its the final countdown!

hey all :)

The count down is coming to a close!

We are looking at 2 days and 3 nights before I'm laying my head down to sleep in Olathe Kansas.

Soooo weird to think a week from today I'll have finished my first day of work with little Emery and Hayden!

Ah! Im excited!!!

Easter weekend was so much fun! I love having all of my family together :)

Here we are :)

So fun to have everyone together :)

And to think that in two weeks brandon graduates from MNU.. SO CRAZY!

Its going to be fun having my parents come stay with me and in my new place... and spend time with even more family :)

Ugh... family.. I cant get enough of this! :)

Other than celebrating the wonderful Easter season I havent had much to do. Most of my packing is completed :). Aaaaaaand as of about 2 hours ago my LAST project was completed!

I'm starting to get so excited about getting moved in, painting, organizing... :) ugh. so stinking fun!

Okay.. so I want to tell ya'll about my latest project....

I had a vision of what I wanted my living room to look like and it involved one of these:

However.. this cost at LEAST 75 dollars. And by now you all know me... NOT a money spender. Especially when I think I can make it. ha.

So.. this is what I had to work with:

this is the coffee table that came with the end tables and sofa table that an old family friend gave to me. here is the beginning on the priming/painting process :)... and here is the end result... little wooden board, some padding, fabric, stable gun. thread and some buttons and voila!

I looo-hooove the way it turned out, but I'm already contemplating changing the fabric to something brighter and more fun! I guess we will just see once I get moved in and settled, then I can change whatever I want :)

I see a lot of "projects" in my future :) so fun!

so.. grand total for this beauty:

wooden board : $10.

Fabric: $2.00 (clearance at Walmart)

buttons, thread and tufting needle: $8

padding: $6.00

GRAND TOTAL: $26.00!!!

not to shabby! :)

Last day with one of my nanny families today.. bittersweet.. reality is hitting me that I'm leaving omaha and headed to a new life... (luckily ONLY 3 hours away!)

Tomorrow is work with the Deans then church... final packing tomorrow night.

Thursday is work and then packing the trailer Thursday night then Friday morning I hit the ROAD!!!

Heaven help me!

buh-lessed.

BLESSED PEOPLE.... thats what I am.

I gotta say that as I sit on my couch in the basement of my parents house, with my cute gray sweater/dress on and my beloved jesus sandals that I have been dying to wear for about a year now (seeing as how I bought them RIGHT as it started to get cold last year.. go ahead and adore....), watching Valentines Day, I cant help but think I am one word: blessed.

I'm surrounded by boxes of all the things I've accumulated over the last 4 years for my soon to be apartment, realizing that there is very little I "need" to make myself a home... this equals blessed.

I have an apartment waiting for me to move into: blessed.

I have an adorable little girl and boy waiting for me to move to Olathe so I can spend my days playing and reading and taking walks and going to the park: blessed.

I have best friend(s) that know me better than I know myself. (Jess, Kel, Les, Br

it and Nish): blessed.

I have wonderful people in my life: blessed.

AND.... I got to welcome the most precious little girl into the state of Nebraska last thursday.

uuugh: buh-lessed!

Let me explain: There is a man in my life named Josh.

Josh is wonderful. hilarious. sweet. kind. witty. smart. the love of my life. he is my little man. So stinking adorable. He calls me auntie B. I have a very special relationship with this little guy. His parents are like family to me. I adore them. On Thursday they added another to the family :) Sweet, precious, little Jazmine. and I got to be at the airport as scott and Kim came off of the plane to be reunited with Josh and F

INALLY have the whole family together. Let me take a second to introduce to ya'll... Jazzy Girl.

I LOOOVED being able to be the selected person to be there to photograph Jazzy girls homecoming :) And to finally see this beautiful family of 4 reunited :)

I was also at the airport when Josh came home and it was an experience I'll never forget.

Jaz was at church today and what a precious little girl she is. I cant wait to love on her and spoil her rotten... it will be a little harder than it was with Josh since I'm living three hours away... but I see many visits, gifts and loving going on between me and Jaz in the years to come :)

Lots of change coming my way... life is a' happenin' quickly...

but today I gotta say...

I'm feelin blessed :)

MY NEW LOVE!

I am so excited about what I'm about to talk about.

this is stinkin' wonderful!

allow me to give you a quick-back-story before revealing...

So, I have this incredible desire to be thrifty and crafty.

I want to be able to create and makes things that are not only appealing to the eye.. but easy on the wallet... you picking up what I'm dropping?

So.... with the "project" of my own apartment in mind,

I have been digging deep within to scrape up every thrifty/crafty/creative muscle I have.

(did that sentence make sense?)

Anyways...

I would love to know how to sew..

however.

I have no sewing machine.

and they ain't cheap.

Well, since my whole goal is to not spend money then it doesnt make a lot of sense to go and buy a sewing machine... (this is my logic at least)

Therefore I went to the internet...

my favorite place : yahoo anwers.

I would like to encourage everyone to check it out...

I promise you... if you have a question, they have answered it.

(whether or not they have answered it correctly is debatable, but I promise you'll be entertained).

Sooooo... back to my thrifty/crafty/creative-y-ness.

I want to put new pillows on my couch.

It is currently outdated and needs a "pick-me-up"

HOWEVER... did you know that to buy a good-size pillow ranges from $25-40 dollars?!!

ya kidding me?

Well.. I didnt want to spend that much..

therefore, decided that I would make my own pillow covers...

but with no sewing machine this would be difficult..

thats when I discovered it...

hemming-tape.

(insert angel music)

amazing.

allow me to show you what I created...

before and after:

In case you cant tell... they are a grayish color.

I have to cover some others in green.

then voila... they will be done and the couch will be rejuvinated!

ps: please disregard how I'm looking in this pictures, i spent all day in bed coughing up my lungs and blowing my nose....

darn you allergies...

darn.you.

airports

I am currently sitting in Chicago (chi-town... home of the beloved Michael Jordan).

Sitting in an airport.

I am here for two hours and then onto washington DC to see my NISHA!!!

*halle-stinkin-lujah*

I have decided a few things thus far..

1. small planes are fun and scary all at the same time.

2. Omaha often has small planes.

3. airports are even more fun, so many people to observe.

4. I am a good observer.

5. airplanes would be more fun with a travel buddy

6. lesson #5 also applies to airports.

7. dinner is not possible in an airport to someone on a budget.

8. lesson #7 also applies to any kind of beverage... example : this little "tall" thing cost me 5 bucks.

9. The battery on my mac dies very quickly. (i need to fix this while I still have a warrantee)

10. Apparently Im a loud hummer... AND... I hum without noticing.

(the lady next to me just asked me to please be quiet.)

11. Brandon Heath, Adele and Alexi Murdoch are wonderful to listen to while waiting... or anytime really.

Lessons learned. :)

On another note entirely...

I got a toaster and a coffee maker! They are so stinkin' nice! and best part : they were FREE!

** shout out to Todd and April.. ya'll ROCK! **

I'm starting to freak out a little... three weeks from this Friday I'll be residing in Olathe Kansas for Good!! ahh! (insert a squeeel and a deep breath and thats my reaction)

Still searching for that dining room table, but I have to say I'm not too worried.. if I dont have a table in three weeks I'm okay with that..... really..... I am :)

one hour down in the windy city.. one to go :)

ps: I so want to see someone get proposed to in an airport.

Next stop : Obama's!