Tag...your It!

TAG.....YOUR IT!!!

I'm linking up with Christi over at The Chapters of Our Lives. She tagged me, so I'm going to answer her 11 questions and then I'll tag 11 fellow bloggers and hopefully they'll join in the game and answer the 11 questions I have for them! It's a fun way to find out more about our blogger friends and hopefully add a few new followers to your blog. Okay Christi, here goes:

1. Are you a morning person or a night owl? I am most definitely a night owl! I never know when to call it a day, and when I finally do, I like an hour or two of downtime before bed. I much prefer staying up late to finish something rather than getting up early in the morning to do it.

2. What is your favorite comfort food? If I had to pick a classic comfort food, it would be anything with cheese...mac & cheese, cheesy fries, cheese toast, you name it, I love it with cheese...LOL.
3. If you could do it over, would you change your prom date? Or just not go? Since I've been with the same guy since I was 14, I'd say I wouldn't change the date! :O)
4. What is your favorite thing to do during the summer? Since summer is the busiest time for me at the b&b, I don't get to do a whole lot other than work. I do love the beach and I promise myself every summer that I'll try to get to the beach more, but somehow the summer slips by and I don't end up going very often. Hopefully, I'll make more of an effort to go, it is just so peaceful and relaxing at the beach!
5. What is your "perfect" date? For Peter & I, it's dinner and a movie. We don't get to do it too often so we really look forward to it when we can.
6. What beauty product can you not live without? Have to have moisurizer....and a good foundation.....and eyeliner.....gee...there are several products I can't live without.
7. What is one of your biggest pet peeves? RUDE people.....I have no patience at all with them!
8. What chore do you absolutely HATE doing and why? I guess this really isn't a chore, but sewing is one a really don't like! I hate it when I have a button to sew on or something needs mending...I can put sewing off forever!!!
9. What are your Two favorite movies? Only two??????? I love movies more than tv, I don't know if I could choose only two. I did a post about my favorites last year when I did the 30 Day Blog Journal. Check it out!
10. What is your biggest fear? I am absolutely terrified of snakes. Even typing about them makes me shiver.
11. Toilet paper- are you a folder or a wadder? Those closest to me know {and now everyone else out there will} that I have this thing about not talking about bathroom stuff.....so I'm definitely skipping this question...LOL!

You must post the rules.
Answer the 11 questions that the tagger posted for you;
then you create 11 questions to ask the people you've tagged.
Tag 11 people and link them to your post.
Let them know you have tagged them.
The 11 I tagged are:
Ashley at Salty Tales **you can link up here to read Ashley's post!
Sarah at Thrifty Decor Chick
Molly at Sweet Carolina Wife

Judy at Judy H-J'S Thoughts **you can link up here to read Judy's post!

Pennie at A Pennie & Her Thoughts

LeeAnn at The Life of Rylie...and Bryce Too!

Shanna at Eastern Shore Eats {hope you'll start posting :O)}

Heidi at Heidi's Head

DaNita at Delightful Order

beagleAnnie at  Round the Seasons in Japan

Becca at Home Is Where My Story Begins
Okay ladies, here are your questions:

1. How long have you been blogging?
2. Are you a procrastinator or are do you take care of things right away?
3. If you have siblings, are you close?
4. What's the best thing about your job? the worst?
5. If you had $1,000 to spend on anything you wanted, what would you buy?
6. How long has it been since you visited your hometown?
7. Have you decorated for Easter/Spring? please share pictures.
8. Do you sleep with a fan on?
9. The beach or the mountains?
10. If you had to choose only one which would you pick: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or blogging?
11. When shopping, do you use coupons andor shop around for the best deal?

Okay, show us your posts! Hope you'll post on my blog to let me know if you join in!

Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites

I had to make a sweet treat for tonight's fundraiser, so I decided to try this recipe I found on Pinterest. They are so yummy!
Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites

Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tbsp softened butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar (maybe more)
3/4 cup brown sugar (maybe more)
Pretzels - I used Snyders Snaps (checkerboard type)
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Combine peanut butter and softened butter in a large bowl with mixer. Add the sugars and mix well. At this point, the filling should roll easily into balls without sticking to your hands. If not, add a little more of each sugar until you reach a consistency that is easy to roll.

Roll about a teaspoon portion size into a small ball, then sandwich them between two whole pretzels. When all the balls are rolled and sandwiched, stick the tray in the freezer for about half an hour.

                                                                     Yield: about 65 pretzel bites
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler. Remove the pretzel sandwiches from the freezer and quickly dip each half-way into the melted chocolate. Return to the tray and repeat with remaining sandwiches. When all are dipped, return the tray to the freezer to set up completely. Store the sandwiches in the refrigerator until serving time. They are just that easy to make!

Destination Disney: Top 10 Disney Attractions

YAAA!! Heidi is back with an all new "Destination Disney" meme. If you want to join in the fun, here is the link to the list of topics for the upcoming weeks.
This week's topic is Top 10 Disney Attractions.
This is hard. How do I narrow it down to just ten??? Here goes......
(1) Wishes - my most favorite thing of all at WDW is WISHES. There is nothing like standing in front of the castle with your family watching Wishes fireworks!!!! AMAZING!!!

