So give me the benefit of the doubt...I haven't gone 35 days since my last blog posting.
It seems as if life is running by me at a very fast pace. It is a busy season. Every weekend is full of exciting events and even though I work the same schedule day-to-day there is always something coming up, making the days longer and busier. Since the move Craig and I see each other less. There just isn't enough hours in the stinkin' days!!! But praise the Lord for invention of texts, cell phones, and facebook chat! We are so grateful though to come home to our CUTE little house at the end of each day, knowing we will climb in to bed together -- er -- maybe not always at the same time. But through the midst of the business and chaos that this spring season brings, we are still able to find time for fun projects, dinners, and friends.
Two weeks ago we had the privilege of having dinner with a 92-year old man, Lester Ames. I had befriended him at the gym at our old apartment. He and I worked out daily together, usually for 1.5 hours. He has an iPod that confuses him sometimes, so I was the faithful young blond girl who would switch his music to Josh Whitaker for him. Some days he would beat me to the treadmill I liked to run on and others days I would beat him. It was a race to see who made it there first. I gained a loyal respect for this man, especially when I found out he was 92 years old, born in 1919. I assumed he had seen a lot in his days so I desired to visit with him outside of the gym. He had my husband and I over to his apartment for a very lovely dinner. When we arrived the table was set, there was homemade chicken noodle soup on the stove, a Costco apple pie in the fridge, and a beverage corked open. He was so excited to show us pictures of his 89th birthday present - para sailing in the Catalina Islands. When you say a "go-getter" and "ambitious," Les comes to my mind immediately. When he was 90 he walked a 12k (with his walker) and finished in just under 3 hours. Nothing, absolutely nothing stops this man. Life lessons learned after our visit with him? Hands down...you bet! Never stop moving, never stop dreaming, don't let age get in the way of what you want to do, fellowship with others, hang around others younger than yourself, and deal with what life has dealt you maturely. At the end of the evening he called up his 70-year old daughter and had us pass the phone around and talk with her. Les then called up his brother via Skype so that we could meet him. He was so proud of us -- his new YOUNG (beautiful) friends he had made. God bless this man. Not to mention he loves the Lord with his whole heart.
This past weekend Molly came to visit! It worked out well that Craig was in Arizona for a wedding -- it allowed for some quality sister bonding time without male influence :] From the minute I picked her up to the moment I dropped her off we were knee-deep in PINTEREST projects. I had hired her creativity and "eye" for design the moment I found out I had to decorate a house. Yikes! I couldn't even decorate my own bedroom, let alone a whole entire house! We were both very excited for this opportunity. We worked straight through the two days taking breaks here and there to refuel and enjoy each other's company...as well as Angela's and Caitlin's! One of the first things we did was go garage saleing in our own garage. Right off the bat we found four projects! The previous renters had left a bunch of old stuff they had, which turned in to our treasure!
We then visited the Habitat for Humanity Restore, TJ Maxx, WalMart, and Hobby Lobby...spending a bit over budget. But the majority of purchases were steals! One of our favorite projects was a $1.00 picture frame we bought at the restore that we framed a cross with (a very significant cross that is!)
Craig and I had purchased a corner unit for our dining room that we didn't know what to do with. So with the help of both Molly AND Morgan (via photo messaging and text) we came up with this:
And directly beside it, completing our dining room, was a $20 mirror and two previous apartment decorations.
We scored some really good deals at Hobby Lobby, two of which being a Christian fish and red candles that complimented the color scheme in our living room.
Moving on to our larger projects was a wedding gallery wall and an entry way table with a curtain rod holding frames! (The table was another project found in our garage that we just spray painted).
[entry way table is not finished yet, therefore not pictured]
Our new centerpiece is compliments of Natalie Stiles. She gifted to me a cake on a cake platter...and to my knowledge it can be flipped to be used as a punch bowl...or in this case beautiful living room decor
In our hallway we added a bit of floral touch.
(The tin can was found in our garage full of spiders. We decided to wash it and reuse it).
In our bedroom we flipped our comforter, added a sentimental phrase above our bed, hung our marriage certificate and wedding shower photo, and hung shadow boxes with tea lights (a GREAT addition to our room)
(In case you can't read the inscription: "Take my heart & walk through this world with me"
The only addition to our bathroom was a photo Chelsie & Ben bought us for our wedding :] Fits oh so perfectly there!
A quick addition to any door? A cheap wreath with a ribbon on it...
The kitchen is where a majority of our "creative juices" flowed. We first hung up kitchen decor we had at our old apartment...
Coffee signs...
...appropriately above our coffee bar!
And Molly found the head of an old rake in our garage and saw it to be a wine rack! How genious and a neat addition to our kitchen. We don't drive much wine (if any) so we only had 4 wine classes but it works perfectly.
My "SALAD BAR/VEGGIES" picture was appropriately hung for all to see!
And our most FAVORITE project was another great find in our own garage! We found an old baking sheet (used as a drip pan) and modge-podged construction paper and Bible verses on the front of it. We then hung it with the ribbon that came on Natalie Stiles cake and posted magnets on it for it to become our prayer board...post up prayers in a place where we often walk by.
Welcome to 503 W. 15th Ave :]
And lastly, another "in the haskins' garage find" were an old paint bench and a bird house that we took a can of spray paint to. We are thinking when the weather gets nice we will put it in front of our little home :)
Molly and I had an incredible weekend. We worked for about 8 hours on Saturday and 6 on Sunday...ending with a YUMMY turkey, potato, and asparagus crock pot dinner! YES! We both skinned, cooked, and carved our first turkey without male supervision!
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