Well.

I'm not so sure about this knitting thing. I think that I like it but I also think that the last thing I need is another craft to get all excited about right now.

I started this sampler scarf from the Lion Brand website on Sunday. It was a lazy day, even more so than hammock party 2k10 on Saturday. Adam, Paul and I watched Terminator 2, which I had never seen and then I got Paul sucked into watching Nip/Tuck with me. The show is so ridiculous that I feel like it's a small victory that someone is willing to sit through it with me. Anyway, back to scarf/knitting... I like how it's looking, but I'm already losing a bit of interest because, uh, I don't wear scarves. I do love the yarn I'm using though. It's left over Berroco Comfort that I had left over from all the crocheting I did for our wedding.

In other exciting news! My all time favorite Casie has a video up on the Mutual of Omaha site about her aha moment. Check it out here!

This was a good chunk of my Saturday.

hammock + pillow + favorite cotton blanket + Harry Potter book + pretty clouds + it was cold outside and even wrapped up in a blanket it was still cold = good way to spend part of a Saturday.

Hey guys.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks! We moved into a new place and my bro-in-law moved out to Eugene and is staying with us for a little bit. We are all really loving the new house (duplex, whatever). I knew that we really weren't happy in our old place anymore, but I don't think I realized just how much it was actually getting to us. I know I feel like some kind of weight has been lifted and I think I can probably say the same for Adam. 

Now that we have a nice little private, fenced yard, were finally able to set up the hammock I got for Adam as a wedding gift. 

I thought that I would be kind of scared of laying in it because I had only ever been in the canvas kind that as my mom says "is like being wrapped up in a banana peel" where they just kind of fold up around you. But, hello! New favorite place! I think I've spent more time in it than Adam has so far. 

Anyway, I just wanted to say that life is feeling really great lately! Here are some reasons why:

1. I'm feeling more at ease than I have in a long time.

2. I get to have dinner every night with the deGrandibros and laugh lots.

3. Hammock, duh!

4. Morgan let me borrow a couple of her Harry Potter books. I know I'm like a million years late, but whatever!

5. I started crocheting these baby booties for one miss Leela P, who is taking her sweet time getting out of her Mama Morgan's belly! 

6. There are deer all over our neighborhood and there was one right outside our front door!

7. One of my BFFs is coming to visit in October and I can't wait!

Ok guy, L8RZ.

Some things...

• Packing sucks.
• I'm warm
• I wish "sleeping through Ohio" was something I could put on a resume.
• I'm chattin' with Amanda.
• Here's a good jam:

• Threw away a ton of old bills and papers today and it felt awesome.
• Our new place has a compost bin and I'm overly excited about that for some reason.
• My nose itches.
• I'm in love with Ruby Jewel's lemon cookie with honey lavender ice cream ice cream sandwich. You can buy them for me by the case. Thanks in advance.
• Now I'm hungry.

Packing is weird.

So Adam and I are going to sign a lease tonight on a super cute place in south Eugene. We're really excited. We've been living in the same house since we moved here three years ago and we're sad to leave our landlord, but we need to move on and save some money. I've never lived in a place other than the house I grew up in for this long and packing it up is feeling weird. I just started so there isn't much in boxes yet but it still looks different. It's going to be a busy August! We're moving, Adam's bro is moving out here (on route cross country with their dad as we speak!) and my dad and brothers might come visit from Seattle at the end of the month.

I got a newsletter from Piece By Piece today with their upcoming fall class schedule and it looks pretty fun! Casie and I really enjoyed our beginner quilt making class that we took so maybe we'll have to do another. I was also checking out the blog and Casie and I are on it! Our instructor, Cherie, took a few pics the last day of our class and got one of me with my finished quilt top.

There a bunch of great pics over at the blog. Check it out! I love the pics from the kid's quilt camp.

Colors, meatloaf, moving.

I've got some new, neat ideas. Well, ok maybe not that new. But still feeling excited! 

Also exciting: Adam and I made meatloaf in the crock pot from this book and mashed potatoes for dinner last night. It was sooo good and I can't wait to have some leftovers. I might just have to have an early lunch today!

Not as exciting: Looking for a new place to live. What a pain.