Easy Peasy Soup

I'm not a person who likes soups. 

But when I'm sick or its a cold rainy day, 

I crave them really bad.

But right with it being +100 degrees outside 

I've been craving a healthy meal.

I saw on Melissa.Jaine

(if you haven't checked out Mellissa's blog,

you MUST!)

that she had a simple recipe for pea soup,

Easy Peasy Soup.

One word: DE-LISH!

I personally think that they key ingredient is garlic and

I would advice to anyone considering making this to 

put a WHOLE garlic clove.

Enjoy!

DIY: FOE hair ties

I've been seeing those FOE (Fold Over Elastic) hair ties 

and I've been wanting to get my hands on them.

Everywhere I looked I found them TOO

expensive until Etsy...yes, Etsy.

I found this amazing store, 

Just Felt Supplies & More, 

where you can actually purchase 

FOE by the yard 

for a very affordable price 

(5yds for ~$1.50)

and DIY-it.

Here's a mini-tutorial on how to make them:

buy your FOE
 

measure it out between 8.5" -  9" 

fold it in half and tie the end

VOILÀ!

I'm lame and I stuck to neutrals




You can get FOE in a ton of colors.
You can wear these in your hair or on your wrists
as an accessories.
They are practical, inexpensive and fun!

*I was not compensated to write this post.*

Private Sale Event - mark.

I totally forgot to post this on Monday as part of 

my "mark. Monday" saga, but

better late than never. 

mark. is having another great sale...

"Private Sale Event"

Check out these amazing deals!

Interested in any of these items?

Leave a comment below 

or 

email me at inesmark.representative@gmail.com

The items are NOT available on the eboutiques and are

ONLY available via your mark. reps.

Sale ends 7/12

Nail Polishes - A Review

I've been on this kick lately to paint my own

toes every week.

I NEVER use to paint my toes. 

I found it too much of a pain in the ass the whole 

painting-sitting uncomfortably-waiting till it dries-then removing the color. 

But lately I started getting addicted to it. I don't know what sparked it,

but now I have a horrible addiction at buying nail polishes and controlling

myself to not paint my just-newly-painted toenails.

I decided that aside from me painting them, I would

also do "at-home-pedicures" (but I'll leave that for another post.)

Back to my nail polish addiction...

Lately, I've been loving the Sonia Kashuk for Target nail polishes.

There are only about 10 colors an only $4.79!!! 

(compared to Essie, which is +$7)

The other day at Target I was figuring out which nail polish 

color to buy. 

I was going back and forth between Essie and Sonia Kashuk.

I did what every girl does, put a little on my thumb nail and walked

around the store until I was convinced. 

Needless to say, I didn't remove the tested nail polish from my

nail and this is what came of it...

ignore my dry cuticle...stupid desert weather :/

After X amount of days being careless with 

this painted thumb nail, Sonia Kashuk nail polish held pretty 

well and only just started chipping, 

while Essie's chipping was much more...drastic.

This majorly convinces me to keep 

purchasing Sonia Kashuk's nail polishes, 

but it wont stop me from 

splurging once in a while on the 

vast array of colors from Essie. 

I know there are a ton

of nail polish brands out there...

which are some of your favorites?

*I was not compensated to write this post.*

Euro Cup 2012

FB status from DH

Last Friday the Euro Cup began.

(its like the World Cup, but only for European countries)

If you recall, I'm a HUGE soccer/football fanatic.

Its in the genes :) 

I'm up and ready early to watch all the matches, mainly

the ones Spain plays in. 

But I'm either checking scores on my iPhone or 

catching the match.

Four years ago, for the Euro Cup, I was

living in Austria and my family and I got 

to go to ALL the games Spain played.

Let me just say that watching the final 

of Spain vs Germany was...

unbelievable. 

Here are some pictures from the "Spain vs Russia" 

match at the Euro Cup 2008 in Salzburg, Austria:

pre-game

my dad and I

(Spain= red ; Russia=white)

I would love to be at these matches again,

but I'm perfectly content not having to deal with the 

crazy fans from the comfort of my own couch!

DYI: Sewing Table

For a while I was looking for a sewing table because I was 

getting annoyed having to lug my sewing machine 

on/off the computer table. 

The, a few months ago DH bought me a 

1940s Kenmore Sewing 

Machine and Table for $50...SCORE!

I loved it. 

However, I felt like it needed a bright makeover. 

The first color that came to mind...mustard yellow!

