Versatile Blogger Award

It's not everyday in your life that you are blessed with the opportunity to rekindle a relationship with a great friend from years past. Thanks to a random facebook post, a shared love of vintage memorabilia, and the power of the internet I was able to do this with my old/new friend Erin over at Grandma Great's Treasures. She recently nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award.



It's funny how internet awards generally require the awardee to do something. :) It should definitely be like a slot machine instead and your computer spits out gold coins or cookies or something...

Anyway, :) First I happily link back to Erin's great vintage blog.

Second I tell you seven things about myself. I thought I'd share some things I've learned about myself since living alone for the first time in my life!

  1. I sleep the same way at the apartment that I do at home. Same side of the bed, start out facing towards "Micheal" then roll the other way.
  2. Cooking for one person is pretty much impossible. And I eat much worse when I'm not worried about what I'm feeding someone else.
  3. You can take the girl out of the messy, but you can't take the messy out of the girl. I know that doesn't really work, but it's true. Now we I know how the house would look if Micheal weren't there to keep me in line. He really doesn't know how it looks, I'm afraid if he did he wouldn't let me come home...
  4. I drink a lot of Dr Pepper.
  5. It's weird to not talk for hours at a time. At least when I had Kali I could talk to her, now it's just me, not talking...weird.
  6. I leave things open, cabinets, doors, cereal boxes. It drives Micheal crazy.
  7. I miss my husband, I miss my cats, I miss my couch, I miss my steam washer/dryer.

Now I'm supposed to nominate three other blogs - but it took me long enough to get this done so...I'm gonna punk out on that part. Thanks for the nomination Erin! So glad we've reconnected!

What We've Been Up To

I'm still plugging away at internship up in good'ol Wilmington. This week is officially WEEK 10!!!!!!!! I'm very much enjoying the experiences on internship although not enjoying the bachelorette lifestyle. I've made it home every weekend except this last weekend where Micheal came up to see me and deliver the finished TV stand!

A quick photo update life activities...


The freak snow storm that hit this area came and went only dropping a few big flakes on the DC area, but I enjoyed them as they came down!



Instead of the traditional carving of the pumpkin we went the spray paint route and set this guy out for the 10 or so trick-or-treaters that came to our door!



Our kitties are enjoying the fact that we turned the heater on!



Two of my favorite ladies came to visit me this weekend!! We had an amazing time catching up, laughing, making random trips to Stanton PA to La ToNALteca...It was amazing to see you girls, thanks for the visit!


Vintage Audio Cabinet - Before & After!

The very first day we owned the Mazda Michel gave me the green light to hit up craigslist for something fun that would fit in the back. I found this cute little guy for $10 and the maiden voyage was on!





The goal for this audio stand was to stain it to match the Brasilia dresser and then bring it up to Delaware with me to serve as a TV stand. We looked up a few sources for recreating the "Brasilia" coloring which required a 2-stain process. This first effort turned out to be too dark so I won't share the blend quite yet - I think we've got it down though with the Brasilia Dresser.

We also replaced the original legs with the hairpins from this guy we picked up at an estate sale.


The final result!





A nice little comparison collage - notice all the stains, including the nice star/candle stain, are gone!



I love it!! :)