The Little Pleasures!

CVS has been out of chocolate milk for all of May. Clearly the chocolate milk Gods were on my side yesterday when I grabbed the last one! I have yet to crack it open but I am sure it will taste so much better then when I make it!!! 

Amazon Trade In

     Earlier, I mentioned how my wonderful boyfriend moved. Well he downsized his house from roughly 1,000 square feet to a little less than 600. He had two bookcases full of DVDs and books which there was simply not room for in the new place. 
      After an hour of sorting them, 200 of them were traded to Amazon! It was so simple and postage was free!! They didn't pay a while lot but just enough to make it worth wild. Frequently, he buys textbooks and rents movies off Amazon so the fact they deposited in his account as a gift card was a plus! 
      Books they did not accept we sold those to Chegg- mostly textbooks or books for class. 

Bottom line they are shipped and gone!!!! 

One is the lonest number

    Everybody left me!!! Not really but the roomies and my wonderful boyfriend are gone. Not all together, but I seriously feel like the only one who is not going on some kind of vacation or away for work. The wonderful boyfriend is away with the National Guard 20 days total. Have 18 days until he comes home... not like I am counting. 

That just leaves me and Isla so expect a lot of blogging! Keep me company and leave a comment or inspire me for a new post with a question. I really do not talk to anyone my blog. It has kind of been my little secret so any topic is up for grabs. 

Okay Ready Set GO!

This Is Why...

I study communication science and disorders, to help children like Aden. Stories like this give me the drive to study what I study.

Quick Flavorful Dinner

         Usually I love to cook but my wonderful boyfriend rented Mario Party 9 for Wii so the idea cooking dinner went right out the window. I did however, promise him a home cooked meal so a whipped up this simple chicken pasta dish. I remember reading it briefly on pintrest and gave it my best shot. I made a box of pasta and baked a chicken breast. (Surprisingly that was the hardest part.)  Than I cut the chicken and added it to the pasta. Next I added olive oil (just enough so it wasn't dry) garlic powder and chili flakes for some flavor. He is from Texas so I added more chili fakes for a strong flavor. I had to sample the dish many times to get just enough spices. 

 ...And it was better the next day cold! 

Fresh Coat of Paint

While I was at home my sister had several projects going on. With that already stated she is notorious for not finishing them. We had this great table, with fold down sides and great legs which my sister sanded down to... well you can see that below! 

Anyway my mom and I talked about a color and I took over the project. We had some left over paint, a very neutral light color to brighten up the basement. I believe the color is called egg shell. I painted several coats than lightly sand it for the final touches. The secret is Martha Stewart's glaze. It is so simple to use and I really like the slightly antiqued look. The color I used was the light brown shade. The dark brown has more of a broze sparkle which I previously have used. 

One project down... countless to go! 

I add some final touches after the photo but nothing major