New Chair

I had been searching for a 'reading nook' chair for our bedroom for awhile. Well, not really actively searching, but wanting one. I was originally thinking about a white overstuffed chair.. they were just so expensive though. And then after seeing a nice leather chair on pinterest, I starting thinking about leather. (except not for $4k... who the heck?!?!)

I'm afraid of getting cloth things off craigslist. Unless it can be completely washed- I don't want whatever cat hair, cigarette smoke, or bed bugs could be lurking inside. But leather I felt could be 'washed' and isn't really as penetrable (read stainable) as other fabric. So I started looking and then found this beauty.

It was a good arm/back/quads workout to haul it up into our apartment, but now there is is.

Geez, our room looks so blah... someday I'd like a Pottery Barn looking bedroom, but until then, it is what it is.

I'm not sure if I love how it looks in our room yet. Maybe the cream would have been better. But it's a quality chair (so what if there are some scratches on it and the craigslist lady didn't tell me that the reclining foot part doesn't quite go all the way back in!), I felt like it was a good deal for the money and maybe if we didn't want it in the bedroom someday it would be a nice extra living room chair for our future house. It'd even match our brown couch.

But for now I have a reading chair :)

not much going on

Yesterday was a good, but not very exciting day.

Came home and the Hubbs had ran 20 miles. He is training for the marathon in a few weeks and so it was his longest run yet. My sweet Hubbs ran 20 miles after work, and then made dinner for us so it'd be ready when I came home. He made a recipe for Green Chile Chili, I don't remember where I got the recipe, but it was pretty tasty. It had one bottle of dark beer in it, so I could taste that a little, but mostly it tasted good. It was called green chile chili b/c it had salsa verde and green chiles in it, but it wasn't green at all!

After dinner we watched the end of Modern Family and then I made him sit in the tub filled with cold water. It wasn't ice, but we thought it'd be good to prevent swelling and too much soreness. Poor thing instantly started shivering when he sat down, it was sad to see! That was pretty much our night :)

Oh- I did get my glasses refunded! But they did charge me the 20% "re-stocking fee" even though when I went in last weekend I said I didn't think that was fair because they should have known the lens they chose wasn't right. I had looked up the medical codes they used and it said that lens they used was for up to -7 and my glasses prescription was a -12 lens. So how is that right?? Anyway, he wouldn't do it, so lesson learned never to go there again. I do think that's crap though, I'm sure they could have covered it and I think that it would have been in the best business interest to have a happy customer.. but I guess they disagree. Now is the kind of time when I wish I knew more internet stuff so I could write a review, but I don't. Anyway, glad to be done with that!

Small(-ish) Group

Last night our small group resumed after taking a summer hiatus. They had people at church re-sign up, so this time our small group of 10 had grown to about 19 people. It was fun to meet some new people and I am excited to share life together over the next few months. Our group leader said this is the last group they will lead, because then they are going to move into a small group leader training role next time. And he said that they hope that each 'semester' people would join a different group so they can meet more and more new people everytime. This is probably a good idea but I felt a bit sad. I am more of a small group, really getting to know each other type person. And that takes time. But on the other hand, Hubbs and I have been going to our new church for 9 months now and still really only know those 10 or so people- so it could be good to learn more.

I felt like I was awkward last night though. During the introductions this couple by us said they were also newlyweds, and we asked if they had kids, they said 'no' and Hubbs and I did a little high-five. (even though we want kids eventually- we have been wishing for some more people in our same stage of life now). Then at the end, people were sharing prayer requests and that couple shared that they wanted to start a family but then her job dropped her health ins so they can't afford to right now, and I felt like a jerk. Hubbs said I'm just overanalyzing, but I'd just hate to have hurt someones feelings, esp the first night! So I apologized, but still felt bad. Hopefully they'll get to know me more over the next months and know that while I'm not always tactful, I'm not intentionally hurtful.

It was a good weekend

He passed!!! Hubbs passed his board exam with a 91%, smarty pants, and so now he can legally work in Michigan. We were very happy. We went out to dinner at Olive Garden, and then met up friends at a brewery, and then went over to their house to play games. It was a fun night.

Sunday we went to church, and then met up for lunch with my friend from book club- and her husband who plays basketball with Andrew. And then the girls watched the boys play basketball.

When we came home our Moth Annihilation plan was resumed. The other day we found a moth on one of those traps. So we had to hunt for more. This time the moths were in a can of steel cut oats. I checked that can last week, and it was all clear- so they must have been eggs then, ewww. I don't understand these moths, they must have a really quick life cycle cause that wasn't very long ago! And of course they were in my other box of Red River (that was also sealed). My friend at lunch told me that her parents had those moths and 'they never could get rid of them'.... nooooo!!! Hopefully our system will work though, we now threw everything boxed away and now things will be jarred air-tight...

