Craigslist Rocking Chair

When I don't have anything to do, I like to get on Craigslist and look at two different categories.

"Pets" and "Antiques"

This particular time, I was looking at antiques. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, just browsing. I came across a rocking chair for sale that looked JUST like one that my grandmother used to have in her house.

I recently (within the past month or two) had a dream that I went back to my grandmother's house and I was so sad that the people now living there had changed it so much. Everything looked so different.... except for one room. The smaller living room was EXACTLY the same, and I went in and sat in the rocking chair that she kept in there and just enjoyed being in my grandmother's living room.

That same rocking chair is the one I found on Craigslist! I went to Matt and gave him my sweet, puppy dog eyes, told him that it was really special to me, and asked if I could buy it. He just looked at me and said, "How am I supposed to say no to that?" (that means I have the puppy dog eyes down)

SO. I contacted the lady and found out that she had already talked to a guy about him possibly picking it up on Saturday. I told her I'd pay $10 more than the asking price if she'd let me have it instead, and explained why I wanted it. I then found out that she had just increased the price on the listing to nearly TWICE as much as originally listed, it just hadn't updated on the site yet.

The good news.... I got a message from the lady that said, "I'll let you have it for the price you offered since I know you really want it."

YAY! So we drove to Round Rock and met the woman in a Panda Express parking lot (which Matt liked, because he LOVES their orange chicken!) and picked it up! She said that she started doing some research and thinks it might actually be worth a couple of hundred dollars. Apparently the guy who wanted to pick it up on Saturday was an antique collector, but the woman said she just felt better about giving it to someone who really wanted it.

So here it is! It doesn't necessarily "fit" our living room, but I absolutely love it. :)

This is Matt holding Ginny so she wouldn't get in the picture with the chair... but I got their picture anyway. :)

So there! It was a fun day for me because I'm really excited about this rocking chair! Just thought I'd share. :)

New Favorite

One of my new favorites is jazz artist, Esperanza Spalding. She won a grammy for "Best New Artist" this year. I had never heard of her until then. We just bought her album on iTunes and its fantastic! Check her out... :)

Moon River

I stumbled across this video today and LOVED it!

Close the Door

Ginny knows how to close the door... :)

Two weekends ago I was home by myself for a little while. I was cleaning the apartment so I was walking back and forth from the bedroom to the living room to the kitchen, etc. Ginny doesn't like to be left alone, so every time I would leave the room, she'd get up and follow me. I could tell she was getting irritated because we'd get to a different room and she'd plop herself on the ground and huff at me. (i tried telling her that i'd be right back, but she wouldn't listen!) After quite a while of the "back and forth" I was cleaning in our closet and I heard a door slam. It scared me half to death! I walked around the corner and noticed that the door was closed to our second bedroom. I opened the door slowly and looked in and Ginny was in her crate! I guess she got tired of following me around so she went into "her" bedroom, shut the door, and got in her crate! I had TEARS I was laughing so hard... silly dog.

Coming Up

We have a few things coming up. The biggest one, I think, is school starting back up! Things will be pretty busy after that point, I'm sure. Later this month, we are going to a vineyard not too far from here for a grape stomp! I think my parents will be joining us for that. I can't wait! We are also planning to do something with Matt's side of the family Labor Day weekend, but I haven't heard for sure what that will be yet. Probably something "blog worthy" though. In September we're planning on going to a Rangers game! We haven't been to a game yet this season, so we're pretty excited about that possibility. Then, still a couple months away, we will celebrate our 2nd anniversary in November! Seems pretty far off, but I know it will be here in a hurry! Anyway, those are some of the things I thought of off the top of my head that we have coming up. I'll TRY to keep up with the blog more often. :)

Family Portraits

I can consider these family portraits, right? Matt has his Rangers shirt on, I have my Mavs shirt on, and we've got a sweet dog! Sounds good to me! :)

I asked my mom to TRY to take a couple of pictures of us with Ginny. I figured it'd be nearly impossible to get her to cooperate, but she was PERFECT! Mom took a whole bunch in hopes of getting a couple of good ones, but when we flipped through them, Ginny almost seemed to be posing in most of them. She was more cooperative than Matt in some of them... :)

Good job, mom!

MISC

We got Ginny some new toys. She got a new pig (that oinks) and a new bone (that squeaks). WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! She LOVES them. This picture is from the day she got them, and she had to have BOTH of them with her at ALL times. Silly dog...

I'm not really sure when this picture was taken, but this is a common occurrence. It is possible that I've already posted this picture in the past... but it still makes me laugh! She is so goofy!

Carly sent me this picture of Jonathan... he knows he is up to no good!!

We went to Matt's parents house for the 4th of July weekend. We enjoyed relaxing and taking it easy! Except for Matt... he had to work on a paper for a class part of the weekend. Luckily he still had some time to relax. Unfortunately, he got sick the night before we were set to drive back to Austin. I don't think I've ever seen him that sick... :( it was no good!

Ginny enjoyed hanging out in the yard that weekend. I can't wait until we can have a house with a yard for her. She does great inside, but its so nice to let her run around and play in a yard all day! In this picture she is hanging out with her buddy, Dixie.

Not much has been going on with us, really! My new job is going well. Things are starting to pick up some since school is starting back up soon. I know I'll be more busy when school starts, but I'm looking forward to it. Some days I have a whole lot of work to do, and others I have NOTHING. Time just crawls when there isn't anything for me to do, so I'm looking forward to keeping busy!

Solomon

As all of you know by now, we have a sweet new nephew, Solomon! He is SO cute! I can't wait to see him again! This was just a few days after he was born...

Such a sweet boy! Matt and I are loving all of these nephews! :)