tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48851725260148440642024-02-20T11:29:22.438-06:00My Own White HouseKayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-91989652415207654092013-11-07T17:02:00.002-06:002013-11-07T17:02:57.483-06:00TravelingThis weekend I drove down to Houston for my sweet friend Gracie's baby shower. I love and miss my friends from college and it was so good to see 2 of the three of the group, even for just a few hours.<br />
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I typically enjoy driving. My commute to work is about 5 min (I'm sorry), and I love having hours of open road to think, (sometimes) see beautiful scenery, and let's be honest, sing my little heart out. Here's a pretty good representation of a road trip with me.<br />
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I had the opportunity to tag along with a group of lovely girls from church to LA, and then planned a reunion trip with college friends to San Diego. Prior to this year, I had never been to California, but it was definitely on my list. The weather is beautiful, and despite getting a <i>tad</i> (read lobster status) sunburned, the beach is pretty fun.</div>
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Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-33211443727268714472013-08-23T13:47:00.000-05:002013-08-23T14:48:04.531-05:0027Twice in one month. On a roll!<br />
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My friend Katie blogged about the <a href="http://katielorenc.blogspot.com/2013/08/goal-setting-and-quarter-life-crisis.html">quarter life crisis</a> this week and pretty much summed up my life. Even if my quarter life crisis is 2 years late (or two years running strong?) :) I'm so thankful for sweet friends who speak truth as we walk through life together. You should give it a read, and also the <a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/7-cures-your-quarter-life-crisis">article </a>she talks about from Relevant. I especially loved this part<br />
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"One day you’re jogging along with as upbeat music confirms with every step that you can take on the world. The next day, you’re sprawled out on the couch wishing you could live in a ‘90s sitcom, Death Cab for Cutie in the background confirming with every melody that you can’t even take on your laundry, let alone the world."<br />
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I've been at the same job for 3.5 years now, with nothing really changing the whole time. I mean, my life changed- I bought a house, made some great friends, gained a sister-in-law, but at work- same chair, same customers, same parking lot view.<br />
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I found out this week things will change a little. New coworkers, new chair, new customers, new parking lot view. Why when things actually change do I suddenly want everything to stay the same? I'm excited about this change, but still hesitant. Fear is a beast. An ugly one. One I struggle with almost daily. But like Katie, I'm trying to gage whether or not I let things pass me by because I don't want to or because of fear. I feel like I'm becoming more aware of this lately, and trying to be more brave.<br />
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I've also tried to be more mindful of my attitude. I'm quick to complain, which helps no one. I saw <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/86043557/abe-lincoln-quote-yellowgray?ref=related-6" target="_blank">this</a> poster on pinterest (of course) and it's definitely on my short list of things I <i>need</i> for my house.<br />
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It's so true. We all have a choice as to how we will react to whatever life brings us. For now I'm choosing not only happiness, but JOY. I've had a little paper with a handwritten 1 Peter 1:8 propped up on the cutest little bird at work.<br />
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"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious JOY."<br />
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I feel like maybe this is coming off that I'm unhappy, I'm not! Just too often I forget why I'm here- to glorify the Lord. When I feel like I'm stagnant, I'm not joyful. When I'm fearful, I'm certainly not joyful. When I wake up at 4:15 to go work out, I am not joyful. But that's a choice. I could be joyful- probably not ever before 6 am - but I can try?<br />
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So maybe 27 is the year for big change, bravery, and joy. Here's hoping, right twenty somethings?Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-41602071082186574202013-08-10T13:23:00.002-05:002013-08-10T13:23:54.148-05:00The New Jacobs<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh heeeeey guys. Remember me? </span><br />
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Oopsie.<br />
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Anyway, there's been a lot of projects happening lately, the most extravagant and exciting being little BoBo's wedding!<br />
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He finally put a ring on it in February after 6? 7? years of dating. side note-they don't know when their first date was. It was that long ago. <br />
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<br />I've been so proud of Jennifer and her planning/organizing skills. February - August really isn't much time to plan for the biggest party of your life. For all she talks about being paralyzed by decisions, she's made so many choices one right after the other. Everything was so beautiful. I know we've all asked this before, but what did we do without Pinterest? As essential as the internet itself. Or pizza.<br />
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I'm pretty sure Bobby had zero idea what he got himself into. Marriage he was ready for. Wedding planning? Threw him for a loop. At dinner about two weeks before the wedding after a long day of cutting burlap, measuring lace, and picking out songs, he asked, "Are we done talking about the wedding for today?" We all just looked at him like he was the last little pitiful puppy for sale at the pet store. But he made it!<br />
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One of the things I remember about the day was how HAPPY they both were. The pictures prove it, and I can't wait to see what the videographer caught from the day. I have all my fingers crossed that he got Bobby's impressive dance moves in the dance circle. That's definitely replay through the years worthy.<br />
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This was the most fun I've had at a wedding in a long time. Maybe because I knew a lot of people there, or because I was happy to be a part of the start of a new family, but it was probably because of the photo booth.<br />
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I have had more fun looking at these pictures. The rest of Saturday into Sunday I kept looking at the ones I brought home and could not stop laughing. Then I found out they were all posted on facebook through the photobooth's website. Hilarious. No one surprised me more than my cousin Mimi. I have NEVER seen this many facial expressions for one person in my life. She's a rockstar. Maybe she takes lots of selfies for practice. :) Love you!<br />
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This is definitely a day for the books, and one I pray the details won't easily be forgotten.<br />
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I loved being a part of this wedding, and love that I now have a sister-in-law. I know this means life will be a little different, but if I was a betting (wo)man, I'd say it's a change for the better.<br />
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Seeing as it's been more than a month, (almost 2!) there's some house stuff to catch you up on.<br />
