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Settling In

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Well, Kyle and I have been in our new house for a week now! While our official possession date was last Thursday we got our keys the Wednesday night, so we were able to start slowly moving that evening! Really all we did was mop the floors and bring over some kitchen stuff, but it was a great feeling!

Thursday and Friday were spent (mostly by Kyle) moving all the furniture and the rest of the boxes. My brother helped Kyle move on Thursday and he was a huge help. Really, I couldn’t be more thankful for his awesome help! My dad helped on Friday with Kyle’s took box and our queen-size bed, and by noon, we were done moving! It was pretty good timing, if you ask me!

Saturday we used as a day of rest. Kyle had to go back to work on Sunday so we needed a day of “nothing.” It was well deserved since we were both exhausted. Sunday my mom and I cleaned the townhouse top to bottom since our renters moved in Tuesday. Fingers crossed that it all works out okay!

Now, one week after we moved in we’re still settling in, figuring out the functionality of our (seemingly) enormous house. Our living room furniture consists of a horrible old leather chair and some blankets and pillows on the floor (which I’ve lovingly named “the Couch and Loveseat”). This weekend we’ll probably go furniture shopping, although we’re not crazy about having to spend money, having a living room with no furniture isn’t exactly fun either.

I promise I’ll take some photos soon and post them. I know I said that I was going to wait until the place was less messy, but whatever. I’m sure you guys will understand :)

How long did it take you to settle into a new space?

Gettin’ Crafty

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Ah, Pinterest. Such a glorious time waster, no? I’m pretty sure all who have discovered it will agree that is it is the most wonderful place to find inspiration, hilarity, and to kill some time. (And if you haven’t discovered it, we can’t be friends!)

One of my first pins was this pretty little DIY Christmas ornament, featuring a wedding invitation cut up into strips and made curly and then placed inside a clear ball ornament. Horrible description? Let me show you what I mean:

When I saw it, I knew I had to make one out of one of my own wedding invitations. Of course, I’m one of those people who say, “I HAVE to do/try that!” and don’t ever actually do it. I talk big talk, but don’t walk and kind of walk. (I’m more of a shuffler) In fact, I don’t really “craft” at all, but I figured the prettiness was worth a shot.

Over the past weekend my mom had mentioned that she wanted to stop in at Michael’s because they were having a crazy Christmas decoration sale, so I figured I’d check and see if they had any clear Christmas balls available. Ah, Michael’s never fails! I found a HUGE bin of pretty balls that were even plastic so my accident-prone self couldn’t break it. I even found some scrapbooking paper for cheap to reprint one of my wedding invitations onto. (Apparently I save Word documents regarding my wedding but not any actual invitations. Le sigh) The bonus? The two items cost me less that $4! (Amazing because Michael’s is SOOOO expensive!)

So, yesterday after work I got my materials together and started crafting. No, I didn’t take any photos of the process, because again, NOT CRAFTY, but, I am pretty proud of the end result. It’s not quite the same as the one in the photo above, but I’d say I did a damn good job for my first crafting project!

Not too bad eh? And that’s a little Norfolk pine all decked out for Christmas :) There was a smaller sized ball and I knew I should’ve bought the smaller size, but oh well. I also used the same ribbon that I used to tie our wedding favours up with and put the little blue gemstones from my wedding bouquet inside the ball as well. (You can’t really see them in the photos though).

Here’s a close-up photo:

So there yah go! Not too bad for my first attempt, IMHO. :) Now, questions:

Have you remade anything you’ve discovered on Pinterest? (Crafts, food, or anything like that?)
Would you consider yourself a crafty person?

Ten on Tuesday

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1. Do you wear glasses, contacts, or are you one of those perfect eyed people?
I wear glasses, although I’m thinking I’m going to switch over to contacts soon. I can’t go an hour without smudging my glasses up with fingerprints. I miss being a perfect-eyed person :(

2. What is the next item you are going to purchase?
Probably furniture. Or Christmas decorations (like a tree or garland for the mantle).

3. Have you ever watched Judge Judy or any other real court show?
I think I have accidentally. I really don’t understand them.

4. How do you feel about fake nails?
I really don’t like them. They kind of creep me out a little bit. Actually, long nails in general creep me out. Actually, actually – I hate fingernails in general. At least other people’s fingernails.

5. What is your favourite sport to watch?
Definitely hockey, followed by MMA. Nothing’s wrong with getting a little bloody ;)

6. If you could create your own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, what would it be and what would it be named?
I am terribly noncreative when it comes to name giving. I do know that it would have different layers of all my favourite ice cream flavours though. We’ll go with four different flavours.

7. Do you have any scars?
I do. The weirdest one is on my elbow and is from a zipper on an old couch, where a friend picked me up and dropped me on the couch. And I have one on my knee from rollerblading when I was little. Note: Don’t tie the dog’s leash around your waist and have her pull you along a pot-hole filled track. Also don’t do that if said dog is easily distracted by butterflies.

8. Does your pet’s name fit them? Is there a more appropriate name?
It’s a human name, but I think it fits her. I also call her “Stinker” and “Dogface” because well, she has HORRIBLE breath and well, she’s a dog with a face. 

9. What is your favourite television show theme song?
I always find myself singing along to the theme song for The Big Bang Theory, so we’ll go with that. I also find the theme song for The Walking Dead creepishly wonderful.

10. What was your favourite activity on the playground?
I was a big fan of the swings and kickball. Least favourite? The tire swing or the merry-go-round. My elementary school actually took the merry-go-round out after one too many kids bailed off and hurt themselves. Motion sickness may have had something to do with that as well.

What was YOUR favourite playground activity?

Also – I get internet later on today (hopefully!) so I’ll be back blogging on a somewhat regular basis. New home tour coming soon! (As soon as there’s less mess!)