Day Two Hundred and Eleven

I got a couch with a chair and ottoman! I found it all on Craiglist and it cost me $55 bucks AND they brought it over for me and brought it inside and setup the cushions on it and everything. What a deal!

This was why I did all the cleaning, moving the bed, and putting stuff out to the shed, in anticipation for my new (new to me) couch. It is a dark grey soft leather and super comfy.

Now when people stop by they can actually sit down and visit a while and not have to stand around feeling awkard. Yay! And...I have somewhere to sit to play the drums on Rock Band. 

Day Two Hundred and Ten

Apparently my bed will fit in the area behind the cabinets so it is tucked away from prying eyes. I also set up the shelves in front of it. I think itt looks good!

Oh! And i cleaned out the shed and moved most of my storage containers out there. I am a busy girl!

Day Two Hundred and Nine

In my Chemistry class, we had to do an assignment that involved finding an everyday item that contained both a molecular and ionic compound. The professor suggested using the item we found with the compounds to write everything up, to be creative.

So after wandering around the house and looking up billions of chemical compounds I decided to use a hair dye box to write everything on. I think it turned out pretty neat! It was also scary after looking up some of the chemical compounds and seeing what we are putting on our hair!

Day Two Hundred and Eight

Movie night was changed because Scott started his first day at work today and his granddad wanted to take him and the family out to dinner, and I got to go with! We went to Golden Chopsticks and had a yummy meal because we all ordered something and shared.

Day Two Hundred and Seven

Another busy school day. I had a Biology test in the a.m. (well 12:30PM is my a.m.) and then tons more info stuffed into my head during Chemistry. I need to figure out how to stuff interesting activities into my day while in school.

Day Two Hundred and Six

Nothing to put today because I have had an icky stomach all night and day. :( Yes mummy, I took some acidopholous!

Day Two Hundred and Five

Busy, exhausting day today. I met Cyn and Sandra at the mall where Sandra was getting her hair done, it turned out great!

After the haircut we wandered around the mall and got a cupcake since cupcakes are all the fad here. I got the New York one which was half chocolate and half vanilla, it was just okay, nothing special about it.

We then went to another mall and looked around before seeing Inception at IMAX. It was awesome! I think I might have to buy it when it comes out to watch it again and again.

We ended up doing tons of walking, definitely walked off that unimpressive cupcake!

Day Two Hundred and Four

Sandra picked up her skates today so we went to the park to skate and we had fun! It was kind of late so we didn't get to skate as long as we wanted, but now I feel comfortable enough to go during the week alone or with the other derby girls. Fun!

Day Two Hundred and Three

It has been a good day, I got a 90% on my chem test and was approved for training benefits via unemployment. That means I have approval to go to school while collecting unemployment and don't have to look for a job while in school! Yeah! The only bad part is I am still having Internet problems (it constantly is disconnecting) and am waiting for Comcast to send me a new router!

Day Two Hundred and Two

My yard is full of wildlife! First it was bunnies taunting Riley and now it is snakes slithering all over the place! And not to mention the spiders inside the house! I think my place needs to be re-zoned as a wildlife preserve.

Day Two Hundred and One

I have posted everyday for 200 days! Holy cow.. that's pretty impressive. Tonight was movie night and it was really nice. We had leftovers and I brought over some tarts I had made. I used a graham cracker crust and filled it with caramelized banana cream, bananas, and strawberries, and topped it with some chocolate chips and macademia nuts. They turned out pretty good.

Also.. it was a big night because Allison walked! We were so excited and she was giggling along with us. Christa got it on video so she could send it to her hubby. Yay Allison!

Day Two Hundred

Not only is this the last day before I hit day 200 of writing in my blog, it also marks the day that I officially quit smoking one year ago! Woo hoo!

Here are the details:
Quit smoking for 1y 0m 0d 00:54:21, saving $2,555.00 and 35d 11h 40m of life by not smoking 7300 cigs.

I plan to never ever smoke again and am super excited for the rest of my smoke free life. :)

Day One Hundred and Ninety Nine

I went to derby practice today to watch everyone skate and it was awesome! I miss it so much. I just need to get my health insurance worked out (find a way to get some) and I can start skating. The plan is to go to new skater practice next month and see how I do with the newbs. I just need to remember to take it slow. 

Ohhhh and I was given an envelope of cash from the broken leg fundraiser and there was almost $200 in it! That is going to really help to pay my medical bills or at least get some money to the creditors!

Day One Hundred and Ninety Eight

Things are getting fancy in the Lewis household. I installed an above ground pool all by myself and Riley spent the day frolicking in it! Riley has taken it over for herself, but I am sure she would share it with me if I asked nicely.

Day One Hundred and Ninety Seven

A day in the life of unemployed me! First, wake up around 10am, make some coffee, feed the dog, get dressed and head out for hair appointment at 11am. Spend about an hour getting an AWESOME haircut and then head to Martina's for lunch and visiting.

We had a really nice lunch of sourdough bread, mozz cheese, tomatoes, fresh basil, nitrate-free ham, and olive oil, oh and strawberries! I then headed to the library to pick up some books I had on hold and to print out some pages for a paper I need to write for school. 

After the library with memories of the yummy lunch still in my head I stopped at Trader Joe's picked up some of the aforementioned ingredients as well as some ginger cookies. Yum! After I got home I video-chatted with Susie and then read for the rest of the afternoon. What  a hard life!

Day One Hundred and Ninety Six

It is almost blackberry and plum time! The blackberry plant has fully bloomed and the berries are starting to peak through, they are still green though. The plums are growing on  the tree and they are also green, but soon will be ready to pick. I am excited for them this year. I plan to eat TONS of my own fresh picked fruit. :)

Day One Hundred and Ninety Five

I had to park far away from my class today because of construction and I got lost! Bellevue College doesn't have that big of a campus, but there are so many trees it can get a little confusing. But it ended up being a good thing because I got tons of steps in as I was wandering around! Oh, and I finally found my class.

Day One Hundred and Ninety Four

After being bothered and distracted by the fallen tree outside my door blocking my view,  I decided to hack away at the bad parts and see what I could do about cleaning it up myself. At least clean it up enough so I could see my yard from my window!

I managed to remove the majority of the dead or dying branches and it now looks a lot better! I think it might still continue to grow even lopsided like it is. I am proud of myself for being able to do all that work my self, that just goes to show how HARDCORE I am!

Day One Hundred and Ninety Three

I am so exhausted that i really don't have much to add. I had school all day and my brain hurts. :(

Day One Hundred and Ninety Two

I have a huge blister on my hand and my body is sore... all from mowing my lawn! It took me a long time, but I finally got both sides mowed down to a more presentable length.

The grass had to be around two and a half to three feet tall and it took a lot of skill to mow it without the mower stalling out (which it did a few times) but I did it! I am just hoping we have real strong winds in the next couple of days to blow away all the grass clippings!

Speaking of strong winds, I came across three large branches that must have fallen during a previous storm that were tangled up and buried beneath the long grass, oh and a few holes Riley dug and then camouflaged with the grass in order to try and trip me! Sneaky bugger!