My husband is home!

Yea! Brandon is home from his guys weekend in Idaho! It sounds like he had a blast, and I'm so glad he had the opportunity to go and do this. I have seen the pictures and heard some of the stories and I'm jealous I coudn't be there with them. Although I will say.... 5 days is maybe one day too long for me to be home alone without Brandon.

Here is Brandon with his best friend Scott.


And here he is with his brother Luke.

So glad to have him back.

Weird weekend

OK, so I promised to get the pictures of our work from weeks ago on this blog... and I haven't done it yet. So here is the picture of our make-shift china cabinet. =) Isn't it beautiful! Brandon is gone this weekend and he has the camera with him... so I can't add any pictures of the whole room put together. But believe me, the house looks much better with all of the work we have done. Last weekend we had a surprise birthday party for Brandon and we had about 20 people over to our house. I felt much more comfortable having all of these people over knowing that our house was beginning to look a bit more put together. Next on my list is some painting, but I think I will wait until the weather improves before I start that.

Since I am actually blogging... why don't I teach you how to change a flat tire? =) I had to learn a couple of weeks ago (actually I already knew- my dad taught me how- but I couldn't tell my new husband that!)

First: You have to take the spare out of the trunk. In this case I actually didn't need the spare, we were looking for the jack.

Next: You use the tiny little jack to lift the car up enough so the tire isn't resting on the ground. In this case, the jack is so small you would have a higher likely hood of catching a butterfly in the time and effort it took to jack the car up. Note to self... steal Brandon's good jack from his pickup to keep in my car. Either that... or keep a really revealing shirt in the trunk as to lure a handsome man into fixing the tire for me.
Third: Use the wrench to loosen the lug nuts so that the tire may come off. Again- does anyone think I am really ever going to be that strong? Seriously.

Fourth: Remove the flat tire and set aside.

Fifth: Inspect tire for leak. No thanks. It's flat, that is all I need to know.

Sixth: Put the new (fully inflated) tire on along with the lug nuts.

Seventh: Tighten said lug nuts. Remember to stagger how you tighten the lug nuts. Tighten the top one first, then the bottom right, then the one next to the top one you tightened already, then the bottom left, etc. There is a system here. Do not stray from the system.

Eighth: and the job is done. Ahhh... four inflated tires.

And since I'm here, and my husband is gone in another state doing Lord only knows what while I'm stuck here job hunting and working on school stuff... let me just have a pitty party. I am so bored... and I have had way to much time to think. But what else have I done this weekend? I need to have a report for my husband so he doesn't think I just sat around and ate ice cream all weekend (although I did eat ice cream).

Laundry- LOTS of it

Made our bed with clean sheets.

Vacuumed our entire house.

watered our little seedlings in the window

Folded laundry

RAN at the GYM (yep, it's me. )

went grocery shopping

Bought Duke some dog food

Finished three job applications

Called my mother in law

Called a friend

Finished and packaged a belt.

Graded papers

Watched a movie

took several naps

tried reading a couple of different books. Wasn't interested.

Cleaned kitchen counters

blogged

RSVP'd to a baby shower

I'm sure there is more.. but that is a good start. =)

Another look

Still lovin' the hair! thought you would want to see a picture of it again... haha

Here it is... ta da!!

my new do took almost three hours, but I think I really like it! =) Love Annie and what she can do. Pardon my yucky pictures... I had Brandon helping me, and we were taking them in the bathroom because of the light. haha
Here is the front....


And here is the back.

today is the day

Today is the day.
Today is the day I will drive up to Portland.
Today is the day I will see my friend Annie.
Today is the day I will show her my silly clippings of hair styles.
Today is the day that I will (probably) get my hair chopped off.
Today is the day that I will drive back down to Eugene with a new look.
Today is the day that I will either love it, or hate it.
Tomorrow is the day that I will learn if I can take care of it. =)
Wish me luck!

And the Winner is....

Livin' the Dream.... suggested by Ronda! yeah!!!! I will get your prize off to you hopefully today, or at least this week. =) Thanks for all of the wonderful suggestions from all of you. I now have a great title to go with the photo that will be auctioned off for a great cause. Go here to learn more about the cause.

It's Down to Three