And on March 21, this happened.
Apparently Connecticut wants to get rid of me because really there's just no other explanation for it.
Monday, March 21, 2011
you have got to be kidding me
Apparently Connecticut wants to get rid of me because really there's just no other explanation for it.
good morning yummy breakfast
Let's get this out there: I am not a morning person. But I am a huge breakfast person. I love it all the time. I especially love eggs and turkey bacon.
Even though I love breakfast, my usual weekday routine is pretty boring: Greek yogurt or oatmeal with almond butter and honey. Although I love them both, sometimes I just want something that has a little more of a weekend-breakfast feel. So when Cooking Light sent out an email last week that said "17 Grab-and-Go Quick Breakfast Recipes," I was beyond excited.
First recipe that I had to try: Mini Frittatas with Ham and Cheese
Note: I used frozen turkey sausage instead of ham because I don't eat ham. And I didn't use thyme because I apparently threw mine away, but I'm also not a huge fan of it (maybe why I threw it away?).
Pros:
- Easy! Whenever something is easy, I automatically like it more.
- Seriously low in calories (which makes mid morning snacks so guilt-free)
- Tasty - the onions and sausage and cheese play really well off each other
- I have breakfast for a week!
Cons:
- Even though you do eat 3 of them (per serving), they are small little things
- Onions can be iffy in the morning, but they aren't too potent and I always have tea and/or water right after breakfast (and gum in my purse)
To sum it up: these make breakfast a little more fun and exciting! And who doesn't like an exciting breakfast?
Even though I love breakfast, my usual weekday routine is pretty boring: Greek yogurt or oatmeal with almond butter and honey. Although I love them both, sometimes I just want something that has a little more of a weekend-breakfast feel. So when Cooking Light sent out an email last week that said "17 Grab-and-Go Quick Breakfast Recipes," I was beyond excited.
First recipe that I had to try: Mini Frittatas with Ham and Cheese
Note: I used frozen turkey sausage instead of ham because I don't eat ham. And I didn't use thyme because I apparently threw mine away, but I'm also not a huge fan of it (maybe why I threw it away?).
Pros:
- Easy! Whenever something is easy, I automatically like it more.
- Seriously low in calories (which makes mid morning snacks so guilt-free)
- Tasty - the onions and sausage and cheese play really well off each other
- I have breakfast for a week!
Cons:
- Even though you do eat 3 of them (per serving), they are small little things
- Onions can be iffy in the morning, but they aren't too potent and I always have tea and/or water right after breakfast (and gum in my purse)
To sum it up: these make breakfast a little more fun and exciting! And who doesn't like an exciting breakfast?
Thursday, March 17, 2011
best snack ever
I love finding healthy snack ideas because a) I snack a lot and b) I don't want to eat something bad when I'm already sitting at a desk for 7+ hours a day. So not fun.
So when I found this little diddy, I was thrilled! Chickpeas? Yes please. Sweet? Yes. Spicy? Of course! Quick and easy? Oh emm gee.
If you want something quick and easy and yummy and filling and wonderful, definitely make these spicy roasted chickpeas.
Highlights:
- Easy
- More fun than almonds (not that I don't love almonds, but I like variety even more)
- Filling!
- I look forward to my mid-afternoon snack
- I threw them on some spinach with walnuts and feta for a quick and easy salad
Cons:
- When they're gone I am just so sad
Click here for the recipe. Do it now!
So when I found this little diddy, I was thrilled! Chickpeas? Yes please. Sweet? Yes. Spicy? Of course! Quick and easy? Oh emm gee.
If you want something quick and easy and yummy and filling and wonderful, definitely make these spicy roasted chickpeas.
Highlights:
- Easy
- More fun than almonds (not that I don't love almonds, but I like variety even more)
- Filling!
- I look forward to my mid-afternoon snack
- I threw them on some spinach with walnuts and feta for a quick and easy salad
Cons:
- When they're gone I am just so sad
Click here for the recipe. Do it now!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
pretty shiny thing
My dad just called and this is how our conversation started:
Me: Hello
Dad: Hey what are you doing?
Me: Nothing
Dad: Um, you haven't blogged in a while.
Oh. Right.
So on that note, I have a coffee table to tell you about. Get excited!
