DI--Give stuff a second chance

I have this habit of going to DI and buying things I usually dont need, but I have recently realized all the amazing items of have recieved at this beloved store! For those of you who dont know, DI is a thrift store type place. Below is a summary of my most useful and liked DI purchases! (I will leave out my book collection in sake of time)

Griddle

Price $8

Chase is a "pro" at cooking bacon :)

Cheese Grater

Price $.5

This is the kind that I grew up with and I love it!

"Perfect Pancake"

Price $2

Funny story: I bought this thinking is was for making omlets (as pictured). While we were making our "Perfect Omlets" we flipped it over to cook the other side and it has "Perfect Pancake" engraved on the bottom. Why would you want to make one pancake at a time!?!? We will now call it our "Perfect Omlet" pan. I think this is brilliant.

Spice Jars

Price $5 for 3

Totally negotiated price here. They wanted $5 for one!! Come on!! This is DI! So the guy gave us all three jars :).

Dress

Price $4

Repair price $1

I really love this dress! It is pretty old and has a few repairs on it, but it is still holding up strong!

Pea Coat

Price $4

It also came with 2 cents in the pocket :)

These are only my recent purchases...but it has been a good few weeks! Chase has found a ton of clothes at DI as well! Please share some of your DI/Thrift Store finds!

Summer!!

So Chase and I have done plenty of traveling this summer. We have made it to Emmett, ID several times. We went down for the fourth of July and then we went again for his family reunion. We made it to Utah several times as well. Here is just a short re-cap of the adventures we have had so far. We just floated the river and we are going to Bear Lake this weekend. Exciting!

Fourth of July weekend a group of us went to Emmett to celebrate. On Friday we went to Christensen's pond. Chase's brother-in-law's father build this thing as his kids were growing up. It continues to grow and it is pretty awesome. They just got this awesome slide, but they also had a zipline, swing, diving board, boats, and floating docks. It was pretty dang sweet.

Here is the slide. It was as awesome as it looks :)

Here is the group on Thursday as Roan's for lunch.

Here is the group at the lake on Thursday. This weekend we just played volleyball, horseshoes, Brooke played guitar, and we just messed around. During Chase's family reunion we went boating and it was pretty dang fun!

Here is the group again on a hill next to Chase's house. We went up and had a fire and tin foil dinners. Probably my favorite part of the weekend.

The boys!

The girls!

Sunset at our camp fire.

We went for a four-wheeling ride up on the hill where we had the camp fire.

In Utah at the pool!

We also made it to Utah to see Bridget, Brad, Finley, and my mother one weekend!

This is Chase "helping" me move. We had fun :)

At Chase's family reunion. Brooke (Chase's sister), me, and Mason (Chase's nephew).

Chase suprised me at his family reunion and took me horse back riding! So much fun! I didnt take many pictures during the reunion because I was sick...sorry :(.

We also made it to Mesa Falls. This is about 30 minutes from Rexburg. Chase at the Upper Falls. What a good looking guy!

Chase and I at the Upper Falls (PS I hate my arm placement in this picture!)

This is at the Lower Falls at sunset.

Our summer adventures will continue and hopefully I will be better about keeping you all posted! Love you all!

I am just becoming more awesome each day!!

I make a skirt!!! Here is the proof. It was really easy! The instructions for making this skirt are located at this blog. I did the whole thing within a couple of hours. For the more experienced ones out there, you could do it much faster. Here is a list of firsts for me during this adventure...

1. First Skirt

2. First zipper (invisible)

3. First bow

4. First hem

5. First wearable item

I had so much fun doing this and I cant wait to start my next project! I also learned a ton while doing this because it forced me to explore options with my machine. One thing I did not learn is how to zig-zag the edges....I tried and failed. I think I am going to need someone to show me . I will work on it though! I also added the visible stitching on the skirt to add a little something something and I LOVE IT!!! Enjoy admiring my hard work!!

The final product!

The zipper. Not great, but not bad for a first time with instructions from the Internet!

This is me wearing the skirt!! This is before I made the bow, but I was just too excited to try it on!

ps Sorry for not writing in this thing for a while. I have been sooooo busy! That means I have lots to blog about :). See you all very soon!

Progress on the Facebook fast...

It has now been 25 days and I can honestly say that I have not logged into my facebook once. It actually hasnt been that hard. The hardest time was the first couple of days. Most of the time I totally forget about it. I have tested the waters, and it turns out that you can live without facebook. I know!! Shocking! It has been a really good month and I have one more week left. I know I have probably missed out on a lot of information that I dont really need to know. I know I have missed a few pictures that give a few clues as to who is dating who, but I really don't care. Hopefully I will not be as addicted as I was before and I can get some things done. There is also a part of me that wishes that I have TONS of messages, so get to my facebook and make me feel loved!! :) Thanks in advance.

Quilt Number Two!

I finished my second quilt a couple of weeks ago, but I have been very slow about getting pictures up. I made it pretty big, so I put it on my bed! My favorite color is purple if you didnt know :).

I got new gray sheets to go with them!

You can see the back of the quilt and the sheets in this one. I love it!

May Madness! Mavs IN, Lakers OUT.

It all started in May of 2006. I lived in Dallas, Texas and the Mavs were kicking trash in the Playoffs! Everywhere we went the game was sure to be on and it was such a glorious time. In June of 2006 I moved to Utah, which happened to be during the Final games between the Heat and the Mavs. The Mavs were doing pretty awesome, but as soon as I left Texas, they lost to the Heat. It was a sad day, and I have forever disliked the Heat. Another year my dislike turned to the Golden State Warriors who knocked out the Mavs during the first round, even though the Mavs were seated first. And of course those Lakers...I am one of the few (being sarcastic) people who do not like the Lakers. I could not be happier to have the Lakers out of the Playoffs, let alone that the MAVS got them out!! This is just a tribute to my team. I can honestly say that I am not a fairwheather fan, and I stick by those Mavs through good and bad (even when they got rid of Nash--who is my favorite player). Good luck Mavs!!

Facebook Fast...

It has been 16 hours without facebook...

Much harder then I anticipated...

It will be worth it...