Kitchen Ideas

So with less than three weeks standing between me and my trip home to do some upgrades on the house I have been non stop thinking about what I want to fix up and change. My number one priority is the kitchen which needs a little bit of love, all easy things. I am using what we have as inspiration, so it's going to be a tan kitchen with lots of red and dark brown accents...

This is our kitchen table and chairs that are from IKEA and are AMAZING! (Sidenote: I love IEKA)

The walls right now are green and need to be changed becuase I refuse to have a Christmasy kitchen. (I'm sorry but red and green together ALWAYS remind me of Christmas) Very excited to finally be able to paint my walls and I am going all out! The only green that will be allowed is my new mint plant!

The mama plant

The cutting that I am going to try and get some roots to grow!

I know that I might possibly be a little too excited over this little plant, however this little plant is AWESOME. Growing up my grandmother always had sun tea in the summer, which we would pick mint leaves to add to our glasses. It's amazing... mint iced tea reminds me of my family and is just want I needed this week. I will be putting it on the window sill in my new kitchen and can not wait to watch it grow. 

P.S. - There are now only 31 days left...

As I keep working on the design of the blog it makes me sad that it only has one post. Today I worked on some self portraits and some extra cute photos of Troeg! We have no idea what type of dog Troeg is, but he looks like a shrunken down black lab with a puppy like face....

I know he's super cute, and the best part is he LOVES to cuddle! (like it's one of his "commands")

I am constantly taking pictures, and to be honest I don't think he likes the camera very much! He is a very spoiled puppy, most days the apartment is a mess with dog toys everywhere, as well as his tunnel! Yup, my dog has a tunnel. When we first got him he would tunnel under the sheets down to the bottom of the bed, and since the arrival of the tunnel there has been no more untucking of the sheets.

He will go through the tunnel just to walk down hallway!

So more on our move... it's in 38 days and I could not be any more excited! We knew that we would only be in the apartment for a year so none of our walls are painted. I did put up what little art we have and some family photos so that the walls are not completely bare. The new house will be an adventure because while it is move in ready, there are plenty of small upgrades that I plan on doing to make it better; such as painting a bunch of rooms, changing the very old thermostat and re-tilling the kitchen back splash which currently looks like this...

(the whole mexican hand painted tile does not go with the rest of the house)

None of these are huge tasks but will make all the difference when we get there, and are so easy to do yourself (hint: there will be posts about these upgrades). Right now the living room is light pink, and that just will not work for me! 

Now I will go back to work and maybe make some dinner, although I'm thinking tonight will be a leftover night to get a bunch of stuff out of the refrigerator? We will see...

A brief history

For those of you who are reading this and do not know me here is a short summary about myself...

I am 24 years old, married to my best friend and living in Pennsylvania. My husband and I moved here almost a year ago for his job and are now moving back to New Hampshire. We could not be happier or more excited right now.

I met my husband in high school sophomore year and we have been together ever since. We have been together for 9 years, and married a year and a half! Seven months ago we adopted Troeg, (yes, named after the brewery in PA). Troeg is a rescue and was found living on the streets so we have no history on him at all, it makes me sad to think that he was all alone in the cold for the beginning of his life. Now, he is a happy, wonderful dog who would be a great poster dog for rescue dogs. He loves people and loves to cuddle, my favorite part of the day is when he falls asleep on my lap while we are watching T.V. I'm sure that there will be a lot of photos and stories of Troeg to come... This is my little family and I LOVE it!!!!!

I am a knitter and while that is my primary craft I am interested in all things craft! I also work at a home improvement store and am excited to put my very general knowledge of things to use in our new house.
I think this blog will be about my general craftiness, future home improvements and some general life stuff thrown in too!