I know I mentioned the coffee table a few weeks ago, but this thing was/is a true labor of love. Originally I wasn't a fan of the table because a) it was beat up and b) it's a half moon shape. But the more I looked the more I realized I actually really like it's shape and tapered legs. Plus it's free and it would give me something to practice staining on so it quickly became my favorite piece of furniture.
So when my dad came up over President's Day weekend, I put him to work. He got to know the Norwalk Home Depot really well.
Here are some pictures of the wear and tear this table had been through (ps I took these with my phone in a garage with fluorescent lighting, so, yeah):
Sorry there's no picture of the shape yet, but pictures were always an after thought. I was ready to attack this thing.
Step 1: strip all the stain and shellac and shiny layer off. It was not pretty. Once the stripper-stuff has set on the wood for a while, you strip it off with a scraper. Here's an idea of how cool that was:
Pretty! Clearly Dad was too busy for pictures as well. Side note: this part is super smelly. Like worry-about-your-brain-cells smelly. We took multiple breaks since we were working in a closed garage with no ventilation at all. More on that later.
Anyways, step 2 (which really might be like step 4 since we had to keep stripping that thing down) is sanding. Sanding (with a sander) is so much fun yall. I love it.
This is about mid-way through the sanding. We sanded and sanded and sanded some more until this thing was much lighter and felt like wood.
After wiping down with some mineral oil to get all the dust off, step 3 was to stain! Hooray! I wanted a nice medium brown color with a little bit of red and shine. Lots and lots of shine.
On Tuesday morning when my dad had to leave, he didn't get to see the finished product because I locked the garage and had my keys in my room (and he left around 6am...) - oopsies. So when I went down and checked it I was greeted with what we were afraid of: small hole-like spots where the stain had separated. Check it out:
And a close-up:
After the 2nd coat we saw these spots but kept our fingers crossed that they would magically go away. No such luck. After looking back, we determined this most likely happened because a) it was in the 30s the day we stained and you're not supposed to stain below 50 apparently, b) there was no ventilation and um there's supposed to be adequate ventilation and c) you weren't supposed to do thick coats but um, I wanted instant gratification. And one other thing to note is that we used a stain + polyurethane product instead of a separate spain and poly, so if we had used just stain this might have been different.
Moving on.
Last week I got antsy and took this thing back out to the garage to work on it some more. I sanded, re-stained, realized I needed to sand more so I wiped the stain off, sanded more, and stained for real. And this is where we are now:
Say hello to our pretty pretty table! He's almost done, but not quite. A couple holes formed this time, but they are much less noticable so it's in the living room now and I'm seeing if it bothers me (and yeah, it's kind of bothering me). Also, I realized the drawer and legs need one more coat - they just aren't as wonderfully shiny as the top. And speaking of that - with so much shine, this thing reflects the TV like a lake reflects a sunset and it is so fun to look at. Sometimes I catch myself watching the table and not the TV, but that might also be because I have a weird obsession with this table now.
The good news is tomorrow it's supposed to be around 59 degrees (yeahhhh!!!) so I'll be out in the garage staining away. Hopefully I'll have some finished pictures next week!
And that my friends is the story of my first staining experience. Now I just sit around looking at furniture and dream about staining and painting. Good news is I have a table from South Africa sitting in the garage just waiting for me to make it pretty. Now I just really need Connecticut temps to not go back to the 40s next week. Work with me CT.
Me: Hello
Dad: Hey what are you doing?
Me: Nothing
Dad: Um, you haven't blogged in a while.
Oh. Right.
So on that note, I have a coffee table to tell you about. Get excited!
I know I mentioned the coffee table a few weeks ago, but this thing was/is a true labor of love. Originally I wasn't a fan of the table because a) it was beat up and b) it's a half moon shape. But the more I looked the more I realized I actually really like it's shape and tapered legs. Plus it's free and it would give me something to practice staining on so it quickly became my favorite piece of furniture.
So when my dad came up over President's Day weekend, I put him to work. He got to know the Norwalk Home Depot really well.
Here are some pictures of the wear and tear this table had been through (ps I took these with my phone in a garage with fluorescent lighting, so, yeah):
Sorry there's no picture of the shape yet, but pictures were always an after thought. I was ready to attack this thing.
Step 1: strip all the stain and shellac and shiny layer off. It was not pretty. Once the stripper-stuff has set on the wood for a while, you strip it off with a scraper. Here's an idea of how cool that was:
Pretty! Clearly Dad was too busy for pictures as well. Side note: this part is super smelly. Like worry-about-your-brain-cells smelly. We took multiple breaks since we were working in a closed garage with no ventilation at all. More on that later.
