DIY Frenzy

I go through these phases where I need to make something.
The idea that has buzzing around my head takes control and I cannot think of anything else besides that idea.
This happened a few weeks ago.
I wanted to make chalkboards and I wanted to make fabric cork boards,
so I did.

For the chalkboard,
I rounded up some interesting frames from a few thrift stores,
used chalkboard spray paint (found at Walmart),
and spray painted a few frames white.
Then Ta-Da! It's done. Curt and I use it as a message board now.

For the Cork Boards,

All I needed were already made cork boards (we had two),

Fabric,

Spray Adhesive,

& Spray Paint for the frames.

Missin the Isenbarger Crew

After several sad goodbyes, Jessica, Andrew, Lisa, Sarah, Todd, JC, Trinity, Emily and Cole are all gone. We definitely are missing them right now, but this past weekend was incredible. It started off Friday night (which seems so long ago), when Lisa, Lynn, Craig, Jessica, her "friend" ;) Andrew, Curt, & I all went to Craig's former high school's football game. West High was in the lead 40-0 when the opposing team's QB had a serious injury and the game was called off. That was kinda a bummer. I'm trying to remember what else we did. I think we went home and watched more football, to warm us up for Purdue's game against Middle TN State.

That was definitely the climax of the weekend. Thank you Jess for organizing everything! We hit up the Purdue sponsored tailgate where Brian Cardinal was giving a small speech. That was pretty sweet. I mean, he has touched LeBron James and sweated with Dwayne Wade. So if you think about it, I kind of have too!

 We then cheered on the Boilermakers as Middle Tennessee State put up a good fight. I actually thought they were going to win it, but we stuck it through and we sure are glad. The last ten minutes were definitely the best. There was beautiful plays, great passes, and blocked field goal kicks. Incredible. Purdue ended up winning by three points. Man oh man. I forgot to mention how we were being scorched the entire game, with the average temperature sitting at 95 degrees. It just added to the experience!

That evening the whole crew was there and we had a party! We hit up the famous Nine Irish Brothers and ate all the fried food we could handle. Delicious. What happened afterwards? I think we just chilled and the bros played Gear of War pretty much all night.

Oh ya, funny story. I decided to leave Curt, Cole, and Andrew to their games around 1:30. I was tired, I am not used to staying up that late! Anyways, when I was driving home our entire neighborhood had lost power. The streets were empty, the restaurants were silent and dark, and our apartment was spooky. I was kinda freaked out. I don't particularly like being at home with the power out late at night. I feel like someone's lurking in the shadows...but they aren't,  I knowwwww. Anyways, at around 4 in the morning I hear clinks at my window, getting louder and louder. Being in my half asleep delirious state, I was a little confused and nervous. I peeked through my curtains to see Curt through wood chips at our window. He had forgot his keys and had been trying to get in our apartment for the past 30 minutes! That shows how dead I am when I am asleep. I thought it was kinda cute though, like we were gonna sneak out and do silly things like kiddies do.

The following day we celebrated Curt and Pooma's birthday with spaghetti and bread and veggies galore. We sang the 20 minute long birthday song (Curt's wish) and passed funny cards around. We played corn hole and Frisbee and Pass the Pig -- a big hit this weekend. Sundays are the best!

Then on Monday we headed down to Indy to the RIB FEST. Curt wouldn't want to spend his birfday any other way. It was delicious and the best part was Jenny was able to meet us there! We had massive turkey legs that could have fed our entire group completely (it is still sitting in our fridge), lots of ribs, pork sammiches, BBQ nachos (just for the experience), potato salad, baked beans, elephant ears, and funnel cake. Our tummies were more than happy and on the way home, we all passed out in a food coma (which are the best). That evening we then played Star Wars Trivia --I watched and cheered--and I must note that Curt ALMOST won. He had a running streak of about 15 questions he got right, he just couldn't land on the center portal. It's because the game knew it wasn't Lynn. Andrew gave her a run for her money as well. He knew his stuff.

On top of all of this, on Tuesday we headed to Bistro 501 and had a very country/frenchy lunch. It was great to talk/hear about family memories and spend time with everyone. We were definitely spoiled this weekend. I wish everyone could come to Lafayette every weekend. Now that would be a party.

Ps. I want to see more pictures up from this weekend!

The Honorary Curt Dawg.

In honor of Curt's Birfday,

The US government dedicated the first Curt Dawg hundred dollar bill this morning.

They decided that since this was such a rare occasion,

they are only printing three copies and they are only valid on Sept. 5.

He is a very special guy. Thank you US government. 

The sprouting addictions of the mister and misses.

Last week, Curt and I heading over to my parents for Sunday dinner. We love it so much, seeing everyone. Laughing, eating, joking, playing games. The game of the day was Electronic Monopoly, where you use credit cards instead of monies. I like it TONS better. Just swipe the card and millions of dollars disappear without having to count a cent. How great is that? Well, Curt whooped everyone at the game. His banker and economic skills took charge and soon his bank account had over 17,000,000 dollars in it. (He wouldn't share a penny with me! Next time, I'm making a joint account.) Well, ever since then, he has been playing monopoly non-stop. At work, he uses one of his dual screens for transactions and business stuff and the other is dedicated solely to the game of monopoly. He even carries around his iPod touch, playing the game when he isn't at the computer. Can you say addiction to me? I definitely can.

