St. Patrick's Day

What a weekend! I cannot BELIEVE it's Tuesday already. So, about six months ago, I bought a bunch of fabric online planning to reupholster my kitchen chairs. The original plan was to spray paint them red, and do the seat cushions, but I quickly realized that spray painting them was going to be pretty near impossible. Living in a small apartment, with no back yard, there isn't much freedom as far as spray painting kitchen chairs goes. Anyways, I finally got around to doing the actual cushions. My aunt and uncle (who have seriously been life savers for me since I've been here in Utah) found the table and chairs at a garage sale for free, which we were excited about. They are really beautiful, the wood work and the design are just stunning. But the fabric - not so much. Anyways, it's been on my list for a while, but between laziness and business, I just got to it this weekend. Let me just say, I am SO happy with how they turned out. Sometimes when I attempt projects it doesn't go the way I had planned in my head, and that's disappointing. So I was nervous. Here is the before picture:

These chairs have potential! But, the fabric is nice and outdated, and plus it was stained with who knows what, and I was just ready for an update. So, drum roll... The finished product:

Obviously, I have shoes all out all over the house. This is a habit of mine, always has been, ask my dad. I'm trying to kick it, which you might think would be easy, but it's not. If I was thinking ahead I would have cleaned up a bit before taking these pictures, ha. Anyways, I am just in love with how the chairs turned out. I'd say they were a success - and it makes me want to make over everything in my house!! Thanks to my sweet husband who unscrewed all the cushions and also screwed them back in. For like 3 hours. He is a trooper.

We had a fun St. Patrick's Day! Scott was excited for it. He said to me yesterday (several times, in an accent), "Sheahan is Irish, ya know, Lassie?" Side note, you would actually be surprised how many people, when they see my last name on my name plate at work, ask me if my husband has red hair or if we had a "big Irish wedding" (no and no, although his beard is pretty red). It's funny... So anyways, he was excited. Growing up, we always did green pancakes and green milk on St. Patricks Day. One of my favorite memories from those mornings is Malyssa practically crying because the green pancakes grossed her out so much. She thought they looked moldy. I was planning on continuing this tradition, but that would require getting up even earlier than normal. And when my alarm went off, I decided that wasn't going to happen. So we had them for dinner instead! I made green Rice Krispie treats too. Yum!!

Isn't he just so cute??

 After dinner we played my new favorite game, Bananagrams. I'm OBSESSED with it. It's so fun. Luckily, Scott's a good sport and plays with me a lot.

As you can see, somebody doesn't like losing. And somebody has yet to beat his wife at Bananagrams. But, that's why he's a good sport - he keeps playing with me anyways. And that's why I love him :) Happy (late) St. Patty's Day everyone!

The Little Things

What a great past couple of days. Big news ... Scott has an interview for an internship!! Phew, this has been kind of nerve-wracking to be honest. My eyes have really been opened to how difficult it can be to get an internship. I'm just going to throw this out there, but Scott is a pretty dang good student. Super high GPA, plenty of experience, and lots of good recommendations. Last year when he was looking for internships, there were understandably limited offers, given that he didn't have much experience and was only a junior. But this year, we thought it would be a breeze. No such luck... But hopefully, if all goes well with the interview, we will be headed to Los Alamos, New Mexico for the summer. The internship is with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and apparently it's top secret. Literally. He has to pass some test thing and won't be allowed to talk to me about any of the work he is doing if he gets the job! I am just glad that he is so excited about this opportunity, and I think it will be fun to live in a new place for the summer, too.

I have been putting in a lot of hours between my two jobs. I still am enjoying working in the Psych department. It has been a good and steady job for me throughout college. My new job, at the Sundance Spa has been so, so great. I love it! I love the people I work with, I love the location and feel of the spa. It definitely keeps me busy, and wears me out sometimes too, but I love it. If anyone from the Provo/Salt Lake area reads this post, I HIGHLY recommend getting treatments from the spa - seriously, they are so great. Best massage I've had!!

Sunday night, Scott and I went up to the temple and walked around for a while. It was SO nice to have weather that was finally comfortable enough to take a walk in at night. My love for temples has definitely grown a ton since I got married in one and also since I took a class on them last semester. Anyways, I just loved walking up there for a while. It was SO beautiful. And of course my love for Scott has grown a ton in the past ten (what??) months we've been married. I am so grateful for him, and I hope I show him that enough.

Lately I've been trying a lot of Pinterest things, so I think my next post will be dedicated to successes/failures of my Pinterest attempts. Until then!

This picture is up all over my social media - Facebook, Instagram, now my blog. And it's also the background on my phone and work computer. Ha! Good thing I don't get tired of it!!

A Few Extras

We finally had a date night last weekend! Guys, that doesn't happen very often. I can honestly say that Scott is the busiest person I know, so between that and the nights that I am assigned the PM shift at work, we really don't get much time for dates. This time, we went to the Provo Beach Resort. It is a super fun place with one of those indoor surfing things, a ropes course, bowling, miniature croquet, and an arcade with all sorts of games. We did the ropes course and played some arcade games, but next time we go I would love to do the surfing too. It looks fun. I've never been to a ropes course before, and this one definitely lived up to my expectations. It was so, SO, fun to just have a relaxing night together and not have homework or projects hanging over our heads. We played some fun arcade games after the ropes course - Scott beat me in all of them, I'm sorry to say. I wasn't on my game that night I guess. When we got home, we ordered a pizza and rented the movie Gravity. I am not a fan of that movie, let me tell you!! But Scott loved it - fitting since he wants to go into aerospace engineering! I just loved spending the time together though. Great night!

I've recently discovered a huge love for interior design. Maybe Pinterest sparked my interest in it, but I'm also taking an interior design class this semester, and not only have I learned a lot, but I've had tons of fun doing it. I'm by no means an expert, it's probably just going to be more of a hobby for now, but I've been trying to find cute ways to decorate our apartment (harder to do than you might think with stark white walls and NASTY carpet, but it's coming along). I was reading the blog of a super cute DIY-er from home and found the Easy Canvas Prints website. Lucky for me, they were had a 65% off deal going when I checked it out. So I ordered three prints!! For some reason, ordering stuff off the internet makes me super paranoid, so I always get really nervous until the things I've ordered actually arrive and I'm happy with them. I just want everything to work out exactly how I've planned in my head! Seriously though, how much easier would life be if everything worked out how we are counting on it working out?? Anyways, I'm anxiously awaiting their arrival, and I'll write a post when I get them put up on the wall. So far though, I would totally recommend their company and website - the whole process has been way easy (and a steal of a deal). 

Do you have any cute ideas for sprucing up your house? Let me know!