i heart fonts

any of my work friends who know me well know that i am a font lover. i take that back - font fanatic. {i think i turned some of my friends into this as well.}

i will not tell you how long i have been looking at/downloading fonts today, but i will share a scaled down picture of my desktop. next step - extract the files and add them to my folder. thank you summertime!

• let's go back in time to colder weather

Finally YouTube has worked long enough to post some of our ski trip videos. We went to Mammoth back in February with Gina and Max (the fam) and Steph and Steve (the friends). David and Stephen put their heads together to plan the trip at an October wedding we were all working at together. The six of us had a great time together. We were definitely spoiled by our sweet accommodations- walk to the lift from the condo! The weather was a bit windy at times, but we got dumped on pretty good too. We can't wait to plan another trip!!

Every time I watch this video it makes me laugh! I love the slow-motion suspenseful camera work by my husband! I posted a few other videos at our YouTube account or go to YouTube and type in mudacorsa.

• it's getting warmer!!

I love being outdoors! Now that we have this great garden going it's been really hard not being able to enjoy our back patio. We have no patio furniture just yet...but we're workin' on it! I can't wait to have some chairs, a table, and an umbrella and just sit outside and enjoy the day! Until then we'll just enjoy walking past our flower beds!

Our priority has become our ancient air conditioner. It's not old enough to make it into a museum just yet, but it's still old. Last weekend David and I went up on the roof with my dad - not super easy to do by the way! He was actually going up for a purpose- measurements, etc. while David and I were just curious to see the roof. We found a ton of crap up on our roof. Since we live in a townhouse our roof is just one long piece over everyone's place. Other people have had air conditioners replaced, satellite dishes installed, etc. but some of these people just left stuff behind. Being the anal retentive people we are, David and I went around and picked up old pipe pieces, palm tree fronds, etc. and threw them over into our front yard to throw away.

Since we moved in here the lightswitch in our storage shed has not worked. The carport light has never worked either. Well, since my dad was already here we decided to ask him about it. David had found a wire just sitting inside the fuse box not connected to anywhere. My dad switched a few wires around to other breakers and...wa-la! Now the storage light and carport light work! Hooray! Thanks dad! We're glad you're so handy!!

After our Mother's Day brunch with my mom (and family) David and I headed home to do some work. David worked on his RC car, while I learned how to use some new animation software on the computer. Next on the daily list- head to an early Mother's Day dinner with David's folks! We are so geeky I know!

• We know, we know...

We know our birdhouse to-do list is super long.
We know we need to install the baseboards upstairs.
We know we need to paint the upstairs bathroom and hallway ceilings.
We know we need to paint the baseboards downstairs.
We know we need to start working on the bathroom downstairs.
We know we need to finish the open pocket door.
We know we need to install the quarter-round in the kitchen.
We know we need to get new windows.
We know we need to put a door handle on the front screen door.
We know we need to get a new air conditioner.
We know we need to get the light working in the storage room out back.
We know we need to get a new french door.
But...we decided to plant a garden instead!

While everyone else we knew were spending time with family, eating lots of ham, and going to church, David and I decided Easter Sunday was the day to be outside planting a flower garden! Call it divine inspiration! We actually started on Friday afternoon pulling weeds and getting the soil in tip-top shape. All the rain we've recently had did a wonder on our sliver of a dirt area in the back.

Saturday we were busy with a photobooth gig, which led us to Sunday. David and I had a general idea of what we wanted- plants- but that was about it. We spent a considerable amount of time wandering around Home Depot looking at plants and deciding what would work best and be the easiest to maintain. Finally we picked out verbena, salvia, snapdragons, and one other plant type I can't remember! Plus, we got a new hose and hose hanger. After we opened up the drip system kit we bought earlier we realized we needed more t's and drippers- so off to Lowe's it was!

The hardest part was digging up the ground where we were installing our main drip line. After that- piece o' cake! David punched holes in the main drip line and I followed up measuring, cutting, and installing the 1/4" line for the actual drippers. Back went all the soil to cover up the line and then dig more holes to plant the new plants!

All in all- not a bad looking garden I must say! We started about 3:00 and finished up just after the sun was going down. Of course, after we cleaned most of the items up we realized we needed to install the hose hanger. It actually didn't take us long- I held the flashlight, while David drilled the holes and attached the hanger.

Monday early evening David planted the three other plants over near the palm tree. Plus, he had to take back the first hose we bought because it was crap! So, we spent the extra money and bought a good hose that works great. David also ended up buying a few new spray nozzles too.