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The biggest thing happened this last weekend. I bought a new shower curtain and some paint, happy to give the room the desperate love it needed. Seriously, holes in in the walls, a random washing machine and beige, beige, beige. My washing machine is in the bathroom while my dryer is in the garage. It's sad. And weird. They are lonesome for each other and I can't wait for them to be together again. Doesn't it sound lovely? </div>
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In a perfect world, I would have all new walls, beautiful sparkling tile instead of the nasty plastic walls around the tub, and state of the art washer and dryer with beautiful open shelving instead of the weird closed in cabinet that is there now. One out of three's not bad, right? (sorry about the pictures, they're from the trusty iphone.)<br />
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My mom was going to meet me Saturday morning to start painting. When she got here she said "I brought your Dad to look at the cabinet" and here we go jumping from a small paint job to a demolition project. Poor Dad. </div>
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So we talked about it for awhile, laid out the Dexter tools, and just started prying things off the wall. Underneath the layer of drywall was some beautiful wallpaper. </div>
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Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-2620732497581400612012-12-09T12:01:00.000-06:002013-01-09T16:55:45.281-06:00LatelySince I only blog once in a blue moon this one's going to just be a big blog dump.<br />
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Not much has changed since last month but I finally did two <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/01/a-strange-self-imposed-challenge/" target="_blank">"Dude Get On That, Already"</a> projects. <br />
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I bought a dresser at a garage sale a few months ago for $15 that I knew would look great with a little love. <br />
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I borrowed my dad's sander and got to work. My neighbor came home and told me he had a more powerful one if I wanted to use it. I figured he knew more than I did, so I gave it a try. I went from a little hand sander that I was just barely getting the hang of to a belt sander. Guys. It is powerful. I had no idea.It almost got away from me the first time. Good things my new neighbors weren't moving in across the street and don't think I'm a crazy person. Whoops. Anyway, I finally got the thing sanded down. <br />
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I was thinking of doing a gradient effect, and then saw it in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Young-House-Love-Paint-Update/dp/1579654789/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357772102&sr=8-1&keywords=yhl" target="_blank">YHL book-</a> so I took the plunge. It was pretty easy, just took some time to paint. It would have been faster if I was a little smarter and bought more paint brushes. Washing the paint out after each coat was the worst part. <br />
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I spent Veteran's day painting. There really isn't a better feeling than being productive doing something you want to do on a day off. Love it.<br />
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And final product.<br />
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I had also bought a door at an estate sale a few months back. My poor dad. I think every time he finishes a project I have a new one for him. He may be rethinking encouraging me to buy a house. I think he misses the handyman that rental properties come with. Thanks, Dad!<br />
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Here's the original. I really liked the color, but it was a really weird paint. If it was even paint at all. It was almost like someone had just rubbed an insane amount of chalk all over. If you ran your hand over, your hand would be green. It even puzzled the paint guys at Sherwin Williams.</div>
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This is after several "coats" of paint thinner trying to wash it off. In the end, water was the best thing. Weird, right?</div>
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He came over last weekend and we hung the door. When I bought it, I really thought "I can just take the old one off the hinges and throw this one up there. No big deal." <br />
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Well, turns out I know nothing about doors. Whoops.<br />
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There was a lot of sawing, chiseling, and trial and error.<br />
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But, fast forward a couple of hours and it's hanging! And beautiful!<br />
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Well, not quite beautiful yet, I'm still trying to get paint stragglers off. It's been a process.<br />
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It might be weird that there's a window, but I'm a little weird. I have plans for a little curtain when I need there to not be a window into my bedroom.<br />
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And speaking of "Dude Get On That, Already" projects, I also took a little trip down to Dallas to meet John and Sherry Petersik. I know, you're jealous.<br />
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There are several of us at work who religiously read their blog. I can't remember who read it first, but it spread quickly and we generally talk about them like we're family. Is that weird?<br />
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Only two of us were able to go to their book signing at West Elm. One of the downsides of working at a bank is having to work on Saturdays. Sorry Heather! <br />
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Jordan and I drove down there thinking we were pretty early, but the line was already snaking through the store and then around the corner outside. We ended up pretty much in the middle of the line when the doors opened. I felt a little silly waiting so long to see people for a total of 2 minutes. I kept telling myself, they're just people, just like you. (because our blogs are so similar. They have millions (!) of blog hits a month, I might have 5. Thanks Mom!)<br />
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But despite my inner pep talk, I got totally flustered when it was our turn. I rambled (about paramedics and firemen?) as I tend to do because I'm awkward in most situations. Hopefully I wasn't much worse than everyone else.<br />
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Maybe I'll have a few Christmas posts a little later. I know, more than one post a month? We'll wait and see. I love Christmas so much, but it's hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it was in the eighties just a few days ago. It's just in the seventies today. We're getting there slowly but surely! <br />
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This one's excited.<br />
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<br />Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-7791888384786921062012-11-12T19:40:00.001-06:002012-11-12T19:40:28.960-06:00Part 3 (only 2 months late or so)Boston!<br />
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The night before we found some brochures for different hop on/hop of trolley tours. I generally think these are kind of touristy and silly, but I'm glad that we decided to get tickets. We started at a stop by the mall since we found that would be the easiest way to park. Well...kind of easy. Turns out you have to park in a parking garage, take some escalators up to the mall, and then find your way out. Needless to say, it took me far too long to meet my mom back where I had dropped her off to find the tickets. I'm going to blame it on the fact that it was still pretty early. We started our tour ad learned interesting facts about Boston, like did you know that part of the city used be water and they filled it in (in the beginning with very limited tools)? And now all kinds of buildings and parks are just on the man made island. I think that people are just amazing. I'm not sure I would ever think, "well, it looks like we're out of room, might as well grab a shovel and start throwing dirt in the ocean." <br />
