apartment is becoming a home.

Since I'm moving into Shannons apartment in about three months I've given it a little TLC and a little help from his parents.

His parents Co-signed for Shannon to get new furniture for his birthday. 14 piece set for $1000: Couch, love seat, 2 end tables, 2 lamps, coffee table, red throw, the rug, a picture frame, and the accessories on the coffee table.

His mom also bought this wall decor for Shannons birthday.

It matches perfectly with the browns and blues in the rug.

I bought Shannon these wall sconces for his birthday.

This wall sconce was a hand-me-down from my mom.

When I actually move in we'll have sooo much more stuff that I have in my room at my moms. Im not quite sure where I'm going to put it all. I have a lot of picture frames.

Obsession

Ever since Ushers new CD, Raymond V S. Raymond, came out I've been listening to him non-stop. I have over 50 Usher songs on my iPod and I let them play on repeat, at home or in the car.
Last week he performed on Oprah and oooo... ;)
Today I happened to flip the channel to E! tv and there was True Hollywood Story: Usher.
I had to watch it! Aaaa-mazing!
So, here it goes.
10 things I love about Usher...

1. His hot body:

2. His smile:

3. The way he loves his kids:

4. That he divorced his wife last year:

5. He knows how to dance

6. He knows how to act

7. He definitely knows how to sing

8. That he sings about his life

9. 'Before I Met You'

10. 'Yeah!'

:D 

Cruise Control

So, I've come to LOOOOVE my cruise control and use it everyday. Might I add, I didn't have cruise control in my old car...okay,so I did...it just didn't work.

Ever since I got a speeding ticket for going 89!!!! on the freeway I've been deathly afraid of getting another one.

First, I cant go to driving school for 2 more years;

Second, my mom will drop me from her insurance which will make my rates sky rocket from $80 a month to somewhere mid $200, which poor me cannot afford!!

I find it very easy to speed, without knowing, in my newwww car so now I utilize the cruise control. Set at 70 for freeways and 50 for regular roads to guarantee there will be no issuing of speeding tickets anytime soon:)

Here's an idea

So somewhere I read, or heard, about this amazing idea for fast cooking during the week when you dont have alot of time on your hands.

dun dun dun....

Pre-cook the whole weeks food on Monday!!!!!!!

Yes, i think its a fantastic idea because I hate cooking and eating really fast so i can run out the door in time to get to work!

So i think Mondays are going to be dedicated to pre-cooking.

Like grilling the chicken for our chicken salad on Tuesday.

or making the spaghetti sauce(because mine is homemade and takes 2 hrs) for Wednesdays dinner.

pre-cooking the steak for Thursdays steak tacos.

Fridays we usually do pizza night, but if not i'll pre-cook whatever it is that we are having.

brilliant!

boyfriend, crazy

So our good friends Cammy and Drew are really into biking. Therefore my boyfriend had to become "really into biking". He spent a crazy amount of money on a bicycle but i suppose it was a damn good deal. Now he's obssessed with biking(like drew). Well this weekend while his parents were in town we decided to get a little taste of what Shannon does. We all went up to South Mountain and Shannon took his bike along. We watched him get all geared up :

Then we stood at the top and watched him ride down to the bottom. Then we drove down and picked him up!

Unfortunately, my camera doesnt have amazing zoom so you cant really see him but trust me, he's there!

flowery fun

Flower clips

Purple flower headband

Sunflower headband

Although, these are nothing like what you'd find here

I envy this girls creativity, really!

First things first

Shannons parents have been thinking about buying a house out in Arizona for a rental property so they can write it off for tax purposes, they purchased a beautiful house out in Queen Creek yesterday! At first it wasnt clear who was renting the house but now it is for sure Brandon. Because Brandon will be moving out of Shannons apartment I get to move in!!! It will be about three months until Brandons rental will be built so I have plenty of time to get ready and prepare my parents cuz lemme tell ya, they weren't pleased when they heard the news. But meh, they'll get over it :)

more to post about tomorrow!

woahh

its been over a month since I've blogged.
The last month has been a little hectic trying to finish up the semester.
I plan on returning to regular blogging beginning tomorrow!!
:)