Anyways, step 2 (which really might be like step 4 since we had to keep stripping that thing down) is sanding. Sanding (with a sander) is so much fun yall. I love it.
This is about mid-way through the sanding. We sanded and sanded and sanded some more until this thing was much lighter and felt like wood.
After wiping down with some mineral oil to get all the dust off, step 3 was to stain! Hooray! I wanted a nice medium brown color with a little bit of red and shine. Lots and lots of shine.
On Tuesday morning when my dad had to leave, he didn't get to see the finished product because I locked the garage and had my keys in my room (and he left around 6am...) - oopsies. So when I went down and checked it I was greeted with what we were afraid of: small hole-like spots where the stain had separated. Check it out:
And a close-up:
After the 2nd coat we saw these spots but kept our fingers crossed that they would magically go away. No such luck. After looking back, we determined this most likely happened because a) it was in the 30s the day we stained and you're not supposed to stain below 50 apparently, b) there was no ventilation and um there's supposed to be adequate ventilation and c) you weren't supposed to do thick coats but um, I wanted instant gratification. And one other thing to note is that we used a stain + polyurethane product instead of a separate spain and poly, so if we had used just stain this might have been different.
Moving on.
Last week I got antsy and took this thing back out to the garage to work on it some more. I sanded, re-stained, realized I needed to sand more so I wiped the stain off, sanded more, and stained for real. And this is where we are now:
Say hello to our pretty pretty table! He's almost done, but not quite. A couple holes formed this time, but they are much less noticable so it's in the living room now and I'm seeing if it bothers me (and yeah, it's kind of bothering me). Also, I realized the drawer and legs need one more coat - they just aren't as wonderfully shiny as the top. And speaking of that - with so much shine, this thing reflects the TV like a lake reflects a sunset and it is so fun to look at. Sometimes I catch myself watching the table and not the TV, but that might also be because I have a weird obsession with this table now.
The good news is tomorrow it's supposed to be around 59 degrees (yeahhhh!!!) so I'll be out in the garage staining away. Hopefully I'll have some finished pictures next week!
And that my friends is the story of my first staining experience. Now I just sit around looking at furniture and dream about staining and painting. Good news is I have a table from South Africa sitting in the garage just waiting for me to make it pretty. Now I just really need Connecticut temps to not go back to the 40s next week. Work with me CT.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
chef mcneilldee
I'm baaaack. For real this time. The most recent move is just about complete and life is settling down again. First a few updates:
- remember when I said my dad would come here for President's Day weekend as long as it didn't snow and work didn't get in the way? Well he came! And it ended up snowing. Oops.
- Dad and I refinished a coffee table. Pictures and details to come!
- while NC has been enjoying 75 degree weather, we've been enjoying 32 degree weather. And in this case, enjoying also means loathing.
- I made a real dinner for the first time in months!
And that's what we're going to talk about. KK gave me a new cookbook for Christmas and my first impression is YUM. First though, let's talk about how hard it was to get the cookbook: she mailed it back in December, by mid-January I still didn't have it, I talked to the Post Office - nada, Kristen gave me the tracking number, I called UPS. A lady tells me that they didn't realize it was a PO box address until it was at the warehouse, and since they couldn't deliver it there they "did some research" and found my last known address - aka the place I moved out of at the beginning of November. So yes, I got to go back and visit the lovely family that now recognizes my name and saves my mail in the garage. I promised them it would be the last time I dropped in on them. Thumbs down UPS.
However, thumbs up for The Best of Clean Eating (which also happens to be the cookbook I gave Will's parents for Christmas!)
I decided my first recipe would be Quick White Bean and Spinach Ravioli. Reasons: I like recipes that say "quick," I like beans, I like spinach, and I like ravioli. Sold!
Quick White Bean and Spinach Ravioli
Serves: 4 Hands-on time: 15 minutes Total time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1/4 cup frozen chopped spinach
1/2 cup cannellini (white kidney) beans
1/2 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
2 tbsp shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
1/4 tsp kosher salt
32 square wonton wrappers
1 cup unsalted or reduced-sodium tomato sauce
1) Fill a medium saucepan with hot water; cover and bring to a boil
2) While water is heating, defrost the spinach in a microwave. Once it's cooled a bit, squeeze as much water as possible out of it and place in the bowl of a food processor. Add the beans, cheeses, and salt. Process the mixture until smooth, approximately one minute.
