Ready to Dress Up the New Nest

Hi friend.

Having a happy weekend?  We are here.  Well, pretty lazy, but good. 

Jered has been studying nonstop.  (In my opinion.)  Yesterday he decided to take a break- which, in my opinion, was a good idea.  I woke up to his smiling face asking me if I wanted to go out for pancakes.  Why yes! Yes, I do!  So we enjoyed a long breakfast at our favorite corner diner. 

Then we lazed around the apartment most of the day.  I cooked up a ton of chicken for the next few days, tried making banana chips, and made some lime cilantro dressing from my Cast Iron Skillet Cook Book that I got from Grandpa Bill and Grandma Robbie for the wedding.  It turned out pretty good!

Jered and I have spent the last two afternoons in a quiet classroom on campus.  Yesterday we wasted a couple hours on the computer- he looked at land and listened to music, and I pinned and blog browsed.    Today we packed up a big lunchbox full of healthy goodies, and he is studying and taking practice tests, but I am doing the same old thing. 

I have found a blog that I am in love with- look up sweet-verbena.blogspot.com.  She does so many DIY projects, and better yet- makes them seem really easy and posts great directions.  I am basically stock-piling ideas right now for our new apartment.  I cannot wait to feel like we live in a grown up place and something a little less dorm roomesque.

But friend- if you could just see all the ideas piling up in my head, you would think we were getting ready to move into a big house, not a two bedroom apartment. Ha.  I'm going to have to do some major picking and choosing and planning to make everything work together and still look simple- which is ultimately what I'm wanting- nice and simple.

I'm also trying to figure out how to get some of the styles I like without making it too "girly" for Jered.  Although I don't think my taste is that girly to start with, he is definitely a "man's man," and I want him to love the look of our apartment too.

Here are some of my favorite finds of the week:

The wreath and the table are both from my new favorite blog.  I found the barrel tables on Pinterest.  I also found some great antiqued glass tutorials for candles and jars and such.

I've already asked Dad to help me with a father-daughter project. (That great TV table.)  I love how simple it it- and she say's it's crazy sturdy.  To me, it seems modern and rustic mixed together.  

Since we will be home for a few days over my birthday weekend, I've roped Mom and Kate into trying some of the other projects.  Hopefully we will have some beauties to share with you next week.

In case you were wondering, Jered is now playing his harmonica with a backtrack he found online.  Being the loving, supportive wife that I am, I have headphones in and am listening to old Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Well friend, time to get back to my lovely weekend with my handsome husband.  I sure do wish I had brought my camera with me so you could see him right now.  Maybe we'll venture back this way again this week and I can sneak a picture in somewhere.  Anyway- later!

Aim