Nearly Fairtastic

Leaving on Saturday for the fair and I *cannot* wait!

SOOOOO excited. hope to see you there!

:)

Dinner Date

So, our neighbors apparently have a rib bbq about once a month that you can 'preorder' from....we have two plates of ribs coming our way Friday night!

YUM.

On other news, i've been knitting my *very first* pair of socks and they're coming along nicely :)

the final frontier

check out the sweet new desk we (I) got. Also know that there's a knitting supply zone behind my chair/along the wall :)

there are still a few boxes in here to unpack. but i'm not counting them in the official box tally.

i also need to figure something out with the sewing machine. there's obviously not enough for full blown crafting zones, but i think i can make it work.

how exciting!

duh, duh, dunnhhh: MANCAVE

Beware, all ye who enter here...

Where we've been hiding some man boxes...this is the music zone. and the bar (hidden under some manly power tools).

Ahh, man-tainment: guitar, classy chair and a sweet tv.

the man himself:

(caption: why are you in here?!)

Kitchen REVAMP (part 3!)

So, a couple changes: new dishrack (hello counterspace!) and a sweet knife magnet to keep them organized and out of the way (but still accessible).

We also added a new potholder rack/shelf above the stove. I think it completely changes the look of the kitchen (for the better!)...the stove seems more of a fixture than an afterthought. Notice the cool wine rack next to the fridge!

We are soo happy with how this turned out (some of us more than others :) ).

We can see the light!!

The boxes in the livingroom are UNPACKED!!! that's right. what you will see below is the livingroom as it shall remain (ok, there may be tweaking and other shuffling about, but no more unpacking!).

Below is the new bookcase. we left the back off so you can see the sweet wall color behind. We've also relocated the couch and will have to adjust the pictures :)

Check out the added artwork and shelves! PLUS, the lamp and lights on the piano turn on when you flip a light switch! (I'm very, very proud of this fact).

Finally,

The whole shebang:

The view from the kitchen. notice how it's not clutter-tastic (yet).

It feels gooooood.

...and guess who got a haircut!

isn't he the cutest?!

psbtw: our neighbor across the street is a math teacher if I haven't mentioned that yet. YAY MATH!