3) Fill a small bowl with warm water. Lay out 16 wonton wrappers. Did your finger in the water and moisten edges of each wrapper. Place 1 teaspoon of filling in center of each square. From the leftover wrappers, take another wrapper, place it on top of the filling, and seal by pressing firmly along the edges of ravioli. Repeat until all wrappers are gone or all filling is used.
4) Gently place ravioli in boiling water and cook for approximately 2 minutes. The ravioli is ready when you can see the green of the filling through the wrappers. While pasta cooks, warm tomato sauce. Drain pasta, place 4 on a plate, and top with sauce.
Nutrition info (for 4 ravioli and 1/4 cup sauce): calories 343, total fat 3g, sat fat 1g, carbs 60g, fiber 6g, sugar 4g, protein 18g, sodium 621 mg, cholesterol 17mg
My changes:
- I didn't use kosher salt because my kosher salt was in my car (clearly where it should be) and I was too lazy to walk out and get it
- I couldn't find wonton wrappers but did find whole wheat dumpling wrappers (at Whole Foods in the frozen Asian section). Instead of using 2 per ravioli, I used just 1 and folded it over itself to make a semi-circle. Oh and I just looked it up and these are healthier than wonton wrappers (especially when it comes to sodium) so I'll probably use these every time for this recipe.
- I wet the edges of each wrapper as I went instead of in the beginning. I think they might dry out if you do it all at the beginning.
- So by the recipe you would think that you would end up with just 16 squares (or in my case semi-circles) right? I ended up with 30. I could have maybe scraped for 31. And I totally followed directions so um, be prepared?
- My actual cooking time was about 25 minutes instead of 15. Still not bad.
- I ate 7 dumplings instead of 4 so that makes it a little high in terms of calories and sodium (get whole wheat dumpling wrappers!), but I'll just take that into account tomorrow - when I eat leftovers for lunch.
Overall thoughts: So good! So good that I forgot to take a picture of the goodness. It was yummy, filling, super easy, and oddly pride-boosting. I mean I just made my own ravioli. I feel awesome. And full. And excited for lunch tomorrow! Make this recipe. Just do it.
Last random anecdote: Okay, so I went to my usual grocery store first before Whole Foods and accidentally left without paying for my deli turkey and cheese. I was doing self-checkout and those items were in the seat of the cart and I was on the other end emptying my cart and ringing myself up. Then a man in a wheelchair got in line behind me. And after I bagged everything and finally spotted by missed items, I felt bad asking him to back out of line so I could get back over there. But I did feel really bad. Here's the kicker though: after making dinner I looked at my Whole Foods receipt and realized the lady forgot to ring up my dumpling wrappers and my miniature burrito! This one is so not my fault because I only had 6 items total and I know I put all of them on the conveyor belt because I didn't have a basket. Good news is I did give $1 to charity so maybe my karma is back in order. Fingers crossed.
- remember when I said my dad would come here for President's Day weekend as long as it didn't snow and work didn't get in the way? Well he came! And it ended up snowing. Oops.
- Dad and I refinished a coffee table. Pictures and details to come!
- while NC has been enjoying 75 degree weather, we've been enjoying 32 degree weather. And in this case, enjoying also means loathing.
- I made a real dinner for the first time in months!
And that's what we're going to talk about. KK gave me a new cookbook for Christmas and my first impression is YUM. First though, let's talk about how hard it was to get the cookbook: she mailed it back in December, by mid-January I still didn't have it, I talked to the Post Office - nada, Kristen gave me the tracking number, I called UPS. A lady tells me that they didn't realize it was a PO box address until it was at the warehouse, and since they couldn't deliver it there they "did some research" and found my last known address - aka the place I moved out of at the beginning of November. So yes, I got to go back and visit the lovely family that now recognizes my name and saves my mail in the garage. I promised them it would be the last time I dropped in on them. Thumbs down UPS.
However, thumbs up for The Best of Clean Eating (which also happens to be the cookbook I gave Will's parents for Christmas!)
I decided my first recipe would be Quick White Bean and Spinach Ravioli. Reasons: I like recipes that say "quick," I like beans, I like spinach, and I like ravioli. Sold!
