Summer...

I'm lovin this weather!  It feels so amazing to be doing my 'activities' ---will explain later---outside, with short sleeves mid January!  However, I'm getting spring/summer fever real bad...and we haven't even had a real winter yet!  I'm hoping that when/if we do get snow...it doesn't stay for long!   I am def lookin forward to playing LOTS of volleyball and having LOTS of lake days this summer, just like last year!  Another thing I'm actually missing is mowing the lawn!  Love that fresh cut grass smell....:)  I also am planning on trying to plant flowers this summer, which I have never tried before!  I am thinking I want pretty easy, low maintenance plants...because if you ask my hunnie---Trent, I am the furthest from having a green thumb as you can imagine.  He brags because we both got house plants at the same time.  His has doubled in size, and mine.....well....it is no longer with us.  SO maybe I will have to ask for his help with this summer goal.   :)


So, back to the activities....when I say activities, it usually means DIYing something---which I am obsessed with.....thanks largely to Pinterest and my new Cricut.  My lovely friend and downstairs roommate came up with this name because we both are in love with the movie 'Stepbrothers.'    We always quoted this part of the movie, ("so much room for activities!!!!!!!!" --After they made their beds into bunk beds, but before the bunk beds crushed one of the brothers.....:), and Alyssa never knew what to call my crafting/DIYing/making a mess.   What better then "Activites?!"   It caught on.....


So my Activity of today was spray painting.  I have had many objects, waiting in their ugliness, to be sprayed.  Well today, I thought, "Perfect--day off and record high temps for January!"  So after I spent the morning doing much needed deep cleaning, I went out to lunch with one of the besties--Chelsey and I proceeded to my balcony and started spraying.   The warm temps were very appreciated because if you have ever tried to spray paint in the cold, you know that it doubles the drying time--which is frustrating if something needs two coats!  I found this technique, on pinterest of course,to imitate one of my recent obsessions---mercury glass.

I think they turned out really well, but you will have to wait and see!   Pics to follow!!

This weekend, my sis Rachel is coming home from Portland!  She is one of my 3 sisters and hasn't been home since May.  I'm pretty pumped!   She is coming without her 2 year old daughter Miss Israel Gora.  

Rach has never came home without her, so it will be strictly sister bonding time!
Stay classy!   ;)