pictorial

weirdos

oh my gosh we are so weird. seriously. the other day, we cleaned the house and it took a while because it was dirty. it looks clean in pictures because i shove things out of the way. anyway...mark vacuumed out new rug and all the shag was neat and orderly and so pretty looking. then i went in to dust and i stood on the rug and mark was all sorts of mad about it because of my ONE footprint. so i climbed over the love seat and on to the couch and dusted the rest of the furniture while he vacuumed my footprint out. now i find that we are walking on the furniture instead of the blasted rug. what the?! still no footprints but come on!!
this one is just about me. i think that i think i am a pioneer. i am all about baking and cooking and sewing and the other day, i needed butter so i went to the store and thought, i bet i can make butter cheaper than this. seriously, i am NOT A FREAKING PIONEER! so i looked it up online and started shaking my cream into butter. do you have ANY IDEA how long that takes? REALLLLLLLLLLY long and your arm gets tired and you tell yourself how stupid you are about 1 million times and then make your husband finish up and then see the fruits of your (or his) labor and taste it and realize it is not that good and you are not a pioneer.
weird dorks, that is what we are. ps. i got a job. kind of. it is a temp job until christmas so i can go home for a long time. yee haw!!

furniture!!!

our furniture is finally here and we are loving having somewhere to sit besides our bed or the kitchen table. so here it is. i made those pillows and was thinking they were pretty cute until we had mark's friend over for dinner and he said, " oh going for a southwest theme huh?" well, not the look i was going for so please tell me if it looks southwest to you.

so here is a close up of the pillows.

southwest?
here is one of our three new lamps! totally on sale!our old bookcase in a new locale

coffee table...obviously needs some decoration. oh and the shaggy rug that is so soft

one of our 2 end tables.

the view from the couchi hung up these plates that i have been wanting to hang for awhile in the "dining room".
is this too circular? see the pumpkin for fall and the table runner my mom sent us. thanks ma.
now onto the guest room. here it is from the hallway. those are the curtains i made. still debating so i have not made the others yet.

the guest bed. very comfy so plan your trips soon.
and a fairly dark close up of the curtains. sorry.
and here is the fabric... just so you have a better feel. should i make the others or just bag these.

so to recap, i need your opinions on the southwestness of the living room, the curtains and the roundness of the plate display. thanks!

were you wondering?

were you wondering why my blog is so lame?
sorry, nothing cool has happened!!
were you wondering how spokane is? still not my favorite!! but it is growing on me.
were you wondering how mark is liking school?
he is liking it but is a little burned out. he is in the throes of midterms and there is so much reading!
were you wondering if i had any friends yet?
still no. sadly. i thought i was more likable. sigh. the good news is that mark has friends!
were you wondering if i had a job?
well...er....no. not yet.
moving on...
were you wondering if we had our new furniture yet?
no...but....IT'S COMING TOMORROW!!!!!
were you wondering if i had turned into a seamstress?
you betcha!!! i tried one project and failed miserably! seriously so bad but then i got back on the sewing horse and have made pillows! and curtains! whoa! i will post pictures soon.
were you wondering about our primary class?
well they are great. a little rowdy but oh man they are funny. mark laughs all the way through primary now. even when they are being naughty.
were you wondering about mark's neck beard?

still there and so long! kinda not my favorite but i am also a little intrigued by it. i think he may keep it until christmas to see how long it gets. also he may be abe lincoln for halloween.

well, that is all i can think you would be wondering about. i will be better about the blog now. promise.

Happy FALL!!

recipe blahg

hey, check out another blog of mine with recipes here : www.aforkandspoon.blogspot.com. it is relatively new so there are not many recipes yet but there will be. also please make the pumpkin soup recipe on there. it is so so good and will make it taste like fall!!!