Yummy enchiladas!

My husband loves Mexican food. Prior to getting married it was our Friday night ritual. However, its been crazy busy around here lately and we haven't found "our spot" for local Mexican since moving to Franklin. This is on our to-do list.

Currently, Zach and I are in attempts of eating in and healthy (or lighter we should say). So, since we were going home Saturday and new all attempts at healthy eating would be out the window with parties galor to attend, we decided on a healthy dinner night in. I had found a healthy enchilada recipe online and thought we would give it a try.

 

I ate the proper serving of one and couldn't eat anymore from being stuffed. Zach on the other hand loved them so that he ate 3! Overall the enchilada's were a success. They were pretty easy to make and delicious! 

I plan on trying some more recipes from the Skinny Taste

If you want to try these enchiladas, check them out here.

Now off to Cullman to celebrate grandma's 80th birthday and father's day!

Happy 80th Birthday Gam Gam!

Today is my fabulous grandmother's 80th birthday. She goes by grandma, but got the nickname Gam Gam as a joke a few years ago. She is a precious southern lady that loves flowers and birds. She always makes me laugh! 

 

 

Happy birthday Grandma!

Now back to work on my assignment from mom for her birthday party- a fabulous homemade photo video collage. I swear, I have this down after making so many for funerals/birthdays for both mine and Zach's family. 

The scanner and old photos are calling my name :)

getting organized

I am really good at making to do list.
I am really good at saying and thinking about all the ways I want to organize a room.
I am not good at getting a jump start on organizing and getting the desired end point accomplished. No matter how many Real Simple articles I read, I just can't get off to a good start. My reasons so far are this:

1. I have yet to buy everything I need all at once. I am a nibbler. I buy a little here and there. 
2. I am indecisive and change my plan a lot.
3. Space is limited and I can't make up my mind how to best utilize it. 

Since I now work from home, I spend an increased amount of time here. Therefore keeping a tidy and organized house is key.

For now, I have set my sights on 2 areas in our home.
1. Bathroom - I am determined to have immaculate counters, with organized make-up drawers and neat storage in the cabinets. And that linen closet will be in amazing order. But then I can't decide which draw organizer, which shelf to put which towels on. Do I want to separate old and new towels or mix them together...or would organizing by color be better. I believe I am beginning to drive Zach crazy with these changes.

I would also love to be able to somehow hang/organize the hair dryer and straightener as the cords on the counter are getting to me.

2. Closets! I need an organized closet. I one day will have an immaculate custom built closet. One day when I am old and Zach has designed the house that will take him 20 years to perfect the design on. Until then, I am left to deal with apartment built ins. Therefore, I need to utilize my space. I am rather annoyed by the hanging shoe rack on the door. But alas, where else should they go? I hate my mismatched hangers, but hopefully we can sort those out little by little. I am realizing I may be a little OCD but lack the patience to really resolve the issues at hand. (I believe that is commonly referred to as ADD)

I have to realize this... I have only been in the apartment for one week now. I have barely unpacked everything (trust me that alone was a feat). I have to decided to live in it a little while and then see what changes are needed to perfect the organization of these to areas.

For now, I will continue my reading and studying here. And searching for the perfect tools here.