(2) Rockin' Roller Coaster - I love thrill rides! Nathan not so much - that is until our most recent trip to WDW. I begged and begged Nathan to ride, and to my amazement he gave in and rode 2x....WooHoo! Another RnRC fan!!!!!!

(3) Soarin' - this is a family favorite! We try to ride it as many times as possible! It's a popular attraction, so we always try to grab Fast Passes when we can. When Peter & I went solo in 2011, we rode 7x!!!

(4) Festival of the Lion King - this show is absolutely amazing!!! A must-do at Animal Kingdom.

(5) Expedition Everest - love EE....the very first time Nathan & I rode it {back in 2008}, we got stuck at the top and had to be escorted through the mountain all the way to the bottom by a CM. Funny thing about it was, I had, once again, begged Nathan to ride, and he kept saying as we were moving through the queue that he hoped we didn't get stuck on the ride!! Sorry Nathan! :O(

(6) Kilimanjaro Safari - We love taking the safari and had one of the best rides ever during our trip in January. We finally got to see the lion up close & personal!

(7) Tower of Terror - This is one of those rides where I'm scared to death and excited to ride at the same time. I love/hate the DROP!!!!!!!

(8) Toy Story Midway Mania - fun, fun, fun....{you better run to get a Fast Pass as soon as the park opens...they go fast!}

(9) Test Track - We all love this one, but it is one of Peter's favorites. We love speeding around the track!

(10) American Idol Experience - We love this!! Peter tries to hit most of the shows, and we always try to make the finale at the end of the day.

Okay, there you have it.....my Top 10 Disney Attractions. It was very hard narrowing it down to just 10, but these attractions are our favorites....we try to do all 10 of these on every trip we take to WDW. Looking forward to next week's topic: 9 Favorite Characters 

Thoughtful Thursday - March 22

Logan took this picture at work yesterday. After 2 days of steering his tug in complete fog, he ended his shift with this. Amazing!

Hippity, Hoppity, Easters on it's way.....

I finished putting out the rest of the Easter decorations and hung a wreath on the front door. I re-did the wreath I used last year by taking the flowers that had literally fallen apart off the wreath, and added some polka dot ribbon and the metal bunny I had on our back door last year. Check out this link to see last year's decorations.

I bought some cute fabric covered eggs at Hobby Lobby to put in the glass cylinder on the kitchen table.

I always have trouble with the kitchen table......but the eggs are cute! I found a printable I liked on Pinterest and put it in the frame in the kitchen.

One of my favorite decorations is this ceramic bunny dish that Mom Mom gave me when I was little. Other than the mantel that's pretty much the extent of the Easter decorations.

I'll need another wreath for the front door once Easter is over, so I'm keeping my eye open for an idea. I still haven't put anything on the back door.....okay...looks like I need to get busy....again! You know this is never ending don't you?!

Spring Mantel

My Spring Mantel

simple spring touches

I really like these glass jars filled with moss and eggs I found at Hobby Lobby

I just might add a banner.....

the little chalk bunny piece has been in the family for years

I love the pink depression glass bunny - although it's not vintage, I do have several pieces of it that is

I'm still thinking I might replace the dark candle holders with something lighter,
but overall, it turned out great! 

52 Weeks of Organizing: Teen Boy's Room

LET'S GET ORGANIZED!!!
Week #7: Teen Boy's Room
Moving on with the Spring cleaning, this week I'm working in Nathan's room. He keeps a pretty neat room, but oh boy, does his closet get cluttered! He is a HUGE sports fan, and has way too many jerseys, shoes, coats, hats, books, games, gadgets, cards, you name it, it's in his closet. The before picture looks awful....I guess it was worse than I thought:

you can't find anything in this messy closet!

I took everything out and began sorting. Before, I have kept all of his clothes in his closet, but I decided to free up some space and pack away his winter coats and shirts{in our nice, clean, organized attic}. This left plenty of room for his gazillion many jerseys and warm weather clothes. I took out his dresser, since he has 2 closet length shelves and a bookcase for bins to store everything right in his closet. I added the wire shelf dividers awhile back and they work great for stacking clothes by type. I even added labels!

the shelf just above the rod is divided into sections by wire dividers: b-ball shorts/pants, jeans, t-shirts, and misc. shirts

on one side of the closet hang all of his jerseys/nice shirts/sweatshirts

on the other side his bookcase holds socks/pj pants/underware/t-shirts/magazines/a bin full of cords, etc.
there are also hooks for backpacks, belts, and some sports gear

after: an organized closet!

There is higher shelf over top of the one holding clothes. It holds: books, a few storage boxes w/ keepsakes, football cards, and other less often used items. I'm trying to replace all of the mix matched bins throughout the house. I'll be picking up bins for Nathan's room or I just might order them from the containerstore.com

I really like this one room per week cleaning method that I've started this year. I don't feel the pressure to get it done on a deadline and I'm not as worn out from cleaning non-stop like I usually am. Once I complete Nathan's room, I'll have 3 super clean & organized rooms down......I love the feeling of knowing that I have a place for everything, that I can actually find something when I need it.

The funeral is today, so I've only got an hour or so to spare, but that's okay, I can get alot accomplished in an hour!