Speaker Box makeover

Several months ago, I purchased two speaker boxes at St. Vincent de Paul, in hopes of transforming them into something fabulous! I purchased them for $15 each, and took them to their new home. I painted them white, because the original color was awful, and I wanted them to match my living room. I have been working on them for quite a while, and they are almost done. I painted them and purchased fabric to put on the screens. My Dad made shelves for me:)

And now, they have been transformed from ugly speaker boxes, into an organized DVD shelving unit!

Ta-da!I am very pleased with my purchase and the outcome.

Coming Soon!

Due to my busy schedule, I will not be able to do any posts in the upcoming weeks. (sorry)
Some possible future posts may include: Costume Party, Halloween, Yosemite, Cashback Review, Restaurant Reviews, New films, Christmas Season, Must Haves, The Garden, Speaker Box, Projects, Alphabet, New Years, Santa Cruz, The Future, Mars, Paint Colors, Crafts, Shoes Shoes Shoes, Spoiled Cat, Television, and more... (!!!)

so, I will keep you on your toes.. check back later!

Halloween!

The Benton's annual Halloween Bash was a great party this year. I went as a FemBot from Austin Powers, and Joe was Antone Chigur from No Country for Old Men. ( I can't find any pics of Joe's costume... it was good though)

Becca and Jen where the "Sale" signs often seen at car sales.
Jessica, Lori, and Simone were the three amigos.Danielle, Nancy and Becca.Big Trouble in Little China--which I have yet to see... Cowboy and Fembot.

Yosemite

A few weeks ago, I went to Yosemite for a class field trip. We went to the lower pines campground for two nights, and had a real good time. It was for my Geology of National Parks class, which I am taking to get a minor in California Studies (not sure where that will get me, but I am enjoying it...). My teacher is the coolest guy ever- he looks a lot like Tommy Chong. He's about 65, always wears skull rings, has braids, and his shoes and socks never match (because he is in the club FABS- Folks Against Bilateral Symmetry). Overall, fascinating guy.

I drove to SF to pick up some classmates at school, in my mom's van, and we made our way to Yosemite. Took about 4 and 1/2 hours! When we got there, we set up camp, and went on a short hike. After that, we made dinner and hung out by the campfire. Met a lot of cool people on the trip.

The next day, was a big hiking day. We hiked to Vernal Falls, and Nevada Falls, then back to the camp site. It was an 11 mile hike! And, I saw some black bears on my way back! And a bobcat.

That night was a free-for-all, and I decided to pass out pretty early. Apparently there were some bears around our camp site at night.. but I was lucky not to bump into them. The next day, we drove back and stopped at In-n-Out- and it was delicious!

I had a great time and made some good friends. Unfortunately, I didn't take too many pictures, but I will try to scan them in and post them soon.