: a kiss from my hubby

F. Favorite color: Hmm I have quite a few- probably teal.

G. Gold or silver: White gold

H. Height: 5' 5"

I. Instruments you play(ed): I took piano for seven years, but no longer play

J. Job title: Communications Specialist, Photographer

K. Kids: Just the puppies

L. Live: Broken Arrow

M. Mom’s name: Carol

N. Nicknames: Lori doesn't really lend itself to nicknames, but Blake calls me George-ous.

O. Overnight hospital stays: When I was born, and my appendectomy

P. Pet peeves: People that don't use their turn signal, the stupid copier at work that hates me, and internet that doesn't' always work, even though we always pay for it.

Q. Quote from a movie: "Inconceivable!"

S. Siblings: 2 older brothers, plus all my in-law siblings:)

T. Time you wake up: 6:30 on weekdays, around 8 on weekends

U. Underwear: Yes, I wear it.

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Lima Beans, beets.  Yuck.

W. What makes you run late: The snooze button.

X. X-rays you’ve had: Too many to name.

Y. Yummy food you make: Marchetti (my momma's recipe), Chicken enchiladas (my MIL's recipe), and Meatloaf (The Pioneer Woman's recipe).

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Sea Otters.

Welcoming baby Kyla

A few weekends ago, some friends and I threw a baby shower for an expectant couple in our small group.  April and Sean will welcome baby Kyla this Tuesday, and I am so excited to meet her!  Everyone really pitched in and the shower was a great success!

I got the cake from my friend Erin over at Caked by Erin!  She did a great job of making the cake match our theme (Kyla's room decor), and it was not only gorgeous, but delicious too! I definitely recommend her for your next special occasion!

We played some fun games...

And opened presents, including Dr Pepper Marinade for baby Daddy...

My friend Jamie made the diaper cake.

 Now just waiting on Kyla to make an appearance!  Pray for a safe delivery and a healthy baby!