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We took the obligatory picture at Cheers, but we got there too early to see a replica of the bar. <br />
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We continued the bus tour until we got to the first stop of the <a href="http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/" target="_blank">Freedom Trail</a>. Then we got off and walked through all the historical sites. <br />
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Here's mom with a statue of Mr. Franklin. He was strangely in a courtyard of a steakhouse. I'm assuming not originally, but it was still odd.</div>
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Here's the problem with waiting until 2 months later to do a recap of the trip. I'm pretty sure this is King's Chapel. This picture shows how all of modern Boston has just crept up right to "Old Boston". I think we were both surprised at how you almost had to search for some of the historical sites sandwiched in between "new" buildings. For some reason I had imagined everything kind of set aside. </div>
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Then we saw this, next to Faneuil Hall, a market that we passed by since we were getting hungry and wanted to eat in a section of town with lots of Italian restaurants. There wasn't any explanation, just a big macaroni. </div>
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This is Paul Revere's house. It's amazing that so many of these buildings are still standing after all these years.</div>
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Mom's happy about her lobster ravioli. It was delicious. I snuck a bite.</div>
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And here's my calzone. There may have been 14 lbs of cheese inside there. And it was also delicious. But we might have just been crazy hungry. We had done a lot of walking and was pretty late. That's what vacations are all about!</div>
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Here's mom with 'ol Revere himself. And up next we have the church he hung the lantern's in, Old North Church.</div>
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The pews were different than I would have imagined. They were the same as Christ Church in Philadelphia. They were made this way so the people could keep warm in the winter. They were able to close the doors and keep some of the wind out. </div>
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Another example of the city creeping in. This was about the best picture I could get. You really couldn't see all of it at once.</div>
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This tiny little house was just up the road from Old North Church. I have no idea what it is, but the tour guide for that German group you see was telling a lot about it. Anyone know?</div>
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We passed many different burial grounds. It was so interesting to see the old tombstones.</div>
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We finished seeing everything around 4 or 5 and decided to drive up to Marblehead to finally see the ocean. Since it was so foggy before, we hadn't technically seen it yet. And it was beautiful!</div>
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We researched fun breakfast spots for our lat day and found The Little Depot Diner.</div>
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Not sure if you can see on the menu, but it says "We hope you will come Chew-Chew with us again soon!" Bingo! I knew we had picked the perfect place.</div>
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Here's mom waiting for our food. This place was tiny and so cute!</div>
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y-u-m. definitely worth the wait. Not much can compare with my beloved Old West, but the butter they gave me to go with that pancake was heaven. It turned that plain little toast into a cinnamon roll in no time. </div>
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We drove through Salem on our way to the airport and found this wonderful little cove tucked in a neighborhood. So beautiful! And people live about 50 feet from here so they see it every day!</div>
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Mom started climbing these rocks. Meanwhile I was standing far away hoping those rocks didn't belong to the house right next to it. Ever the rule follower, I was worried she wasn't supposed to be there. Mom just doesn't care. :)</div>
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We found this little guy but he was already in little crab heaven. Sad.</div>
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Just for kicks, here's a picture of us on our first vacation together, just 8(!) years ago. Still having fun all these years later.</div>
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Day 4! It was time for more car time on the way to Connecticut. We took the long way through, on purpose so that we could a scenic route all the way down Connecticut the next morning. It was definitely worth it. We passed several tiny towns, but alas no Stars Hollow, and even stopped at a roadside stand with apple picking! It was almost like a Norman Rockwell painting. Very quaint. </div>
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I think I forgot to mention that on the way to Connecticut from Pennsylvania you have to drive through New Jersey and New York. We chose to drive through around 5:00. Worst Idea Ever. I have a 3 minute commute to work, so I'm not used to rush hour traffic. Much less virtually NYC rush hour traffic. We also missed several turns but we made it!</div>
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And then mom found where she really belongs. A tiny white Baptist church in the middle of nowhere.</div>
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And it came with gourmet breakfast! yum. Definitely stay at <a href="http://www.escobarsinn.com/" target="_blank">Escobar's Inn</a> in Portsmouth, RI any time you're up there. </div>
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I wouldn't however recommend going in October. I'm not sure if it's always like this, but the fog lasted from when we woke up Wednesday and lasted until after we left Thursday. And this is no Texas fog, this is you can't very well see past about 20 ft fog. yuck. We toured some extravagant mansions (like 64,000 sq ft extravagant. That is 65 of my houses put together) and they were very beautiful. Most had what I'm sure is beautiful views of the ocean, but our view just dropped off after the cliff. I was a little disappointed since the only time I've seen the ocean I was 10, so I hardly remember. But I was trying not to let it bother me too much since there wasn't much I could do about it. </div>
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As you can see, the fog still hasn't lifted. I've always had this weird thing ever since I saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/" target="_blank">The Truman Show</a> that maybe my life was like Truman's. I know, it's weird. But this fog wasn't helping my crazy tendencies. What was beyond that fog that someone didn't want me to see? I know I have issues, I think it's under control though :)<br />
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I feel like I look a little crazy. Probably because I was worried about our little rental car and it's parking space. Parking is pretty non-existent at Harvard unless you pay around $30 to park in a garage, so we found a spot on a street with 1 hr meter parking. Problem was the tour lasts an hour so Mom sat at the meter waiting until the last minute to put the quarters in, joining the tour a little late. Then she left a little early to trek back to put some more. But we've got Walton in our blood, so we'll do anything to save a penny!</div>
