Weekend Wrap Up

There were four girls total in my bed this morning, and we all seemed to wake up right around the same time. I wanted to capture the moments, since we had plenty of time before church. Technically, we even got Mr. Rob in the picture too, since he's in that picture there in the background [Sydni pointed that out!] I wouldn't mind waking up to these faces, this way, every single day (:


waking up happy [minus one, but soon]

my favorite snuggle buddy♥

she's got them wrapped around her finger.. haha

I finally convinced all of us off the bed to get the day rolling; at church, the lesson of NEW was starting, and let me tell you, it was a home-run sermon. If you have time & want to hear it, by all means, LISTEN HERE (:!! I was hooked for the entire message, and I am thankful that I've found a church family on which I may be landing, permanently.

"new"

After church, it was off again to the new house to drop off more stuff, followed by one more run of items before the weather again began to decline. It's supposed to hit a low of -8 or so tomorrow, and by the end of today, we could tell it was already well on its way.

That didn't stop a determined Craigslister from coming out to our place to buy and pick-up Sydni's bed that we were selling. It was a great bed for her, but we're upgrading her to another one, and from what I understand, we just sold this to a family who truly needs it way more than we do. And that makes me feel good.

Sydni and I cleaned up some more before settling in for a weekend-ending movie night with Despicable Me. I promised her we'd watch the second one again whenever we have the chance, but tonight we had some good laughs with the first one.

movie night fun!

And tomorrow is again Monday..... that thing that keeps happening every week ;)

Good night, for now!

xo | cmd

It's An.. EPIC.. Friday ;)

TGIF!
This week has felt so off-kilter since I was off work for the first few days. I'm back from Illinois now, too, and even though it's only an hour's difference in time, I feel like I have no idea what time it is. I'm just glad it's Friday.

Today ran its course as Fridays typically do around here: work, the customary Friday lunch [Panera, yummm..] & a gracious dismissal a half hour early. I'm pretty excited; there's a few big things I want to accomplish this weekend, and now that Rob's Ohio-bound moving mission has been postponed to next weekend due to the weather, I'd say this is just about right.

I started the weekend off by crossing off some of the big ticket items I had listed for sale on Craigslist. This whole moving process has proved useful in prompting a cleanse of sorts, both for Rob and me. A few weeks back, we hauled a few pieces of his household furniture to Goodwill and sold some others, and today I checked off some of mine. It looks like this new place is going to be stocked with some new accessories, too :)

Between the move itself and Craigslist, Sydni and I [I wouldn't dare discredit all her.... help... haha] are starting to clear out a massive amount of space here. We took the opportunity tonight to snuggle up on the floor with the pups and watch Epic.

epic (:

Tomorrow we decided it will be Mama & Syd's date day together; it's been a little while since just she and I had no agenda for an entire day. I'm excited!  Hopefully this cantankerous weather holds off for at least a couple more days. Fingers crossed. For now, we're here nestled in with the meatballs. Happy weekend!

movie night (:

xo | cmd

Dumpster Diving with Diana

I have absolutely no problem openly discussing my indubitable obsession with thrift shopping. There's a certain subtle thrill that, though unspoken, is very alive whenever I acquire something fun for a fraction of what it would retail. In terms of consumerism, I pride myself on exercising discretionary spending without sacrificing in any one-or-the-other ultimatum. I am all about resale shops, yard sales, and hand-me-downs. When it boils down to it, really, I apparently am open to any form of transferring noteworthy items into my life.

Case & Point:

BEHOLD : The dumpster that resides in the corner of our parking lot at work. It's responsible for all discards from the 7-8 small businesses that share with us in our little plaza. I've made numerous trips across the lot to toss our trash and never stopped to think twice...

... until today.

My work day begins at 8am, so there I am getting settled in for the day when our co-owner breezes through the door telling me to grab my coat and follow. [Ooookay?] Well, as it turned out, Diana had taken our trash out and spotted a cabinet of some sort, disassembled and left for disposal. If you're wondering if we retrieved it, the answer is YES, OF COURSE WE DID.

I should start a bucket list. On that list I should scribe and check off :

√ Dumpster dive with employer

Fast forward to after we'd loaded this sucker, in pieces, into the back of my Murano and I ended up with it now sitting out, ready for me to attempt re-assembly. I have no screws or nails, and even less of an idea of what or how this thing goes together. This should be interesting. If all else fails, I'm scrapping parts and recycling them somehow. I'll keep you posted on my success [or potential lack thereof].

At any rate, I dedicate today to my boss, the wonderful up-and-coming dumpster diver. She thoroughly impressed me today with her instant initiative and quick response time in spotting and hauling out what we both hope to be a nicely-revived piece of furniture.

Welp, that's about all the excitement I could handle for one day. :)

Short work week, here we come!

xo | cmd