Currently (10-30-14)

Committing... Code at work! I've gotten the chance to do some more development at work. It's really exciting.

Loving... This guy right here. Tomorrow is our four year anniversary. FOUR YEARS! That's crazy. 

Organizing... My plan for November 5th. It's take-your-kid-to-work-day in my school region and I am going to be taking my best friends sister to work with me! No, she isn't my daughter, but her parents are going away on a awesome vacation and so I volunteered to take her to work with me. I'm organizing all of the stuff I am going to show her about my job! I'm really excited about it.

Watching... Survivor! Andrew and I found out that it is currently on rogers on demand and we decided to start watching it. It's so addictive.

Shopping... For tea! My all time favourite tea came back to Davids Tea for a limited time! So naturally I bought 500 grams... Stay tuned for that tea of the week (it won't be for a few weeks, since it still needs to ship to my house) in the future!

Linking up with Harvesting Kale and Ot & Et. 

Next week's themes: reading, running, sending, liking, valuing

Tea of the Week-Yes We Cran

This weeks tea of the week is a tart cranberry and spice tea. It's called Yes We Cran (one of the best names ever!) and it's made by David's Tea. I got this tea as part of their fall collection and I really enjoy it! Some of my favourite things about it are that it's caffeine free and that it's tart. I'm a pretty big fan of tart teas, which I know is not everyone's favourite by when I get in the mood for it, this is definitely the tea I reach for. It has hibiscus, cranberries, rosehips, apples, and cinnamon and has a deep rich red/pink colour when steeped. I love it, and you should definitely give it a try if you get the chance.

Currently (10-23-14)

Someone in last weeks currently post requested a picture of the chair cushion I made, Here it is! I glued velcro to the back of it to keep it stuck properly to the back of the chair.

Anticipating... The weekend! I am really excited to just relax this weekend and hopefully get caught up on some picture taking for tea of the week. I spend a lot of my time at Andrew's apartment and it gets quite dark at night, which is definitely not ideal for picture taking. I promise I will get caught up soon!

Contributing... Lot's of my opinions at work. I've had the opportunity to take part in several meetings about a feature I tested. I love the feeling of importance I get when people ask me questions about how it works and I know the answer.

Discussing... Options for the bridesmaids dresses. The overlay that I was planning on using is NOT cooperating, so I'm going to try a new kind of fabric. Hopefully it will work out.

Listening... To the first few songs of Taylor Swifts new album! I have to say I love it so far! I can't wait to hear the rest of it on the 27th.

Deciding... What courses to take next semester. I don't have a lot of required courses left to take, so I have lots of electives to choose. I'm thinking of a geography class and maybe a childhood, youth and family studies class. I love that I have the opportunity to take electives from other programs

Linking up with Harvesting Kale and Ot & Et. 

Next week's themes: committing, loving, organizing, watching, shopping

DIY: Photo Save The Dates

I love save the dates. I think they are so cute and adorable. But I hate how expensive some of them can be. Today I am going to show you how we made 125 save the dates for under $30.

You Will Need:

-Pictures (on your computer)

-Picmonkey (or other photo-editing software)

-Shutterfly (or some other way to print out the photos)

Instructions:

1) Using picmonkey, edit your photo, make a collage, add text, anything you want really. Make sure you photo is sized correctly so it will be able to be printed. Here are the standard photo-printing sizes. I also found this tutorial extremely helpful with all of the resizing and other useful picmonkey information

The finished product!

2)Save you edited picture and upload it to shutterfly. If you haven't signed up for a shutterfly account already you can get 50 4x6 printed photos for free! We signed Andrew up for an account since I already had one. Make sure you the photo will be entirely printed and that nothing is cropped out. You can do this by clicking the preview link in shutterfly.

3) Select the number you need, Order your save the dates and wait for them to come in the mail!

It is really easy. If you find a save the date that you like you can even copy the design for most of them! It just takes a little time to get things perfect. I am so happy with how ours turned out and doing them this way probably saved us about $100, since the ones I liked were over a dollar each!

Leave a comment if you have any questions!

Currently (10-16-14)

Appreciating... The sneak peeks from our second round of engagement photos! I can't wait to see the rest! Check out Robyn our photographer!

Feeling... Relaxed. The apartment is starting to look and feel like a home. I'm so excited with how it is coming together

Looking... For a cake baker. It's one of the last vendors we need to book for the wedding. It's all coming together!

Regretting... Not getting the proper cushion from ikea for our chair. I made one but right now it's not really staying up. It keeps flopping over, so I'll need to make some adjustments to it. It will be awesome when it's finished though.

Playing... Runescape! Fun fact for you, I used to be crazy into runescape. This past weekend I played it with Andrew and his brothers again and it was so much fun! So I've been getting into playing it again

Linking up with Harvesting Kale and Ot & Et. 

Tea of the Week-Sweet Apple Cider

In this weeks tea of the week I'm going to tell you about my second favourite tea from David's tea's fall collection. It's called Sweet Apple Cider. Obviously the main ingredient in this tea is apples but it also has sweet blackberry leaves and vanilla. I love it. I've been looking for a really comforting caffiene free herbal tea to drink this fall, and this is definitely it. I love drinking this after work under a blanket while watching tv. Even Andrew likes it! So it must be fantastic. This tea and the Pumpkin Chai tea I told you about last week are the teas I chose to buy more of from the Fall collection. I'm going through them so quickly I'm thinking I'll have to get some more before long!

Currently (10-09-14)

Reading... The Story and Sacred Marriage. Our church is reading through the book called "The Story" this year and so far I haven't missed a week of reading the chapter in advance. But I missed church last week because I stayed up late Saturday night trying to finish reading the chapter and then I accidentally slept through both my alarms on Sunday morning. Opps. I'm really liking the book though. I'm also slowly working my way through the book and I love it. I'm hoping to be able to read more of it this weekend

Thinking... About turkey. This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend for us Canadians, so I'm really looking forward to see both mine and Andrew's family and eating some delicious food. I'm going to Sarnia on Saturday morning and spending a few days with Andrew's Family there. Then we are going to have Thanksgiving with my family in Tillsonburg. I'm really excited.

Feeling... Very happy. I'm super pumped about the apartment, I love arranging and organizing things just the way we want them. It

Eating... Apples and peanut butter. For some reason I have been really loving this snack lately. I got some delicious Honey Crisp Apples at the grocery store earlier this week and I'm thinking I'll need to go back an get some more. They were that good.

Dreaming... About graduating university. I can't wait to be done and be working full time. Unfortunately that is a few years away yet. But I'm half way done!

Linking up with Harvesting Kale and Ot & Et.