Home Improvement

Well, in case you hadn't noticed, this last week was a pretty long one. Saturday came for me as a very welcome relief from work, from setting an alarm, from wearing work-appropriate clothes, from having to look together, etc. I slept in until TEN O' CLOCK for cryin' out loud. I don't remember the last time I did that. But I really liked it.

Sam and I went down to the big city to do a little shopping for our new little apartment and to eat Red Robin. These pictures actually don't show hardly anything that we bought, because we haven't hung any of it up yet. But stay tuned.

Sam has become quite the handyman these days. We snagged this dresser for FREE and it was minus several handles and the left middle drawer had no slat to sit on, so it just fell through into the bottom drawer. But Sam fixed it up quite nicely. 

Funny story: I got this crib for free also from work using Accolade points that I earn just for doing my job. Sam and I were really gung-ho about putting it together, but then we got to a step that just wasn't possible because the blasted legs were WRONG. The hole in the top was drilled 2 inches too low on 2 of the 4 legs. We were outraged. Sam called the company to get new posts, and the girl told him that because we didn't have any warranty or receipt information, that we would have to fork over $45 for new legs. So after steaming over that for 3 weeks or so, Sam called the company again ready to make some demands. Sweet British Cynthia answered the phone and kindly helped us reassemble our crib in the right way, and magically, every piece was manufactured perfectly.

I made this blanket with my own two hands. A nice old lady at work taught me how to crochet, and so I single stitched two skeins of pink yarn together, added tassels, and hung it on our crib. I'm busting my buttons just looking at it.

 

My curtains! I've had a hard time with these puppies. They didn't turn out quite as I envisioned, but thanks to A LOT of positive feedback from Sam, I don't think I'll burn them and rip the rod from the wall. I tied them with twine and I think I'll hot glue a little sunflower or something on the tie.

Sam bought me the bag of my dreams this Saturday. I think I tricked him into it by saying that we can use it as a diaper bag, but the more I look at it, I just don't think it's going to happen. Also, thanks again to Jenna for the ULTRA comfy maternity dress.

This might be my favorite improvement to our house. I got this shelving for free from work as well, and we've turned a little closet in our kitchen into a bonified pantry. I love it. 

And last, but certainly not least, is Sam's Burnin' Love Burger at Red Robin on Saturday. It came with a whole jalepeno pepper speared right on top of it. It was quite a sight.

Our NEW apartment!!!

This is the view in the summers from up the street and down the street from the temple. It's a beautiful sight.

This is our kitchen. We love how open it is. You can see to your right the front door and right next to the front door is a pantry where we are planning on keeping food storage. 

This is our hallway. As you walk down the hallway to your right you will see our bathroom which is across from our very own washer and dryer! Then further back on the right will be our babies room and to the left is our room.

I must say Megan did a great job with those curtains! This view is if you were standing almost in the hallway facing the kitchen. The front door is to your left. 

This is our living room. You can't see all the space we have in there (sorry) but it's a decent amount. Also that big couch is the sectional the previous renters left us. It's pretty sweet. 

This is our bathroom. We love it. 

Here is our babies room. (we had problems setting up the crib. The manufactures apparently made one of the ends holes an inch away from where it should be so we can't connect the end's to the side rail. 

Here is another view of the babies room

Here is our bedroom!

Another angle

I like how the room angles off like that

Our super big closet. The babies closet is the same size.

SO we have a lot of work still to get our house decorated with pictures and such, but thus far we love this apartment. It's big and spacious and the AC works great. We are very pleased to call this place home.

Bright, shiny, and news

Bright!

It's finally March! February and I have never gotten along very well. February Schmebruary if I have anything to say about it. Just scoot Valentines Day to some other lonely month and lets skip February. But it's over! And while the first week of March was pretty unpredictable (i.e., it would be 40 degrees and sunny til about 3 pm and then it would snow quarter sized flakes for 3 hours), I think the worst is over. We've had sunny skies all weekend! Heck, I wore shorts and flip flops all day yesterday! We turned off the heat and opened the windows!!! Pretty unfortunate timing for that though, because according to Sam, for some reason the air smelled like "horse dung."

Shiny.

This is our old microwave. Well, it's a dumpster, but our old microwave is in there. We got it for free, which was a blessing. It had no light, and no buttons. Just two dials. It served us well for almost eight months of wedded bliss. Rest in peace, Ugly Broken.

And this is our new microwave!!! It's beautiful! And so smart! It knows the time! And it has a popcorn button!! We're thrilled.

Lastly, news! Or maybe anti-news.

I guess we jumped the gun on the announcement that we're moving to Georgia. It probably won't happen this summer. It just doesn't make to much sense right now, unless you ask the emotional, irrational sides of us that say "SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY ON MOVING TO GEORGIA!! It doesn't matter that you'll have to live as squatters in a cardboard box! It'll be a great story for your kids one day! Babies who grow up homeless have solid character!! You'll be so close to home, and so far away from Canada! You can get sunburned! And eat Zaxby's!!"

We try to keep that side of us at bay. But, eventually, when Sam is done with school, we'll be there!!! And it'll be great. And it'll make sense to all sides of us. And we'll eat a lot of Zaxby's.