Little Brother's Master Bath

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Little Brother's Master Bath

Did you survive the weekend?  We had a fabulous two days filled with projects, thrifting, bathroom planning, and a Frozen birthday party!  Action packed.  (Check out my Instagram feed for photos!)  Ike is still recovering.

Part of our weekend adventures included helping my brother pick out items for his master bathroom.  Now that sentence makes it seem like that was an easy process.  It was not.  Decisions are so very hard.  I truly didn't know that you could go to three home improvement stores, stare at toilets and still have trouble making a decision.  IT'S A TOILET.

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DIY Card Catalog Cabinet Reveal

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DIY Card Catalog Cabinet Reveal

I have wanted a card catalog for the longest time.  I have drooled over them online.  I would pet them in antique stores.  I could not, however, find one that would fit well in our home or wasn't one trillion dollars.  My other concern was that card catalogs are pretty but they aren't exactly useful.

I then had a crazy idea during tax season. I asked Nate if he thought it was possible to build a cabinet that had a card catalog looking front for our office. I had previously seen an awesome faux Murphy bed so I knew the card catalog front should be doable.  The thing was that I needed it to look like an antique piece. It needed to look like it had real drawers and not just wood slapped onto a board.  I wanted it tall and narrow.  I was being uber picky and making a lot of requests of my zombie accountant husband.  Surprisingly he said "Uhhh, sure."  I had to wait impatiently for the end of tax season for my creation came to life.  Ike loves it.

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Mediterranean Pork and Orzo

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Mediterranean Pork and Orzo

I'm doing this weird thing lately where I eat vegetables.  I am a super picky eater and vegetables have never made the cut.  In an effort to be a real life grown-up, I decided to suck it up and eat the vegetables.  

I have been trying all kinds of vegetables.  Once I got over the fact that they don't taste like chocolate, things got better.   Brussel sprouts and kale are the worst things I've ever eaten in my entire life.  I have tried both a couple of times and cooked different ways.  They will not make the final cut.  Sick.

Spinach and tomatoes, however, have made it.  I am working on incorporating both of them into more of the meals that we eat.  One of favorites in the vegetable rotation is this pork and orzo recipe.

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