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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Our first purchase

Well, besides the Mustang we bought together last year (pre-marriage), we have made our first semi-big purchase as a married couple. We are the new owners of a dining table! I know it sounds boring, but we don't have kids, and this was definitely something for us to get excited about. We have been shopping for a few weeks, maybe even a couple months now for the perfect dining table. Needless to say, we're kinda picky. We had a vision of what we wanted, but had the hardest time finding it. So now we feel like grown-ups furnishing our home, and eventually will have furniture that matches. That day is still too far to see, but we have faith it will come. Besides, have you seen the price of furniture these days? It's not cheap! So here is the table we very excitedly purchased from Cost Plus World Market.
It's a pub table, as if that's not apparent from the pic. I still don't have a digital camera (hint hint), so I stole this from the website. We got the table and 4 chairs to go with it. It seems to be quite a bit darker than how it looks in this picture, but it is a very beautiful color. It's 40" squared, and 42" high. When I stand next to it, it comes up a couple inches above my belly button, and I'm 5'7", so that's pretty sick!! It's so comfy to sit in, and there's plenty of room for 4 people to eat on it. I also found some placemats at Pier 1 to decorate it, and help protect it. They're dark brown bamboo with blue stripes on them, and they're kinda woven together I guess. I also got some royal blue napkins with some pretty bronzie-type napkin rings. Considering I'm not the decorating type, I was proud of myself when I came home & put it all together. It looks very cute, with a bit of an Asian theme. We have a little bamboo stick that we got from a bridal expo here in town that we saved, and Mario put that as a centerpiece for the table. It looks cute with the blue. It helps to complete my green & blue kitchen, thanks to those who got me my kitchen stuff for my shower. Lastly, lets discuss the financial end of it, which just may be the best part of this excursion. The table & chairs cost $600 total. A little pricey, but we were tired of eating standing up (I sold our old table at a yard sale. I couldn't stand to look at it anymore, it was older than me. I normally love '80s things, but this just had to go, it may have well been neon yellow with leg warmers). Then, right before we were going to pick it up, Mario noticed the Entertainment Book we got for free had a $50 off coupon in it. Imagine that...now $550. Then, we have $250 worth of Visa giftcards (1 a wedding gift, and the other 2 rebates from our phones). This brings us to $300. Then, World Market is offering 10% off if you open an account. Mario & I got this table for $273 (plus tax), and we have 3 months to pay it off with no interest. I'm so proud. The extra $3 was for the licorice I bought Richie for letting us borrow the truck. Thanks for sharing :) Lets not leave out that I had another giftcard for Pier 1, and only had to spend $16 and some change buying 8 placemats, 6 napkins, and 4 napkin rings. I'm not sure I've ever felt so good about spending $300 before!!


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Cuteness

I just had to post this way cute pic of Addy. This is her sitting on the cat tower. I'm not quite sure how she managed to find a time to sit here when her brothers Nibblet & Buckey weren't occupying it. But seriously, look at that pose, someone knows she's cute.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Interesting tidbits

