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What I'm Loving Now

I hope you're having a fantastic weekend! I'm actually off this weekend which is lovely. Spending time with my boys and Mr. and getting things done around the house is exactly what I needed. We're making Christmas plans, working out Christmas gift details, and doing some decorating. 

Wookie Cookies

One thing I've been planning is what Christmas baking I want to do. I'm a huge fan of gingerbread cookies, and the idea of turning some of them into Wookies is extremely tempting. 

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House Decorating

After much discussion and numerous furniture store visits, it looks like we've settled on a couch to buy for our basement family room. Because I know the colour of the couch, I've been doing some online window shopping to get ideas for how to make the rest of the family room extra cozy since it'll be our main TV/movie/gaming room. I've settled on this colour scheme. 

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Ready Player One

I've been busy lately with sewing and cleaning and getting the house ready for Christmas decorations, so I recently flew through the Ready Player One audio book. I cannot recommend this book enough! It was so good and completely surpassed my expectations. Wil Wheaton narrates the book and he does such a good job. The story line is incredibly interesting and the pop culture references were great! The writing is so descriptive that I could see the world the character was in. Seriously, read this book!

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What have you been loving lately?
xo Jen

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What I'm Loving Now

My life is just crazy lately. Between getting ready to move into our house (next weekend... omg!), working on sewing projects for Fan Expo Canada, and planning Summer Camp for IGGPPC, every day just flies by! But I've been having some fun in between all the madness!

Dresses

Of course I had to go through all my clothes while packing up. I was definitely holding on to things that just don't fit anymore or are falling apart (dresses with little holes in it). This means my closet has some space in it again and even though this will scare Adam, I've been eyeing up a few dresses on ModCloth.

I am completely in love with the cut and prints of these two dresses. 


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Decorating

I have been having a blast looking for things for the house. I've been enjoying some free time going through stores looking for the perfect lamps and adding things to my mental wish list that would work perfectly with the colour palettes I'm eyeing up. At this point I would like a Target shopping spree!

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Lily Allen

I've been a big fan of Lily Allen for years now. Her music is super catchy and her lyrics are always fun. I've been listening to her new album, Sheezus, while working on the computer. It's becoming my Summer album. 


What have you been loving lately?
xo Jen
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What I'm Loving Now

I swear time just keeps speeding up. How is it my birthday tomorrow?!? I've been so busy lately with everything going on in my life. I haven't even really made any plans for my birthday tomorrow. I have some ideas but nothing's concrete. I've just been too preoccupied. 

City of Glass

Thank goodness for audio books. If it wasn't for them, I'd never get through any books. Well, just comics, since they're shorter and the digital copies are perfect to read in waiting rooms or break rooms. But audio books, I listen to while I clean, pack boxes, bake cookies, do dishes, sew, etc. I've been flying through them. 

I just finished the third book in The Mortal Instruments series, City of Glass. I have to say it was my favourite book so far in the series. It answered some questions and also brought up some interesting plot developments. I also thoroughly enjoyed the supernatural aspect in this book. It was more apparent in this book than the previous ones. I've heard the books get worse after this one. But I think I'm going to continue with the story. I'm too invested in the characters and story line. It doesn't seem right to give up on the series when there's more to it. 

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The Pretty One

Lately mine and Adam's work schedules have not been lining up. I've been spending a lot of afternoons and evenings by myself. And because I have things to do that can be done in front of the TV (filling cat toys, flipping pouches inside out, etc.) I've been watching a lot. I finally watched The Pretty One earlier this week. I think Zoe Kazan is adorable and I've enjoyed all the other movies I've seen her in. So when I saw this trailer a while ago and saw that it not only stars her, but also Jake Johnson (from New Girl), I knew I had to watch it. 

The movie was super cute and quirky. Yes, I know some people hate that word - 'quirky'. But it was. Both Zoe and Jake play such honest characters that you just fall in love with them. I also fell in love with the settings and details throughout the movie - the wardrobe, furniture, backyard, etc. I want to own this movie so I can watch it over and over again.

