I love...

...to bake. Seriously, if I could bake all the time, I would.  Not sure why I don't feel the same way about cooking, but I'll take what I can get.

Over the weekend, I put my skills to test with a new cookie creation.  Get this, a chocolate chip cookie baked around a Double Stuffed Oreo cookie.  Um, hello?  Why yes, don't mind if I do.

So I did.  And let me tell you.  This cookie is, well, it's incredible.

I'm not sure how I've been living without this cookie. Please, do yourself a favor and make these.  You won't regret it!
















WINNING

Bathroom Remodel

Our bathroom was dated.

A facelift wouldn't do it, so we decided to gut and remodel...ourselves.  Scary?  Yes.  Worth it?  Totally.

First we put a budget together - $3K.  That's it.  Three thousand dollars.  Doesn't sound like a whole lot when you go and do this...

And this...

But we pushed on.  We tiled...

And we sweat...

And after several weekends of hard work and dedication, we were finished.  (insert angels chorus)

Not one thing from the old bathroom remained.  New sink, new toilet, new tub, new wall color, toilet paper holder, closet space, faucet, etc.  And we stayed within our budget!  What an amazing and HUGE accomplishment for us simple DIY'ers.

This remodel then led to a kitchen facelift.  Awesome. The fun never ends!

Hello! Is it me you're looking for?

Hi.  It's me.  Stevie.  You don't remember me?  Well, I don't blame you.  I haven't blogged in nearly ten months.  Not sure why, I think I just got bored with it and felt all of this insane pressure to update on a regular basis.  More often than not, I dreaded blogging, so I stopped.


But I'm back.  My family loved keeping up with me through Stevie Unscripted and I've decided that being a sporadic blogger isn't such a bad thing. And I've really enjoyed watching some close friends jump back into the blogging world as well (you know who you are!) - so thanks for the much-needed inspiration to take the leap once again.


I have some really cool stuff to share soon.  Matt (the hubby) and I tackled some massive home remodeling projects this past year and it was quite the experience.  But by doing everything ourselves, we learned things we never thought we would and we saved a ton of money (woot!). 


Wow.  It felt nice to write this.  It's great to be back!