Favorite thing #1

Oprah has her favorite things, and I have mine!

 This week my favorite thing is:

My Kindle!!!

For a good length of time I always claimed that I loved the feel of reading a real book. Then I took a look at a list of the books I wanted to read, and figured financially it would be way cheaper to get a kindle. (Only $79 and books are cheaper!) So I gave in and bought one. About five minutes in to reading my first book on it I fell in love, and I fell hard! I highly recommend. It is so easy that I have been reading more often which is the best plus ever!

Melted away!

I finally attempted a craft that I have been dying to do for a long time. 

What you need is a canvas or foam poster board, crayons, and a hair dryer.

Peel all of the crayons. Your fingers might hurt, but trust me it is worth it.

Next glue the crayons to the foam board.(It is even prettier if you make a rainbow!)

Finally you just blow dry it until it begins to melt! 

This project was so much fun, and it only cost $5.00.

Welcome home Nelson!

A while ago Dan and I decided that we wanted to adopt a cat, and long story short we finally met Nelson. 

Here is a quite Nelson bio:

In west Philadelphia he was born and raised on a playground he spent most of his days.....just kidding! Nelson was a feral cat who was adopted by a family who rescued cats. All of the cats stressed Nelson out so eventually they decided it was in his best interest to find a new home. Luckily that home is with us!

Nelson is great. He already thinks that he is the King of the house, and he is already spoiled. He has way too many toys. Right now we have him on a mostly raw diet. I need to do a little more research on it, but he is loving it so far! 

As someone who has never owned a "lap cat" it caught me extremely off guard when I was sitting in bed reading and Nelson decided the place he wanted to lay was on my chest! (Excuse the awful blurry photo please.) Welcome home Nelson, we love you so much already!

First

This week I have had a few different firsts.

The first snow of the season.

My first time cooking an egg in a hole. 

So delicious, and so worth it.

My first time making Pho! 

Yum.

and last but definitely not least my first two year anniversary with this fellow.

HUSKY FOOTBALL!

Just got home from yet another Husky football game. 

Nothing is better than drinking a few beers and hanging out with your boyfriend and your pops!

There was a nasty Oregon fan at our tailgate. 

It surprises me how nasty girls can be to one another. 

That should be changed.

I love my pops,

I love my Daniel,

and I love Husky Football!

I will miss this stadium next year.

The Hunger Games

I recently purchased a Kindle (best investment of my life), because I had so many books on my "need to buy" list that financially it just made sense. The first few books were The Hunger Games series. I don't know how I hadn't heard of them before, but I am obsessed. They were the first books that have made me want to never put a book down in a damn long time.

If you haven't read it yet, you seriously need to. Bloody Fantastic. (I've also been watching too many English shows. My vocabulary is changing.) Reading Middlesex now, but I need more recommendations people! 

Also, thanks to Holly I discovered Modcloth.com, and I ordered this dress:

I am in love with it! My wonderful boyfriend told me it reminded him of Bellatrix Lestrange. Not really the look I am going for, but I think she is badass so why not! 

Long time no blog!

I am back! I got a big girl job, and I am finally settled back into life so I can blog once again. These past few months have definitely been quite the ride. Switching from being a student/nanny to working a 9-5 has been easier than I expected, but time seems to fly by way too fast. I cannot believe its almost November. When did that happen?

This weekend I finally got around to hanging things on our bedroom walls. (Thank you target for cheap frames!) The tree print is my absolute favorite. This is what it looks like close up.

I found it HERE!

I love that I am finally finding my decorating groove. I was drowning in shabby chic for far too long. I have fallen in love with sharp corners and shapes. 

I got this piece in Kirkland this summer on sale for $20. I was thrilled! The bookshelf it is sitting on use to be a lovely pink shabby chic piece, but no more pink hooray!

That is all for now!