HOL(e)Y TOOTHPASTE!

Hey there!
Told you I'd be back today with something to share! This will be a quick post- but let me tell you it will be life changing. At least it was life changing for me... I'm so dramatic. But for real, life changing.

A friend gave me some CUTE letters awhile back that spelled out "home" and in the process of getting our back porch ready for AOK's birthday party next weekend I decided I should probably hang them up. I also wanted to try a trick I saw on Pinterest a few weeks ago that involved toothpaste of all things. I am notorious for guesstimating when it comes to hanging things on the wall. I am too lazy to get a tape measure and do it a logical way and then usually end up with 5 millions tiny holes in my wall. Oh not anymore, I had this hung up in less than 5 minutes, with only the necessary holes!

If you put just a dab of toothpaste on the back of the picture, mirror, letter, wall hanging, whatever on the spot where it will need to be hung, like so... see the tiny dots of toothpaste on the hooks?

Then put it on the wall where you want it to ultimately hang, if you look close, you can see two tiny white dots, from the toothpaste. Then just put your nails, pins, etc., into the toothpaste dots.

And VOILA! It's hung, with only the necessary holes in the wall and so quick. If I were using my guesstimating technique, this probably would have taken me 30 minutes at least. I did it in about 5. Aren't these letters adorable?

Here's a wide angle, you can see AOK's shop in the background & all the stuff I was organizing on the back porch!

And here is the other angle. Those two windows go into our living room. That is our back door- it will get a paint job in the distant future. That's on the "ultimate" to do list!

We had a productive day around here. I told my sister she would have been so proud. I am sort of a girly girl when it comes to chores and what not. I do not really like doing things outside admittedly. But I had some surge of energy and wait until you see what I did. Watch for that post this week!

Happy Picture Hanging! (and Happy Weekend too!)

Hookin' Up Over at Dittle Dattle today for Amaze Me Monday. I love her blog because she incorporates Motocross into some of her home decor designs. AOK appreciates this just as much (if not more) as I do! You can find her link party button over there in my side bar if you want to participate :)



A Living Room is NO place for a Dirtbike.

Seriously.

I think the title of this post says it all.

Currently, AOK keeps his dirtbike in the living room at his apartment. You think I'm joking? I'm not, case in point:

Notice the junk to the right of the picture, that is his make-shift "garage" tool spot.

When we looked at houses this was a BIG must for me, a garage. There would be NO wheeled objects in our living room, ever.  AOK is the tinkering type, I'm surprised his mama didn't give birth to him in the garage. He loves having oil/grease on his hands, he loves the way engines look, he loves doing "man things" as he calls it. Don't get me wrong, I love watching him do it and learning myself, just not in the living room.

AOK's dreams came true with this house. No garage, just a little carport for Baby Jett, but behind the lovely house is a 600 square foot workshop. I'm not kidding you. The first time we stepped foot in the house, our realtor laughed at him because he shot off straight to the backyard and his eyes never left it. I tried getting him to ooohh and ahhh over the fireplace but there are windows in the living room facing the shop, he was not interested. It was love at first sight with him. When we got in his truck to leave he was mad that I wasn't on the phone with the lender right then and there to talk about making an offer. Our house's workshop had AOK at hello.

Clearly, the backyard and shop are AOK's favorite part of the house. Our backyard is MASSIVE with a huge covered porch, green house, tree house, HOT TUB (score!), BBQ area, it's the perfect entertaining spot for a young couple like ourselves. But what I love most about it? Because of the trees and landscaping, you are in the backyard in a neighborhood but feel completely alone. There are no neighbors right on you you feel like you are on 20 acres of land. AOK has big plans for this retreat, here are some pictures before we move in.

This picture was taken in mid-January, the grass and trees are GORGEOUSLY green now! Big, huh?

Here is the workshop, birdhouse, treehouse view. The shop has a sliding door & everything. I hope AOK doesn't leave me for this shop, that would be the ultimate bummer heehee!

Like I said, we have lots of plans for the outside, can't wait to share our progress! We are t-minus 19 days (7 days of which we will be in VEGAS!) until move in! And we both still have not packed one dang box! We better get our move on! Get it? Get it? haha

Happy Cinco de Mayo!