So far, the plants seem to be holding up well. We're a little befuddled with the snapdragons right now though. In the afternoon their leaves are droopy, so we thought it might be too hot- we planted them under our kitchen window where they're slightly shaded during the main part of the day. They do get afternoon sun though. But, we see snapdragons out in the sun all day and they look great. Now we're thinking maybe they're still adjusting. Who knows?! I guess we'll see.

So- now our backyard is getting there and we still have quite the list to do indoors. Maybe next weekend we'll go buy some patio furniture so we can sit outside and admire our garden instead of working on the inside list!

• and we're done...sort of!

This past weekend we finished putting all the office furniture together and moving the current items around to make it all fit how we envisioned.

I heard from a couple people how my last post didn't have any pictures- boo hoo. :) So- I've included a few pics to ease your pain! 

Here's the note I left David with two of the boxes of furniture I bought a couple weekends ago!!

David and I agree the island is our favorite piece of furniture in here. It went together really easily and is actually made from wood- IKEA bonus!! The shelf with bins we found in the kids area of IKEA and it fits in great with all the other pieces.

The walls are quite bare I know- that's the next big step! Of course, we'll have to debate and compromise about what's going on the walls. I was just so excited to empty a small box of stamps and stamp pads into our new drawers. That box has moved with me three times! I finally got to throw the empty box away this weekend!

On another note- I'm so excited it's almost spring! The Hibiscus plant in the front has 2 huge red flowers on it! Hooray!! But, much to David's dismay our rose bushes are coming back to life. If he had the chance he would take the rose bushes out I think. He says it's because they have thorns and will ruin any playground balls, etc. we have. I had to remind him that we don't even have a big enough patio to play with anything like that, nor do we own any of that stuff.

I don't think I thought much about rose bushes before except that everywhere my great grandparents lived my grandma had giant rose bushes. The first time we walked into this place and I spied the rose bushes it instantly made me think of my great grandma- even just the random smell of roses does that. :) Since no one lived in our place for quite a while there was no one taking care of the rose bushes. Since we bought the place I've tried hard to coax them back to life. I wouldn't brag about a green thumb- quite the opposite really- maybe my grandma is helping me out just a bit with this one!

a sweet surprise

Last Saturday David was working with his dad at a high school basketball tournament. When he got home he found quite a surprise- 3 boxes and a butcher block top. I left him a note on top of the boxes because I was at dinner with my mom and sister. Hee hee!

I had woken up that morning knowing that this would be the day I was buying our office furniture. After a quick check of the 'ole finances online I called my sister to come over and help me with my plan. Cyndie drives an Aveo- not sure what we were thinking exactly- but of course all of our items did not fit! A few people looked at us since we were hanging out in the parking lot, a cart filled with boxes and no loading of items into the car. Luckily my mom was available to help out. 

Putting together our first piece of office furniture was simple and didn't take us very long. I'm excited because it's one more step towards a finished home and now I'll have a space to scrapbook, wrap gifts, etc. Lucky for me David was happy I bought all the furniture! We have one last item to put together- well, put the legs on. Then it's time to reorganize the room and get things settled. I can't wait!

On another note: our rose bush that was pretty dormant this summer has suddenly bloomed with leaves everywhere and a huge pink rose! It smells so amazing! Another bud is working to bloom any day now. I guess I must have been doing something right with these rose bushes! Or, it's the excess rain we've been getting. (I'd like to think it's me though!)

• our latest projects

A lot has happened over just one month. Not really a lot with the birdhouse; just day-to-day things. I'm super excited that a few weekends ago we finally installed a glass shower door now in our master bathroom. (And by "we" I mean 95% credit should be given to David.) Since we moved in we've just had a shower rod with a curtain hanging on it. With the glass doors it is so bright now in the shower!! We've been looking at glass doors for awhile now but it was never the right time to spend the money on it. After looking one Saturday at 3 Home Depot stores and 2 Lowes I told David I was tired of looking and told him we should buy the one we were staring at. (Inside note: we bought the one we've liked since the very beginning.) I couldn't stand shopping around anymore- we always came back to the same one. This weekend our big purchase is a squeegee (spelling?)- gotta keep it clean!

Here's our before and after project pics:

I'm so excited that we've finally come up with a plan for our office! Sometimes it's hard when both of us have a vision for a space, but we've compromised. (Ahh...marriage!) We're going the IKEA route for the furniture because it's cheaper and it's exactly what we want. Basically one piece is an island (intended for a kitchen) with a pretty large workspace on top and open shelves below so I can scrapbook, wrap gifts, etc. and the other is a long table that will hold our computer but allow both of us to work there at the same time.

One BIG project we've worked on is renaming our photobooth company. We loved the name Picture This Photobooths, but found other people liked that name for their company too. So, we've changed now to NightOwl Photobooths. Earlier this week David created a new logo, which I love love love!

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