New table!

Now we have a place to eat. We can entertain more easily. We can play games. It's wonderful. Next on the list is curtains.

Slowly But Surely

We got a new TV & PS3. We saved for these things and Keith decided that the new TV was his reward for working TONS of overtime lately. We, of course, had to get a new TV stand. The stand is from Ikea and matches the other shelves we have.

We are now using the old TV stand as a shelf for King Triton and video games.



We also finally found a dining room table. It's from World Market. It is VERY heavy. The man at the store said that it was 180 pounds, and he was NOT exaggerating. We still have to put it together and then we will definitely need to have someone help us flip it right-side up. Here's a picture of the table from the interweb.

Eventually we will be settled. Maybe? I hope so.

New-to-me things

My grandma was had me over for dinner and wanted me to look through some boxes of things she was getting rid of to see if I wanted anything. I ended up with quite a few things. I couldn't help it - she happened to have a lot of baking stuff in those boxes! Luckily Keith and I have lots of cabinet space. It's nice to be able to rid my grandma of clutter and gain some fun free stuff!

I did get some new cupcake pot holders that go rather well with the cupcake themed ones & apron that my grandma made for me for Christmas. (The homemade potholders are the pink ones that the new brown ones are on top of in this photo.)


She also gave me some birds and a plant to put out on the balcony. I took the photos at night, so they're not the best, but you get the idea.


We have been rather busy lately. Mostly working. Some social things like Keith's cousin's wedding though!


This weekend we hope to finish up the touch up painting and a few little things. We are having people over on Sunday for the fantasy football draft, so it would be nice to get some things done before then. Too bad we haven't found a dining room table (that is not from Crate & Barrel and is so perfect except in the price department) yet. Some other upcoming purchases for the home: PS3 slim, HD TV (we have yet to decide on plasma or LCD), new TV stand, dining room light, and curtains. When it's listed out like that, it sounds like a lot. Luckily, we have been saving for some of these things for some time now. At work we are all going in on some lotto tickets... so if that works out for me, maybe I WILL be getting that Crate & Barrel table. ;)

Be Our Guest

This weekend we had our first overnight guest - our friend Fern! She lives in Evanston, so it just makes sense for her to stay here. We had a good time, and I think she slept fairly well since she was on the futon in the living room where there are no curtains to block the sun in the morning.

Some top priority condo items we need to purchase:
- curtains
- dining table & chairs
- light fixture for the dining room

We also really want to finish up the tiny bit of painting we have in the bedrooms.

Our weekends have been busy with other things, and this weekend is no exception. Keith's cousin is getting married, so we will be busy with wedding fun. :)

Home Sweet Home

Keith and I have been moved in for about 2 and a half weeks. We still have plenty to do (finish painting, buy a dining room table & chairs, buy a new light fixture for the dining room, finish getting organized...) but it feels good to be home! :-)

And now, a little backlog of photos!


We had new floors put in everywhere except for the bathrooms and the laundry room. We got wood laminate in the living room, dining room, kitchen, and hallway. Both bedrooms got new carpeting.







Here is the master bedroom, almost done being painted and with new carpeting.





And here is the second bedroom - the now office:






Our stuff has moved in now. It's all still getting settled, so please excuse the mess.











I will be able to update much more frequently now that the computer is set up and the internet is up & running!

A real update is soon to come, I swear

We have moved in! :-D

The internet is up & running and a real update should be coming shortly. I want to post some photos, but right now it is way past my bedtime.

Light at the end of the tunnel

I am sorry I have not updated in so long! We have been busy with working a ton, working on the condo, and birthday celebrations (last weekend for me and upcoming days for Keith).

Keith and I have painted the second bedroom grey and it came out just the color we were looking for. We are going to put nice band posters on the walls, so we wanted a fun(?) neutral color.

We have the color for the master bedroom and will start painting that tomorrow. It's going to be a beige/brown color. We want to get new bedding somewhat soon, so we wanted to be able to change the whole scheme of the room fairly easily when that time comes.

It looks like painting the kitchen will have to wait until after we move in, but we are thinking of blue for that. A long way down the road we will do work on the bathrooms and those will probably be green. That could change though, since that won't be for quite some time.

We asked the flooring people if they could fix the hole in our floor and they can! This means that our laminate is being installed Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday. Carpet will be installed on Thursday. If all goes as planned, this means...

WE CAN START MOVING IN NEXT WEEKEND!!!!!!! :-D

Keith's brother will be going back to school soon, so Keith's parents will be lonely soon. Or maybe just enjoying a quiet house. hehe