I spent most of today buying and selling furniture. It's really quite exciting knowing that I've just furnished my second room/office for about $130 (this includes 4 pieces of furniture - 3 piece[chair] couch, a huge bookshelf, a coffee table, a new printer stand)! How amazing! All I have left for the office is our desks which each cost $180 (new) and some accessories. Still pretty good!
I've also gotten rid of two TVs! I also have a butterfly chair, cd rack, 2 lap trays, and a side table/printer or tv stand up for sale. Let's hope someone grabs.
New best friends: Craigslist & Freecycle
and PS if anyone sees a candelabra for an amazing price or FREE, definitely let me know!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Christmas/Birthday List... so far
For the sake of... well... my husband (by his request) I've started to compile a "Christmas/Birthday List"
so far... (which isn't very far)
I'm sure there will be more to add later. After all, it's only October.
so far... (which isn't very far)
- a pair of Tom's shoes, like this or this in size 6.5
- a magazine subscription to Real Simple (I have a great coupon for it too)
- Ticket to Ride board game
- Wicked The Grimmerie: a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical (hardcover)
I'm sure there will be more to add later. After all, it's only October.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
An Oregonian at Heart?
Aaron and I went to Oregon last week... and it was AWESOME. I really like it up there. I discovered that I can't handle the streets in downtown because they're too crammed and busy, but other than that I felt like I fit in. It's weird to say because I never really admit this aloud, but I think I feel most comfortable with the artsy-hippy crowd that exists in Portland. Not to mention that Powell's - the best book store ever - also exists in Portland, and I can definitely handle that! 3 stories high, one city block large, new and used books on the same shelves... c'mon! An amazing bookstore and constant reading weather (foggy chill), what wouldn't I totally love about being in this city (except for the driving, we already established that).
It should however be noted that I do turn into ultra-nerd in Oregon. We went on this amazing hike (behind waterfalls and all!) and I was totally content taking photos of mushrooms. Uh huh, mushrooms. I intend to post the pictures for my very-large(hardly existent) fan base here soon. Some of them turned out to be pretty cool.
The last day we were in Portland we went to this cute cafe called "Sound Grounds." The coffee was great, they had art on the wall (good art too, not corporate reprints of crappy patterns mixed up and called art), and they sold vynals on the side. Uh... yeah...
The houses there are even cute. I mean it's all that slightly old architecture that looks like it's transitioning out of the victorian style, but is way cute. I'd love to own a house like that. I can picture myself growing old in a house on a cute little, tree-laiden street. That's after I have kids playing under the large oak tree and building forts in the backyard, of course.
Oh Portland of my heart...
It should however be noted that I do turn into ultra-nerd in Oregon. We went on this amazing hike (behind waterfalls and all!) and I was totally content taking photos of mushrooms. Uh huh, mushrooms. I intend to post the pictures for my very-large(hardly existent) fan base here soon. Some of them turned out to be pretty cool.
The last day we were in Portland we went to this cute cafe called "Sound Grounds." The coffee was great, they had art on the wall (good art too, not corporate reprints of crappy patterns mixed up and called art), and they sold vynals on the side. Uh... yeah...
The houses there are even cute. I mean it's all that slightly old architecture that looks like it's transitioning out of the victorian style, but is way cute. I'd love to own a house like that. I can picture myself growing old in a house on a cute little, tree-laiden street. That's after I have kids playing under the large oak tree and building forts in the backyard, of course.
Oh Portland of my heart...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Book Club
I think it'd be cool to start a book club. I think a dinner book club would be cool. I like to host people so I wouldn't mind hosting it (at least a few times). And I think it's cool to be building common group based on books. ...because I like books.
It'd be cool to do a book per month for one year - meeting once a month. All year we can have a theme - like Coming of Age, Strong Women Leads, Love Stories, Memoirs . Or we could pull books off some list (like the Pulitzer Prize winners).
Just a thought... maybe I'll act on it someday!
It'd be cool to do a book per month for one year - meeting once a month. All year we can have a theme - like Coming of Age, Strong Women Leads, Love Stories, Memoirs . Or we could pull books off some list (like the Pulitzer Prize winners).
Just a thought... maybe I'll act on it someday!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Toms Shoes
So... at work I called a girl to tell her about TeachOverseas... instead she totally sold me on her company!
Check this out! www.tomsshoes.com For every pair of shoes you buy, they give a pair of shoes to a poor child in another country who cannot afford shoes. They're super cute shoes too! So, for Christmas or my birthday... I want a pair!
Check this out! www.tomsshoes.com For every pair of shoes you buy, they give a pair of shoes to a poor child in another country who cannot afford shoes. They're super cute shoes too! So, for Christmas or my birthday... I want a pair!
It's just one of those days that I'm really ready to give up on everything. I've just been too busy for anything good to happen. And I just paid $150 for a really dumb mistake that (if I have to admit it...) I made.
I just go through these periods though... periods of my life where I'm too busy and can't handle life. I rest in the assurance that this too shall pass because it has before.
And this TV and PS3 purchase... still haunting me. I still think it's overwhelming and silly that we spent money on these things. And I realize what a true time-waste both are. All the way to the extend that they are persuading some of us to not take care of our responsibilities around the house. I understand how they do it - they both sit there in the livingroom suttling whispering, "just play for a little bit." "I miss you." "Spend time with me." But other people are saying it a lot louder! -clears her throat - ehhem... ME!
And on top of all this... today I set out a black shirt that I was going to put on before I went to work. I put on the undershirt and left the black shirt lying on the bed. Now, note that the bed is fairly large - queen size - and nothing else was on the bed (other than pillows of course). Silas comes waltzing in and decides to take a siesta on the bed... oh, but not just on the bed, also right on my shirt! Hello!!! There's the whole bed and you chose to lay on the 2sq. feet that's taken by my shirt! UH! C'mon!
Ok... maybe life it's THAT bad!
I just go through these periods though... periods of my life where I'm too busy and can't handle life. I rest in the assurance that this too shall pass because it has before.
And this TV and PS3 purchase... still haunting me. I still think it's overwhelming and silly that we spent money on these things. And I realize what a true time-waste both are. All the way to the extend that they are persuading some of us to not take care of our responsibilities around the house. I understand how they do it - they both sit there in the livingroom suttling whispering, "just play for a little bit." "I miss you." "Spend time with me." But other people are saying it a lot louder! -clears her throat - ehhem... ME!
And on top of all this... today I set out a black shirt that I was going to put on before I went to work. I put on the undershirt and left the black shirt lying on the bed. Now, note that the bed is fairly large - queen size - and nothing else was on the bed (other than pillows of course). Silas comes waltzing in and decides to take a siesta on the bed... oh, but not just on the bed, also right on my shirt! Hello!!! There's the whole bed and you chose to lay on the 2sq. feet that's taken by my shirt! UH! C'mon!
Ok... maybe life it's THAT bad!
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