Weekend

I have a terrible memory so I need to blog more about what we are doing in our lives. This weekend we truly did not do much. On Friday we ran a few errands. Brandon calls them "Brians" because I am always saying I need to run errands (Aaron's). So he says, well I have lots of Brians to run... It's pretty funny to us so now I call them Brians. We also call sushi "shushi" and I call Brandon my "hubband". We sort of have our own language. So we went and ran Brians on Friday at Home Depot (see post on Barkeepers Friend). And then we went to dinner at Tommys BBQ on Univ. Ave in Provo. Holy COW it was good guys. We used a buy one get one free coupon so it was like $7 for the both of us and it might be the best burger I have ever had in my life. That is a big deal. The bun was this onion soft amazing bread thing, and it was just scrumptious. Highly recommend trying it out. ALSO the customer service was tops. Manager said hello and everyone was so nice. Loved it. Then I think we went home and watched a movie (and okay maybe I immediately started cleaning with my new Barkeepers stuff.)

Saturday is our "cheat day". We have been trying to eat healthy and low-carb during the week, and then Saturday is our cheat day where we eat whatever we want. We sort of go crazy. Especially since we got the 2012 Entertainment coupon book, it becomes, "Okay what coupons can we use today?" We went to the gas station and got me a big delicious chocolate cake Dunford Doughnut. Perhaps I will have a separate post on how good they are, because they are my number 1 favorite. Honestly I eat around 3-4 a week. That is BAD so I am trying to cut down. I haven't even had any this week! Okay it's Tuesday but that's big for me. Then Brandon spotted a Delorean and we had to do an immediate U-turn and follow the guy to his house while Brandon tried to get a picture (don't worry I was driving). I've only seen Back to the Future maybe once, so this was not that amazing to me, but Brandon was REAL excited about it. We know where he lives now so if you'd like to take a picture with a Delorean just let us know. After that detour we went to Win-Co to get Brandon a doughnut because he likes theirs. I don't know why, they are truly average but it was cheat day and we do whatever we want! :) So we got treats there and saw this gem:

Why have just one?

Pretty funny stuff. So we got our treats and then went to Savers. Brandon is on the lookout for an ultralight fishing rod. No luck there, but Savers is ALWAYS entertaining. Then we went to Nordstrom and got me some of Taylor Swift's new perfume Wonderstruck! It smells so nice, but the problem is now that I got it home and am using it, it smells a little bit like plastic. I don't know what happened... hopefully it is just my nose playing tricks on me.

After Nords we went to Wallabys for dinner. It is a yummy Australian BBQ place in Lindon that we enjoy (again, another coupon :) ). Then we went and wandered around a few shops while our bellies rested. Then we decided we needed ice cream, so we went to Coneys Frozen Custard for our first time and got SERIOUS Cookies & Cream custard. I mean serious because it was thick, and creamy, and THICK. We got 2 scoops and could. not. finish. them.We both ate like half and had to stop. So delicious, but seriously get a tiny scoop and you will be just fine. 

After that we went to Brandon's friend Dave's house and played Mario Kart Wii for about 4 hours with some friends. It was a good time. 

Sunday went to church. It was nice and churchy. Then it was naptime. Sunday night Brandon went and watched foot game with his friends and I made cinnamon raisin bread. Didn't turn out so hot, It didn't rise that much? It was just dense and not very sweet. We still ate a bunch of it but I think it could have gone better. It was my first bread making experiment so gimme a break. Oh and I started watching Battlestar Gallactica which is REALLY GOOD. Brandon thought I was kidding but I really like it. Weird I know. But it's good.

Oh and we have been watching Sherlock lately, SUCH a good show. Season 1 is on Netflix and I have season 2 on my hard drive if anyone wants it. 

We also saw Puss in Boots and it was VERY funny. Really though we liked it a lot. Although it is weird to see cats salsa dancing together...

Oh and we saw Jack & Jill, the one with Adam Sandler? And it's exactly what it looks like, cheesy but actually kind of funny, and with a sweet ending.

That's about all that is going on with the Welling household lately. Bagheera and Kinga are doing good, I need to post pictures of them soon. 

If you read this I am really impressed because I really don't expect anyone too, it's ridiculously long but how else will I remember what we have been doing in our lives!?

Barkeepers Friend

Let me put it this way, Barkeepers Friend is my new best friend. You can buy it in powder form like Comet, or liquid cleanser form. I bought the powder one that looks like this.

It was literally like $1.75 at Home Depot on Saturday, and I haven't stopped using it since! 

You know those dishes you have under your stovetops? Well the apartment we live in has those with who knows how many years of baked on junk on them. I've tried so many times to soak them in hot soapy water for days, and it did NOTHING. So I just covered them in tinfoil, but no longer! 

