Hanging out this weekend...

Recently I followed a DIY from A Beautiful Mess to make magnetic spice jars.  Ours were previously on the wall, taking up a good bit of space.  They are now happy little spice jars hanging out on the fridge - hanging out with another DIY project from A Beautiful Mess - an instagram calendar! With all of our new wall space we wanted to hang our pots up - giving us a bit more cabinet space, which we always need in our teeny tiny kitchen!  

We started out with an old shelf from goodwill - let's just say it didn't turn out pretty.... We were frustrated and ready to just stick some nails in the wall and hang the dang pots up.  Then I remembered we had some pallet wood left over from a previous project.  

We worked out a design and got to work!

and so it goes...

I'm down to my last week of summer! A week from today I will be preparing for the first day of school. (eeeek!)  In my last few days of freedom I'm trying to pack in as much fun as possible.  Today's fun started with a 6 hour work day :( but since I am now free of work I have planted some catnip for the babies! It doesn't sound like much fun, but it's something I've been meaning to do for weeks.

Isn't my little pot precious?? 

Another bit of fun has been completely reorganizing my photos on the computer.  Ok, so it's not really that fun, but it makes me feel accomplished!  Speaking of accomplished, I really need to work on my resume for student teaching!  I need to finish it so it can be critiqued prior to orientation.  Which will then lead to me applying for jobs! (again eek!!)   For actual fun, the gentleman and I are planning a beach trip for this weekend and planning an elaborate fort/movie night.  And, as always, my two main furry men, are still as lazy as ever, spending their summer days lounging around. 

Aren't they just so handsome!?

Hoping everyone is filling their last days of summer with some sunshine!

project organization

So since we've made a big move to the new place, I have been trying desperately to clean out all of the junk we've acquired in the past few years.  I can't say it's totally gone but, we've made a little dent.  Also with Student teaching just a week and a half a way I had to get my act together and start organizing my school stuff as well.  I'm not sure the specifics of other student teaching programs but mine requires me to have three specific binders, 31 dividers, and 24 sub dividers.  I ended up spending $30 just on school supplies.

After making my purchases, I headed home to begin organizing and labeling all of my new binders.  I have to say I felt very accomplished after labeling each divider... and my binders are kind of pretty.  

Other than organizing we've had a pretty relaxing week filled with friends, drinks, and delicious food.  I'm incredibly sad to see the summer come to an end.  Looking back, this has been such a fun filled summer.  Even though I worked probably 95% of the summer I really wouldn't change it for anything.  I can only hope that my school year will go just as well.  

 Had to end the post with some precious pictures of my boys who are definitely enjoying their summer!