Score!

Brought Brad his phone charger at work today because he accidentally forgot to charge his phone last night.

He's rewarding me with a surprise lunch date so we can have time together! Yay!

He rocks my socks.

In case you were wondering...

I'm a Joann's junkie. Lately, all I want to do is find a way to go rummage through their remnant fabrics and find a need for one. Today I scored an awesome fabric to cover the pillows on the couch that need a little revival. I say this as if I'm a pro...but I'm SO not. I have to keep myself busy with pillows because my dress is stumping me. THANKFULLY, because of the other remnant fabric that I bought forever ago to practice on, it's ok that it's beating me because I haven't even cut the real fabric yet. Seriously, who doesn't love the remnants?!

Next on my list of things to do...PACK because I'm going to Indiana in a week!

Also, thanks to all of the ladies I know that are on crafty kicks lately (I'd name them but there are a WHOLE lot of them!) I have been inspired...and have totally been stalking the crafty do it yourself blogs...and I would like to find one that has a cute idea for storage in the sewing room. It's a little sad in there now, but SLOWLY (which is totally my way of doing things) I'm sure that we'll find a way to get it decorated.

That's it for now, going to figure out how to do a little more complicated pillow this time..and then we're headed out for sushi with some friends. Sushi? Who knew? I eat only the cooked things, which totally defeats the purpose...but for Brad...it's worth it.

Have a great night!

Bedroom redo..

So we have finally finished painting and almost decorating our bedroom. We need a few more touches of another color, and something on the walls, but already we feel like we have an adult bedroom and we're so excited about it!! Here are the before and afters that will prove why we're so excited..

So this was our original bedroom. We obviously had the linens prior to moving into our house, and the room was already green. We really didn't mind the color, but the walls were kinda a wreck and so it was time to fix that problem.
Our nightstands, which I can't help but love since we've had them since we got married...this one came from the dumpster at my apartment senior year. The girls before us had it painted different colors, and Brad sweetly refinished it for us. I do like it because I can totally hide my books in there.
This one Brad acquired from Shauna and Aaron when he moved down here. It had a matching coffee table, that we had when we were in the apartment.
Our furniture from my bedroom growing up. This is all now in our guest bedroom reunited with the matching bed and I love it in there to now have a matching set in both rooms.
Excuse our mess, you can't tell but we're already priming the room so it was all out of order.
Here's the almost finished product. It took 12 samples to land on this paint, which we knew we liked all along because our friends have it in their home. Go figure.





There you are Mom! They're finished. I still need some SERIOUS work on the sewing skills, but by the third one I had it down! I'm ready to start all sorts of crafty things, I've been scoping out the blogs, but nothing has sparked the interest yet. Hopefully soon.

That's it, nothing too important, but it makes it feel like a home!

And we're out. Hope you have a great week!

Today I'm thankful for...

An amazing week with my mom. I miss my family all the time, and this week was so refreshing and fun! We missed you dad!

Our families. The amazing people we're blessed to be related to. The love we've experienced our whole lives because of them.

A small group who loves the Lord and learning about the Gospel. A wonderful opportunity to learn with people we love. A great time of study and discussion tonight.

My husband and the absolute joy he brings into my life. I am thankful that he makes me laugh all the time, and that he is tenderhearted and serves me when I don't deserve it.

A sunny gorgeous day that makes being a little bit homesick ok.

The Yogurt Experience and the awesomeness of it's deliciousness. It may have just beat out Yogurt R'Rock in my favorite spot..and that's seriously saying something.

The joy of making something by myself! (Our new decorative pillow)

Jesus. Who gave his life so that we can experience eternity with God. The absolute truth that he covered MY sin and MY wickedness when he died on that cross. And the AMAZING truth that we now have hope of salvation because he ROSE!! It's Easter this Sunday..and I'm so excited to celebrate that this weekend! (I'm also so excited to spend Easter with our precious friends!)

That's it. I'm out. After a week off...which was phenomenal..I'm back to reality tomorrow. Have a great week!

Hope you enjoyed the use of adjectives tonight! I tried to be INCREDIBLY descriptive!

Mom's here!!

That's it! Mom's here and we're having a blast! We've hit up a ton of consignment/antique stores already and it's awesome! Takes a little pressure of Brad to go shopping with me so that's fun! I'm not sure what all we'll be doing this week, but we have lots of time left to figure it out.

Sidenote: Already though Mom weeded our front yard and has cleaned the stains out of the carpet in our hallway that I have been too frustrated (or lazy) to do. Seriously.

So, though I haven't blogged too much lately, I will continue on the no blogging train this week since family is in town!

And I'm out...have a great night!

P.S. Purdue plays tonight!!! They'll wreck my bracket but I'm totally pulling for them to win!

My lack of knowledge astounds me.

Tonight, or every night for that matter, I was in the mood to sing.

Timeout: This story won't make any sense unless I explain. Recently every old song that I hear if Brad asks me who sings it I automatically say the Beatles. I don't know why, but that's my answer. Brad seems to think I equate all modern songs with the Beatles, which obviously makes no sense, but could very well be true.

Anyways -
So I was sitting here checking to make sure I wasn't on the schedule tomorrow (because apparently even though I am an "adult" and I have a planner, I still don't trust that I'll show up to work at the right time) and I started belting out "Let it be" LOUDLY. As we have JUST discussed the Beatles and my need to think they sing every song Brad states

"Rach now who sings THIS song??"

To which I reply "ME!"

And then he gave me a look that said...."wow" and kindly went on to explain that THIS song was in fact a Beatles song.

Go figure.

Seriously? March Already?

Wow. Every year since college seems to go so much quicker. Maybe it's because school always seemed like it would never end..and now we just work all year..I don't know..but seriously.

So anyways, we've had a great weekend. I was nervous at the beginning because I was a sicky on Thursday and Friday and was pretty frustrated that I would be sick for my weekend off...but thankfully..I've recovered and we've spent the last two days enjoying sunshine and friends!

Currently, I'm in a strange nesting phase for our house.

Note: I realize that nesting is definitely a word for expectant mothers...and I'm not one..but there's not really a better word to explain what I'm doing.

So..I think maybe it's a spring thing for me. Two springs ago I got into my nesting phase..and we found and bought our home. One spring ago Mom and Aunt Vic were here and I was in the nesting phase and we did some serious decorating of the house. And that brings us to this year...

It's on. Sadly..I have a list on our fridge of all the things we hope to have completed before Mom comes in a few weeks. We're slowly marking things off the list. This weekend we brought home #10, 11, 12, and possibly 13 for paint samples for our bedroom. Brad worked on knocking out painting our guest bathroom, and I worked on getting the backyard presentable since Brad so sweetly did the weed and feed this past week. Happening stuff here. But it makes the house feel like home, and I'm thankful for that.

Other than that..I don't have any good stories to offer. I apologize..my blog has gone so BORING recently. I'll get better soon hopefully!

One funny story...one of the patients I worked with this week had a big spot on his knee from an injury at home...I asked him if he limped for three days after he did it...he said "I ain't no girl." Hahahaha. I was super glad that after I had asked if he limped I didn't feel the need to say "cause I know I would have," as I would have simply proven his theory correct. It was awesome.
Also awesome...I'm loving the CCU. LOVING IT. Not quite great at it yet but I look forward to going to work every day. I mean...at the end of the day..it's rough and I'm so mentally tired...but I am excited to go back and learn some more. I'm so thankful for that.

And that's it...all I have for the day. Hope you have a great week!