(I know, I feel like an infomercial.) 

Before & After:

All I did was make a paste out of the powder, wet the dishes, and let it sit on them for awhile, maybe like 30 mins. Then I got a wet rag and scrubbed those suckers! It does take some elbow grease but it comes off, which is astounding to me. They look practically new and I don't have to cover them in ghetto tinfoil anymore. I also did a Pyrex baking dish I have that had baked on oil, and it came off wonderfully. Now I need to do it on my baking sheets, I think it makes them look brand new. 

Anyways, it is a miracle worker and the bonus, NO SMELL. Seriously no toxic chemical smell. I can't even smell it. Weird. But AMAZING. Just go buy some.

Etsy Update

I just added so many new things to my Etsy shop! 

This is very exciting to me because it takes FOREVER to take all the pictures, edit them, and list everything. So I am happy about it. What do you think? I'm ALWAYS looking for feedback. 

Oh and here is a link to my Etsy shop: Chloe Rose Designs

Inspiration

This is my iPhone lock screen I made. Motivational, right? 

Wish I had it to look at when I went and got that doughnut yesterday... 

OCD

Sometimes I really think I have a tiny bit of OCD. No seriously. Here's the facts:

-I ALWAYS round up or down time. If you ask me what time it is and it is 4:48, I will tell you 5:00. If it is 11:33 I will say it is 11:35. I don't like it when the numbers aren't even. Brandon asked me once how I figure 11:33 is closer to 11:35 than 11:30 and I didn't even know how to answer. It just is.

-If I am transferring money between my accounts, say making a payment on a credit card or something, I also don't like uneven numbers. Example: Say there is $246.85 in our checking account (just an example) and I need to make a payment of $35.00 onto some credit card or into another account, I will just round it up to $46.85, so that the balance in the account will be an even $200.00. Or I will do the opposite and pay off enough on the credit card or put into the other account so that it is an even number, like $200, or $250. NEVER $234.48. Or $529.83. These kinds of numbers stress me out.

-When I'm getting gas I try SO hard to end the $ number on an even number, like $40.00 even, or $20.00 even. It legitimately bothers me when it is something like $23.29. Ugh.

- Brandon burns video games with our laptop, so he has to add lots of files onto it to burn the games. He then deletes the files and the computer is back to normal, but when I go on the computer and see our hard drive space when you click on "Computer" and it shows you how much space it has and it's red and almost full, I HATE it. I told Brandon when he was on it once, I said "Ugh that scares me how little space we have...". He was mystified how I could say "scares me". How can I be scared at how little space is on our computer when I know he just deletes the files after and it's fine? I don't know I just hate it. It makes me want to get another computer so I don't have to see how full it is. ALSO if there are too many icons on the desktop I don't even want to use the computer, it stresses me out. I will delete almost all of them.

-I used to count things I would do in my head. I never really noticed I was doing this till about 2 or 3 years ago. I suddenly realized, hey, I count ALL THE TIME. I don't even think Brandon knows this. I would just count, like "1,2,3" when I was tapping something, or when I was walking I would count my steps and I would usually go up to 10 and then start over. I have no idea where this came from... Then one day I said "Wait why am I counting?!" so when I would catch myself doing it I would distract myself and start thinking about something else so I couldn't count. I managed to break that habit but how weird right? ...

So these are a few examples of why I think I am a little OCD. Believe me there is more, but these are good examples I feel. Any thoughts? Am I a little OCD?...

12 Goals for 2012

(Don't worry, the header and design of this bloggy blog is temporary until I have time to put some work into it, so just pretend it looks better.)

I will post more about Christmas and New Years later, but for right now here are 12 of my Goals for 2012. I like "Goals" better than "Resolutions" because I want a list of things I want to accomplish in 2012, not a list of things that I will try to do in January but then forget about in February. :)

 (What in the world is my excuse!?)

 (Link is HERE if you're interested. I have a bunch of stuff I need to add soon...)

(I've never been!)

 (AKA Buy less stuff.)

 (Okay I have lots of friends, but not so many in Provo anymore, so I want to grow some of the friendships I already have any make some new ones too.)

 (I went to New York once on a church history tour with my BFF Alyssa, and to Washington DC, but in DC it was raining and we couldn't see much, AND the museums were closed so hopefully I can actually get to experience those when we go visit Brandon's mission area sometime this year!)

 (We've been trying to make it happen for the last 3 summers, so it's BOUND to happen this summer, right??)

So there we have it, 12 Goals for 2012. 

I just wish accomplishing them was as easy as writing them down...