Day 3 Movin' and Grovin'

Catherine 

Farewell Holly Lake

So, as Kenz said, today I moved into th new lake house with my parents and Trip (my boyfriend). The day began a little later than normal due to my new eye masks wich effectively and comfortably blocked out the sun which streamed in through the curtainless windows. 

Ice Tea

The two cabins are the product of my interior designer mom and my developer dad who have lived in the oldest part of Dallas most of their lives. The best description I have for them is quaint. They both have two bedrooms with a kitchen adjoining onto the living room. We separated the day into three sections divided by our two runs to the nearby gas station for ice tea. Tip one: if you need refreshment, always turn to ice tea. It's the perfect southern beverage although I am personally biased against Lipton. It tastes like dirt water. 


Anyways the second section we spent hanging wooden shelves. HAREDEST. THING. EVER. The shelves themselves weigh about 80 pounds so they take two people to hold onto
the wall. Besides that we had to fit the screws into the the ancors when the screws were still in the shelves. Anyways it took the four of us an hour to hang them and by the end we simply needed more of that delicious ice tea. End of section two. I slept through section three. Typical Catherine. 

Ivey and me

Now I'm headed home getting mentally prepared for tomorrow (my first day of work) and for hearing about Kenzie's first day tonight.

Day 2: last day of freedom

Kenzie


Today Mom, Dad, Catherine, and her boyfriend Trip all left me at home to go to the lake for memorial day. I start work tomorrow, so I had to stay home for the day. You should know i HATE being bored. So that left me with one clear option: BE CREATIVE!

One of my closest friend, Meredith Lockhart, and I decided to make an earring holder. I had the idea, Mere has the craft gene, and so we headed out to buy supplies for our little Martha Stewart adventure. Turns out... errands leading up to a craft can take more time than the craft itself. Never the less, we bought frames, fabric, and wire mesh.

Side note: Meredith and I LOVE the blog a cup of jo.  (read it daily- i PROMISE you will be inspired) Anyways, the author, Joanna Goddard, recently recommended a list of documentaries; meredith and I obviously rented one on her list to watch while crafting our little hearts out.

Lesson learned: if you're planning on a movie being background noise to a craft, make sure the movie isn't in subtitles. It makes for a difficult multitask, and we had to resort to one person reading the movie outloud as the other crafted.

So... our attempt to be "documentary-cool" may have failed, and we may or may not have watched Friends instead, but we DID successfully finish our craft for the day. You should try making an earring holder- super easy. Just take the glass and backing out of a frame and staple wire mesh and fabric to the back.

We tried both wood glue and nails, but staples worked best. I bet hot glue would have worked as well

Our finished product! Mine's on the left and mere's on the right

Well.. I put the documentary back on while writing this post so once again i have NO idea what's going on. Sometimes I just never learn. 

Day 1: Pilot Post

Here we are, sitting on Kenzie's bed arguing over who gets to type the blog post. Typical sisters living in a typical house on Princeton Avenue.

Brief overview..

We leave in 70 days. Catherine is off to her first year at the University of Texas and Kenzie is headed back to College Station for her senior year at Texas A&M.

While we share a city, a house, and a bathroom over the next few months, we also want to share our summer with you. The count begins today of a 70 days we hope to fill with antidotes, observations, and lessons learned.

We both be start internships this week. Kenzie will enter the big world of customer service while Catherine tackles interior design. Oddly enough these jobs pretty much sum us up: Kenzie is a people person and Catherine is the artsy one. (which will probably translate into Catherine being the blog photographer and Kenzie as the scribe)

We have 70 days here in dallas, and we want to share them with you.

(Catherine on left; Kenzie on right)