A little swap

I get tired of things in the same place all the time. I mean if you can't switch things up every once in a while, whats the point of living? Am I right?

 

This is what our dining room has looked like for the last year or so, since we moved in:

 

This is the same room as of today:

 

 

A nice new "study" as Drew says. Also, we had to take down our bookshelves because someone didn't hang them properly so our books have a new home also in the study:

 

Now you may be asking yourselves, "Where's the dining room, did you move it upstairs?" No silly people, we did not.

This was the 2012 living room:

It's a long, kinda awkward room. with, count 'em 6 doorways and 2 windows. Yeah. But this, friends, is the 2013 living/dining room:

 

Only this pic was taken before the shelves came down so pretend they're gone.

 

So basically Drew and I added a room onto our house this morning, what have you sorry people done all day?

 

Now we can have 2 spare bedrooms which means more room for company!!! So come see us!

 

Also I'm aware that some may not like the new set up. It may seem a bit cramped to those of you who like to spread out. But please just smile and nod.

 

Thank you. Now I'm going outside to read and enjoy this heavenly sunshine! 

Things to come....

Lots'o exciting things are happening in our lives right now. Drew starts his new job on Monday, we have been house hunting and found the perfect little place for us and Ikey for the next few years, and I've decided to undertake a "challenge."

Drew accepted a job in Tazwell, Virginia with Caterpillar or CAT as I prefer to call it. For as long as I have known this boy he has talked of CAT and we both knew better than to pass up this amazing opportunity for him. This is a job we feel like he could keep for the rest of his life and it us such a great compay. He has worked his tail off for the past 5 years and we are pumped for his graduation. I'm already in the process of planning that shindig. Gotta love a good partay!

As far as the house goes, we knew we needed more space. Not us personally but our company (namely my sister and Drew's dad) liked to complain about the lack of guest quarters in our 1 bedroom apartment. We looked online for weeks but only saw 2 properties in person before deciding. I'm not one to continue to keep looking after finding what I like. It's a cute little house built in the '40's and we love it. Pictures to come...move in date May 2012 (can't wait to surprise our guests at Drew's graduation party that it's also a moving party, they will be thrilled!).

Now onto my boring life.....or is it? Of my own accord I have decided to undertake a pinterest challenge. It is easy to continue pinning day after day and never actually undertake the tasks you pin. Therefore beginning on Monday February 27 I am doing 30 days of pinterest, both recipes and diy projects. In some respects I hope to use it as an outreach to give some of my little goodies away to neighbors, friends, or strangers but in other ways its a way of making myself do some of the things I've wanted to do but have continually put off. I started out with the really lofty idea of 100 days, ha! I knew I would burn out. Then I went on to 60 but then I remembered we will be moving so I went with the realistic 30. Maybe next time I will up the ante a little. Any tips or pins you suggest would be greatly appreciated. Stay tuned!

I will be going home next week to spend some time with family and play caretaker with my mom for my grandmother and dad so once I return home, let the challenge begin! Until then I'll be choosing which pins I want to do and gathering supplies. I haven't had a real challenge since college so I'm looking forward to it. Bring it on!

Here is the link to my challenge board and the pins I'm considering so far: http://pinterest.com/meghanem1/challenge/ we will see how many of them change before I begin.

 

Jesus Never Fails.