New digs!

My apologies, dear readers. I have been too wrapped up with many things happening in the last few weeks that I have slacked on bringing you all of the most minor of my life's details. D is in Belgium right now so I have some time to sit down, get my pictures together and show you what has been taking up the majority of my time lately!

D and I are finally all (for the most part) settled into our new apartment but still working out some left over decor issues. Here are some before shots:

Moving is awesome!

Except for the fact that it's not. It's so not awesome. At all. The new place is awesome. And it will be even more awesome when we get all our stuff in and we're all settled... but in the meantime? So completely the exact opposite of awesome.

We took the place I fell in love with and already have the key. Luckily we don't have to be out of our apartment now until the end of February. So we have the entire month to move. Fortunately we live close enough to the new place that we can pack things up and drive them over a few nights a week. All the big stuff will make the transition on Feb. 19th.

I can't wait to be in the new place. Everything is in disarray. I feel like I'm on an episode of Hoarders. And for those of you who think you have a messy house, I have photographic evidence that my living quarters are currently a million times worse than yours.

We may have found a new apartment...

...but taking it would be a leap of faith. It's in a six-unit building and the apartment we looked at is under renovations. A lot of them. We saw it today and it's a hot mess. However, we love the layout and I trust the owners of the building. They own a fabulous, luxury high rise close by that people pay a pretty penny to live in. I am confident that they are doing this right and the end result will be a beautiful apartment, completed in the time frame they promised, that we are very happy with.

2010 Highlights

Although I am hoping 2011 brings about bigger and better things, 2010 is definitely worth taking a look back at.

The year began with me midway through my first year of teaching. It was a struggle but I was enjoying every minute of it, while D was celebrating 4 years at his current job.

Christmas has 'past', but, presently, here's a look into our immediate future...

Santa came and went and although he did not leave me snuggly little puppy to cuddle with, he did bring me a beautiful Michael Kors bag that I would just as soon snuggle up to.

Can you blame me? Isn't she a beauty? SWOON!

Dear Santa....

(Everyone secretly has a wish list. Here's mine...)

I've wanted one of these for a long time. I even picked out a name for a boy pup: Linkin!

These guys make my heart melt. I would take such good care of them. I really love the beagle. He looks so sad. I think it's because he remembered he doesn't have me for a mom. =(

"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you..."

A few days ago one of my oldest friends posted some throwback pictures on FB from high school. It was so awesome to take a stroll down memory lane.

This is exactly how I remember my senior year:

The black box theater, the couches, food everywhere, playing guitar and singing songs like hippies... ::sigh:: I wouldn't change a thing about it.

THIS picture (from my graduation/18th birthday party) has made me a little sad:

Check out the chick on the left! Where did that skinny girl go?!

Mission: Find skinny girl, return her to her rightful owner. Stay tuned...