I'm Lovin' It

No I'm not talking about McDonald's, although Carson and I did take a few walks there this week to get out into the sunshine and go get a redbox, and ok maybe I did get one of their $1 any size sodas, I'm lovin' that deal. Anyways....I'm talking about my new lamp! I love it! My sisters and I had another craft night on Thursday. So before Thursday I scoured some thrift stores to find a lamp that was still good looking but cheaper than buying it brand new...which I did score a pretty sweet deal- $2.50 for my lamp! You can't beat Goodwill! So after I found my amazing deal of a lamp I went to Wal-mart and bought some ruffled trim, I knew it wouldn't be enough to cover the whole shade (even though the shade is on the smaller side) so I went to Michael's and found the same exact trim but for double the price and less trim. Dang oh well I was determined to make the shade all cute. So total cost around $13. Yeah yeah the trim was more expensive then the lamp- being around $10, but it's the simplest craft ever once you have all the supplies! All you do is hot glue the trim to fit the shade and wah lah! Isn't she a beauty? If you already have a lamp (preferably a smaller shade) that you wanna give a face lift--give it a try, I suggest buying your trim at Wal-Mart though, you may have to go to a few Wal-Marts if they don't have enough of the same kind at one. 


Anyway...that was my big accomplishment for the week and it took less than an hour...well after I bought everything. This past week was kinda a crazy one. Sunday I started feeling sick, Carson had just got done from being sick the whole previous week and somewhere along the way either he caught another bug or I did and we passed it on to each other. Soooo Sunday-Wednesday we were both sick but it was pretty minor, but Thursday came along and my voice decided to leave me, it still hasn't returned, along with a sore throat and nasty cough. Carson had all the same symptoms but instead of losing his voice he had a runny nose. Poor boy, sick for two weeks! So we spent a lot of time together, taking walks, taking naps, taking little trips to the store, talking to daddy on the phone, eating Cheerios---man this kid loves his Cheerios, he will go to the cupboard where they are, pull them out and bring them to me and whine until he gets some. He should be the poster child for Cheerios. 

This was right after he brought me the Cheerios, then I started taking pictures and he got mad that I wasn't giving him Cheerios haha

 He loves his daddy too, every time I'm talking to Keith on the phone he'll reach for it and then put it up to his ear and say, "hi," "hi," "hi." It's so cute. 

On Monday, we had FHE with my sister and her family. We went to Cost Plus World Market & the Mall for our activity. I had never been to Cost Plus before, it was pretty sweet to see all the home decor and furniture items from different countries. My favorite section was the chocolate, they have chocolate from; Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and many more & so many different flavors. They also had different candies from my childhood you can't find anymore...like mars bars, I miss those babies. There were too many chocolates to choose from so I randomly decided on these babies and boy were they good.

It was like eating chocolate hazelnut pringles. I'm taking Keith back there when he gets home to try out some more of their chocolate.

Saturday was absolutely gorgeous..in the 80s. Even though Carson and I were still sick I decided some sunshine would do us some good. So we went and walked the greenbelt in Downtown Boise with my sister and her daughter. Then ate out at Boise Fry Company afterwards. They have all different sauces, seasonings, & fries to try- it's pretty sweet. I liked the blueberry ketchup and the chipotle sauce best. I think I'm gonna get the bourgeious fries next time we go. I read an article about the restaurant and they said you absolutely have to try these fries! They are fried in duck fat and seasoned with truffle salt. Sooo yeah I know it sounds a little weird but if they charge $8.00 for them they must taste like heaven. The burgers were delish too!  I found this little blurb from a blog when looking for pictures of BFC, I thought he explained the concept pretty well.

I have to thank my car’s GPS for pointing me towards the Boise Fry Company. Their fries were phenomenal and what better place to eat deep fried potatoes than Idaho! I love their fry bar concept. You pick what kind of potato you want, what kind of cut, and few minutes later you get a bowl full of amazing fries. You then have a choice of about 25 kinds of salts and sauces for your fries. It was so much fun and so cheap! We had a regular cut purple potato fries, curly cut laura potato fries and po’balls which are like tater tots. We doused each one in different combinations of salts and sauces. I loved their smoked hickory salt and their rosemary garlic salt. I still think about these fries!

Relaxing in the shade after our walk.

Playin' at Julia Davis Park.

Boise Fry Company's Menu

Some of the many fries- they even have purple ones, and sweet potato fries--mmmm my favorite! Can you tell we love our potatoes here in IDAHO??!!! 

So....besides being sick (and still am) for the majority of the week we still managed to make it a good memorable week. We're anxiously awaiting our favorite person to come home hopefully this Friday :)

Happy Weekend Everyone