Saes was here

Seth worked at a laundromat his first years of college. His Korean boss pronounced his name "Saes" (also spelled Ses, Sayce, etc..) It's pretty cool as far as nicknames go. Anyway, he- Saes, Seth, Fiance- was here this past weekend. That was a wonderful treat!

We registered at Target and Crate and Barrel. To my surprise there was either really nothing that we disagreed about,  or we did a good job at just picking what we truly wanted and letting the other person do the same. But anyway, that was fun. On Saturday, we went to the much anticipated Cleveland Aquarium. I LOVE aquariums and have been to some pretty neat ones (namely in San Diego, Chicago, and Virgina Beach.) I guess I was a tad disappointed by Cleveland's. It was crowded and there was only one flow of traffic to follow, instead of being able to be like, "Hey, lets check out _____ section now!" Also the water was murky in a few of the displays, like they haven't yet perfected their cleaning cycle. But regardless, we had fun. And I mean, come on, they had lobsters in a window above you, with the sky above them.

 

 nasty eel thing.

Sharks and Rays swim in the murkiness.

On a side note, we are getting worse and worse at getting pictures of us. I swear, I have 7000 pictures from our first summer together, and we only get a few now. I think my new camera may have something to do with that because a clunky DSLR requires more of an effort to be the "photographer" and less of an option to quickly get some fun shots with yourself in them. Basically, we need a professional photographer to follow us around for a few days :) For free :)  :) Any takers?

We tried to get cool shots down in the flats but my car didn't feel like being the most cooperative tripod...

...hence this "artsy" picture we got...

Saturday night we had a birthday party. Me and 2 other friends had just had birthdays. We all ate the cake with our hands, a spontaneous act by my Saes that has now turned into what we want to be a new tradition.

"Handcake." It's all the rage in Cleveland.

It was a good weekend. I'm thankful for my fiance and the time we spend together!

Oh, the endless possibilities

Last week I went out to eat with some friends to this awesome restaurant in Cleveland called Melt. Like gourmet grilled cheese, cool atmosphere, the dude from Man vs. Food took THE CHALLENGE there, etc... Anyway, this is all off topic. The point is, my bestfriend Becky and I parked in a parking lot behind some stores and spotted some awesome, decent condition windows by the dumpster. So we stole one to craft with. And oh my word, the possibilities are endless. Behold:

So yeah, its a white window. It's big and clunky and I love it. I have all sorts of ideas for what we could do with it, but we'll have to see what we officially decide to do with it.

What I really want to do is make a table out of it...

{oh hey, I have that rug too! It's destiny.}
If the coffee table doesn't work out (because my craftsmanship skills are slightly lacking,) I wouldn't mind doing something like these:

 

Printed paper, eh?

Learn how to etch glass?

Perhaps a corkboard/ chalkboard/ photo frame/ organization combo?

Whatever we decide, I'm sure it will either turn out boss or we will break some glass out of anger in the process. It will be phenomenal.

idea images via Pinterest

Gosh I Love Fall

It's November in Ohio. It's 60 degrees and sunny and I'm not wearing a coat. I spend a lovely weekend with my church family and my family family. So yeah, life's good.

I have to soak in the last of the colors and sunshine before it gets gloomy and cold for 6 months straight (it has a tendency to do that here in Cleveland...)

Before Long Distance Starts Again

I live in Ohio. Seth lives in Wisconsin (or Illinois, depending on which day you ask him.) The past two summers we've been dating, he's come to live here to be with me and work in the area. Point is, we are long distance daters. And our {blissful} summer together has just come to an end, as he goes back home to the dairy air state to start off his last year of college.

We ended our summer on a high note, though, with a visit from his mom, and enough running around to have us both in need of a week long nap. Here are some highlights of our last few days together, before the long distance starts again.

{Getting down and dirty with the poultry at our county fair}

{Chillin' out max at the Lithuanian Garden}

{Seth and me, my parents, and Seth's mom}

{We went to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Check it out sometime!}

{We use the butterfly-check room as a photo shoot room}

Basically, the time we spend together is always awesome. It makes me miss him that much more when we are apart.