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Harvard's working on it's way to 400 years. wow. I think I enjoyed Yale a little more. It seemed a little more set apart from the city. Harvard seemed much busier, everyone hustling and bustling. But it was still very beautiful and so interesting to hear traditions and differences from my lovely alma mater SFA. (axe 'em)</div>
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Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-54661167740260605892012-10-14T15:56:00.002-05:002012-10-14T15:56:23.541-05:00Road Trip (Part 1)I think I might have finally recovered from our jaunt through America's northeast. 7 states in 7 days will wipe you out. Thankfully good ol' Columbus discovered America so I got an extra day to <strike>getlaundryandcleanhouse</strike> plant my rear on the couch and watch trashy tv. Priorities.<br />
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I'm fairly sure my mom might be the only one who reads this and since she did her own recaps <a href="http://jeannejourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>, this might be a little repetitive, but maybe it will be a little different perspective.<br />
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We flew in to Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon and hit the ground running. Which I'm grateful for since I found out about a month ago that I had actually booked our tickets for 8 PM instead of AM. Whoops. After a small breakdown at work we finally got everything sorted out. First issue at hand was food. That's what you do on vacation, right? Anyway, we went to <a href="http://primantibros.com/home.html" target="_blank">Primanti Bros.</a> and had our obligatory sandwiches complete with french fries and coleslaw right in there with the rest of it.<br />
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Then we took the Duquesne Incline (pronounced doo-cane...weird) up to a beautiful lookout. Pittsburgh really is a beautiful city. </div>
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Sunday we went to church at the lovely Expressway Baptist Church. This is where I served as a summer missionary in 2007. It feels both like yesterday and and entire lifetime ago. TONS of good memories and it was wonderful to catch up with everyone, especially the Cogley's, my home away from home that summer. Hopefully next time it won't take 5 1/2 years to get back. </div>
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After a great lunch we were on the road again. Cue Willie Nelson. Jen told us about a scenic route to Lancaster, our next stop so we headed that way. Either she didn't mention, or I didn't listen that we would be driving through mountains. Beautiful, peak of the season fall colored leaves mountains. It was so beautiful but you guys don't get to see because we didn't take pictures. fail. In my defense, driving up crazy high mountains is scary and there wasn't really anywhere to pull over. You'll just have to take my word for it. </div>
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Or you could look at this picture stole from <a href="http://www.laurelhighlands.org/laurel-highlands/outdoor-activities/fall-colors-foliage-tours.asp" target="_blank">google</a>. While we didn't see any waterfalls, we did see that beautiful view on the right. Breathtaking. </div>
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The next morning we woke up in Lancaster, Pa and tried to take a drive to some old covered bridges. The website where I found the directions was a little less than clear, so really we just drove around a lot of Amish country. It was also very beautiful. Seriously, I really think Pennsylvania is generally underrated. You should go.</div>
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Next stop, Philadelphia. If this trip is sounding a little crazy, it is. We saw so many things in a relatively short amount of time. We weren't going to be here for long, so we hit the highlights. Rocky, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and Philly Cheese steaks. Yum. We forgot to take a picture of the food but as you can see it was delicious. </div>
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I count things all day. Usually it starts at 5:45 at the gym counting crunches, push ups, and minutes until I die. Then right on to my work where I count dirty, filthy, money all day. It's amazing how hundreds of thousands of dollars becomes so insignificant to handle when you do it every day. It's really all just paper. Weird.<br />
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What I've noticed lately is I'm counting the days until ___. For instance, 2 days until I (supposedly) get the new iPhone that I've been waiting for since December, 10 days until I leave for the great adventure to the northeast with <a href="http://jeannejourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my mom</a>, ___ days until I get that amazing paycheck for watching trashy reality tv and doing quirky pinterest projects around the house. <br />
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But seriously, I've caught myself a lot lately living in the future. And the thing is, it's usually not a very realistic future. In my future trip, I never would have booked the tickets to Pittsburgh for 8 PM instead of 8 AM. That wouldn't have happened. The future always seems to be perfect, doesn't it? Everything will be better once x happens. When x is finished, everything will fall into place. Continuously waiting for the next thing. Sometimes I think I'm wasting today in anticipation for tomorrow.<br />
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I'm a planner. Always have been, probably always will be. But sometimes it's good to just enjoy today. <br />
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THIS is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24.<br />
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So I'm trying to enjoy today. And I'll try to enjoy tomorrow. But not until tomorrow :)<br />
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What's not to enjoy about this?<br />
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This heat is crazy. Every year is the same. You would think since this is my 25th August in Texas that I would be prepared and yet every year seems 148% hotter than the last.<br />
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Let's be honest- This might go through my head at all meal times.<br />
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I am insanely excited about my trip to the east coast this fall with my mom. I only thought I was excited until I saw the average temperatures for october. Highs in the low 70's! I don't remember what 70's feel like. Fall cannot come soon enough- Bring on the pumpkin flavored anything!</div>
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<br />Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-47417779353120544612012-07-18T17:47:00.002-05:002012-07-18T17:47:43.336-05:00oh to be fourI've been in my house for a little over eight months now. Time has certainly flown by. It finally felt like I actually owned the place when my air conditioner went out and I was the one who had to fix it. It's the only time I've missed having a landlord. But I guess we all grow up sometime, right? <br />
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The week I moved in, my elderly neighbors were moving out to live in an assisted living home. They had lived in the house for at least 40 years and while I was sad I didn't get to know them, I am thankful for the sweet family who moved next door. They are always willing to help, whether it be donating things for a home group garage sale, or telling me how to hang up a clothes line when they noticed I was struggling desperately. I even hid out in their house for awhile when we thought our neighbor's friend had a gun in the front yard. Funny story, I'll have to tell you some time.<br />
