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I’m just going to warn you now, this is going to be a work in progress. Apparently the last year of my life I have acquired things that that make unpacking take weeks rather than days. AND moving into a bigger space means buying furniture… which I haven’t had time to do yet. These pictures I’m about to post are going to be in progress pictures and I’ll update as I get things settled.
I am really enjoying Irving, though (sorry Dallas). The only thing that could make it any better than it already is would be if my family lived somewhere closer. I am, however, thankful that they live as close as they do.
Onto pictures… I’m not going to attempt putting these in any sort of order, I haven’t had coffee yet.
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This morning's to-do list... there's one everyday.
It’s officially eight days until I move and I am stressed out… I have a million things going on right now, and in the midst of that, all of my stuff is out of place and in boxes. Hooray!
I hate packing… I just can’t relax with everything out of place, but unfortunately it’s a necessary evil, so I’ve been working at it.
Next Tuesday Kristin, Kaylan, Sarah and I will be starting the moving party from old apartment to new and according to my youngest sister, Kaylan, they will be carrying boxes, not filling them. Kaylan’s a dear. =)
With my work schedule as it is, I’ve been having to really map out what I’m going to pack and when. So far so good though, everything seems to be moving right along.
I started with my makeup, which took an entire afternoon all on it’s own, then I moved on to decorative items and books, of which I have many. This afternoon I packed the kitchen. Yay me!
One man's trash is another man's treasure?
In other news… This evening, I’m ashamed to admit, I went dumpster diving, something I’ve never done before in my life.
After having spent a very productive day cleaning and packing Bonka and I walked the trash to the dumpster and to my shock/horror/great delight found these two bar stools in pretty much perfect condition.
Now, I’m not one for digging through trash… in fact, I usually only stand as close to it as is required to swing and throw my trash inside. When I tell you that I actually had to not only get near the dumpster, but almost inside it, you must understand how badly I wanted to rescue these stools.
It wasn’t an easy task, let me tell you, and the thought that someone might drive past or come with their trash and catch me in the act absolutely mortified me. Once I’d decided that I couldn’t leave them there, I formed a stealthy plan. The dumpster door facing the parking lot was lower than the one around the other side, but I decided to take my chances with the higher door in exchange for less chance of being seen. After having gotten the door slid open, I had to climb the side of the dumpster and balance myself perched half on the door, half on some stacked trash.
After lassoing the legs of one bar stool at a time with my reusable grocery bag and dragging the stools out, I hid them on the back side of the dumpster and ran to get my car, not wanting to make the walk of shame back to my apartment, dumpster bar stools in tow.
I feel both deeply ashamed of myself and like I’ve found gold… =)
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Glade winter collection candle in Peppermint Crush
Either Glade’s advertising is just that good or I’m a sucker, both of which could easily be true.
In any case, I’ve been seeing Glade’s new winter collection advertised a lot recently and I can’t tell you what it is about it, but I just couldn’t wait to get my hands on some of the scents… yet, still managed to forget all about it while I was in the store, until tonight that is.
I ran in to Target to grab the 3rd installment of The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (you can expect a separate blog entry for the books coming soon), and was standing in the checkout where conveniently the Glade winter collection was being showcased on an endcap and I came home with the candle you see featured. It smells lovely!
I don’t know whether I should feel more ashamed of the fact that I was caught in Target purchasing teen fiction, or that the highlight of my evening is a Glade candle… either way, I leave you this:
