KONY 2012

Many times there are things I hear about in this world that I wish I could change. Most of the time, I feel like I do not have enough power to make it happen and I feel helpless. This is something I want to change. This is an issue that must be changed. This video gives us a way to unite and create the power to make that change happen. Watch it, take action, at least share the video - for the Invisible Children.

M|m: The Power of a Good Shave

Sorry Twilight lovers, but this is funny.

My List Things of That Must Go

• Overpriced furniture (or maybe I'm just cheap) but I'm sick of looking at multiple places and finding uninteresting, basic, side tables, etc for $100-200 a piece.
• Soap globs in the sink. BAH!
• Hipster glasses - sorry, multiple people I really like actually wear these, but sometimes I just have urges to punch them (the glasses, not really to hurt the friends' faces) and then make them wear a stripe of tape in the center where I broke the glasses. Cause that would be even more "nerdy cool."
• Over sized beanies, aka condom hats
• Blown out pictures, pictures that have too much light in them but seem to be trendy and "vintage," and shitty edited pictures via instagram. Although I don't hate instagram, and do still enjoy seeing people's pictures.
• Celebrity gossip magazines. Seriously people, this is NOT news and frankly, none of our damn business.
• Guys who yell things at you in a parking lot while you're walking to your car or ones who try to get your attention while next to you at a stop light. What do they expect to happen? "Oh, yeah hot stuff, here's my number and address, come over and I'll make you dinner."
• Minkee fabric. Its so cute, but a real pain.

Holy Hannah, a House!

So it's been two and a half weeks since we officially moved into our house. It's been a busy and pricey two weeks as well. We've bought a new dresser, an entertainment center, paint, and some other little things to make the house more like a home. And it's still not even to the point we want it. We still have a list of items that we'd like to get done soon, although I'm not sure that it will, or can all get done. Luckily, my parents had an extra set of couches they weren't using that they let us take. That was sure a nice money saver and they fit pretty much perfectly in our family room. We've been on the hunt for side tables and an ottoman and man, is that one a doozy. Who knew furniture could be so expensive? Especially since we've decided to try and stay away from Ikea since our bedroom furniture is that and also the furniture we had in our apartment front room. Our current end table is an upside down box. It's pretty stylin'. We're also on the look out for some cool, larger paintings. If you have some recommendations for artists, hit me up. It's funny because there's two rooms that pretty much have no furniture in them. One, which will be a guest room, and the basement room which we're hoping to make some kind of game room. Everything will get there eventually I'm sure, it's just hard to be able to buy everything within the first month. Plus, we don't really have any guests to be staying with us anyway. So for now, it's the rats' room.


The first week of living here felt so surreal. It was like we were staying in someone else's house and I was going to have to go back to my apartment soon. Now, it's sinking in more. I'm really enjoying the fireplace and lovely space in the kitchen. We don't even have enough stuff to fill all the shelves! Hooray! Gone are the days of stacking dishes on dishes, pots on pans, and overflowing boxes of food stacked on top of my fridge. Our master bathroom is a bit small, but what it lacks in space it makes up for in style ;) And did I mention there's a laundry chute from the master closet to the laundry room? It's pretty awesome. This house has more space than we're used to, but we're really enjoying it. I can't wait til it's warmer and we can enjoy the deck in the backyard. Matt keeps joking that "there's rooms we haven't even gone into yet today!" Matt is loving the garage (it really is soooo nice to have) and slowly making steps for it to be his "man cave." This last weekend he found a pretty nice work table on sale at Harbor Freight. He's pretty excited about the shed we have in the backyard too. There is a "nice" baseball themed room upstairs next to the rat/guestroom that will be a craft room/office. Matt was nice enough to tackle the project of taking down the baseball wallpaper border and get rid of the huge amount of glow in the dark stars. Next we'll paint! I wish we had a picture of this room, but unfortunately I didn't think to take one before the wallpaper came down and surprisingly, the sellers left a picture of this particular room out in the MLS listing.

Anyway, enough blabbing, aka word vomit, about the house. I haven't taken any pictures since we moved in because I've been waiting until things are "picture ready" to reveal what it's like. However, I do have the pictures from the MLS listing. If you're curious, see below.

House front

Upstairs hall bathroom

Master bedroom, which has since been painted a nice steely blue/green and has better furniture in it :)

Master bathroom

Front room

Backyard deck

Backyard

Kitchen which now has stainless steel appliances.
We plan to add hardware to the cabinets and drawers soon and possibly get a new counter top in the future.
And if we're really feeling like DIYers, we MIGHT glaze the cabinets in the far away future.

Laundry room complete with laundry chute!
Oh, and a little half bath off of that.

Guest bedroom
The baseball themed room is next to this and pretty much identical in layout and size.

Family room

Dining area off the kitchen

Well hoped you enjoyed the little "house tour." We're very much enjoying living here!

Excited

We have 10 days until we get the keys to our new home! So exciting :) So much more packing to do... Each time I get things ready or move around my apartment, I think of all the things I'll enjoy about being in a house.

A larger kitchen with a pantry and enough cabinet space that I can put ALL of my dishes away and not have to stack boxes of cereal on top of the fridge.

A laundry room with storage and counter space to fold clothes. And don't forget the laundry chute!

Having more than 1 bathroom. Especially a master bathroom.

The fireplace.

GARAGE!

Not hearing people above, below, or next to me.

Room for a ping pong/pool table in the future.

A place for a craft room.

Toilet paper and paper towels can be stored somewhere besides my bedroom closet.

Not having to deal with limited parking.

Not hearing random car alarms going off multiple times throughout the night. (hopefully)

Not smelling cigarettes outside my door.

Room to entertain.

A nice backyard with an awesome deck.

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING!

A linen closet.

Wood floors.

Storage, storage, storage.