We recently had a round of visitors from Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio. Needless to say it was a full house! Jo, Mom, Laurie, Mary, and Katlin all came to the Southwest for some relaxation and sunshine. We had a blast going to the Desert Museum and dining on Mexican food at Cafe Poca Cosa. The only bad thing about it was that they eventually had to leave! Check out photos from their visit here. Thankfully, we have more visitors to look forward to in the near future.
Month: March 2009
Extreme Office Makeover
Scott and I decided to makeover our office (aka the “command center”) this past week. Let me tell you, it was quite the task. In our command center lives three working computers (not inlcuding laptops) and thousands of computer parts, which put together probably could make about 12 other computers. So yeah, the office was cramped and we kept bumping into each other’s chairs. We (okay, mostly me) decided enough was enough and we mapped out a plan for our extreme office makeover. First, we cleared out the room and painted it a light gray color (official color name: silver tradition). Our room is pretty small (I think about 10×11) so we figured we better go vertical with shelving. I had seen a shelving system that the Container Store sells called elfa. I first came across the elfa shelving system on the Unclutterer blog and was inspired. So we went to the store in Scottsdale, AZ, and ordered all the pieces a few weeks ago and then picked them up this past weekend when we were back in the Phoenix area visiting my grandma. We also stopped at IKEA in Tempe, AZ, for some storage boxes. Anyway, after a lot of work, we have an awesome, new-and-improved command center. Check out our before and after pictures below. Needless to say, I am a huge fan of the elfa system and the Container Store!
Music: Kevin MacLeod
Skiing in Colorado
Boy, it looks like all we do is go skiing. I wish that were true! We took another ski trip a couple weeks ago. This time we traveled a bit further than Northern Arizona (that trip was just for training). We flew out to Denver, and met up with friends Jon and Liz, for a weekend of skiing. We got a condo up in the mountains, and skied for two days. The snow was good, and we had a great time (minus a small encounter I had with a tree). We’ve got new photos up in the gallery.