Last weekend was actually pretty productive... Me and Pat took a evening trip to Ikea for some new furnishings. I cleaned, reorganized, and redecorated the living room and kitchen. Pat built a coffee table. And we still managed to have people over for a little party and attend a gymnastics meet.
friday night
Friday after work me and Pat headed over to the Oregon State University Gymnastics Pink Out, which is a meet that supports Breast Cancer fundraising. Our friend Jen Kesler is on the team and was one of the competing gymnasts and she did a really good job! I love watching gymnastics, it is seriously amazing what people can do. I can hardly balance on one foot despite taking Yoga classes in the past.
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| [[ full stadium. gym girls. benny in pink. ]] |
saturday
Pat had to go in to work early on, so by the time he got done it was already well into the afternoon. As soon as he got home we set out for our long drive to Ikea. Though Portland may only take about an hour and a half, this was all the way out by the airport and made for a much longer drive. It is worth it though, we always have fun and end up coming home with lots of reasonably priced stylish items! This was no exception. We got a new coffee table, a brown shag rug, a framed alphabet poster I have been wanting to get my hands on for a long time, several picture frames, and some swedish meatballs... yes, meatballs. They are delicious I promise.
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| [[ giant map poster (wanted but we have no place for it). huge dandelion style hanging lamp. dinner. pillowcase. ]] |
saturday night
We did not get home until almost ten and by that time there were already some people over at our house for a little party, so we promptly stashed our goodies to the side and joined in.
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| [[ me/kesler/andrea. me/pat. ]] |
sunday
Me and Pat started an organizing frenzy in the morning and found a great new use for some old bookshelves... but more on that later. Throughout the rest of the day I reorganized the kitchen, turning all of the newly acquired cabinet space into a proper pantry, and hung up some new and old artwork. Pat got home and him and Tony built our new coffee table and we set up the rug. Now our living room actually looks almost like a real grownup living room, instead of a jumble of college furnishings... (which are now in the back room where they belong). Aside from the couch which we are still stuck with for now. I will have to devote an entire post to our mini living room makeover.
Finally after all that, the roomates all went to dinner at Block 15, drank some beer (soda for hayden), ate some burgers (turkey for me), and played with chalk. A very productive and delicious Sunday.