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They have the sweetest little girl who's turning 4 this month. She and Thursday are made for each other. I think she's the only one who loves Thursday as much as I do. And I'm pretty sure Thursday loves her more than me. Thurs always runs out of the car directly to their front door expecting to be let in. What am I, chopped liver? Actually Thurs would probably love her some chopped liver.<br />
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Anyway, she's turning 4, so I thought it would be nice to give her a small present. I can't remember how old I was, but I would guess I was around her age when my cousin Steffy sent me a dress up box filled with so many treasures. I remember very fancy jewelry, and dresses fit for a princess. (In reality it was costume jewelry and old prom dresses, but I loved it) I have so many memories of my neighbor Ruthann and I dressing up and pretending to be in ridiculous situations that would be fit for a soap opera.<br />
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I found some jewelry at garages sales and thought that my neighbor might enjoy a box just like it. Here's some of the jewelry I collected.<br />
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I also found these neat pins in one bag of jewelry too. I have no idea how old they are, but how long ago did they stop giving sharp objects to children in school? I don't know if that means 1929 or 29 years? Any ideas? I kept these. I don't think a four year old would find them any kind of interesting.</div>
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I needed a box to put all the spoils in, so I went to Michaels and got a simple wooden photo box, stole some fabric from my mom and raided my own scrap pile. Here's the beginning of the vision.</div>
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I just cut in a straight as I could line and started modge podging each strip to the lid. Soon I had this.</div>
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And here's the final product. I still want to keep it.</div>
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Guys, I love it so much. And it's super easy and fun to make! So don't be surprised if you get one soon.</div>
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I'm going over later today to hand it over so let's hope she likes it as much as I do. I signed the card from Thursday as well so I feel like that might be enough as it is. Seriously. It's bff status.</div>
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<br /></div>Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-4786507319169392922012-06-03T18:48:00.001-05:002012-06-03T18:48:21.535-05:00ImpulsivenessUsually, I am annoyingly indecisive. I dwell. And mull things over. Forever. When I moved in to my house I painted my bedroom the same color as my old room. Mostly because I thought I had enough left paint left over so it would save a little money. I didn't. It was supposed to be a really light grey, but turned out to be almost lavender. Not bad, just not me. But I was determined to live with it because I had already painted it. No one likes painting enough to repaint within months.<br />
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Anyway, I really wanted some color in the room, it was feeling a little drab. I was having a really hard time finding curtains to match the room and also give it some spice. These were a definite no. <br />
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In the store, they were a cute mustardy color. Hanging, they were old grandma gold color. No thanks,</div>
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I went back to target about 4 times before I got the same curtains in black in white. Blah. They didn't look bad, but the room was definitely missing something. My bedding is white, my headboard was grey and white, and the walls were lavender/grey. I'm already falling asleep thinking about how boring.</div>
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I've been reading the blog <a href="http://younghouselove.com/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a> for awhile. If you haven't heard of them, you should definitely start reading. They are basically the king and queen of house blog land.</div>
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They gave me my inspiration in their <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/02/the-guest-room-done-for-now/" target="_blank">guest bedroom</a>. So I woke up one morning and decided to just buy the paint and go at it. If I couldn't find curtains to match, I'll just do things the hard way and match the curtains with color instead. Also that weekend I mowed the yard and cleaned most of the house. What was I thinking? Anyway, after 2 full days of work, definitely no more blah! You'll have to wait (not long...like 3 minutes.) for the reveal because I have more changes to share with you.</div>
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I had also been pining over iron beds for awhile. I found a couple on craigslist, but they were far away and a little more than I wanted to spend. My mom happened to mention it once when talking to my Aunt Suzy, and she said "well, I have one on the porch you can have". Hallelujah!</div>
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My cousin had used it and painted it blue and yellow. You haven't seen my paint color yet, but I'll just tell you that the blue and yellow wasn't going to cut it.</div>
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Please excuse the laundry pile. You can't do everything in one day, and laundry definitely gets procrastinated.<br />
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Notice how Thursday is in the same spot in all these pictures. She would not get up for me to make the bed better, so the quilt is wonky. Such a stubborn spoiled brat dog.</div>
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The worst part of this project was cutting the letters out. It is time consuming, but I really didn't mind at all. I like to do mind numbing projects every now and then.</div>
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And here's the finished product! Hanging in my bedroom which has changed so much since I moved (hello painting a room twice in 4 months, yuck.) More about that later.</div>
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Can you tell I'm just ignoring the fact that I haven't posted in awhile. </div>Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-58534094689473135002012-04-15T10:00:00.000-05:002012-04-15T10:00:35.311-05:00Trying to Cure my Black ThumbWell, I probably only have a dark gray thumb. I don't quite kill everything, but nothing has really ever flourished under my watch. I've tried a tiny vegetable garden, flowers in the front yard, and even a simple orchid on my kitchen table. I think that one is now in my parent's garage somewhere. Poor little thing. whoops. Anyway, I've decided I'm going to get better. Or at least give it a little try. The front of my house started like this.<div>
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Pretty good, but a feel like its' a little dated. There is hardly any grass, it's all weeds. Especially on the weird slope toward the front by the sidewalk. There's a tiny square right in the middle of the yard that is actually grass. So last Saturday morning, I marched myself to Home Depot with big plans. </div>
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Of course once I got there I was very overwhelmed and flustered. But I managed to find the weed and feed and got a package. Who knows if it was the right one, but I already sprinkled it everywhere so here's hoping it works. I have plans put some grass seed down but I have to wait a month after the weed killer. </div>
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I coerced my brother to help me dig that big old bush out. (The one to the right of the front door.) I'm pretty sure it was the last thing he wanted to do, but he's pretty great so he helped me anyway. And he showed up looking like this.</div>
