New bike! New bike!

I've been using Jeff's old bike to get to work, but it just wasn't comfortable for me. Soooo, once our tax returns came in, we opted to get me my very own bike. Hooray!!

Sing with me now:
IIIII got a neeeeew bike! Iiiiiiiiiiit is a cuuuuuuuuuuute bike! :D

Full shots:




Closeups:
Cute leather seat. So comfy, and big enough for my bootie!


Main frame and front wheel:


Front wheel detail:


Back wheel details:




Detail of the bike seat:


And a cute little bell too! (We bought this separately)



Isn't it the cutest??? In case you can't totally tell, it's a pearly cream color and the pink accents are kind of salmon colored. I'm. In. Love!!!

Of course, it's ridiculously windy, so I didn't get to ride it like I wanted to when we got home. *sniff*

At long last!

I finally found all of my camera cords, so I finally present...pictures of my hair cut! :)

Before (I hadn't cut my hair in almost a year...I was one day short of a year, actually):


After (shorter and red highlights added!):




The pictures aren't the best. Sorry!

You can see the red more in direct light. I'll try getting a shot like that at some point, but it was a little tricky when I was taking pictures of myself. ;)

Anyway, I'm off to go bike shopping!!

A fight I had to break up today...

Quick recap for the newbies: P and baby E=kids I nanny for. J=the kids' cousin that I used to nanny for.

P and J had Little Gym today. P's momma dropped them off so she could stop by Winco quickly to get them some lunch. The girls are just a few weeks apart in age, and it's just kind of funny to watch them play together now. They're both starting to get into imaginative play.

Anyway, the girls were in P's room, playing with the little kitchen. I checked on the baby (who was napping) and I suddenly hear squealing and arguing from the next room.
J is screeching "You're sitting on dem!!"
P: Nuh uh! Dey're ober DER.
J: Nuh uh! You're SQUISHIN dem!!!!

Apparently they were playing with imaginary ducks (10 of them to be precise) and I guess P was standing where J decided they were. Good grief. Arguing over imaginary ducks. Why, yes! The girls ARE two! However did you guess? :P

I am married to the king of the dorks.

Oh. Dwarf, not dork...and stuff.

As some of you know, Jeff and his buddies from law school get together every year for their Vikingfest. It is complete with costumes, Viking names, Viking Olympics, Viking food...the dorkiness just goes on and on. ;)

My favorite story from this year's Vikingfest Dorkfest? (He just got home from it last night):
Jeff (aka "The Dwarf King") has a black cape that he wears. When he has the hood up, the boys have decided that he looks like Darth Maul.

New guy, Tobias, has a brown cape. They've decided that he looks like Obi Wan.

Needless to say, they insisted on a battle: Dwarf Maul vs. Toby Wan Kenobi. Oh, how I wish I was kidding!! :P

And before I forget...someone had a light saber application on their phone, so it was complete with sound effects. Wooooow. I am such a lucky woman! :P

Anoter craigslist find!

I found a table for my sewing machine. Woohoo!



I think I might eventually paint it and put some fun drawer pulls on it...or maybe just line the drawers with some pretty paper.



Price: $30. Not too shabby. :)

My craigslist finds!

I've been looking around on craigslist for a dining set for the new place. No luck in that department, but I did find some things that were too good to pass up.

First, a chair for my sewing room. I need to clean it a little (it had been stored in the garage), and I'll probably try to recover it at some point. I think it will be a comfy little spot to sew. Plus, I only paid $3 for it!


Second, some super cute shelves that I just couldn't resist. They were a steal at $5 each! There are 2 (the second one is being delivered today) and they're FABULOUS. Solid wood, nicely built....I'll probably paint them to match my sewing room and maybe put some patterned paper or fabric in the back.


From the side:


P.S. Sorry for the lovely garage pictures. I'm not big enough to get the stuff into the house on my own! :)

Another giveaway!

Giveaway of super cute fabric from the Andalucia line!

http://laniejane.typepad.com/see_jane_run_go_jane_go/2009/01/be-my-valentine.html

The tour!

From the outside:


Looking in from the front door:


From the door, going straight back. Entry, dining area (with the pillar) and the living room at the back.


From the entry/dining area, the kitchen is to the right:


Here's a view of the kitchen from the living room/back of the house:


It's a split floor plan, so our master bedroom is to the right:
(I like the double window. I think our bed will go there)


Then there's a pocket door that leads to the bathtub, with the vanity across from it. There's a doorway just past those that leads to the toilet with linen closet across from it. Then, there's another pocket door and our walk in closet:


This is what the vanities look like (there's a second bathroom just off of the living room, in between the two other bedrooms):


Ok...back to the left side of the house. From the entry, there's a doorway to the left with a small hallway. If you turn to the right in that hallway, there's a small bedroom which will probably be an office or a small guest bedroom:


Next to that bedroom is our laundry room (a real laundry room! Hooray!):
There's a nice table top in there and cabinets that run above where the washer and dryer will go.


Next is another bathroom (similar in style to our master bath), then at the far left of the hall is my sewing room (the other bedroom has a similar closet):


As you can see, Nermal was NOT down with exploring. She planted herself in my closet and wouldn't move. *sigh* Hopefully she warms up to things!

So, um...yeah, that's the tour! We'll hopefully have everything (or the vast majority) moved in by Saturday.

Guess what IIII have?

Jingle, jingle! :)


Things that are making me super happy right now?

Room in my walk in closet for my shoooooooooooes:


Lots of storage in my kitchen:


Aaaand I have pull-out shelves AND a lazy susan. As Jeff will tell you, I'm more than a little obsessed with lazy susans. Just look at all that storage!


It's been a busy day. I went over for the walk through at the new place and they gave me the key, so I went and picked up our stuff from where I'd been storing it at work. I ran and grabbed some lunch and then unpacked most of that stuff. The kitchen is mostly set up now and I am in. love. with. it. :D It's physically smaller than our current kitchen, but it's laid out so much better. Yay, yay, yay!

Anyway, I'm back now. Just thought I'd quickly upload some pictures. I'll post the tour tomorrow. For now I need a nap!

Creative Monday is back!

Sorry it's been so long...my camera has not been cooperating and I've been piled under boxes trying to prepare for this move.

Finally...pictures of what I've been working on. This is a little felt name book for the baby I nanny for. I also need to work on a little dollhouse for the little girl, but I've been running behind with moving and all.

Anyway, here's the book:


I'm quite in love with it so far :)


It will have a page for each letter of his name. I've also finished the "i" (insects) and am almost finished with the "l" lions and "t" turtles. I just need to get pictures of those. One more page to go! (I think it will be either ladybugs or lizards.

I also made some more felt food for our niece for Christmas. They're so much fun to do!