One of those days...

It's been one of those days...



The days when you need some encourgement because all you can think about....

is this:



















Oreo Cookie Bark


















Chocolate chip Oreo Cookies














Dreamy Oreo Brownies




Yea....So much that your pants start to hate you.




Well here is some motivation for the slackers out there. (aka me and my no longer small behind)




















































*Note: I did not include the recipes to the fatty oreo desserts above, seeing that it would defeat the purpose of this post. But if you can't sleep at night because you need to have one of them - please email me. I don't want to be at fault for sleepless nights.



I already have a bunch of size 6's and size 8's (and maybe bigger) that hate me.





:)





Just do it.





Cathy

I've FALLen and I can't get up....

So, fall is upon us people. Seeing that I didn't go to the beach once this summer, let alone get in a suit, (which probably was for the best) I feel like we went from Spring to Fall.


And I honestly don't mind. I'll try to enjoy summer next year a bit more than I did this year. But now I'm ready for pumpkin carving, apple picking, colorful trees and sweaters :)



I wish I had an excuse as to why I haven't posted lately. But all I can say is that since not being in school, I have wanted to do more cooking and have wanted to spend more time with family and friends. Not to mention Arbonne stuff. It's been a busy month for me. I'm pretty excited for the upcoming month.

Ok let's get to the good stuff. You all know that Pinterest is my new best friend. I'm going to leave you with a few home details/accessories that I love that are on my wish list.

Quatrefoil Backsplash - can we have our own Kitchen now please??

Herringbone Throw - this is a beautiful color.

Hanging Herb Garden - Can't wait to do this.

Velvet Chair - Love the shape, color, trim, everything.

Striped Pillow - they make me happy :)

This describes Ross and I's relationship to a T. :D

We have a few projects we've been working on. So look forward to better posts in the future.

Happy Fall!

Cathy

The Holidays.....

Arbonne has come out with their 2011 holiday catalog.

Check it out here.

They have some really great stuff! Let me know if you're interested in anything!

cathymschanck@gmail.com

:)

Cathy

I almost died....

......of excitement!



Thursday was the longest day of my life but one that I will definitively remember forever.

We left around 5 o'clock in the morning on the train down to the city.

We got there around 8:30 and went right down to the Russian district for the morning.

We bought some food and ate at a park.

I had fed a squirrel some food, then these birds wouldn't leave us alone the whole time we were there.

Then we headed over to the Nate show! We got in line and waited for about 2 hours until we were actually seated. So worth it!!!

Being in a live audience was soo awesome! They played games in the middle of segments and it was so fun to actually be right there :)

Me touching the stage :) we were that close!

Ross in a big group of girls. I think there was a total of 10 guys in the whole audience.

The lighting made your skin look AMAZing!

The whole set was decorated so beautifully!

After the show we took a walk through central park, and ate some dinner.

And then we headed home.

It was an incredible day and I'm so glad that we were able to experience it. :)

I'll post more about the show soon!

<3

Cathy

Crowbiz...

I wanted to post about one of the gifts I got Ross for his birthday. It was kinda something for both of us but I knew he'd love it.

Ross is a Russian major in school. He lived there for a couple of years and he fell in love with the language and has been studying it ever since. One day when I was looking for some gifts for him on etsy I came across this:

It's a bear print on top of a vintage Russian book.

Our dog's name is Medved, if you didn't read that already (I talk about him too much :) which means bear in Russian. I thought this could be something we could have forever to remind us of the furball.

(I added the frame)

Ross agreed that it was perfect :) he loved it.

This shop is so cute. She has tons of different prints on tons of different writings or maps. You should check it out. I'm sure you'll find something that you love.

Here are a few of her prints that I love:

Nate Berkus tomorrow! :)

We are so excited! It's going to be a long day but sooo worth it :)

There will be a post this weekend with lots of pictures :)

♥

Cathy

27 years ago...

27 years ago, (yesterday lol) my husband was born.



He has grown into such a honest, loving, funny, smart and handsome man. I love him so much. He puts up with so much from me and can still tell me how beautiful I am and how much he loves me, EVERYDAY. Seriously, I don't think he misses a day. He's a consistent husband :)


He's not big into birthdays, so instead of having people over, we spent it as a family. Ross, Medved and I. It was perfect.

I made dinner- from scratch

And a cake- from scratch

and he opened presents.

We went for a nice walk with Medved and ended the night with a movie. The Italian Job (that was from Medved)

It was a great day.

Here is us trying to get a family picture. We have yet to really get a good one. :) Medved's pretty squirmy...

<3

Cathy