Yeah I'm still here...

In case anyone was wondering I'm still here!

I was a bad blogger before, but now that I have the demanding big kid job I'm an even worse blogger!

It's funny now that I'm not trying to be creative for the sake of my blog I'm actually doing projects!

One thing you can count on? I'm still taking crappy iPhone pics of my projects. 

Barely whipped out the DSLR last week to shoot some engagement pictures for friends.

I've been scoring some great finds on craigslist as of late. 

Probably due to my constant cursing of people that live anywhere but here 

that find amazing things for cheap!

I've been on the hunt for a round pedestal table for a few months now.

But I didn't want to pay more than $100 for the table and I wanted it to be wood.

Of course I scoured craigslist, but only found $200 crap.

Until my stalking paid off.

I picked this baby up from some questionable cat owners.

It's solid wood and came with 4 chairs (not pictured). 

How much did I pay for the entire set?

$40!

So after about $25 in paint and stain.

Plus HOURS of my life. 

I have a new dining set for $65

I looooove the way it turned out. 

I know my curtains are crooked...I think some shrunk.

Redecorating is my next project. But we all know how I have project ADD. 

Just a touch of whimsy....

Sometimes I really wish I was a little more whimsical. 

Is that weird?

I would love to have a house decorated with randomness and be one of those super creative boho types.

You know the type. You've probably seen their blogs. Cause they all have blogs.

They're able to pull anything together be it a room or an outfit and make it look so effortless.

I feel like whimsy is something you're born with and you can't learn to be whimsical.

This is pretty random I know. 

Just my thoughts as I've stumbled upon yet another blogger with awesome whimsy.

99 Problems But Weight Ain't 1

Geez!

I feel like it's been forever since I last posted.

So much has happened! Not really...but it seems like it.

My birthday came and went. Grown-up birthdays suck!

I've been chugging along at my no longer new job. I'm still loving it!

I bought some furniture to refinish. Like any poor blogger I did not take before pictures.

GASP! I know, I know.

In other news I found this really cool site called DietBet. Well actually MishLovinLife introduced me.

It's a weight loss challenge but instead of just having 1 winner, everyone who meets goal wins!

The goal is to lose 4% of your body fat. Umm that's totally not a lot.

You put money in the pot lose your 4% and either walk away with the money you put in or some extra!

This really is a win-win situation. That is unless you don't meet goal.

I struggle with motivation. I really do. I know I should work out cause it's good for you blah blah blah.

But it's just so hard to get motivated. As I get older it's only going to get worse. So I need to get on this.

The game I joined is 99 Problems But Weight Ain't 1 hence the blog post title.

It's $30 and weigh in starts in a couple days. 

I'm going to do this. I don't want to just give someone $30 because they could do what I was to lazy to do.

I'm going to make this happen!

Wish me luck! If you want to join click here.

The more players the bigger the pot. The better chance you have of making some money!

Hello? Is it me you're looking for?

I finally got my laptop up and running! 

Yay! It's like 6 going on 7 years old and frustrates the heck out of me.

The boyfriend offered to buy us a new iMac... and I asked the question 

any only child would ask the week of their birthday.

This doesn't count as my birthday present, right?

I know! I'm a tad spoiled at times. 

Being an only child not to mention an only grandchild for 16 years will do that to you.

Moving on!

This weekend was a fun one. One of my oldest and greatest friends got married!

Yes I need a tan...but I'm deathly afraid of getting skin cancer.

It runs in my family and I've finally come to my senses about the risk.

Her new husband is British so she wanted to incorporate that.

I helped her out with some Union Jack garters.

Horrible cell phone pic.

Her moving to a different continent has made me realize how you can take your friends for granted.

When someone's been in your life so long you just expect that they will always be there. 

Even though we don't talk very often when we get together it's like nothings really changed.

Friends like that really don't come along that often and I'm lucky she's one of mine!

Are you there blog?

It's me Jessica!

It's been so long since I posted. A lot longer than usual. Has anyone missed me? Probably not. But I've missed you.

STUFF has been happening. Life if you will. 

Finished up my other job started the big girl one. Haven't had the ummm "free time" during the day to stay updated on this thing. Or even my Etsy shop. Good thing the orders have not been rolling in because I do not have a computer right now. Writing this from my iPad. It probably looks funny and you wish there were pictures. But that is just too complicated from the Blogger app. 

Moving on!

I had a week vacation before my last week (really 3 days at my previous job) then I dove right into my new job. 

If I could insert some cute GIF of someone dancing ridiculously or screaming and running around I would.

I LOVE my new job. (This could possibly be embarrassing as my bosses have looked at my blog) 

But I do. I LOVE it and I'm not even fully into it yet. I love that I get to be really passionate about what I actually went to school for. It's awesome. I highly recommend it. I have an office and my brain hurts from trying to think what to put in it. I finally decided that I want cupcake art. I don't know why that was so hard. 

I really have nothing else to say right now. Blogging from the blogger app is limiting my creativity.

I have a recipe to post but like I said pictures are not my friend in this app.

I can't even insert my cute cupcake signature... dammit. 

High Five for Friday!

So exciting things have been happening this week.

So remember here when I talked about waiting for the job to be excited about?

I finally got one!

Not going into any specifics because we all know I like to be vague.

It's in my degree field and I'm super stoked.

Do people still say stoked? Well I just did. 

Something similar to this might have happened when I got the offer.

Possible Sun Poisoning...

So the boyfriend and I are doing a huge overhaul of the backyard.

Two years ago we paid a great landscaping guy to come do the backyard...

We had beautiful grass and plants and it was awesome.

Until weeds took over everything because of some seed they laid down.

Then they came back and redid the grass. 

That's when they laid grass on top of our surrounding wood chips.

Not a great idea.

Grass started growing everywhere and wouldn't you know it the weeds came back.

Fast forward a year.

We decided to be kind generous people and save a dog from the rescue.

A dog who is pretty much Satan herself. 

Who had been neglected her whole life and freaks out if you even leave the room.

Well even putting her outside caused her to panic. 

Fast forward to last week. 

Two of our cypresses were destroyed by spider mites. 

About 5 plants were eaten by the aforementioned Satan dog.

The drip system became a tug of war toy.

The grass was killed on purpose by the boyfriend because "it was the only way to kill the weeds."

So today was spent getting rid of the surrounding woods chips because

1. They were grass ridden

2. They're birch and Ripley is HIGHLY ALLERGIC

3. They absorb everything and I mean everything 

It already looks so much better just without the wood chips. 

We then fixed the drip system so we can finally water our remaining plants.

This weekend will be spent taking the wood chips to the dump. 

They are piled on one side of our yard right now.

Laying down new felt. Possibly getting some rock. Possibly planting replacements.

I'm already super sunburned and was quite convinced after hour 6 that I was going to die. 

We'll see how it goes this weekend.