Quick White Bean and Spinach Ravioli
Serves: 4 Hands-on time: 15 minutes Total time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1/4 cup frozen chopped spinach
1/2 cup cannellini (white kidney) beans
1/2 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
2 tbsp shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
1/4 tsp kosher salt
32 square wonton wrappers
1 cup unsalted or reduced-sodium tomato sauce
(the elephant is my salt - and yes, I did get the elephant salt and pepper shakers for my birthday!)
1) Fill a medium saucepan with hot water; cover and bring to a boil
2) While water is heating, defrost the spinach in a microwave. Once it's cooled a bit, squeeze as much water as possible out of it and place in the bowl of a food processor. Add the beans, cheeses, and salt. Process the mixture until smooth, approximately one minute.
3) Fill a small bowl with warm water. Lay out 16 wonton wrappers. Did your finger in the water and moisten edges of each wrapper. Place 1 teaspoon of filling in center of each square. From the leftover wrappers, take another wrapper, place it on top of the filling, and seal by pressing firmly along the edges of ravioli. Repeat until all wrappers are gone or all filling is used.
4) Gently place ravioli in boiling water and cook for approximately 2 minutes. The ravioli is ready when you can see the green of the filling through the wrappers. While pasta cooks, warm tomato sauce. Drain pasta, place 4 on a plate, and top with sauce.
Nutrition info (for 4 ravioli and 1/4 cup sauce): calories 343, total fat 3g, sat fat 1g, carbs 60g, fiber 6g, sugar 4g, protein 18g, sodium 621 mg, cholesterol 17mg
My changes:
- I didn't use kosher salt because my kosher salt was in my car (clearly where it should be) and I was too lazy to walk out and get it
- I couldn't find wonton wrappers but did find whole wheat dumpling wrappers (at Whole Foods in the frozen Asian section). Instead of using 2 per ravioli, I used just 1 and folded it over itself to make a semi-circle. Oh and I just looked it up and these are healthier than wonton wrappers (especially when it comes to sodium) so I'll probably use these every time for this recipe.
- I wet the edges of each wrapper as I went instead of in the beginning. I think they might dry out if you do it all at the beginning.
- So by the recipe you would think that you would end up with just 16 squares (or in my case semi-circles) right? I ended up with 30. I could have maybe scraped for 31. And I totally followed directions so um, be prepared?
- My actual cooking time was about 25 minutes instead of 15. Still not bad.
- I ate 7 dumplings instead of 4 so that makes it a little high in terms of calories and sodium (get whole wheat dumpling wrappers!), but I'll just take that into account tomorrow - when I eat leftovers for lunch.
Overall thoughts: So good! So good that I forgot to take a picture of the goodness. It was yummy, filling, super easy, and oddly pride-boosting. I mean I just made my own ravioli. I feel awesome. And full. And excited for lunch tomorrow! Make this recipe. Just do it.
Last random anecdote: Okay, so I went to my usual grocery store first before Whole Foods and accidentally left without paying for my deli turkey and cheese. I was doing self-checkout and those items were in the seat of the cart and I was on the other end emptying my cart and ringing myself up. Then a man in a wheelchair got in line behind me. And after I bagged everything and finally spotted by missed items, I felt bad asking him to back out of line so I could get back over there. But I did feel really bad. Here's the kicker though: after making dinner I looked at my Whole Foods receipt and realized the lady forgot to ring up my dumpling wrappers and my miniature burrito! This one is so not my fault because I only had 6 items total and I know I put all of them on the conveyor belt because I didn't have a basket. Good news is I did give $1 to charity so maybe my karma is back in order. Fingers crossed.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
workin for the weekend(s)
Hey guess what! It might snow on my birthday. If it snows enough that could mean yet another snow day, but if it doesn't then I'm just going to be an unhappy camper at work.
Forget snow though. Here's what I'm looking forward to in the next few months:
February 8: My birthday! My presents are going to open my presents for me while we Skype. Almost like being there... only not.
February 13: American Idiot (starring Billie Joe!) with Will for V day. Fifth Broadway play since moving to CT? Point for Connecticut! (Don't ask how many points there are for not-Connecticut).
February 18 - 21: Dad might be visiting AND a 3-day weekend! Caveat: it can't snow and Dad's work can't get in the way. I worry about that whole "can't snow" part.
March 4 - 6: Dallas!!!!!
