Starkville and Crafting

I've got good news...I'M NOW A KEY HOLDER TO 1546A ST. ANDREWS :) I don't think you guys understand my excitement. Living in a dorm is good and all, but I get my OWN room, my OWN bathroom, my OWN closet...a kitchen...some pretty decorations...FURNITURE! Oh man, I've never been so excited! I'm also excited about living with 3 of the funniest, most precious friends. Let me just say, if you are weary about dorm life and living with a stranger, don't be(whomever is reading this that MIGHT be going to college soon). I cannot be more thankful for having the awesome Kelsey as a roommate last year and this year...and probably more years to come (since we both will NEVER graduate). She's my perfect match. I mean, I can't complain, I've had some good roommates in college, Lauren was my first and she was absolutely hilarious and fun to live with (her random thoughts that just came out of her mouth were usually the highlights of my days in freshman year). I'm hoping this year will be just as great! Anyway, my parents and I went last Thursday to get the electricity set up for our house, then we went to the office at the Highlands and I got my key and the ONLY garage door opener (that's right...pumped) right then and there! We went down to the empty house and I was just so excited about all the potential that sweet little yellow house has! Even if it IS across from the most redneck bar in Starkville (and that's saying something).
I had another trip to Starkville Saturday with the boyfriend. We went and visited our precious city because our even more precious bearded friend was there! Justin Coulter, if you don't know him, is most definitely my number one guy friend, other than David but we don't count him anymore due to the boyfriend status. David and I got to Starkville and ran by my house (how could I not have run by there...I have a key...I just had to look again) and then went to meet up with Justin at our favorite little joint in town, Grumpy's. You wanna talk about some De-LISH food? Just, whoa. It's good. We sat for a few hours and ate and talked and talked some more. Then we went to Bop's, yet another guilty pleasure of ours. Justin talked us into going to see a movie (it didn't take much talking into, actually) with him and our friend Roxy joined! It was just so good to be back with friends from school. I seriously don't know what I'm going to do this year without Justin and a few others that have already graduated. Looks like I'll have to find a new Monday Open Mic Night partner (Jonathon Giuffria has already stepped up to the plate for this one, ALRIGHT!).
Anyway, I have seriously been crafting like crazy. Getting ready to move into a house is hard work! I won't show you what I've got so far, because I want to do blogs later on about my work and give step-by-step tutorials on them. So far, I've got a freaking awesome coffee table made from an old electrical wire roll. I also am working on an old desk. I purchased it this weekend and will be painting it to give it a new, more Jennifer-styled life :) Think coral and Tiffany blue. I'm coming up with awesome ideas for wall art too. I've been working pretty much all week and weekends for the past few weeks, so going furniture/decor shopping in Birmingham is proving impossible. I'll be alright, money is needed for SURE. I'm hoping I'll be able to find a job in Starkville, even if it is just a little one (haha, yeah that's what all 20,000 students at Mississippi State want...a JOB!).
I'll be back in a few days with HOPEFULLY a completed project for you guys to see!

Living life in letters,
Jennifer