Wait.... 25!?!?!

I just have to post about my  wonderful 25th birthday, BUT I would first like to say 25!?!?!?! Holy crap! When did that happen? 25 year olds are mature, responsible, established, etc.... and I am none of those things... random tangent--- I think age should be given according to those type of things. It may be a more useful tool....

ANY WAY, My wonderful birthday got off to a bit of a rocky start. I woke up, showered, packed up all my stuff, and hopped in the car to go get Brennan only to find that my battery was dead and my car wouldnt start. We think one of the doors didn't get closed all the way. So, I called Brennan, he brought his roommates car and jumped mine, then we ran back to his house to get his stuff and drop off his roommates car.

Once we get to his house, we packed up my car, grabbed breakfast, and he gave my my birthday present!!!! It was the best thing I could ever ask for! As you may know from my previous post, i want to get into redoing furniture and i found this super cool paint that gives an antique look and you dont have to sand or prime or anything like that!! I was SO excited! I love how much he is encouraging me. I don't think I would do it otherwise. Next, we drove down to American Fork Canyon. The ranger at the mouth of the canyon tells us all the spots are already reserved, but there was a spot towards the back we could go. We drove straight there and found a perfect spot! We set up camp, and just hung out  for a minute. From there, we took a quick hike, where Brennan decided to carve a tree with my initial and my age.. HA! He said Now this tree will remember your age forever! To which I replied "does that mean I'm going to be 25 forever??" if only... HAHA

From there we went fishing and Brennan taught me how to fish from the shore. (I had only fished from a boat before) We both just sat and enjoyed each others company and enjoyed nature. We saw the cutest momma duck and baby ducks! One poor little guy had a hook stuck in his beak! :( We were NOT catching a thing, though, and we were getting hungry, so we drove back to our campsite to fix some DELISH food. I am telling you, he and I made these tinfoil dinners in hopes of putting a fish in, but instead we stuck a burger patty in  with the veggies. They turned out PERFECT and it was SO yummy!!! By this time, our friend John showed  up and enjoyed dinner and dessert with us. For dessert, we made cakes in orange peels! I saw on pinterest, and was nervous to try it, but it was SO good! We just hollowed out the oranges and dumped the cake mix in, wrapped it in tinfoil and stuck it in the coals. It was like the PERFECT birthday dinner! From there, we went back to the lake. I read while the boys fished. Brennan still caught nothing, but John was catching like crazy.

After fishing, we went back to the campsite and met out friend Katie, and her two friends. We just made a fire and talked til late. It was one of the best birthdays I have ever had. Very simple, very relaxed. We invited a BUNCH of people, but a lot had things come up, so it was just a small group of us. I LOVE LOVE LOVED spending that much time with Brennan just hanging out. He really made my birthday perfect! I am so lucky! Yay for birthdays! (maybe not so much of a yay for being 25....)

NEW HOBBY! Well, maybe....

So I suddenly, and kind of randomly decided that I wanted to get into repainting old furniture and selling it! I just thought it would be something to do to do entertain myself, AND to maybe make a little extra money (cuz who doesn't like that!?!). Probably the best part of this all is how supportive Brennan is of me doing it. I mentioned it to him kind of as a joke when he told me he found his old power tools. I said, "Really?? that means you could build something cool and I can make it look nice and then we can sell it!" and he wasn't really too thrilled about that part, but the conversation led to me looking for already built furniture and redoing it. So, I started my adventure by spending like HALF of a day yesterday looking at KSL in the free section. Cheap is nice -- free is better!

This is not something for the faint of heart, let me tell you. I just checked every few hours for the heck of it and saw a whole lot of retro couches, free moving boxes, dirt, rocks, and yes even the occasional "tires filled with cement".  Thank goodness! I have been looking for those! BUT all of the sudden I noticed and add for free paint! I thought, well paint could get me started. I need the paint to paint the furniture, right?? So I picked up a 5 gallon bucket of grey paint. Keep in mind here people that my house is SMALL. Emphasis on every letter. I just have a 5 gallon bucket of paint sitting in my room now.

I figured it would be a slow process, but at about 9 last night I looked one last time, after Bachelorette of course....and what do you know, there is a BEAUTIFUL roll top desk for FREE!! It had no information whatsoever though. I text Brennan and told him to go look at it and how cool it was. and then to my surprise he said, "Let's go pick it up!" Luckily, he had his parents suburban. I called the lady and got the information and off we went! I called my friend Cody on the way because she said it was heavy. That was an understatement. I felt terrible because Cody (only has one leg) and Brennan (has 2 herniated disks in his back) had to carry this MASSIVE desk down 2 flights of stairs... I thought for sure they were both going to hate me after that. Amazingly they were both still mostly smiling when they finished.

Oh yeah-- remember how I said my apt is SMALL??? and I was the proud new owner of a GIANT desk?? Well my amazing, handsome, supportive boyfriend willingly volunteered to store it at his house. His house is not huge either. the desk is currently monopolizing his dining room. The desk is in REALLY good condition and has lots of nooks and crannies and is  LARGE so Brennan convinced me just to clean this one and resell it. Both Brennan and I wished that we had room for it cuz it is a REALLY cool desk! We spent about 2 hours today cleaning and shining it up to take pictures and re-post it on KSL to sell! Most the desks similar to it are going for like $200-$400 so hopefully we can make some money off it! yahoo! :)

My next project -- once the desk is gone-- is to redo a little wood file cabinet that used to be my dads. :)