I LOVE Summer!

I know that might be a crazy exclamation when summer school starts tomorrow, but I truly love summer. I had the second weekend in a row off, and it was amazing! (Those of you who get weekends off every weekend, I am insanely jealous and you really don't know how good you all have it. I definitely didn't when I worked a 9-5, 40 hour per week job.)

Let me recap: Friday was date night. After a nice run and dinner at home, we went to see the new Woody Allen flick Paris at Midnight. It was a bomb, but that didn't matter since we got movie popcorn, we stayed up past 11 pm, and - I don't want to be too cheesy here - but we spent the night together!  Saturday started with a lazy morning (truly, life's biggest luxury), and the rest of the day was spent catching up with friends. Sunday we worked in the front yard and then went for a hike with the pooches. Perfection!

I did manage to cross half of one item off my summer resolution list. There are currently almost no boxes in my office! Hurrah! (To see what the functional part of the office looks like, click here.)

The corner that once looked like this:

Now looks like this:

I am cleverly using the photo on the left (of me and my girl Lianna at her wedding) to hide our internet gear. (See the second picture below.) And the pic on the right is from my 8th grade graduation dance. I found it during the move and I just had to put it somewhere; it has me and several of the girls I am still friends with in it, and it cracks me up.

The boxes were sent to the closet, where they were organized...for the most part. I know where everything is and it makes sense to me, so that will have to be good enough for the time being.

Lastly, here's the corner across from the chair.

Before:

 

After: 

There's still some magic to work with the exercise equipment, and since that side of the room is so bare, I am thinking an Ikea Expedit shelving system might be the solution. I still need to paint and reupholster the chair, but at least the room is clean and organized. I am already enjoying being in it more, and all 4 of us have logged way more hours than normal in here this weekend. (It gets the best morning light in the house.) 

Now I just need to tackle the guest room/Ryan's office. Maybe next weekend? 

What did you all do this weekend? 

Office Progress

It's not much, but I am making some progress on my office. The bookshelf is up and somewhat organized, I snagged some fun hanging file folder boxes, and my desk is (almost) cleared off. Oh, and I shredded my body weight in junk mail and receipts this weekend. Here's the pic if you think I am hyperbolizing.

Okay, so maybe it's not my weight in mail, but it took *forever*!

Here's my cleaned off desk.

It will be a coup if I can keep it looking this way for longer than a couple of days. But I am most proud of getting the bookcase up and somewhat organized.

I am most floored about these punchy hanging file folder boxes that I scored from Target for $9.99 plus an additional 10% off.

I had been eyeing the Bigso Stockholm in the Synchronicity from the Container Store, but they were $20.99 each. So even though I have been eyeing them for awhile, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw them here, I am happy that I got two of the Green Room Eco Target desktop files for less than the price of one Container Store version. Plus, the colors are much more vibrant and fun.

But there is still much work to do. Take this corner of the room, for instance.

First, I need to get that chair uncovered; then I need to move and unpack the box of Ryan's books, which will require bringing over a Ikea bookshelf that we were hoping to leave behind at the old house. Once I wrap up with that corner, I can turn my attention to this pile of boxes on the other side of the room.

It's mostly exercise gear and Christmas decor/gifts. I am hoping to get the place completely set up (and possibly painted) by the end of spring break. T minus 40 days. But who's counting?