Blogging in Bed

I am in bed already.  It is 9:40pm and I am ready to be here for the night.  It is way too early for me to actually go to sleep so I decided to blog. :)  I spent the evening doing one of my most favorite things in the world.......organizing....... so I don't really know why I am so tired.  Usually I feel energized after making things neat and pretty.


For at least the last 5 years I have really wanted a vanity in my bedroom to get ready at and to store all my makeup.  What I have not wanted is the price tag attached to most vanities on the market!  Plus  I really have never had room for one in my bedroom before. Thankfully our cute little rental can fit our mammoth-sized bed (I would take a picture but remember, I am in it,) a dresser, and a vanity in the bedroom.  I scoured craigslist for the perfect desk to prime and paint so I can primp.  I couldn't find one I loved that was in our price range (we are on a serious budget) so, imagine my excitement when I noticed this sitting on our back patio. 

I emailed our landlady to ask if it was hers or if the previous renters had left it.  It wasn't hers, so now it was mine!  YAY!  I got to work sanding it and gluing loose pieces...It was in pretty rough shape so I  had to completely sand it down.

Now for the color...................  I decided to do off-whiteish.  I hemmed and hawed over the million different "white" choices and finally picked one that didn't seem too stark white or too yellowy or pinky.  I thought it was perfect......  It wasn't. After I primed the desk I started painting and it looked like I was just adding more plain junky primer.  Boo.  So I have a vanity.  It is in our room, but I don't like the color.  (and I am still missing 2 knobs) 

I am still searching for the perfect chair. Maybe once I find that I will repaint the whole thing.  The chair currently in use is one of the 4 dining room chairs we have.  The 2nd is at my sewing desk and the 3rd is actually at the table and the 4th was broken in the move and has taken the place of the desk on the back patio.

Ok, enough pity party and on to the fun stuff. Tonight I finally got all of my makeup into the vanity and I managed to only use one drawer!

Yes, I do know I have a lot

Eyeshadows lining the bottom!

You better believe that everything is grouped according to what it is and is alphabetized! Oh the love...

 Drawer #2 hold all my hair accessories and such...

I love that little tray. :)

I didn't take a picture of the 3rd drawer because that just houses my hair dryer, straightener, curling irons.... not too much pretty going on there. 


Well, even if this blog post is boring to you, I will find great joy looking at these pictures!  oh the selfishness.... plus now it is later, I am closer to ready for bed!  I just started reading Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem and I love it so far!  A little reading will take me the rest of the way to bed time! 

Goodnight!

Just one

I was a little ashamed this morning when I opened my dashboard and it said " Manage Blog (1 total).  I have 1 blog to manage and I can 't even manage to update it regularly!  Now, I don't REALLY feel bad about it.  I don't want blogging to become a chore. It should be fun... relaxing... on my schedule.  So there.

I had to dig through some pictures to see what we have actually been up to the last few weeks.  There has been lots of garage sales, ducks, cats, painting new (to us) furniture, savers trips (have I mentioned that we live within walking distance of a Savers, Joanne Fabric and Hancock Fabric?  what more could a gal ask for?) 

A couple of weeks ago after going to an "estate sale" - we basically rummage through some dude's messy house - he was moving, we went to the UNM campus to see the duck pond.  I was really pretty and peaceful.

 

By the way, I am totally not opposed to animals doing yoga in public:

good stretch duck

very nice turtle

We also went to a Lobo football game and the NM State Fair.  I didn't really take any pictures at either event. I think my camera is trying to die and I have been losing patience with it!  During halftime at the Lobo game they had 3 parachuters  drop from a plane and land on targets in the middle of they field. It was fun... but my camera was about 10 seconds late in taking the pictures.  Boo.

Around the house I have been trying to get things pretty and comfy. We have a couch! Finally.  After a month of sitting practically on top of each other in our over-sized chair we can happily sit with some space between us.  It is not a pretty couch, but it was $20 and it is comfy!!!!!!  The kitties now have their own little hammock i made for them.  I actually made it for Lucy but she is the only one who won't sleep in it.  Ugh.

Sleepy Buster likes it

Well, the highlight of life last week was joining a community group at Mars Hill.  We went Thursday and loved it! We can finally make some more friends! YAY!