Excitement in Arizona

 We had exciting weather this week complete with 75 mph winds, uprooted trees, downed power lines, hail and a lot of rain.  And that was just at our house!  

A tornado watch was issued for our area.  Being from Idaho I had no idea what that meant.  Luckily Jordan who has been through many tornado watches in his life explained that a tornado 'watch' means that there is a high chance that a tornado may form.  A tornado 'warning' means, find a safe place to hide and pray.  He told me that our apartment being on the top floor would not be the safest place, but do not go outside! Get in the bath tub and cover up the moment it switched from a watch to a warning.  Four tornadoes did touch down but luckily for us the storm moved further north.       

The storm came in like a wall of water and lasted less than a minute!  The power of weather is amazing!

A different kind of excitement.

 Most weekends Jordan and I spend our Saturday mornings at the local goodwill.  Every other Saturday is 50% off everything and we have been able to find some really great stuff.  Jordan looks for books and I am always on the hunt for new refurbishing projects.  

We have been looking for weeks to find kitchen chairs we can refurbish for our kitchen.  Finding one that is solid and well made has been a challenge. 

Finally we found one!!! 

It is disgusting and needs some TLC but we have big plans to sand and paint this chair making it into something beautiful for our home. 

Before we left the house to go to goodwill Jordan happened to check craigslist.  He saw an old dresser for free that he thought looked like it was in good condition, (we are always looking for extra storage). 

When we got there the family said that they had bought two dressers on craigslist a few weeks earlier for $30 and decided to only use one.  Not only did they give us the dresser for FREE but they also gave us these wood shelves.  They are perfect for our food storage!   

A little dirty, scratched up and in need of handles but I think this is a great refurbishing project.  The best part is that if it doesn't turn out it, we got it for free and can happily pass it on to someone else without feeling like it was a waste of time and money.

Now what color to paint it?

I also found this adorable pumpkin basket at goodwill for $.99 that I put on our bookshelves to make our home a little more festive. 

 It took weeks of shopping and a lot of compromising and discussion but we finally agreed....and our new leather love seat has arrived!  (The couch will be here in a few weeks.) 

We LOVE them.  Jordan loves how comfortable they are and I love that they are a soft leather couch with a modern look to them.  Now we can have our friends over and they won't have to sit on the ground.