I have been running low on foundation for a while. Every time I go to the grocery store I spend about ten minutes trying to figure out what shade I am. I never know! Am I nude? Or maybe ivory? Maybe natural buff? They all look so similar, but when you put it on it looks horrible! Bleh. So that has been my reoccurring issue for a while. Well, yesterday Curt and I were casually shopping at the mall. Curt is in desperate need of new socks and was completely transfixed by the many assortments in Macy's. I decided to take a stroll around the store and then I saw it. I was drawn to it like a magnet. It was calling me name, with it's comforting greens and sleek products. Clinique. The "best of the best", which also means the "most expensive of the expensives". Never have I even considered using their products, mainly because the price scares me away. But this time, I was just curious. And you know what they say, Curiosity killed the cat. Well I was the cat, and I just wanted to try a few of their products, see what the professionals say. And from there, the snatched me. The Clinique Specialist tried several different shades to find the perfect one. And when she found it, how could I say no?? I sheepishly asked the mister what he thought and if her approved. And after much thought, we decided that if would be a good decision. So today was the first day I wore the Clinique foundation, and I think I am addicted already. AHHHH. I have succumbed to their powers. But I must admit that Curt has been telling me an unusual amount today how beautiful I looked today. I attribute this to the foundation and the secret ingredients they use. After the first day of wearing it, I must admit that I am impressed and like it a lot a lot.

That is all for today.

My nights w/o the Mister

So I just got home from couples volleyball,

without my husband.

It definitely was not the same without Curt Dawg. 

I need him there.

Actually,

I need him with me right now!

Gosh,

I hate being home alone. 

I get all anxious and suspicious that a creeper is lurking in my shower.
Every noise I hear makes me jump a little.

And when I get over the antsy phase,

I go into a sad, eat-all-the-ice-cream-in-the-house phase. 

I seriously cannot put down the Mint Chip ice cream.

It just tastes so good when your missing Curt so badly.

I need to find something much more healthy to soothe my achy heart,

like raisins or broccoli. 

Anyways,

now I am sitting here,

at his computer,

wearing his Where The Wild Things Are t-shirt that I love,

not knowing what to do with myself.

The only thing I can think of is to go to bed,

the worst part when he's gone.

You sit in your queen size bed,

knowing that he should be right next to you,

cuddling with you,

talking about the day,

maybe even having a pillow fight or tickle fight.

But he's not there. It's just a big empty space.

Instead,

the mister is outside, 

sprawled out on our orange sleeping bag,

listening to the insects buzzing in the night.

So I guess,

if you compare our two situations,

I definitely lucked out.

At least I am comfortable and cool.

But I would trade all of that to be with him now.

I love you Curt.

Who would've thunk.

So starting school was kind of a frenzy for us. It came so fast, we weren't ready. I still don't know if we are ready. But a few things turned out great.

• Curt had to do some rearranging with his schedule, and jumped into my Stat 301 class!
• I did some rearranging with my schedule and jumped into Curt's Astronomy 263 class!
• On Mondays, we have two lecture together and one lab!!

I can't get over this. I would have never thought we would be able to take some classes together, but here we are! Study Buddies for life. I love it.

I am a little worried though.
When I informed Lynn of our new class schedules, she told me that when her and Craig had a class together they were a little distracted.

I'll probably be a little distracted staring at the back of Curt's head every once and a while, but hopefully that will encourage me to study harder and do better.
And plus,
our Astronomy lab consists of going out in corn fields and looking at the stars.
Sounds kind of romantic to me.
We were thinking of bringing a little blanket and a basket of goodies.
I hope our TA doesn't mind.

A little synopsis of our Anniversary.

Here's a little overview of our anniversary weekend.

We left early Friday morning with the intention to visit the Art Institute in downtown Chigago. But we totally forgot that Lalapallooza was going on during that weekend as well. All the streets going anywhere near Lala was blocked off. We had to change our plans a little bit and spent the day at the Navy Pier. That was awesome. We did pretty much everything you could do there.

When we first arrived, there was a big even going on for HPs new headphones-Beats. There was a DJ and a dance floor, a booth to to recieve free t-shirts, and a booth to get your photo taken. So Curt and I hit up the photo booth and then got on the dance floor. It was awesome and the DJ was throwing some good stuff out there. It was like they were waiting for us, celebrating our anniversary!

After that we ate some delicious Chicago Dogs,

You can't go to Chicago without getting a Chicago Dog.

After that we went for to the Chinese Circus. That was so crazy! They could do some crazy things with their bodies.

We then went on a boat tour of Chicago and saw all of the buildings. That was pretty sweet. (Pictures below)

We then went on the super tall Ferris Wheel, which lasted six minutes. We went right when the sun was setting, it was gorgeous.

After our day at Navy Pier,

we headed to Bravo Italiano Restuarant, where we ate after our wedding. That was delicious! Curt had this creamy red sauce with sausage and noodles. I had Tilapia with crab and veggies.

At about 10:00 pm , we headed back to the hotel that we stayed at on the night of our Wedding.

On Saturday we spent the day at the temple,

and that was probably the most special part.

We were able to remeber the day we were married and renew our covenants with our Heavenly Father.

That is what is most important.

And we couldn't have gone on a more beauitful day.

It was a great start to year #2.