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Melissa's Oklahoma
www.melissasoklahoma.com
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loves Oklahoma, family, friends, taking pictures, and pretty things adores vacations, brunch, and fancy dinners dog lover (owns two) newly married, loves her cutie pie husband & date nights
#299205 in All , #15645 in Personal

Growing a Garden

Growing my first little garden has been real fun and a real learning experience. I’m shocked at the growth explosion (hello tomato plants! whoa zucchini!) and have experienced my first losses. Matt’s...

5 h ago

West Texas Ranch

Over the holiday weekend, Matt and I went to his family reunion at his aunts ranch out in West Texas. The property boasts a simple farm house with a screened in porch, fishing ponds, wild flowers, gr...

2 days ago

Chopped

The last time I got my hair cut was back in October. O-C-T-O-B-E-R as in seven months ago! Not for any particular reason, really, just happened out that way. Well during that time my hair grew pretty...

24 may 12

12 Meals, 12 Months: May

Really enjoyed these fish tacos! The combination of the fresh ingredients, the light flaky fish, and the cilantro lime crema screams SUMMER! I could have licked the bowl that held the cilantro l...

21 may 12

Is that a zucchini in your pocket?

baby zucchini planted in april zucchini plant explosion! You guys... grow up! I mean, is that a zucchini in your pocket? Who says stuff like that? ........................ Your mom does, apparently. ...

16 may 12

Nailed It!

image source (& on pinterest)Hope youre cracking up like I was the very first time I came across this little nugget on pinterest. I guess I find it so funny, because its reality an...

14 may 12

Thoughtful

Matt’s aunt and I had a conversation about gardening the last time she was in town, mostly because she loves to garden and also because I seem to have a new found love for gardening myself....

09 may 12

Shrimp Risotto with Garden Fresh Herbs

Last week, Matt and I were having the Every Single Day Discussion: What’s for dinner? Not wanting to run to the grocery store and not wanting to have take-out, we looked to our own pantry and freezer...

08 may 12

The Veggie Garden

Last week I showed you our scraggly front flower bed, and this week I want to show my favorite garden: the veggie garden! My veggie garden is basically a long raised bed that is separated into three ...

07 may 12

noteworthy on friday

Happy Friday! Hope you have some fantastic plans for this weekend. Lazing around can be considered fantastic plans in my book, by the way. I have plans to organize…wish me luck. Sometimes I fail. + s...

04 may 12

Three Years

Decided to give the blog a little refresher - got rid of the pink and simplified things around here with a muted turquoise and an old timey typewriter font, which I love.  Makes me feel lik...

03 may 12

Front Flower Bed Re-Do

Guilty of mostly posting “our best” on the ole blog, I seriously almost didn’t post photos regarding our front flower bed. Mostly because it is way not anywhere near perfection. Not even close, not e...

02 may 12

Scent of the Season

Our entire little neighborhood is perfumed with the scent of honeysuckle. I first recognized the  subtly sweet scent when I had ventured out for a morning jog several days ago.  It too...

01 may 12

Book Club {April}

Book image via GoodreadsJustin Cronin, an award winning author, wrote the book chosen for this months book club read.  Here’s the synopsis according to Goodreads: With a rare combination of...

30 apr 12

Tee Time

Totally meant to do a Noteworthy on Friday post, because its been a couple hot minutes since the last one...but I just got done playing golf instead.I played badly, it was really windy, and I ha...

27 apr 12

Sunset with Mom

When we were home visiting my parents, my mom and I took a short walk down to the end of their street and enjoyed this pretty sunset together. My parents neighborhood backs up to an open field with a...

26 apr 12

12 Meals, 12 Months: April

For April’s 12 in 12 Meal Challenge I wasn’t sure what to make. Nothing sounded really good and I was, pretty much, feeling uninspired. Until Hollie posted a recipe for Jalapeno Ranch Chicken on her ...

25 apr 12

Cookie Time

I don’t know how I got so lucky, but my husband is freakin’ gifted at making tasty things. You guys, these cookies are delicious. They are thin with edges that are perfectly crispy and centers that a...

24 apr 12

Weekending

This weekend we road tripped down to my parents house for a few days. With all the rain we’ve received, the drive was beautiful blue open skies and GREEN everywhere.  My parents were so proud of...

23 apr 12

Art Night

Last week my friend Caitlin invited me along to "Art Night."  She and a couple gals in her neighborhood meet every week to do something crafty, chit chat, and drink wine.  Last week...

19 apr 12

His & Hers | Vacation Styles

My husband and I both enjoy getting away. I probably enjoy going on vacation slightly more than he does, but then again, I probably enjoy vacation slightly more than most people. Seriously, I’m all a...

18 apr 12

Chocolate Mint & the Garden Shed

Mint, I’ve read and heard, is very invasive and should be planted in a pot as opposed to right in the midst of your herb garden. So that’s exactly what I did. I chose the variety known as chocolate m...

17 apr 12

Rainy Weekend

 It rained this weekend and Friday a tornado hit the middle of town. It was a small tornado, as far as size goes with tornados, that seemed to just touch and bounce its way through the center of...

16 apr 12

Subscribed

Joining in on the "what do you subscribe to" posts, I present you with my three current magazine subscriptions:   Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, & InStyle.   I...

10 apr 12

Dig It

Never, in my life, have I ever spent this much time gardening. Actually, Ive never ever really done any kind of gardening at all.  Between researching, shopping for plants, turning over soi...

09 apr 12

Good Eats: Greek White Bean Salad

I’ve made this meal for myself several times over the last month. It’s a light and fresh dish that’s super easy to make. I eyeballed the ingredients, but here’s an approximation:1 can of white n...

05 apr 12

End of the Day

Contrasting the day it rained, when I had no choice but to slow down and forget about my list, today I was able to get things done. Productivity felt good and a pretty sunset topped things off nicely...

05 apr 12

Rain

A thunderstorm rolled in late last night and has continued off and on into today.  Before it arrived. in the middle of the night, I lay awake in bed restless, my mind was going a ...

03 apr 12

12 Meals, 12 Months: March

Sliding in with March’s meal on the very last day of the month is spaghetti and meatballs. I must say that this meal seems much too heavy for today because Oklahoma has been experiencing shorts, tank...

01 apr 12

Book Club {March}

Before March even began, I was completly finished with the selected book. Obviously I liked it. A lot! I’m pretty sure this is another YA book (which, by the way, is all I’ve been reading lately…mayb...

29 mar 12

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