A month and four days later...

Yes, I am still alive, yes I am still maintaining my blog! WOW! is really all I can say about the last month of life. Being a teacher, the end of the school year is always full of odds and ends to be completed but this year was even more crazy than usual. Our building had to have major construction done over the summer so we had to pack up and have classes for the last 10 days at a local community college. On top of that EVERYTHING had to be moved out of our rooms onto semi-trailers in order to accommodate the construction. Let's just say there were lots of late nights spent packing and planning. After school was out, I still had a weekend of class for my master's program. Once that weekend was over I left for a 10 day road trip out west with the hubby and baby girl. We drove through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah where we made a 3 day stop to spend time with my sister-in-law, then headed to the Carson City, Reno, Tahoe area of Nevada (even snuck into Calinfornia for a few hours so we can say we went from one west coast state to an east coast state this summer). We had a great time with family but we were very excited to return home on Wednesday. Thursday our baby girl woke up at 4:30 am throwing up and continued to do so for the next 8 hours. Therefore, we stayed in our pjs and took shifts on sleeping/cuddling with her until all of the throwing up was over. Today was FULL with me getting a hair cut (finally!), the window guy coming so we could seal the deal on our new windows and a meeting with an insurance person. On top of that the unpacking, laundry, cleaning, organizing, grass cutting, etc, etc, etc had to get started and oh yea, we are leaving on Tueday for our East Coast adventure when we visit my family out in VA. So.. WOW is really all I can say. I will be happy to be back at home around July 1 and stay here for a LONG time!

Before leaving I got a few small projects done which I will show through a few separate posts over this weekend. For tonight I will post pictures of projects pieces we purchased at yard sales before leaving. They will hopefully get some attention as soon as we return home. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of things and get a post a day going! Thanks for bearing with me!

Bought this little beauty from a neighbor one street over at a garage sale.. for $15.00! 

I am imagining it painted black and displaying my collection (only 5 so far) of pitchers as well as a small platter with our monogram on it. Maybe a few of the "L"s from the living room could find a new home. The larger square areas on the bottom shelf would be perfect for baskets holding cloth napkins and possibly place mats. The left drawer could also work for place mats and the right has an area for silverware and serving spoons. The very bottom is going to be the new home for all of my serving platters, trifle bowl, cupcake carriers, etc. This way I can get them out of the basement storage area and maybe I will remember what I have then! It is the PERFECT width for our dining room. I think the deepest section comes out about 15 inches, we had something there before (dresser in our master bedroom) that was around 25 inches deep and it was TOO deep to use the bench at the dining room table.

Here are a few more photos; I can't wait to get started on this in July and get it decorated!

That is my hubby using a two-wheel cart to move the cabinet over from the neighbor's house

Getting closer... quick! The rain is starting again!

Almost there!

So close!

YAY! Inside the garage!

Left drawer: perfect for placemats

Right drawer: perfect for silverware and serving spoons

Bottom storage area: future home to serving platters and bowls

Needs some sanding

Has an area for 2 large glass sliding doors, we have the doors but I am not digging the doors

So, there is one summer project and an explanation of where I have been! I hope you come back and check on the progress of the cabinet as well as a new coffee table in the works, a $3 table for an outdoor table, update to ikea plant pots.. and more!