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Colour Palettes

I've started looking online and in stores for furniture and accessories for our house. I've also spent some time talking to my Mom about paint colours and curtains. I'm really enjoying this part of getting a house. Pinterest is amazing for inspiration and it's caused me to get lost numerous times in Pinterest search results. 

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What have you been up to lately?
xo Jen


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House Inspiration

In less than a month we'll be moved into our house! I'm so excited and also a little stressed. I absolutely hate packing and it doesn't help that we've moved so many times in the last few years. I'm so done with packing and moving. Good thing we're going into a house and we can stay there for a while. 

I am excited to decorate and organize the house. And also a little overwhelmed too. We have so much! We have quite the collection of movies, TV shows, books, comics, and toys. It's insane. So we're going to be putting up tons of shelves and having bookcases everywhere. I'm looking forward to hanging all our artwork and pictures everywhere too. 

After years of pinning house inspiration photos on Pinterest, I can finally use the inspiration for real. I get to paint rooms and make this house into our home!



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I want off-white rooms everywhere so all of our colourful items will pop like in all these photos. I'm excited to play with colour and buy lots of accessories like rugs and lamps. I have a feeling I'll be at Target more than Adam would like.

I hope you're having a great weekend!
xo Jen
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Book Inspiration

People would call both me and Adam 'collectors'. We have an abundance of movies, TV boxsets, books, comics, and video games. When I say an abundance, I mean approximately 7 bookcases filled with everything we collect, and some things are actually hidden in boxes still because we don't have room.

I'm ok with this. I like surrounding myself with things I love. It makes our home feel comfy to us. And we both are constantly watching things, reading, or playing games.

Being in an apartment makes it a little hard though because we don't have as much room or much storage. One of the things I'm looking forward to most when we eventually buy a house is putting shelves up everywhere! Taking entire walls and just lining them with bookcases and putting all of our 'collections' up.

I have found that I've accumulated quite the Pinterest board filled with shelving ideas.





I absolutely adore this idea. We don't have a headboard so it would be perfect for our bedroom. 


I'm also a fan of shelves in the dining room. I sometimes find dining rooms so bare. There's a table and maybe a hutch in the room. I'd happily turn one of the walls into a giant shelving display.



The idea of owning a home is super scary but also really exciting. It's one of our goals that I hope happens sooner than later. It'll be fantastic to have more room!

Do you have any large collections that you have on display or want to put on display?
xo Jen
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Moving and Dreams

Over the last month and a half me and Adam have made some big decisions for our life together. We went over different scenarios, wrote out pro/con lists, and sat down and budgeted out the next few years of our life. Long story short, we're moving back to Hamilton at the beginning of September. It made the most sense for us in every single aspect of our life. Adam just started a new job there and I have a job lined up for me as well.

Besides the fact that we'll be in the same city as family and friends again, we also get to move into a new apartment. We decided to go a bit bigger and get an extra bedroom and this will be my first apartment with a balcony. I'm pretty excited to sit out on the balcony and have tea in the evenings, decorate it during the Christmas season, and then grow some tomatoes come next summer. It's exciting starting fresh in a new place and the stress of being in a strange town is now gone.

I've been finding myself daydreaming about how I want to organize the new apartment and where things will go. Pinterest has become my best friend and my enemy during all of this. I long for rooms that I know are not possible right now, but looking up 'small rooms' or 'apartments' definitely gives you some good, realistic ideas that we can use.

Kitchen/Dining area:
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I need to go to Ikea for supplies so I can put up a rod to hang up small pots and colanders like this.


Adam told me we can put up a small shelf for my teas and supplies. I'm excited to have a bit of wall space in the kitchen.

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I adore the size of this hutch.

Living area:

So many bookshelves... this won't be happening until we settle down in a house one day. With our book/comic/movie collection, these will be necessary in the future.
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I'm getting pretty excited about the move. I guess because Adam isn't in school anymore and he's been working full-time, I'm feeling more grown up now. Things are just really good and I feel positive about our future.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and thanks for all your support <3
xo Jen
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