Monday, February 27, 2012

Creative Gift Giving

Zak and Lauren have been dating for over a year and this is the second time they have dated.  They are very cute together and seem to be a great match, they both even wear mismatched socks!










They have always shared a knack for creative gift giving...whether it's how the package is wrapped (hockey tape and duct tape have both been used) or the actual gift.  A couple of their best have happened recently.

For their one year anniversary Zak got her a Pandora charm and placed it around a large stuffed dog's neck like a charm on a collar.  She made him a graffiti picture featuring their names and the date they started dating and filled in with words from songs.










For Valentine's Day Zak got her a Pandora charm again but this time he put it in an empty spot in a box of chocolates.  She almost threw out the charm, though, because the silly boy didn't make sure she noticed that the tissue paper contained the charm!




She gave him a completely dog themed gift...a stuffed dog that says "sweet nothings", a dog chocolate pop, and this card:


I can't wait to see the next gifts!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

New Furniture

One of our 4-year-old Lazyboy recliner has a broken wing...the left armrest panel has come loose. I contacted and sure enough the part is fully covered under warranty, however the labor is $90.10 per hour and they estimate it will take 2 to 3 hours for repair. So, up to $270 to repair a chair we paid $420 for on sale.

So, long story short, we decided to get new furniture. In the process, we're going to repurpose the "den" into a "family room" with the furniture we're replacing.

Yesterday, we picked out the new furniture for the living room. It will be delivered on the 27th.

Then we will have 2 TV viewing rooms in the house and enough seating to maybe entertain every now and then!

Friday, February 17, 2012

ADD or no ADD

Chad, Zak, and I always tease that I have Adult Attention Deficit Disorder.  The jokes include: shiny things distract me, forgetting where I was going on my way there, not being able to find items I'm holding in my hands.  So the other day I started thinking, "I wonder if I do have ADD," and took a close look at the things I do in a day:

While I am getting ready for the day I am watching a TV show on my iPad.


While I'm driving to work, or anywhere when I'm alone in the car for that matter, I listen to an audiobook.


I take my iPad with me everywhere I go so I always have my Nookbooks to read whenever I have to wait or have an unentertaining moment.


I crochet while I am watching TV to keep my hands busy.


I scrapbook.


I blog.


I post on Facebook.


I post on Google +.


I tweet.


At any given time, I have no less than five projects in progress.

So, what are your thoughts...do you think I have adult ADD?  HAHA!!!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Zak's 15th Birthday

Zak turned 15 on January 13th...my little boy is definitely a young man now.



We had a very busy night on Zak's birthday but it was a very fun night!  I picked up Lauren, his girlfriend, on my way home from work.  I got a text from Chad on my way...hurry up, he's chomping at the bit to open gifts. I had stacked them up on the kitchen table before I left for work.


As soon as Lauren and I walked through the door he started tearing into them.





Among several other things, we got Zak snowboarding apparel.  Unfortunately, we haven't had any snow for him to go out and give it a try, yet.


 I think his favorite gift was the one from Lauren's parents...2 huge boxes of Skittles!



After gifts, we had cake.  Zak is not a traditional cake lover so I got him a cheesecake sampler.



Then we met the Millers for dinner at PF Chang's.




And Zak and Lauren shared dessert on the house!


After dinner we then had to speed off to his PJPII game and he scored a birthday goal!