Apparently, "skol" roughly translates to something like "cheers." At least they're not endorsing chewing tobacco.
The guest room is now painted! We went with Behr Harvest Brown for the walls, and I found some sheets in a similar color at Target. The awesome teal pillow shams have arrived from Crate and Barrel, but no sign of the bedspread yet. Since this is going to be the Map Room, I picked up a fun red-orange map pillow at IKEA. I inherited a bed and dresser from my Grandma Krueger, and a coat of Old English really helped. Now we just have to get rid of the blaze orange that lingers on the inside of the bedroom door.
The masks for our Halloween costumes arrived! Now to find some pink, blue, and white sweatsuits. Methinks a trip to Walmart is in my future.
I finally arted! This is the first painting I have made since graduating from college, oh, 4 years ago. It was fun, it was frustrating, it was relaxing and stressful, at times I thought it looked great and other times I wanted to quit completely. But, I've finally gotten it to the point where I'm happy with it. After seeing the finished product, I'm much more likely to keep this up.
This weekend we went to the Como Zoo with Nadam. It is seriously better than the Minnesota Zoo, and it's free. We saw a giraffe drinking from water fountain, monkeys with handlebar mustaches, an ostrich pecking a metal fence, and snow leopards licking a rock. Oh, and pervy old dudes peeking through the flowers and taking pictures of nude statues.
Yesterday marked our one year anniversary. In some ways it seems like our wedding was just a couple of months ago, but at the same time, it seems like we've always been together.
We're watching Neil and Beth's dog, Lonnie, this weekend. He follows me everywhere, but he has been a very good house guest.
We like to rock the party.
12:34 is my favorite time. It's way cooler than 11:11. So what could be better than 12:34?
We spent July 1-5 in Omaha. Wednesday, we checked out Lauritzen Gardens. It was hot, and all their plants seemed pretty ordinary. I got some huge mosquito bites from our walk on the Woodland Path. We also found a plant labeled "Poison Ivy" and rubbed it on our legs to see if we're allergic. Turns out, we're not. Go, immune systems!
We also met this mean-looking bug. It was like 3 inches long.
Mitch and Lindsey got married.
Andrew wore the same color as my second-grade teacher and her husband. We were sitting by them the whole time, so they looked pretty cool together in their seafoam green outfits.
We finished the night with a record-setting 27 people hanging by the bar (stage) and putting out the vibe. It was a thing of beauty.
Poster Cabaret has so many great posters, including this one for The National. I still can't get into their music, but I'd buy this poster anyway.
This cover of the New Yorker was made by Jorge Colombo using the $4.99 iPhone app, Brushes!
I have a new arty mission in life: to try making one of these lamps. They are made from dried gourds which are painted with intricate patterns. Tiny holes are drilled in them and filled with colored beads. Somehow the electrical parts of a lamp are put in there and -- voila! GourdLamp. I just ordered two gourds on eBay. Weird.
... under this amazing quilt. I like the more modern-looking pattern. I wonder if Andrew's mom could make one for us? Maybe in green, blue, and purple (our wedding colors)! Instructions and pattern on the purl bee.
I love the calm colors of this bedroom. I think it would go nicely with the maps (below). Via Apartment Therapy.
My birthday present from Andrew arrived! He got me three really awesome maps! The world map is from National Geographic and is huge -- something like 6 feet wide. The two smaller maps of Italy and Rome are actually pieces of wrapping paper. Maybe our future guest bedroom will have to be The Map Room.
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