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Now for the really fun stuff! My mom and I went to a local nursery and picked up some knockout roses! Theres' a chance that they won't get enough sun, but the owner seemed to think it was worth a try. I've been told they're very low maintenance (perfect!) and I picked yellow ones. My favorite color! Here's my mom planting some. </div>
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They're tiny right now, I'll just have to ask you to imagine them full grown and how lovely they will be. The tag on the roses said this type is the only one that is fragrant and if you get really close they do smell lovely! Hopefully when there are more of them you will be able to smell them without sticking your face in the plant. </div>
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Even though Thurs didn't do much of anything that day, she sure slept like she did. You didn't think I would give you a post without a picture of Thursday, did you?</div>Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-59623344072694102252012-04-03T19:15:00.004-05:002012-04-03T19:15:55.912-05:00Heart SongsWell, I knew it had been awhile since my last post but it has REALLY been awhile. Whoops. There are many excuses, but the biggest one is my camera broke. It was very inconvenient. Fortunately I was uncharacteristically smart enough to buy the warranty and just made it in time. (usually I don't want to spend the extra money) Definitely worth it, because Best Buy gave me a brand new camera! <br />
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So now, with new camera in hand, I can finally write about my latest changes. I've made some spontaneous ones that you'll hear about soon enough, but I wanted to show you my new artwork in the living room. Well, I actually did it in January so it's old to me, but new to you!<br />
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Remember my old garage door? I've used it in my apartment in Nacogdoches with pictures of friends, and then put it up when I moved in with Christmas wrapping paper behind. (blogspot isn't recognizing Nacogdoches as a word and putting the little squiggles under it. At first I thought I had been away for so long I forgot how to spell it. I really need to make a trip back.)<br />
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The second picture is from the Christmas party I had with some friends from work. I set up a hot chocolate bar with lots of mix-ins and toppings. Y-U-M.</div>
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Music has always been a big part of my life whether it be piano lessons, drum line, or just singing in my grandmother's living room. Weezer has a song called Heart Songs about the songs that shape your life. There were a few songs that I just couldn't get the lyrics out of my brain lately, so I might as well have them front and center. </div>
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So, I'll give you the tour from left to right. If you're looking for some new music, click on the links to hear the songs. I hope you love them as much as I do. Which is a lot.</div>
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First we have "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCunuL58odQ&ob=av2n">And oh, how He loves us, oh</a>" by David Crowder Band. Sometimes the simplest truths are the are the ones I can't wrap my head around.</div>
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Farther along I chose for two reasons. Whenever I hear this song, it always makes me think of my Grandmother, my mom's mom. I'm not sure if she sang it often, but I have very clear memories of her <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gGgtyy2xKw">singing this old hymn</a>. A few months ago, I discovered Josh Garrels <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1wy6MGoG7Y">singing his own version</a> and I fell in love with it as well. I'm sad that the orange doesn't show up as well. I may have to redo this one.</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WucHt6uno1o">"Create in me a clean heart, O God"</a> is from a Jon Foreman song that is ripped directly from Psalm 51. I love when scripture is set to music because without even knowing it, you have it memorized.<br />
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I'm loving the burlappy roughness against the fabric flowers. And I love that when I see it the songs are stuck in my head yet again. Hopefully I'll be blogging a little more than once every 3 months. Let's hope anyway.Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-38988294133958892852012-01-28T23:45:00.000-06:002012-01-29T20:39:25.742-06:00Curtain Call Chapter 2My shower curtain was my first attempt at window coverings. My living room has 2 huge windows and I love them. They make the house so much brighter, especially my navy paint! While I love the windows, I was not loving the price of curtain rods for windows over 11 ft long. Yikes. While I was researching prices for curtain rods and curtains, I came across a tutorial on a blog showing how to make curtains out of drop cloths.<br />
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Better yet, these drop cloths are about $10 a pop. That is crazy cheap for curtains. Or fabric for that matter. The tutorial I saw used drop cloths with a stripe of a fitted sheet at the top. I really liked the way this looked, but my windows were a tad too long for my drop cloths so I decided to add some inches with my stripe of color on the sides. I found some cute upholstery fabric at Joanns, slapped a coupon down, and got to sewing.<br />
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Now that I had the curtains, I needed a way to hang them. Have you ever priced curtain rods? In a perfect world, things would actually cost what I think they should. I do not think cheapest (for the size I need) curtain rods should be $50. Times two. I realize that might actually be a fair price, but not in my perfect world. Luckily, the internet came to the rescue yet again. Turns out, you can make curtain rods out of whatever you want to. Well, not really, but you can make them out of conduit. For about $2, you can get 10ft lengths and then connect them together with a conduit fitting for another $2. I found some brackets at a resale shop, some spray paint, and hung them right up. Well, actually my dad and my brother hung them right up. And I am thankful. I bought some curtain rings and since I didn't feel like sewing anymore, folded over the top to "hem" and hung them right up! I really like the way it turned out. </div>
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My aunt treated me to go see it at the Winspear Opera House in December. Those are my beautiful cousins, my mom and my aunt. What a fun night. If you ever get a chance to see this musical, do not pass it up. I promise it will change your life. </div>
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Anyway, back to the curtains, I think they look great in the room. They might need one more drop cloth each to make it a little fuller. When you close them, they just barely meet. I definitely like them better when they are open and a little bunched.<br />
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This is pretty much the view from the front door. The living room is bigger than you expect, and I'm really enjoying it! Don't mind my Christmas wrapping paper on the walls. I've been to lazy to switch it out since Christmas. Whoops.<br />
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This is the other side of the room. I'm still working on how to get the best pictures. Please excuse the random dining room chairs in the hallway.</div>
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Also, here's the obligatory Thursday shot. Boy does she know how to work the camera.</div>
