I've just about finished painting, and decided to only do two walls in the bedroom and one in the living room--I was starting to run low on paint and energy. The molding on the living room wall needed to dry and have a second coat, hence it's unfinished look. I'll get to it, eventually. I think it turned out pretty well, and after hanging up Ben's paintings from an art class, it's starting to look like a real home!
Living room, in Sea Foam and Lucy Sky.
The bedroom, before
After! I think it looks so much better.
I've also been quite the cook lately. Trying, at least. One night last week, I made a meal for us--Turkey Burgers, a recipe from Family Circle. It included grated zuccini, which I loved, but Ben definitely didn't. But he was so sweet to try it, and loved it beyond the zuccini. So we'll just make half and half next time.
My other creation was a strawberry pie. I got this recipe online, and it was a gelatin sauce base, which I don't think I'll do again. It didn't turn out too badly, but I was expecting a creamy, sugary sauce like Marie Callender's.
I couldn't make it fully presentable because Ben was the main object of my affection for this pie, and he hates whipped cream. It was pretty delicious.
In other news, Ben and I registered on Sunday! We went to our new-ish church (Ben's gone there since moving here, I've gone there on and off when visiting Ben), Woodcreek Church. We go to the 20's group--we love the community aspect of this group. We went to lunch with them all after service, which was the most entertaining thing I've done this week. The people there are so friendly and willing to help us to prepare for this new way of life we're about to undertake (marriage). After all this, we went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and registered.
This is a picture of our fine china set-up! Apparently it's becoming more and more common for people our age to register for china that can more or less become casual china, and we really loved this pattern and flatware. We're really excited. You can see the rest of it at bedbathandbeyond.com and enter either of our names to search for our registry. It was so nice to pick things out for the apt and realize I won't be living in an empty living space for long.
We also went to the UFC fight at Buffalo Wild Wings on Saturday with Ben's roommate Mike which was fun. Brought a little bit of home to me. Last night we went over to Jake's who set me up on his Slingbox so now I have TV on my computer!! I've been watching Law and Order all day long--it's been heavenly.
I love and miss you all!
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