Lately...

It is hard to believe August is here and summer is officially over. Lately, we have just been enjoying Ben's work schedule which is allowing him to be home at night. Which means we have been having dinner most nights together! I know this won't be the case come October when he will be back to 70+ work hour/week.

All this cooking has made me have to spend more time brainstorming, aka meal planning. This is not my forte. But it is an area that I would love to improve in since I know life will continue to get more hectic. Eating meals at home is important to both Ben and I. But with us both working full-time jobs it can be demanding to be responsible for preparing a meal every night. So, me and the crockpot have become good friends lately. The great thing is there are websites, like this one, that do all of the hard work for you (meal planning, grocery list).

Here is one of the meals we tried this week-- Chicken Fajitas. We love Mexican and this was so easy!

We have also been able to have some fun date nights and try some new restaurants. Atlanta is not lacking in the culinary world. My bucket list of restaurants to try is so long that we may never get to all of them! Friday night we went to Two Urban Licks, which is not new to us but was kind of special since the last time we went there was almost 2 years ago-- the night before Ben interviewed in Atlanta for his job. I can still remember our discussions at dinner that night and wondering what life in Atlanta would look like for us. To think of how much has happened in those short 2 years is unbelievable. God is SO good!! We have so much to be thankful for.

And lastly, as if this wasn't already the most random blog post, we have been furniture shopping! When our sold in Chattanooga, so did most of our furniture that we had purchased. We both agreed that it wasn't worth losing the contract on the house for furniture that could all be purchased again. But these past 2 months of furniture shopping has been exhausting and there have been times when we questioned why we agreed to sell all of our furniture. We have spent just about every weekend at a certain furniture store in Atlanta. Thankfully we have had a very helpful, patient sales associate/decorator helping us. And we are finally done with the decision making and will be ordering this week! Here is a sneak peak:

The color scheme

Coffee table

Ben's "man chair" but will be in dark grey

 Couch but will it be in a lighter fabric and have a bench cushion

I can't wait until it is all here! Now just have to wait 4-6 weeks :)