So I got all my jars unpacked

Washed them

Hubbs made stir fry

Then loaded up the jars

And here they are nice and put away

Although I ended up with too many small jars and not enough bigger ones. I should have known this, but apparently fluid ounces are much smaller than dry ounces, so for example a 8oz thing of panko would not fit into a 16 oz. jar, and barely even into a 32 oz. jar - so I need to see what I can do. And we haven't really thought of what to do about cereal boxes either...

The rest of the night I made a roasted tomato, onion, garlic and tomato soup, yummy

Talked to my brother on his 28th birthday, and relaxed with popcorn and The Bourne Identity... and this guy...

Good times. So this morning on the way to work it was super rainy. And as I got to work I saw something out of the corner of my eye and it was rain coming into my car from the sunroof! The roof was all the way closed, but it is somehow getting in. I could see the overhead light compartment thing was full of water. So that can't be good, but not really sure what to do about it either! Dad, help!!!! :)

busy weekend

This weekend is going to be pretty busy. Tomorrow morning I have to go back to the eyeglasses place and see if we can work anything out. I'm trying not to plan what I'm going to say, as I usually do in daydreams, because it still makes me mad. But I am hopeful for a resolution.

Next I'm going up to my hometown for "Dryden Fest" where I am going to help my friend sell her stuff. I'm hoping it's not too rainy and there will be a good turnout! I am really proud of my friend. She quit her full-time job to be able to do something that she is really passionate about, and started her own raw food business. I think that's so brave. First of all I don't think I do anything good enough to make it into a business (except my knit baby hats are really cute), but then to be brave enough to actually pursue it. I'm impressed. So yeah, a afternoon to hang out with my bff and eat free guac all day, priceless!

In the evening, I will either be celebrating or consoling my Hubbs. He takes his national board exam on Saturday and on our weekly schedule board he had written: Saturday - exam followed by celebration or depression. And he's not joking. This past week hasn't been very fun as he's been studying every night and getting more and more anxious as the date looms closer. I think he'll be just fine, he's worked so hard and he's just fresh out of school so hopefully some of those answers are still lurking in that brain of his, but he's just so nervous. Prayers are appreciated!

The other task for the weekend is more pantry work. I had ordered a bunch of jars to store our food and keep us safe from future pantry moth invasions, and they arrived. So now I need to wash them, and get everything stocked back up. We haven't seen a single moth since our search & destroy mission, but the fear of them still is there. One morning I saw Hubbs drive over to our apt dumpster and throw away a box of Life cereal. And he made me throw away a brand new box of triscuits because the bag had a small hole. We are paranoid, yes. But eating a larvae would be worse than wasting some money, so it's ok.

Sunday's agenda so far just looks like church and lunch. I'm looking forward to it, our lives have been far too busy and I need a good old nap and movie day!

32

Happy 32nd anniversary to my parents!!

I can't believe this is the only picture I have of my parents in my facebook albums- daughter fail! This picture was from my brother's wedding in 2009. So just take out the kids and there you have the happy couple :)

My parents have taught me a lot about marriage, and are wonderful role models. I'm so thankful to have had such a good example of love and commitment.

***

update: yesterday got better. I saw I can return my glasses, there's a 20% "restocking fee" but I could still afford to get other glasses somewhere else and have money back too! So I feel better about that. And I came home to a big hug from Hubbs and some Eclipse watching, so it was a good day after all :)

Four Eyes

I feel like today is going to be a bad day.

Yesterday I went to get my new glasses. I haven't gotten new glasses in about 5 years. I wear contacts, and I really only wear glasses at night before bed. But I wanted to get some with an updated prescription and that looked good enough that I could wear to work if I ever couldn't wear my contacts for some reason. Now, I am very near-sighted -10.5 in one eye, and -9.5 in the other. So I knew my glasses would be thick, but I paid extra for "thinning" and this is what I picked up yesterday:

Are you kidding me??!? Those glasses are bulging out the back, side and front of the frame! I was really disappointed. And they make you sit there and try it on... 'oh how are they?' ... 'um, am I supposed to be able to have my peripheral vision completely blocked by the edge of these lenses?' ... 'oh, that's normal.' Um - no it isn't!! And I asked them if I had any options and he just looked at me awkwardly.

So I get home and I compared them to my other glasses, which maybe were a tiny bit less strong of a prescription but not much, and they are seriously 1/3 of the thickness.

I'm just so mad. They make you pay in advance, and then you're stuck with whatever crap they give you?? It is so unfair. I'm going to go back this weekend and show them my old glasses, and show them what "thinning" is supposed to look like, but it probably won't do any good. Apparently there is no customer satisfaction at Clear Sight Optical.

I paid over $350 for something I just want to throw away. I keep thinking about it and getting madder and madder. I feel like they are stealing money right out of my pocket and there's nothing I can do about it.

Plus my eyes look freakishly small and beady. Not happy. Not happy at all.