TGIF infinity!

THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY!!! Sheesh, terrible week. Meltdown at work kind of week. To make it up to me, for how terrible the job is, I was set flowers by my work, it is nice but weird. Here is a picture of them.

I really wanted to throw them away but decided I was being too dramatic AND they are still pretty. So they are still in my office, smelling good... and I will throw them away after work today. Well, maybe I will keep two of them to put in my hair this weekend.

Speaking of hair. I haven't gotten my haircut since Dec! Need a haircut and am terribly tempted to go short. What do you think?

Did I mention that Brian and I are moving again? I know that we are insane because this will be our 8th home... Let me list them out for you:

1. Spring Arbor

2. Plyouth apartment

3. House in Plymouth

4. Kansas

5. My brother's house in IL

6. Downtown Chicago

7. Ypsilanti (our current apartment)

8. Our new apartment in the apartment directly behind our current one. It is bigger (2 bedrooms), has a full sized stove (YES!), and has a decorative fireplace pictured below. Also, our landlord just refinished the hardwood floors and let us chose the paint color for the living room. I am excited but also dreading the idea of moving for the 7th time.

In preparation for the move, I have been stockpiling crafting/decorating ideas. I think I may have missed my calling in being an interior designer, I am obsessed. So far for the new apartment I have: made 6 new wall hanging decorations, sewed 3 couch pillows, bought two recliners and a new super cute rug. Pictured below is a picture for the wall I made in process. I took paint chips and made this and then framed it. It looks pretty good and goes great in our bedroom.

Well, my lunch break is almost over... I just have to make it 4 more hours. I can do that, right?

Blog.

Well, blog. I am sure that no one reads this thing anymore but today I feel like blogging. (and not working, which is where I currently am).

There are pros and cons to being an entire financial aid office:

Pros: I can blog! Office to myself. I am the boss of 3 work study students (fetch me some coffee, slave!). If I am not sure of something, I can make it up.

Cons: It is lonely. If I am not sure of something, I have to make it up. Stress, stress and more stress. Rampant mood swings of nonchalant to hyper anxiety. Tears, stomach aches etc.

I would definitely say the cons outweigh the pros. It will be great for my resume though.... I should get back to work but I will leave you with two crafts completed over my craft filled week.

Wreath with felt flowers from which I burnt my fingers.

I will try to post more, but I say that everytime...

Hello again.

Not much new has been going on. I had Monday off because I have to work Saturday (only 9-2). I love Mondays off! Lazed about, went to a coffee shop, hung out with friends, read and then lazed about more. While I was super unproductive, it was wonderful!

I finished book 5 of the year, The Rule of Four. I kind of hated it but once I was half way in, I just committed to it and finished it. It was a DaVinci Code wannabe that was more pretentious and less interesting.

I started book 6, The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I have been super excited to read this book because I love Wally Lamb. So far it is very good. It is a thick-y, so I better get back to reading it. Plan to have it finished by the end of the week so I will have a good strong start to my year of reading!!!

Not much else is new. I made a more serious budget and have been house hunting online. Silly me. Grad school is in the talks for both of us, possibly... I will post more about it when it is definite. Work was stressful and not so fun today. I feel overwhelmed and have to learn so much while trying to get people to open up new accounts and things. It is hard but I will press on and be number one! Ha!

Anyways, going to drink some wonderful Trader Joe bedtime tea and cuddle up with Potter for some bedtime reading....

Crafts, as promised

Well, to keep myself motivated in the craft department, I am going to post the only two crafts I have done this year.

The first is I sewed curtains for our bedroom. Really, they are ridiculously simple because all I did was take a flat sheet I got for $2 from a thrift store, cut it in half, sew it and hang it up. I also sewed a curtain to hang about our kitchen cabinets, to hide all the junk up there but I haven't hung it up yet. Here is a picture, I apologize in advance for the poor quality of the picture, too lazy to get the camera out so I used my phone.

The other craft I did was make a garland for a window in our living room. I think it turned out pretty cute but it took forever and may have given me carpal tunnel. I cut our hundreds of circles from a old book, magazines, fabric, paper bags, napkins, etc. Anything that would give it interesting texture. I did three sizes of circles. I then strung it on yarn and hung it from nails. Here are some pictures:
And here is a close up of all those circles. I think if I were to do it again, I would use one of those scrapbook automatic circle cutters because each "ball" is around 50 or so circles!
Alright, off to plan a craft for tomorrow because it is a bank holiday!!!

Two posts, one day = victory!

I am ba-ack!

Believe it or not, but I am back to blogging....

It is funny to read how many times I have typed that,

so I will just say that I am back for now!

And have some super glorious lists for you to read............

Changes have happened since my last blog. They are as follows:

1. Moved to Ypsilanti, MI. (Loving it!)

2. New jobs for Brian and I. I am a personal banker and he is back to social work.

3. We stopped working out but have recently begun to work out again.

4. Probably tons more but I can't think of it at this time.

My resolutions for this year (2011!)

1. Read 50 books, I am 4 books deep right now. Must continue the momentum!

2. Pay off credit card.

3. Lose weight. Duh.

4. Keep the house cleaner.

5. Blog more, which is possible because we now have internet!

6. Craft more.

Books I have read so far this year:

1. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz. It was pretty good. It is an intersting story but I almost feel like too much happened. The coolest part is that it is told in different perspectives.

2. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collines. GREAT book. It is a trilogy and by far the most superior of the three. I recommend it! The characters are great, couldn't stop reading it.

3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I have hopped on the Neil Gaiman train and I don't plan on ever leaving it. He is awesome. The story is bizarre, gross, hilarious and made me need to write myself. He is a great story teller!

4. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore. It was pretty good, entertaining and about vampires (which of course I love). There were funny parts and scary parts but overall, just very entertaining.

Up next.... The Corrections by Jonathon Franzen

I am done with lists for now.... next blog will be crafts!