What did you do this weekend?

So, I have a little addiction and it's name is KSL classifieds. I spend hours a week on that precious gem of a website looking for little "projects" for me and David to work on. For example, I have been looking for the just-right dresser to buy on the cheap and then paint black. The right one fell into my lap on Friday so I borrowed Melissa's SUV and headed to Holladay before it could be snatched from underneath my grasp. It turned out to be just what I wanted and MORE. David and I sanded it down and primed it twice on Friday night (and let me just remind you that we didnt even get started on it until around 9:30 pm) and then painted it on Saturday--two coats black paint, one coat black spray paint, and finally a polyerthane sealent. It looks so BEAUTIFUL and is happily holding our clothes now in the bedroom. I can NOT wait to start painting the TV stand we bought awhile back on KSL and have been wanting to paint but it has been snowing/raining forever. I wonder what we'll find next!

I forgot to get a "before photo" but this is what it looked like after one coat of primer

This is what is now looks like sitting it it's new home. And my new table runner isnt bad either :)

This is our new beauty with my pretty mirror and a few little item on it

Sad Day...

I have had these little gems in my work desk since February and they are finally all gone. I need to track down an unsuspecting girl scout STAT. I need me some thin mints to replace the eaten Tagalongs. Samoas would do as well...

Annoying Habits

I don't know why, but I've been thinking about annoying habits and mannerisms that I have that I cant seem to convince myself to fix. For example, do any of you have the same problems?...
1-avoiding using the bathroom even when you REALLY have to go because you know that there is only a little bit of TP left on the roll and you REALLY REALLY don't want to have to change it, especially since whoever changes it seems to be forever stuck with the job. For whatever reason, who ever starts the roll always ends up ending the roll too because the TP companies apparently make the roll to work out like that. I always wait it out until David uses it unless I'm extremely desperate
2)Leaving the smallest amount of water left in the water filter because you also dont want to put new water in. And if your spouse/roommate conplains, you can always say "hey, there was water in it the last time I used it." No need to admit that there was only maybe a half a glasses worth in it. David's favorite is leaving an entire empty juics pitcher in the fridge. When I question him about it, he always informs me that he did it on purpose so that the next time he makes juice it will be cold. I can't tell if he's being serious or not.

3)Leaving a pile of shoes in the front room until you cant take it anymore. I've always had a problem putting my shoes away into their proper place in the shoe bin in my closet (As Autumn can attest to since she always put them grudgingly away for me because she couldnt stand it) and the problem is that I married someone who is almost identical to me. We both string our shoes everywhere until one of us gets to the breaking point and announces "Ok, the shoe limit in the living room has been met. 5 minute shoe clean-up NOW!"
4)Changing into PJs or sweatpants the SECOND you get home from work or wherever at night. Sometimes I swear I start unbuttoning my pants walking to the apartment so that I can get them off ASAP. I can NOT stand wearing jeans or pants or a skirt all day. I'm always a little sad when we decide to go somewhere at night because that means putting the said jeans back on. David can NOT understand why I change ever night. He always wears his clothes until bedtime....even on Sundays. Sundays is not even close to a jeans day option! I go to church and get outta the skirt as quickly as I can once we get home. I especially love my fuzzy black ones :)

5)Singing along with EVERY commercial I know the words to. My favorite ones include JG Wentworth's "I have a structured settlement and I need Cash now", Freecreditreport.com (which I was extremely disappointed in because they recently changed it), the San Diego commercial, and SNL's "Hubble Gotchu!" David used to laugh at me for doing it all the time, now he tries to out-sing me when they come on. "IT'S MY MONEY AND I NEED IT NOW!" haha

I know that I have many more than this, but these are a few that come to mind. How about you? What do you do that is annoying?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID

Happy birthday "Mr. 25"! Today is David's big bad 25th birthday. He was super impatient so he already opened all his presents and got his cake, but we're going out to dinner tonight with Melissa and Brandon and Co. at Bucco di Bepo. And we were sure to get up early for his free Grand Slam breakfast at Dennys. I signed him up for every free offer in town (like I did for my birthday as well) so he will be enjoying free Coldstone, free DQ, free Benihanas, and free Tucanos. I just love getting free stuff and going outta my way to get it. Thanks everyone for helping us celebrate his big day. Happy birthday, my birthday boy!

94 degrees has never felt so good

Happy fake-me-out Springtime. So I officially hate Utah. I kid you not, we had freakin snow last week. That's right, I said SNOW! And now today (and yesterday) I wake up to gallons of rain falling. I have had about as much "April showers" as I can take, especially considering it's mid-May now. Anyhow, despite the crappy weather and lack of sunshine, David and I opened the pool here and have been swimming ourselves silly. Now not all of you out there may realize that the max temperature that a pool is allowed to legally be set at is 85 degrees (and trust me, we keep it set right at 85 because of the cold weather). Well, a few days ago the igniter for the pool broke so we had to replace it with a new shiny one and needless to say, the new one is apparently much more efficient then the 20 year old one so the old setting for 85 degress is apparently the new setting for 94+ degrees! We were happily playing the new Super Mario Bros game when one of the tenants tracked us down and said "Umm...the pool is like really warm....I mean super hot. It feels like the same temperature as the hot tub." Concerned, we raced down the stairs and take the temp of the pool and it turns out she was right. We measured it at 94 degrees and it was still going up. Taking full advantage of the now giant hot tub, we turned off the heater and jumped in. And let me just say 94 degrees has never felt so good! I told David to keep it at this temperature but apparently it's not safe or something lame like that. All I can say is that I'm glad that Mr. City Pool Inspector didn't decide to make an unwelcome visit. It's back down to 85 degrees and now it feels so cold.