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Love the store, hate their prices. Seriously, $98 for a shower curtain? That's ridiculous. Also this curtain has an extra flap of fabric at the top to hide the shower rings. A handy feature, but not for me when I already bought these babies!<br />
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I love them. I love that they add a pop of color and of course I love the owls. I think they're subtle enough to not be overboard. So Cute!<br />
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So even if I had piles and piles of money to spend, if I bought the fancy Anthro shower curtain, I would be hiding my little cuties! I read a couple of blogs pretty consistently, one of them being <a href="http://bowerpowerblog.com/">Bower Power</a>. If you've never read it, you should. I just think she is hilarious- and great at decorating on a budget! This is where I got the idea to make my own shower curtain. I never knew you could just use any kind of fabric. I always thought it had to be "shower curtain fabric" Crazy and so simple. <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2011/09/curtain-call/">This post</a> gives a much better tutorial than I could give and I followed her instructions for the background of my curtain. <br />
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I went to Walmart and Target looking for flat sheets, but apparently here in Texas they only sell sheets as a set, and not a very cheap set. Bummer. On my week of vacation I devoted a whole day to thrift store shopping. I had several things I needed-mirrors, lamps, any kind of odds and ends. My first stop of the day I walked right past all the sheets straight to the lamps. Unfortunatly all the lamps were from 1992, not exactly what I was looking for. On my way back out to my car I took my time making sure I didn't miss anything. Sheets! there were so many. I don't know if it's gross to some people using used sheets-actually typing it out somehow makes it grosser (more gross?) - but I figure with several washes, they were good as new! I found grey and a coral color both for $5. Perfect.<br />
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I cut long strips of the coral and ruffled them. I don't know a good way to tell you to do this. I'm sure there's a better way than the route I took. It wasn't hard work, just very time consuming.<br />
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Of course I had a little help, as usual.<br />
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And a little help from the tv show Parenthood.<br />
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Then I just pinned my ruffles to the grey fabric and sewed them right on! <br />
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You can't look too closely, as with most of my projects, but I might be the only one who can see all the misakes. I still think it's wonderful!Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-14233084600545142922011-12-28T10:51:00.000-06:002011-12-28T21:37:53.046-06:00New (to me) ChairI can never think of a clever title for these things. It's much harder for me than writing the actual blog. So that's what you get today. I'll probably whine about that again.<br />
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When I bought this house I knew that everything that went inside the house was going to have to be cheap. I've always lived with roommates. All my roommates have had most of the major items that go in a house. I basically had everything for my bedroom and a dining room table-and that's it. Except for a few old coffee tables, practically nothing for the living room. And the kitchen was pitiful. I had a few baking pans, 2 forks, 2 spoons and a knife. p-i-t-i-ful. <br />
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Garage sales and estate sales are my favorite places to find things. I don't know why, but I feel more accomplished when I find some great treasure than if I had spent a lot of money at a fancy store. Sure, you have to be careful about what you buy, but 95% of the time I'm happy with my purchase.<br />
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I think it has something to do with my Walton blood. I've talked about him before, but my Grandpa, Rex Walton, is the king of garage sales. <br />
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He even takes it a step further and goes to the storage unit auctions. He knew Storage Wars was cool before TV did. He finally found a unit with some diamond rings the last time! In the same storage unit was a ton of furniture. I was thinking "Perfect! I need furniture!" Then I saw it. Terrible. Worse than you could imagine. (Think mid-90's floral/abstract paint splatters) So those were a no-go. He sold them at his annual garage sale. Apparently it was exactly what someone was looking for.<br />
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My mom set aside this chair for me to look at. <br />
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I loved the shape of it and it was pretty comfortable, but not really very pretty. You can tell that at one point it was very fancy, but she was really starting to show her age. I figured that if I started with a free chair, I could at least try to reupholster it and if it turned out horribly, no harm done.<br />
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So, I bought one more package of canvas drop cloth from Home Depot (I already bought 4 for my curtains-more on that later) and then I waited. And waited. This chair was intimidating me. Seriously, giving me the stink eye. Luckily, I had a week of vacation coming up so I could use that as my excuse to procrastinate. "I'll just wait until I have plenty of time!"<br />
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Then it was vacation time and I had to get started. All the instructions I found online pretty much said just get after it and figure it out as you go. So that's what I did. I just started pulling staples. For about 4 hours. It was ridiculous. I forgot to take a picture of the basket I was keeping them in, but I would guess there was about 300. Yikes.<br />
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I tried to take pictures as I pulled pieces off so maybe I could put the new fabric together the same way. I would definitely recommend this method. Once I got all the fabric off, I pinned these to my drop cloth and cut out the new pieces.<br />
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Then I dragged the thing to my parents garage so I could use his staple gun attached to his air compressor. I'm so thankful he had this. I would still be stapling the dumb chair if I had to use a manual staple gun. I bought a button-making kit at Joann's (my second home for the past couple months) and made some buttons to pull through for the tufting.<br />
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I think it turned out great! I love it because it's so neutral, no matter what I change everything else to, I just change my pillow cover to match-just like this beautiful blue fabric!<br />
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Speaking of proud, I feel a little like a proud parent because my house was in the Denton Record Chronicle today. The paper is doing a series about different neighborhoods in Denton and focused on my street today. If you want to read the article there's a link <a href="http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Panhandle_1228.37e2a7a86.html">here.</a> The article online doesn't have my picture, but in the real paper on page 13A this little beauty is front and center! Well, really it's right above the obituaries, but that's close enough, right?</div>