BEFORE

AFTER

(please ignore the mess. this is the only
messy room allowedin the house...hahaha)

This was DH's and mine first DYI project 

(I think DH was mostly excited about using his tools more than anything).

DH did most of the work while I did most of the painting. 

The project was easy.

This is what we did, to sum it up: 

sand, dust, paint, dry, re-paint, dry, paint again, dry, seal it and dry.

I wanted to distress it, however I was a bit scared as to how to go 

on exactly about it. Next time!

I would suggest for anyone wanted to re-paint a piece of furniture is to just go for it. 

Just remember: sand the furniture before painting it and seal the paint at the end.

My Top 10 of How You Know You Married a Marine

Here are my "Top 10 of How You Know You

Married a Marine".

10) Duty

He has had duty the night before, therefore he is in 

dire need of sleep. 

What does that mean?

you have to walk around the house in your tip-toes 

to make sure you don't wake the Hulk him up.

9) Cooking

He does well in placing all the ingredients for dinner

in front of you, even your cellphone if it means take out, 

but cooking, unless grilling, is out of the question.

8) Vehicles

You have asked, begged and even pleaded for 

him to wash your car. 

What does he do?

Washes his own car.

What do you do?

"forget" to wash his clothes.

7) Paperwork

Whether he's deploying in a month or has to update

something at DEERS, he will ALWAYS wait 

until the last minute to do so, therefore

leaving you in a frantic-frenzy giving him the

"I-loathe-you" stare because

you have a million-and-one things to 

do that day.

6) Morning

(this easily fits with #10)

He will have fifty-milllion alarms going off which, of course,

wake you up. Then he makes all the noise

in the world to get ready and tells you to go back to sleep. 

5) Camis

If your spouse is in the Marines they

have two types of camis: woodlands and deserts.

(my fave are the deserts)

When its that time of the year to change from woodlands to deserts

they get extremely anal annoyed if their blouses and

trousers don't.match.exactly.

4) Marine Corps Ball

(this can relate to #5)

When its ball season, they are the ones who take

F.O.R.E.V.E.R. to get ready. 

The funny part is that you will see their buddies, or him, adjust a button

that doesn't need adjusting!

3) Acronyms

All I hear from DH is this,

"CNN to the ESPN for TBS and NBC"

and then I politely proceed smile and nod and act

like I know what he's talking about.

2) Change of Plans

"We have to get married when?!?!?"

DH and I had that issue where the Marine Corps

made asked us change our wedding date a dozen times. 

Unfortunately, that wont be the last time the Marine

Corps will change its mind. Be ready!

1) Sunday - Haircuts

That moment when he realizes he needs to get his 

haircut at 10pm, so he locks himself in the bathroom for 

an hour.

When you enter the bathroom you find it messy and filled

with those annoying little head-hairs, that seem to stick to everything.

When you go look for him he replies with, "I'll clean it up" which 

actually translates to "I'll just wait for you to clean it up."

What are some of your "top 10"?

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Wrap Recipe

As I'm looking at all my posts recently, I have noticed that my main topic is food.
Is it because I lead such a thrilling and adventurous life? Sad to say, no. I lead a pretty...ummm...dull life at the moment. So what do I do tame my crazy-self, I dig my cookbooks, log onto allrecipes.com, check out Jamie Oliver's latest dish and prepare myself for some riveting meal planning!

I'm the kind of weird person that doesn't eat much spicy/hot foods - because I can't really handle the heat - yet, I'm the first person to order the spiciest/hottest food eat it, sweat like crazy, chug a liter of water and still will always re-order that same item. I told you, odd!

Here's something hot and spicy for those hot and spicy palettes....

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Wrap

(adapted & tweaked from My Kitchen Apron)

Ingredients :

     

- 3 - 4 frozen chicken breasts (yes, frozen...DON'T thaw)

- 1 bottle Frank's Wings Buffalo Sauce (add to your liking!)        

- 1 packet Ranch Dip Mix             

- 2 TBSP butter

- small flour tortillas

- blue cheese crumbles

Directions:

- Put frozen chicken, wing sauce, and ranch dip mix into crock pot.

- Cook on low at least 6 hours

- Using two forks, shred chicken & return to crock pot.

- Add butter and mix with the sauce

- Cook on low for an additional hour

- heat the tortilla, add the chicken (make sure to drain the liquid so it doesn't get messy), add some blue cheese crumbles and enjoy!

Fierce Fashion Sale - mark.

Check out this awesome 

sale mark. is having...

up to 80% OFF!!!

check out my mark. store by going to

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Have an amazing weekend!!!