Remember that "30 days of blogging" list I was working on? This is day 10:
- Getting my current house packed up.
- Receiving and signing the lease for the new rental.
- Unpacking.
- Going to Ikea.
- Settling in so I can start crafting more.
- Exploring a new city.
- Visiting family.
- My first concert (Sara Bareilles & Joshua Radin).
- Harry Potter.
- The birth of my dearest friend's new baby boy.
- Having an address to mail things to. ;)
- Getting to know my fellow bloggers.
What are somethings you're looking forward to?
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Disclaimer: This post will most likely be a quite mishmoshy. Read at your own risk.*
Change #1: You may or may not have noticed that "I Heart This!" has been absent recently. I've decided to let it pop up at random rather than force it to appear every Thursday. To be honest, my heart hasn't really been in it the last few weeks.
Change #2: The Anderson family is finally moving to Portland!!
Twenty days ago the hubs received the life changing news that he had landed a new job, and they needed him to start June 14th. We have ten days until he's scheduled to stroll into that new office and still haven't found a place to live.
One week after learning the good news we made the 4.5 hour drive north to look at houses only to find they were all in shady neighborhoods. We've traveled up twice since then, each time going up and back all in the same day with toddler in tow, and we're still homeless. Since we don't have a place lined up, I've been living in denial, and haven't packed a single box. *gulp* To say I'm a bit stressed out is an understatement.
Today, while we wait to hear the status of a rental application submitted on the one decent house we've found, I find myself in a bit of a funk. While I'm SUPER excited to be moving, I'm thrown by how hard it's been emotionally. A myriad of things have taken me off guard ... finding a place to live, the financial blow to our barely there savings, leaving our first home to become renters again, how much I'm going to miss people, and leaving family. Oh, how I wish I could just pick up my house and relocate it with my mom inside!
Since that's not really possible I have A LOT of work to do in the next week. I hope you'll forgive my lack of blogging as of late, and my absence over the next little while. I know my blog is still in it's infancy, but my little handful of readers mean the world to me. I would really appreciate it if you'll just stay tuned. <3
I love surprises (as long as they don't cause me to become the center of attention), and this week was full of them.
Heartsy.me
My super cool sister-in-love (we're connected by love, not just the law) posted a link to this little website on Facebook last week, and it has been feeding off my checking account ever since. It's Groupon for Etsy. Seriously, does it get any better?
Red Vines Drawing Contest
Tuesday I found this at the bottom of my Red Vines. Apparently this snazzy little doodle won third place in the Teen: 13 to 18 entrant category. If you'd like to see more winners you can find them here, or go buy a box of these tasty treats and be surprised.
Parking Lot Carnival!
I have no idea what this is actually called, nor do I care. All I know is that for the last few years a little carnival has magically popped up in our mall parking lot, and I love it. I've only actually attended twice. (The first time my friend dissolved into tears after I convinced her to get on a ride, and this year the tot developed a carousel addiction.) I'm just happy looking at it. How much more fun would the world be if more carnivals just popped up in random places? A ton! It would be a ton more fun! :)
I hope you've made some delightful discoveries of your own lately. If not perhaps the Easter Bunny will bring you some treats this weekend. Happy Thursday!
In honor of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being released on DVD/Blu-ray today I thought I'd share my first, but definitely not last, HP craft.
I made this a few months ago for the biggest Harry Potter fan I know (the SP are her initials). I couldn't find anything I wanted to embroider on, so I just made the tote (hence the crooked seams). Since she received it I've agreed to make something similar for a friend of hers and I'm super excited. I've never had anyone request I craft. :)
Now, go get your hands on a copy of the movie, and have a great weekend! I know I will.
This is Day 5:
When I put this prompt on the list I had intended on using it as an excuse to gush about my husband. I mean, who isn't married to their best friend? I know I am (love you, honey). However, this portion of the list just happened to fall on March 23rd, so I'm going a different direction. While the hubs is still my number one, I'm going to quickly brag about another amazing gent in my life - my brother.
When I was about four I asked for a baby brother and actually got one. For years I considered him "my baby". When he started to walk he became my crash test dummy, my biggest annoyance, and my favorite playmate. As we've grown he's been my bodyguard, the keeper of my secrets, and my greatest friend. Since we've entered into adulthood he's walked me down the aisle, lugged a million moving boxes, and accepted the role of godfather to his little niece. He's always held a very special, very large, portion of my heart and no one who knows him would ever question it. He's just that awesome.
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| My brother, Colt. |
I chose to showcase him today because it was exactly 27 years ago that we met for the first time. Happy Birthday, Bub!
If you'd like to know more, please visit the blog of this extraordinary wife (whom I stole this photo from).
This is Day 2:
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I've followed the crowd and lost my contacts - please text me your number if you'd like to remain friends.
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Yay! We have internet again! :)
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ELA* is so enamored with her new Pez dispenser she doesn't even realize it's supposed to be filled with candy.
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Pondering/planning tattoos ...
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Just downloaded Words with Friends. If anyone wants to play my username is cheyanders. :)
* I don't plan on posting a lot of personal info about my offspring on here, so I changed her name in status three to her initials.
P.S. I swear I'm not really as boring as these suggest.
