1. Today (Oct. 10) is Jim's birthday. He is a hefty 26 years old. Last year I woke up reallyy early to make him some birthday cake pancakes. All went well until I walked into the bed and spilled milk all over myself/the food/the tray. I woke up again early to make breakfast in bed for the birthday boy...this year I'm more hopeful in my ability to walk straight and not spill things. Thankfully there was no spillage this year.
It's funny how since we're budgeting and following the Dave Ramsey plan how it changes things like buying gifts. Last year for birthdays and Christmas, it was so much easier to drop extra bucks on gifts. Although it feels strange, it feels even better to stick to our budget for gifts and not break the bank. Jim has been wanting a kettlebell for awhile so I'm slapping a bow on that and finishing wrapping some clothes up as I type. #multitaskerinthehouse. I'm just glad I didn't hurt myself lugging that 30 lb. thing into our apartment...seriously that thing is a beast.
2. I was getting all fidgety and wanting a change in this space...hence it looking all different! I follow Victoria's blog and when I learned she did affordable blog designs I knew I wanted to have her help me make things more simplistic and clean. Still have a few kinks to work out but I likey what she came up with:)
3. I am in the very slow process of making a gallery wall above our TV in the living room. I am starting to figure out what frames and which pictures/art I want to use...but two things that are leaving me stumped:
a)Would black and white frames look okay together on white walls? Our TV and media cabinet are both black, so I thought all black frames might be too much? and....
b)Once you have the frames how do arrange them before hanging them on the wall? I could see myself doing a lot of damage to the wall if I don't think this through.
What say you to both??
4. Also on Jim's birthday I am spending the day at the library...working on my thesis paper. Graduation cannot come soon enough in April but before then I apparently have to prove myself by writing an un-godly long paper. Yee.haw. I am slowly moving ahead. I keep telling myself if I work really hard tomorrow then I can justify having two pieces of Jim's birthday cake. No I am not a dog, but yes I am rewarding myself with food. #weightwatcherfail
5. One of my favorite activities to do is grocery shop. I actually get excited to go, find it relaxing, and love the challenge of seeing how I manage our food budget. When I say excited, imagine high pitched squealing and jazz hands on steroids.
And then if that wasn't thrilling enough, this week I came home with $15 left in our food budget. To say I was excited was an understatement. I spent the remaining on apples for my most favorite autumnal dessert (apple brown betty) and the feta cheese and brown rice I had forgotten when I went grocery shopping.
6. I am sure by now you've heard about Jennifer Lawrence's interview with Vanity Fair? When I read the interview there was one thing that really bothered me in what she said: ..."I started to write an apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for. I was in a loving, healthy, great relationship for four years. It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he's going to look at you."
Call me crazy, but this logic don't make no sense to me. It sounds like Ms. Lawrence is saying men of today have 1 of 2 options: 1) look at porn or 2) look at you. Read a few stats on porn addiction and you'll see how it actually re-wires the brain (and not in a healthy way). It sounds like she is trying to justify her behavior in taking these pics so her boyfriend doesn't look at porn. Healthy sexuality is actually one that doesn't involve porn. Sorry its true.
Call me crazy, but this logic don't make no sense to me. It sounds like Ms. Lawrence is saying men of today have 1 of 2 options: 1) look at porn or 2) look at you. Read a few stats on porn addiction and you'll see how it actually re-wires the brain (and not in a healthy way). It sounds like she is trying to justify her behavior in taking these pics so her boyfriend doesn't look at porn. Healthy sexuality is actually one that doesn't involve porn. Sorry its true.
This interview has gots me thinking all kinds of things on this issue...preview of coming post in the future.
7. Thursday night we barely got to see each-other. sad face. I came home around 10p to find dinner made and the dishes done...the only thing that freaked me the freak out was seeing Jim left our little owl candle lit with a note explaining dinner. After I started breathing again and realized a fire had not begun, I was able to enjoy the chicken with caramelized onions. When Jim got home I had to lovingly explain the problem with leaving candles lit un-attended...silly boy.
Off to get a run in before I spend the day at the library...have a grand weekend:)
I can see how grocery shopping is pretty exciting--especially when you find good deals on tasty food! :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen other people use strategies like lay out all of the photos on the floor to start building an arrangement, or tape up pieces of paper on the wall to start getting the spacing down before actually putting holes in the wall.
Personally, I don't think I'd put white frames on a white wall because I'm not a fan of slightly mismatching whites (and nearly all whites aren't quite identical)...I'd probably pick some sort of accent color in the room and make the frames that color. I like accent colors. But make the room YOUR style, whatever you like best goes!
I love the new design! And I second taping paper on the wall for a visual first. :)
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