Since life has been a bit boring lately, and I haven't had much to blog about, here's some semi-useless info I that I know you've been dying to know about me.
01. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? If you don't count the numerous times Mario woke me up in the 5 o'clock hour, I got up at 7am
02. DIAMONDS or PEARLS? Dimaonds are my best friend
03.WHAT IS THE LAST FILM THAT YOU SAW AT THE THEATER? WallE. Wasn't my fave Pixar, but it was cool.
04. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? I love Hell's Kitchen (obviously), Greys Anatomy, and Kitchen Nightmares
05. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? Usually a piece of loaf bread or a muffin, depending on what I've made, and crystal light to wash it down. I like the Lo-Carb monster, but at $2+ a pop, I don't have the luxery often.
06. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Lee
07. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? Canned spinach, ewww!!!!
08. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? I don't have a fave cd. I get bored easily. I currently like my Lil Wayne album
09 WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? '07 Mustang baby!!!
10. FAVORITE SANDWICH? I make this bangin chicken with turkey bacon and guac sandwhich, mmm
11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? I don't like liars, ie, my clients
12. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? My Juicy sweats, worth all 40,000 pennies
13. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? The Black Forrest, Germany
14. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM? It's currently dark green, tan, and choc brown
19. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS? Someone may read this from the east coast
20. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? I'm not "sending" it
21. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST? see #20
22. FAVORITE SAYING? What the french, toast (from the Orbitz gum commercial)
23. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? 10/22/1982, I want shoes
24. ARE YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? It's pretty much whatever time I'm not grumpy
25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 9 1/2, I know, they're monsters
26. PETS? Mystie, she lives with Mom & Dad, cause Dad couldn't stand to see her go :)
27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I'm practicing to get pregnant ;)
28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? A veterinarian
29. HOW OLD ARE YOU TODAY? Do the math, 25
30.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? Peanut butter M&Ms
31.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? gerb daisies
32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? Whatever day Mario is going to tell me to be his stay at home wife, until then, who cares!
33. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Kristi Lee Silva, I wasn't allowed to hyphenate :(
34 . WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? A po-po siren, I hear them ALL day
35. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A Jolly Rancher
36. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? No, I'm not sure you can even see stars from the valley
37. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Pretty in Pink
38. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Not bad actually, it's noon, probably 85ish, high today of 94 I think
39. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? I have way too many, maybe Diet Coke, I get that from my Aunt Peggie
40. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Sendai for my sushi addiction
41. SIBLINGS? Richie & Meg, and Vanessa
42. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? I'm hoping it's going to be April 25, we'll have to see how that plays out
43. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? I dunno, maybe Barbie
44. SUMMER OR WINTER? Spring
46 COFFEE OR TEA? I love coffee, but I love green tea also
47. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate for sure
48. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO EMAIL YOU BACK? Y-E-S!!
49. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I don't remember
50. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? Nothing on my side, Mar has a mag light so he can blind someone if they break in
51. WHAT FRIEND HAVE YOU HAD THE LONGEST? Probably Sarah, since about 7th grade
52. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? I made a cod & brocolli caserole type thing, and some rice & we watched College Road Trip, it was pretty hillarious being it's rated G, it wasn't corny
53. FAVORITE SMELLS? I like the smell of freshness, homemade cookies, and some furniture stores
54. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Things that pose a threat to me
56. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR RING? 8, but I need to give one back
57. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? It will be 2 in Sep
58. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Saturday, I love to sleep in
59. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? Just this one, hopefully we'll move though
60. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? I'm shy, people often mistake that for bitchyness
61. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL YOU SEND THIS TO? Not sure
62. HOW MANY WILL RESPOND? ? Everyone better

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

I'm hot, and my Fave show has ended

Back when I was a kid summer was awesome, and I never really noticed how hot it actually was. But now, when I have to hear Doug Collins every morning talk about "record heat" or "extreme heat" it just puts a damper on my day. As if work wern't bad enough right? I'm trying to convince Mario that Alaska would be a great place to live, but he's just not quite buying it yet. Even Washington maybe, does anyone know if Uncle Ben has a spare bedroom? I just wanna go back to the days when I could lounge around, and summer was actually a break. There's no such thing as a break anymore. I gotta work a week just to buy a tank of gas for my gas guzzling beast of a car. But anyways, another crappy part about the summer is there's nothing to watch on tv. We don't have cable, so we're stuck with the basics for now. Last night I went for a walk (I don't know why either) and made it home in time to watch the season finale of Hell's Kitchen. Gordon Ramsey may just well be my mentor (well, almost). Mario & I were lucky to see him on our honeymoon in New York. He was a guest on the Conan O'Brien show that I got us tickets to attend. Back to the point...last night was the finale, it was between Christina & Petrozza. I absolutely love Christina. She's such a doll, and she's 25, just like me. I've been rooting for her this whole time, she's kind of like the underdog. Although, Petrozza was cool too. I felt that for his age & experience he very much deserved something like this in his life. It was a great show, both did very well, but in the end, it was Christina who one it all. I was so happy for her, I'm sure if we knew each other we'd get along so well. As I've been watching this show for a year or two now, it's really been making me think...I wanna be a chef. I wanna make Risoto, and fancy shmancy deserts, and be able to name all the ingredients in whatever it is that i'm eating. I like to cook, and I'm good at what I do, but I'm not versatile. I stick with the basics, and my palet is so over it. I always judge the quality of my creations on whether Chef Ramsey would love it, or spit it out and tell me i suck. So for my birthday/Christmas/whatever occassion present, I want cooking lessons. Would someone mind passing this on to Mario, thanks!

The winner!!!