Shout Out: Speed Dial

So this weekend a friend of mine showed me a really cool app for Google Chrome. Google Chrome is my favorite web browser and I don't like to use anything else. He showed me an awesome app called Speed Dial. (link here) This app allows you to make your browser page look like this!

You get to totally customize how this looks.

The options page looks like this. 

     The top two drop down menu's allow you to choose the number of rows and columns that you want. The bar below that allows you to choose distance between buttons. Then you can choose the background image or background color. It was so much fun to set up!

     To set a button simple click on it and it will bring up a set dial menu like this. 

The "Title" allows you to put a title above each picture but I choose not to do this in order to make it look cleaner. The "URL" is where you put the website that you want to link to. Then you can find a picture online to set as the image for the button. Choose something that will make it obvious as to what that button is. For example, use a logo for the website like I did with Hulu and YouTube. 

I absolutely love using this. It makes my web surfing so much easier. I never forget any of the things that I regularly check and it is so much easier than using the bookmarks. Give this a try and your internet will be OrganizedForReal!

Update: Condo after pictures!

   So after Saturday and Sunday of unpacking this is what our first home looks like! We have done a lot since then but there will be more posts to come on that!

Our living room before...

And after! The living room turned out great! Since this picture we have curtains up and hopefully soon we can start putting pictures on the walls!

Here are our computers (mine on the left, Graham's on the right). Graham spent 2 hours putting my desk together! Thank you hunny! I love it!

Another view of the living room facing our front door.

Here's my awesome kitchen. It's the smallest kitchen that I've ever had but I still make amazing food in it! The electric stove hasn't treated me too badly! I tried to set something (not the food) on fire but that's a story for another time!

And remember that boring, ugly bathroom?

 Isn't it pretty now?

Like I said we still have a lot of work to do but it's our home! Stay tuned for more tips and tricks that I am using and you can be OrganizedForReal!

Update: Unpacking

     So now, I had to figure out how to unpack all this stuff! Luckily we had all weekend to work on it. And I had the help of Graham and his mom, Mary was sooooo much help! 

She'd probably kill me for putting this picture on here but it's the only picture I took of her helping! Sorry Mary!

Mary rocked the kitchen! She said that she didn't really do anything but she helped so much! She worked and worked on the rack in the toaster oven (I don't think I had ever cleaned it because I thought it was beyond help when it was at Graham's apartment) until it shined!!! She unpacked basically all the kitchen for me. Soon I will start posting about some of the cool organizing ideas that I am using in the condo including the kitchen!

Graham worked hard on moving things around in the living room so that I could clean before we set things up since I didn't get a chance to clean before we moved. 

We didn't even lose any of the legs for the couches!!! Yeah!!!!

See? A lot more stuff went into the guest bedroom as we went!

Look! We have closets!!! I am so excited about that! From this picture it looks like Graham was going to get half of the closet but I hadn't hung any of my stuff up yet! He has about a sixth of it now. What can I say? I have a lot of clothes! I also can't wait to share what I did with my shoes with you!

Time to put clothes in the dressers! Can't wait until we have the other dressers for the guest bedroom so then we can put all our clothes away, I still have some in baskets. 

That's all the pictures I have for unpacking, tomorrow you get to see the final reveal! We still have a lot to do but it will give you an idea of how we have the condo set up!

Update: Moving pictures

     So I've put it off for long enough. Do you want to see some pictures of our move? I was planning on taking picture of the condo after I cleaned and before we moved furniture in but then there was a change of plans. I got one picture before we moved in. Here is the wall where our front door is. Isn't it awesome??? We love this wall! Sorry about the spots on the camera lens!

     So I was at work on a Friday and Graham called and said "We are moving... now." We had planned on moving the next day but there was rain in the forecast and rain it did, all weekend and into the next week! It took us about 2 and a half hours to move everything out of the house and into the condo. So here is the tour of the condo after everything was moved in with boxes everywhere. Luckily I had pretty much marked all of the boxes with what room they went in so that it would be easy to unpack. 

Here is the kitchen from the dining room with all of the boxes waiting to be put in the kitchen.

Doesn't look too chaotic right?  

Well, this is the view from the dining room of the living room. Still not too bad...

And then boom, that's where all the stuff is! 

So much stuff!

While I was working on organized boxes, Graham did the touchups in the master bedroom, with the unassembled bed in there and everything! 

He didn't know that I took this picture.

Say hi to the camera Graham!

Here is the guest bedroom, we put extra boxes that didnt have a place in here since we don't have the furniture yet. This room eventually got so full that you couldn't get into it very well. Lol!

So much stuff!

Then from the hallway, this was the view of the living room. I honestly had no idea where to start!

Come back tomorrow for the unpacking pictures!

Recipe: UV Bombsicle

     So a couple nights ago my husband came home with a new kind of alcohol that a friend had suggested, UV Blue. It is blue raspberry vodka. I had no idea how to drink it besides straight up so I went to the UV website, www.uvvodka.com. The first recipe that was listed for UV Blue sounded the best so we decided to give it a try. What to do you have when you put UV Blue and lemonade together?

Take 1 part UV Blue to 3 parts lemonade. Shake with ice.

We made 1/3 cup UV Blue and 1 cup lemonade.

This made the perfect amount for 2 martini glasses! I was just that lucky with the amounts, Graham was impressed. 

Isn't it pretty? And it tastes like candy! So good!

Try it out!

Recipe: Amazing Nutella Brownies

     So here at the Hull's we have a new favorite dessert. Nutella brownies anyone? You are going to be shocked when you hear how easy these are to make. 

1 cup nutella 
10 Tbsp flour
2 eggs

Mix. Pour into greased 8x8 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes! 

     THE END!!! That's it! Can that be any easier? And they are amazing! I ask my husband to describe them in one word. He said "Not overwhelming." That's making me laugh so hard right now! That's two words but we will take it anyway. He explained that you would think they are going to be really rich but they really aren't, which is true. But they are still really good! Tonight was the second time that I have made them and I decided that tonight I would sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top and we both liked it better this way. Don't they look amazing? I couldn't help but cut us each a piece and then I remembered I needed a picture!

     So if you need a simple dessert to throw together quickly, grab 3 ingredients or 4 if you want the chocolate chips too. Mix it together and enjoy! 

Life Update: New Hair!

So I just got back from the salon and I love my hair so I thought I would share my new color and style with you! 

Ok, so maybe not the best pictures but what do you think? I went a little darker and I brought my bangs back! And if you'll notice, you get a sneak peek of the condo!!!