MOVING!

Today we have movers taking our stuff from our storage unit to.....

our garage :/

Not the perfect transition we were hoping for. But it's progress, baby!
There's that whole "we need floors first" bit. Silly floors!
And if it means I dont have to pay $119/mo for storage than I am in!

How many more exclamation points can I add??

So I'm off to manage our movers...

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

Hands down...

THIS was the best paint job I did all last weekend...

I love how you can't take 1 sip or bite of anything without hearing "I wan sum", when you have a toddler near by. Then if you really hold out you can get a "PLEASE!" like her life depends on it. It is adorable and I can't say no to that cute lil face!

So when I started to paint my toes this last Sunday I knew I would have my lil mini me right behind me. Sure enough she wanted her's painted too. I told her how she couldn't touch them for a while, could she sit still? She said yes. 

Later I heard her telling her monkey: "Don't touch my toes, Monkey". 

Boy am I thankful that Monkey follows directions so very well. :) 

Light it up!

 For one reason or another we have had a lot of luck in the department of finding really gorgeous lighting. Which has been a breath of fresh air seeing as we are not so lucky with our floors.

On one of our adventures, Luis and I found a beautiful stain glass pendant at the Restore last Friday. Amazingly enough- it was $10! Luis and I did a double take when we saw it. I love the modern twist on stain glass. Pictures to come!

I am obsessed with Habitat's Restore. I love getting a good deal and I love love a good cause- combining the two is absolute perfection. We are thinking this might be going up in our bedroom.

But wait- there's more! I was casually checking out the "sample store" where I work when I found this:

On sale for $20. I know you would be thinking- what's the problem? With all of our cash being eaten up by ugly... not fun things like: cement levers, and plywood and dunkin donuts for our snack breaks- I've been trying really hard to keep it to what we "need" not "want". This gorgeous pendant was definitely in the "want" category + it needed some work.

Because I wasn't fully committed, I walked away. After 1 phone call to Luis, I realized- it would bother me if I didn't get it. I turned around, realizing I was bat crazy if I didn't have this lighting in my casa, and went to purchase except: one pane of glass was cracked. They can't sell me anything broken. But the cashier was a gentleman and removed the glass (made me turn around and everything so I didn't get hurt by flying glass) so I could buy it... 1/2 off!

So we're at $10- I'm feeling great! Then I remember I have rewards points to the tune of $5. This bad boy is comin home with me for only $5 bucks! I was elated... I'm talking- can't get a smile off my face... lookin kind of silly- elated.

Inspired by this...

This..

And this...

According to my psychic... or as I like to call it: pinterest- a large pendant was definitely in my future!

 

I mean if Young House Love can do it... it can't be that hard, right? #herewegoagain #leaveittotheprofessionals

Because it has 1 pane of glass removed, I have a few options.

I can either remove all of the glass, because this is going inside (no need to shield the weather from the lighting). Or I can go have a piece of glass cut to mirror the others.

As for lighting, I'm thinking we can add 4 battery operated candles.

Oh the possibilities!

Anything fun you've purchased lately at discount?

New Closet Additions...

One thing I hate about being a nomad is it was impossible to predict the Illinois weather especially 2 months ahead.

When we started packing to move out of our apartment there was snow on the ground. Seriously- like a big winter snow storm in March. So most of the clothing we didn't store was warmer or at least layers.

While it has been getting warmer every day... I thought we could still hold out a few weeks. This idea was a major fail because on Sunday it hit 90 degrees. I was in jeans and a long shirt... and so was Luci. Feeling like the Bad Mom of the Year award was about to be in my inbox... we beelined to Ross's.

Tight budget = Ross's! I'm not a huge fan of this place- for one the carts are just weird. Why do they need that massive pole attached to it?

Do they think I'm going to steal their cart? I promise I'm not. I'd go for Target if I was ever in the market.. I mean being so durable and all. Although it did keep Luci occupied for an extra 30 seconds.

So in our searching we found a few gems: a pound of Starbucks coffee for $5.99 (odd to buy coffee at this place but it's sealed + timing is everything), 1 pair of Dora the Explorer sandals for $5 (win!) and some red capris for this mama for $11 on clearance. Now the quest for the red capris to look good and not 4th of July begins! Any ideas??

We also beelined over to Target and found this beauty on clearance (yay $11 again!?)

Super inspired by this blog.

So here is to making these 2 lil numbers work until I get my clothes back. Our items are being moved this weekend but no guarantee on us staying in the house just yet. But we are still hoping!!

Yay Summer is Here!

Weekend Update!

Can I remember what we did this weekend? I think this is exhaustion at a new level :/

Friday
- Primed + Painted our master bedroom: the color is gorgeous! #sohappy
- Dana came over to see my house! It was wonderful showing her the train wreck but then telling her all the possibilities... you know after we get floors. Haha... silly floors :)

Saturday
- Went to Sears to hear one uberly over informed rep tell us all about lawn mowers. This.was.exhausting and I really just wanted a nap at this point. Luis was ELATED and listened to this man's ever word. He even had follow up questions. Good thing one of us is interested in lawn care or we'd be living in a jungle. Go Luis!
- Went to Lowe's to find out they had no trucks...booo
- Went to Menards and rented a truck ...yay! Bought drywall + all the side dishes it comes with. Extra gravy. Drove Menards truck with drywall to house.
- Unpacked drywall + found it was a 1/2 inch too tall. Luis is a GENIUS and was able to cut it and put up 3 large pieces (yay!)
- Listened to a contractor tell me it would be $2500 for him to put in the majority of the floors of house.
- Cried... Took a walk... Refocused
- Finished the paint in the master bedroom and called it a day

Sunday
- Bought a lawn mower
- Spackled the drywall that was up- Luis mowed our crazy overgrown lawn
- Went shopping like nobody's business*

*Somethings I've come to realize about temporary living:
- You forget simple things like shopping
- Or working out
- Or cooking a real meal versus throwing something together because you are almost always commuting.
All of this of course equallying: I want to live in my house!

Oh so you might be curious about the $2500 estimate? Basically, our floors are uneven. Without an even surface, we can't lay hardwood down. Luis has a plan. So I am sticking to what I know: painting. Can't wait to get the pretty beige up in the family room.

How was your weekend? Any crying or was that just me?