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<br />Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-44870687615051007492011-12-13T14:05:00.000-06:002011-12-17T18:06:03.326-06:00"I'm sorry that I ruined your lives and crammed eleven cookies in the VCR"<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you know where that quote is from, we're probably friends. Elf is one of my very favorite Christmas movies. I love Christmas. So. Much. I love to get all the decorations out and listen to all the traditional Jacobs family Christmas music (Beach Boys, Elvis, Amy Grant, Muppets -you know-the classics.) In college, my roommate and I had a tradition of going to the Dollar Tree every year to get some high quality Christmas decorations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you haven't heard of Pinterest, you should go there right now. There are so many great ideas, from recipes to crafts and everything else you can imagine. One that kept popping up was a tomato cage turned upside down and decorated to look like a Christmas tree. I loved it. Fortunatly, my mom likes to keep a garden and happened to have a cage handy since I couldn't find one in the stores. I think it looks great paired with my simple wreath on my lovely red door.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found some sales a Joann's for most of the ornaments. My mom and I raided my Grandpa's attic (where you can find just about anything) and got some of my grandma's old ornaments out. There's a red scarf on my tree. If you read </span><a href="http://jeannejourney.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my mom's blog</span></a>,<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> you might know this already, but this is because my Grandma (I call her Nan) wrote a poem for Thanksgiving this year and put a red scarf on her tree as well. It's a sweet reminder why we have Christmas in the first place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannah looks at her baby sister with love in her eyes and her</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">see. This must please Elyse greatly for she is beautiful to me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">black hair, big brown eyes, and the most beautiful skin you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I look at our Bob Number Three, so handsome and tall and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then there is our beautiful Kaylee, our first granddaughter to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is a Christmas tree in the corner. It is smiling brightly</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">red scarf we can see. A reminder for those who love Him</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So many little stories are stored up in my heart, but nothing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">written in red on a tree. Oh, what a blessing Jesus is to me. </span></span></div>
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I had resigned to pay the ridiculous amount at Home Depot when I was working late on an incredibly slow afternoon and decided to check craigslist one more time. A church about 20 minutes away was selling EXACTLY the amount of fence I needed including all the hardware, brand new, still on the pallet delivered from Home Depot for $450! So after 2 trips to the church, (there was a small hiccup involving 20 ft top rails that I didn't about) I was on my way to a brand new fence. <br />
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Remember that fence in Mexico I supposedly helped build? I must not have actually done any of the work, because I'm sure I would have remembered this. This is hard work! My dad started digging the post holes while I was at work and then I helped a little on the last few. Along the way we came to some no-so-happy surprises.<br />
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See that huge patch of gray? It's concrete. A significantly different digging experience than if it were just plain old normal dirt. Yikes. My hands were so sore at the end of the day, and I hardly helped with 1/4 of the work and managed to only get one blister. And I whined about it.<br />
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Have I mentioned how lucky I am to have a dad and brother that will do all my handyman jobs for me? Because I am. My brother came down the next week to dig the post holes on the other side of the house. Once those were done the work was much easier and the fence was up in no time. I mostly stood nearby handing tools to the real workers. Super helpful.<br />
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Thursday took her time inspecting every inch of the perimeter. I have a weird dog. This is the same thing she does when I take her to the dog park - just sulks around the edge, ignoring the other dogs for a good 20 minutes, mouth frothing. She's really good at looking like a creepy rabies dog.Kayleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298992835274267249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885172526014844064.post-71144549328588913752011-12-08T11:52:00.001-06:002011-12-08T22:15:11.797-06:00Commander-in-ChiefNo, not that kind of white house, but I suppose I am the Commander in Chief now. I'm still getting used to not having a landlord. I'm sure none of you would want me as president. Decision making is not my best quality. I tend to think over things way too much. Exhibit A: This blog. It took me almost a week to actually think of a name for it and I'm still not completely sold on it. But i figured I might as well start the blog while the house is still new. As most of you know by now, I bought a house! I wanted to start a blog so I can involve those who are very dear but not always so near. <br />
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Let me tell you how I found the house in the first place. Most of you know my mom (and if you don't, you should), and know that she's a little crazy. But always in a good way. : )<br />
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After I put an offer on a seemingly perfect house and got outbid, she just knew she could find me another one in the same area. The neighborhood has cute, old (probably 1950's) houses, some needing more work than others. So she drove around until she saw one she liked and then wrote down the address. No for sale sign - just a house. When she got home, she looked online at the public tax records and found that most of the owners of these houses didn't actually live there, they were rental property. So being the go-getter that she is, she wrote letters asking if they would be interested in selling their house to me. Crazy, right? Well, what's crazier is that several people actually got back to her. She even had tea with a lovely elderly lady that was not able to sell me the house because her grandchildren were living there. <br />
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One of the letters happened to go to an elderly couple with several rent houses. They had just been discussing whether to continue renting or sell the house. They invited us to come and look at the house. It was a cute little house - "little" being the key word. While we were looking, my realtor was speaking to the owner and he mentioned he had one other empty house closer to downtown if I wanted to look at that one as well. We drove right on over and it might have been love at first sight. The red door is what sold me. So cute! (I realized lately at least 4 out of 6 places I've lived have had a red door - I'm sensing a theme) I just knew they would be asking way over my budget, but once we started negotiations it didn't take too long to settle on a price- and now it's mine!<br />
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I'm hoping to use this blog to update friends and family on how things look. I'm always trying to find the best deal, and rarely pay full price for anything. There's a lot of DIY around here too. I don't think I'll be featured on Extreme Couponing anytime soon, but i do love a good deal. I think it's my Walton side coming out. I've heard my Grandpa haggle down 50 cents down to 10 at a garage sale. It's intense. I'm trying to make it look nice on a tight budget and that's almost more fun than a spending spree.<br />
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Also, here's Thursday, because who can resist that face?<br />
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