Sunday, April 29, 2012

You know you have married your best friend...

...when you hate to see them go to work
... you can tell your spouse anything
...you can do anything and have fun
...when he listens to you even when you are telling him something that he does that drives you crazy
...when he changes that something
...and makes you feel special and never alone
...when he takes time to make sure he finds the perfect birthday card
...when going to Cabellas is a date
...when you don't even realize you don't really talk to anyone else
...he BBQ's for you
...when he works nights just so you can stay at home so your child doesn't have to go to daycare

 This is Adam. My best friend, spouse and love of my life.
He carried kicking Thayne all the way up to the summit. Planned out a birthday hike for me.


Here is our summit picture

Our friends Brock and Emily came with us! It was so fun yesterday!
We went to antelope island it was amazing.



Diaper changing in the wild.

So today I'm a little emotional. Adam starts school again in 2 weeks. I'm realizing that for the next
5 years its going to be really hard to spend a lot of time with Adam.
He is starting nights at an animal hospital so he can go to school and provide for our little family.
I've offered to go back to work but he knows how much
I've wanted to be apart of my childrens lives.
Its also my birthday and first time in a long time he has had to work to 11:00 PM.
Its also the sabbath and we believe that today is a day of rest.
But he has to work sundays. Luckily he gets to go to church.
I know there are a lot of people who have to work Sundays
and a lot of professions (especially medical ones)
that have patients that can't wait till Monday.

So today is kinda a tough day but I'm so grateful for an amazing husband that
makes it so easy to miss him.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Welcome to the Basement

Decorating, Apartment Living and Simplifying


First decorating... I received two of these super fun colored mats from a neighbor.
These are my inspiration for wanting some color in our little place.

Remember we are in a basement right now so everything is super open
I don't know if you can see the Bumbo on the kitchen table but it
is the same color!
Super drab... lots of great traditional things but no color


$50.00 later...



We have some color! I bought 3 pillows, the tray and the color photo book,
and the little glass bowl with pebbles.
oh and bread.


This is up on the media center. The pencils and markers add color as well as the
orange storage lids



Here is a close up of the decor on the table

Apartment living can be rough. Here is an idea to make it a little easier

Kitchen Island
Have you thought about one of these?
So worth the money.
One thing we never have in apartments is enough counter space/pantry storage
It rolls around and looks great up against the wall to put away.

We love it!


Part of my simplifying is getting rid of excess things
These are all the wisks, wooden spoons, serving spoons, spatulas, ect. I have.
Don't take up a lot of space and look great in the kitchen.


What do you think of getting everything in so far?
We have only been here for a week so we have a long way to go.


Thursday, April 12, 2012

Ebay selling/buying part 2

Ebay selling/buying part 2


This is pretty much going to be a brag post

Finally I am able to do this because things have settled at our new place. It's nice

to be back in the city!


Here is what I bought on ebay... (all these prices are the total meaning including shipping costs)


Guy stuff first


Sperry Shoes $50 (guy says he wore them twice and that they were like new)

and after much inspection it seems he was right!




Orange shirt- $6.50, AE teal button down-$12.00, AE green polo- $12.00,

AE brown polo-$12.00, AE pink button down-$11.00, AE pants $20.00

AE shorts $19.50

Not pictured New AE pea coat- $41.00


Totaling for Adam: $184.00



Now my clothes

Top Row

Gray Day Trip shirt $7.50, Anthropolgie Turtle neck

shirt $8.75, Banana Republic Wrap shirt $10.50, yellow AE shirt $5.00,

Floral Hollister shirt-$10.50, Green AE floral shirt $6.00

Bottom Row

2 Jcrew shirts (they are both striped only one pictured)- $15.50, white Gap button down- $6.00, Orange BKE shirt- $4.00, Pink striped AE shirt $11.00




Pink Coupe 100% Cashmere cardigan... $15.00 THIS IS MY BIG BRAG!!!!!
It fits amazing, feels amazing, and I didn't have to pay a whooping $100.00 for it
Gap khaki blazer-$21.00




Blue J-crew cotton dress- $35.00, J-crew 100% silk dress $28.50
Yellow skinnies- $27.00, AE plaid shorts- $18.50,
AE pants (with a white tank not pictured) $8.00, White lucky pants $19.50

Totaling for me: $257.25

You can decide for yourself if I got a good deal. But personally for needing a
complete wardrobe facelift thats an amazing price. I didn't have to waste a ton
of time in a thrift store and people can tell me if the clothes are in excellent condition. Also keep in mind how much these clothes cost new. My cashmere sweater was supposedly worn once and it does seem brand new.

A word of caution of buying on ebay I struck out on buying NWOT (new without tags)
every time the time was NOT new and there were imperfections that items that
were labeled preowned didn't have.
What I did when this happened:
1. Contacted the seller
2. I didn't accuse them of being dishonest (I assumed it was an honest mistake)
3. I told them EXACTLY what I found and why I thought it shouldn't be labeled as new
4. They got back to me and we made arangements to get my money back
IF they don't get back to you,
Open a case against them
To sell/buy on ebay you need good ratings you would be surprised how big of a threat this is to people.

All of these items above are preowned and all sellers
said were in excellent condition. To be able to pay for these items I sold some of my old
high school clothes (and Adams) We sold a lot and now have a smaller amount of clothes but
still have a lot! We now have nicer clothes and now I can afford my loved J-crew.

We also just cashed in our old electronics to buy an original iPad... its on its way.
That will have to be a another post.

What has been your experience with ebay? Any brags out there?

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

My life right now...

I really want to finish my blogging about ebay buying/selling but these boxes say it all.

Moving has taken over. this is our spare room... not so spare any more.


Meanwhile I am trying to not let the chaos take over my life and enjoy the little things like...

Thayne can creep

I finally realized my little man of nine months is a picky eater

This morning I figured out his favorite foods

Sweet Potatoes, Malt-o-meal, and applesauce

thats all he wants oh and he likes yogurt.



My serving of malt-o-meal...

or so I thought Thayne ate half of it!



The town had an Easter egg hunt but turns out it was a
candy hunt. Thayne picked up two candies

and he wouldn't even look at me.


Packing is going really good. We might be able to leave a day earlier than we thought.

I'm really tired of feeling like we are camping in our own home.

Don't worry as soon as everything settles I'll do all the ebay stuff.

I'm pretty excited to brag about it.