Entertainment Center

So a long while back I became obsessed with pallets.  I found a listing on craigslist and picked up as many as I could in hopes of building an entertainment center.  All the entertainment centers I had seen I didn’t like and I certainly didn’t like their price.  I kind of had in mind how I wanted mine to look.  So one Saturday I started to work on it.  Turns out pallet wood is not that great and I ended up spending 35 dollars at home depot on some, what I like to call- foundational lumber.  I also had bought some particle wood at the Ikea as is section. 

The hardest part about this project was def the hinges.  In my mind I wanted the pallets to pop up and stay up, that way I could get in and out of the storage no problem.  But turns out to get a hinge like device like that requires a ton of money, more money than I wanted to pay for the whole thing.  So I settled on some cheaper “spring loaded” hinges but to be honest I could have used regular hinges and it would have been exactly the same and probably easier to install!

 I initially had gotten the red color for the top of my kitchen table, but used it for this project and then went over it with some walnut stain. 

It didn’t turn out exactly the way that I wanted it, but it is working as intended for now.  It is one of those projects that I’m glad I did, but probably will never do again!

 I def could have used some muscles bringing it into my house, it was quite the feat trying to move it all by myself-it weighs way more than you think!

4th Year Hike

This was my 5^th time taking the 4^th years on their overnight hike/campout.  Once we were up in the woods we had a great time.  I was worried when it took us a little over an hour to get down the switchbacks and we still had miles to go, but the girls picked up the pace and we actually finished hiking 8.5 miles in just about 2 hours and 20 mins.  I think the reason that it took us so long to get down initially was because the girls were picking flowers and taking 400 pictures every 5 feet! They were a great group and it was a ton of fun. 

It took us a while to leave town-apparently when I was at the gas station they jacked my phone

Start of the hike

 My favorite spot on the hike

And we finished!

Cart full of Clearance

I don’t know when my addiction to clearance started; I just know that my addiction got out of control last weekend. I had a coupon for some cleaning products that I love and decided to run to target on my lunch. I walked out of target with a cart full of clearance and a receipt for 100 dollars! My biggest mistake was stopping at two targets on the way home from work. The next day I remembered that Goodwill was having a 50 percent off sale. So clearly I had to scope out the store, to see if there was anything I really wanted, and would know exactly where to go. I didn’t find anything too amazing that night except sandpaper, that I just felt like I really really needed. But sure enough the next day, I walked out with a 40 dollar receipt.

I didn’t need either one of these, but I just loved the canvas color-and the vase is different, which I like

Ok, so I might have gone a little out of control-I bought 4 shower curtains in one day…but have already taken one back and am possibly taking the striped one back too.

2 pillows @ target for 6 dollars each

Laptop lap desk I’ve been looking for for a long time! and rotary tool from harbor freight

Nails/washer and some sand paper (sandpaper not pictured-but it was a huge thing of it, and with all the sanding Im going to have to do with my entertainment center-I'll need it)

Heater that oscillates and some kind of power tool that I wanted

DVD Player 3 dollars, VHS player 1.50 and movies for 50 cents. Urban cowboy-never seen, October sky-I know it’s a good movie, but its been forever since I’ve seen it. A League of their Own. Drop Dead Fred, a favorite from my childhood. Baby Einstein Bach-no scratches on dvd

Boys Sunday shirt and shoes, catcher’s mitt, a pair of swim trunks s and some kind of cool wrap. .

 I don’t really need a crock pot, but I had a 7qt and decided to get this one which is only about 4qt, maybe smaller will be better, plus I liked it. And how can you pass up an ice cream maker in a bowl?

Lamps are expensive so when these 54 dollar lamps were only 16 dollars each, I had to get them

Toothbrush holder that I’ve been trying to find, select bulk food from Winco, double binding from Joanne’s, new toothpaste and gum with xylitol from sprouts and cleaning supplies

Conference Expo Weekend

Conference weekend went by way too fast, it’s like the one weekend that is semi relaxing. Saturday we met at Brandon's house for crepes, but I don’t really like crepes so I just ate cookies instead. After the morning session a few of us went to the AZ Outdoor Expo at Ben Avery. I have been wanting custom ear plugs since I saw them there 3 years ago. The first year I thought they were way too expensive and was sure I could find them online or a coupon or something-but they were like 100 bucks. The second year they had gone down in price, but I didn’t have a job and so I knew I shouldn’t spend money I didn’t have. And then this year, they weren’t in their normal booth and I freaked out. I did find them and they were only 55 dollars! We watched a little of the mounted shooting, which was cool since this year they had these machines that automatically blew the balloons up. I kind of wanted to go shoot a Baretta shotgun and it was only suppose to be like 3 bucks to try them out. Well we walk over and underneath the Remington sign it said Free shooting. Needless to say we went over to Remington and had a ‘blast’!

Oppression-Revolution!

Just incase you havent gotten this message from me on facebook.....

I have a friend (Shelly Rowlan-you may know her-she is basically famous) who is working on a project about abortion and we are starting a grassroots campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade. She just launched a website that not only is informative , but allows everyone to track the spread of this movement to end abortion. Please help out by following these steps:

1. Go to the website http://oppression-revolution.com/ and watch the videos (they are awesome and let you know more about how this effort is so different and unique)

2. Go to the "Join the Revolution" section on the website and register- you will need my tag id (it only takes seconds)
Bree Overfield BO853248

3-Spread the message through email or facebook to at least 100 of your friends or family. Be sure to put YOUR TagID so they register under YOUR name.

The most important step is the last one--We have to spread the message, because I know if we can, we really can change the world!!!
Thanks so much for your support!!!
If you have any questions, please let me know
Bree

ps-You can track the progress of the campaign under "Tracking Data". (These are kind of cool so check them out on the website).
Track the Spread -shows the number of people from each state who have heard the message and joined the revolution.
Lineage of Influence will give YOU the people who have joined because of your influence. You can see the impact you are having on the cause every day. Try to get as many as possible in your Lineage.

Meet my newest Godbrother

My Godbrothers all seem to be born about the same time Wicked is in town. When Carter was born I was coming back from the temple on a Saturday night after having lost the Wicked lottery 2 years ago. I would say Hudson made me lucky cause I won tickets, but technically I didn’t really win the tickets, but he is def more of a lucky charm…its probably his red hair that makes him a leprechaun and more lucky. I wanted Julia to have a dark baby, but if red hair means Wicked tickets then I guess I am ok with that. I def think he looks more like a Houston but hopefully one day I’ll be able to call him Hudson, but I’m just not feeling it yet.

Wells Fargo

As of Feb 20th I officially became an employee of Wells Fargo. I was hired as a temp in July and thought it was the easiest job I have ever had. Granted it does require an hour long commute one way of 40 miles. That’s 10 hours of my life and 400 miles a week-good thing I have a corolla! With this job comes a few firsts-PTO (I’ve never gotten paid to not work) and Insurance (Hopefully won’t be dropping 3Gs at the dentist this year!). I never thought that I would be in the banking industry nor do I think I will stay in it. I do know that I typically hate Wells Fargo, but right now Wells Fargo is paying the bills and so I love them.