Easter Printable!

I decided it was time to do another printable!

Since it is Easter, I wanted to do a religious printable.

After all, the whole reason we celebrate Easter is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  And I don't have any religious decorations for Easter.

So here is the printable!

I made it as an 8x10.  Just right-click to save it to your computer.

I usually download mine to Walmart.com and pick it up at my local Walmart, but for some reason my Walmart was having problems and wasn't letting me order it for the 1-hour photo printing :(

So I don't have any pictures of it framed.

I made it in three other colors:

{Gray}

{Green}

{Purple}

Oh, and if you're not yet a follower, I'd love for you to be one!

I have another printable coming up soon.

One at a time, peeps!  One at a time . . .

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Why I love the thrift store . . .

Thrift stores used to scare me.

Seriously.

I looked around and all I saw was other people's crap.

Now, I get excited to go to the thrift store!

There are so many hidden treasures waiting to be discovered there.

Things that just need a little . . . something to make them special.

Here are my thrift store treasures from this past week:

Each and every one of these things will get some spray paint.

Don't you love that mirror??  It's a mirror-tray, but after it gets a few coats of some spray-paint, it may be hanging on my wall somewhere . . .

And that lamp - I'm so excited about that lamp!  It will be gorgeous when I'm done with it.  Mwah ha ha ha!

And the plate and the vase will become one project.  Just needs a little glue and, you guessed it, spray paint!

Now if only it would warm up around here so that I could actually get these projects done.  It's been snowing here, which means no spray paint.  Which means no projects.  Which means :( for me!

So cross your fingers and send good thoughts my way so that we can get some sunshine and let spring appear!!!

Hope you are all having a FABULOUS weekend!

Did I mention that I turned 30 last week?

Well I did!  And I'm excited about it!  After all, 30 is the new 20, right??? 

Spring Banner

I made this fun, bright and cheery Spring banner to hang in my house!

It's almost like the one I made for my 100 Followers Giveaway, but I decided to add some burlap.  And I couldn't find my twine so I hot-glued it onto a piece of ribbon.

It was so easy to make -

I cut everything out {except the burlap} on my Cricut.  Then I used a glue stick to glue it all together.  I used a bowl to trace a circle on the burlap and cut it out, then spray-glued it on.

And, of course, I had to add a little bling!

Another close-up shot:

I love decorating for the seasons!  It's fun changing things up a bit in my house.  Keeps things fresh and new :)

I had everything on-hand so the banner cost me nothing!

Can I get a woot-woot!

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Did you know???

I have a Facebook page for {Loving Every Second}!

Now, I only have 23 followers right now.  Let's get that number up!

You can click here or there's a button on my sidebar that you can click on, somewhere in this direction . . . --->

When I reach 100 followers on Facebook, I will do a giveaway!

Not sure what it will be yet, but it will be good, I promise.

I will be sharing links to projects on other people's blogs there.  Maybe I'll even share a link to one of YOUR projects!  Exciting, huh?  I know, I know, you can hardly contain yourselves . . . but try.

So what are you waiting for?  Just "Like" me already!

BBQ Chicken Salad - Yum!

Time for another recipe!

This is one of our favorite meals.

I used to get the BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad at Cheesecake Factory every time I went.  So yummy!  I decided to make my own version at home: 

This really is an easy and delicious meal!

The amount of the ingredients depend on how many people you are preparing it for.  This recipe will be for a serving of four.

BBQ Chicken Salad

4 Chicken breasts, grilled and diced

Iceberg lettuce - 1 head, chopped

Red leaf lettuce - 1 head, chopped

2 tomatoes, diced

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 package frozen corn (you could use canned corn instead)

1/2 yellow or purple onion (whatever you have on hand), diced

1 cup chopped cilantro

1-2 avocados, diced

1 cucumber, chopped

BBQ sauce (your favorite kind)

Ranch dressing

Start with the chicken.  I grill mine.  Make sure to season it nicely with garlic salt and pepper and any seasoning you like!  While the chicken is grilling, chop your lettuce.  I chop mine into bite-sized pieces, then wash it in the colander.

While the lettuce is drying, prepare your toppings.  Chop the cilantro, dice the tomato, onion, avocado and cucumber.  Cook/warm the corn and drain/rinse the beans.

When the chicken is done, dice it up into bite-sized pieces.  Add some BBQ sauce, maybe about 1/3 cup, to the chicken and stir to coat it.  If you want a little more, by all means, add a little more!

You are ready to assemble your salad!

Start with your lettuce and then add any toppings you want:

Add your chicken last.
For the dressing, I drizzle a little bit of ranch, maybe a tablespoon or two.  Then, I drizzle more BBQ sauce, a good couple tablespoons.  That's what makes the salad, in my opinion!  That and the cilantro - don't forget the cilantro.

Voila!  

You have a super tasty and healthy salad!

You could even throw on some green or red peppers.  

Mmmm, that would be good!

Try it out, you won't be disappointed!


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