Forget snow though. Here's what I'm looking forward to in the next few months:
February 8: My birthday! My presents are going to open my presents for me while we Skype. Almost like being there... only not.
February 13: American Idiot (starring Billie Joe!) with Will for V day. Fifth Broadway play since moving to CT? Point for Connecticut! (Don't ask how many points there are for not-Connecticut).
February 18 - 21: Dad might be visiting AND a 3-day weekend! Caveat: it can't snow and Dad's work can't get in the way. I worry about that whole "can't snow" part.
March 4 - 6: Dallas!!!!!
More pictures of me and KK coming soon.
April 3: Will's birthday! (there used to be a picture here but Will got mad and made me take it down. Sore loser).
April 7 - 11: Parents (hopefully) visiting! I've found them the flights, they just need to bite the bullet. I'm talking to you Dad.
April 15 - 17: Finally visitng Meredith and Cain in Maine! I can already taste all the yummy food.
April 21 - 24: Most likely going home for Easter!
May 27 - 30: NC for Beth's wedding, Memorial Day, and Pinehurst!
During the March dull you will most likely find me sleeping, begging the winter to leave, or popping up in Chicago. "U neva know" (H McNeill quote).
Saturday, February 5, 2011
professional mover?
No. I am not and nor will I ever be a professional mover. If you had asked about 4 weeks ago if I thought I was good at moving, I would have said "Oh absolutely! I've done it enough that I better be good at it!" Ha. HA. Moving took up an entire full weekend and then we lived with far too much furniture in the living room and boxes all over the bedroom for another 5 days. Tonight things are finally falling into place, but man oh man, I am so glad I'm not a professional mover.
There will be pictures to come soon, but for now, the walls are still a bit too bare and the boxes are still a bit too many (although really 1 box is too many so it's not as terrible as it sounds). But I do have a bright side. One very big bright side!
First let's rewind. If youdon't read 1800 home design blogs aren't like me, you might not know that anyone and everyone is talking about cleaning house and getting rid of things that just aren't necessary/useful/remembered. Just the other day, I read about someones mission to get rid of 50 things - and 4 pairs of shoes could only count as "one" thing. Get the idea? Well, at this point I am up to at least 38 things on my list of 50, but to be perfectly honest that equates to at least 131 actual items that are gone forever (I say at least 131 items because I wasn't counting when I attacked my bathroom and travel-size toiletries and things when flying into the trash/down the drain). Just a few things that I will never see again:
- wrapping paper that I didn't like
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Johnny Depp version
- an Allison-sized (aka not Will-sized) white sofa
- a toilet paper holder (because one of the places we lived didn't have one?)
- an easel that never made it out of the bag (and was clearly far inferior to the one Will gave me for Christmas)
- a beaten up suitcase
- wooden spoons (if they weren't perfect, the texture made me cringe - anyone else?)
- a paper-storage-thing I got back in middle school that just got replaced by a much nicer folder holder thing
- a dingy dirty sheet set (um, gross)
Current things to be excited about:
- new bedding and new sheets!!
- DVD organizing baskets
- a free floor lamp courtesy of roommate Kyle
- hanging fun things on the wall
- spray painting and sanding and fixing
Anyways, I hope your Saturday was a bit more glorious than mine. But having no life until this place is settled is going to be so darn worth it.
Pictures soon!
There will be pictures to come soon, but for now, the walls are still a bit too bare and the boxes are still a bit too many (although really 1 box is too many so it's not as terrible as it sounds). But I do have a bright side. One very big bright side!
First let's rewind. If you
- wrapping paper that I didn't like
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Johnny Depp version
- an Allison-sized (aka not Will-sized) white sofa
- a toilet paper holder (because one of the places we lived didn't have one?)
- an easel that never made it out of the bag (and was clearly far inferior to the one Will gave me for Christmas)
- a beaten up suitcase
- wooden spoons (if they weren't perfect, the texture made me cringe - anyone else?)
- a paper-storage-thing I got back in middle school that just got replaced by a much nicer folder holder thing
- a dingy dirty sheet set (um, gross)
Current things to be excited about:
- new bedding and new sheets!!
- DVD organizing baskets
- a free floor lamp courtesy of roommate Kyle
- hanging fun things on the wall
- spray painting and sanding and fixing
Anyways, I hope your Saturday was a bit more glorious than mine. But having no life until this place is settled is going to be so darn worth it.
Pictures soon!
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