Wednesday, March 2, 2011

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Before- enter at your own risk
During my time off I am trying to go through and organize the stacks of papers and pictures that have been building up over this past year (or maybe more). As you can see, when I decide to clean out I really clean out!! I'm all or nothing. Not always a good trait because you wait and wait (while the mess accumulates) until you have enough time to really do it right. Anyway below are some photos of our guest room. The walls have been bare for the past 4 months and I kept looking at pictures and art that I wanted to buy to hang in there, but I decided I needed to hang everything I had first before buying anything new. So, you will see how I made sense of a mish mosh of things around the apt. Hope this helps some of you decorate too. Enjoy!

(I hung pictures and curtains before the real demolition began. Sorry there are no real before photos to see how plain the room previously was).

Even Jack was scared to go in there!


After
I had my eye on a headboard, but again resisted temptation and opted to use the old bulletin boards that were taking up space (and I couldn't seem to throw away). Again I cut out pictures from an old Norman Rockwell calendar. Quick, easy and cheap solution to livening up a
blank wall.
Above the computer, I hung any frame that had black in it.
Bedding from my studio in NYC.
Random things
-2 of the 5 clear shelves
-sunset photo- my photography from a family calendar I had made for everyone last xmas
-old post cards tacked into the wall
-the "S"- had this since college, I just keep repainting it
-tiny dish (actually a soy sauce dish from a sushi set- loved the colors in it!)
-shrimp picture unframed and leaned on shelf
-a few inexpensive candles
My owls again (little dusty shelf huh?).
Organized shelves, what a relief!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Week and Weekend Catch-up

So much to post! The weekend was full of a lot of lounging, cooking, eating, wine drinking, tv watching and more lounging. On Monday I went with Rob to the Villanova vs. Syracuse game, it was awesome. Villanova was so close to winning. Bummer!! After the game, around 11:00PM, my friend, Tara, and I decided we were going snowboarding the next morning, woohooo! The weather could not have been better. It had snowed the day before and the sun was out. This week I have been reorganizing and doing a little more decoration. Pics to come!

Snowboarding at Vernon- Why my face looks twice the size of Tara's, I don't know.
Nova game- action shots



Lazy Sunday
Snoozing

Yoda right before a yawn. This makes me laugh so hard!
Spaghetti being cooked by a real Italian, yummmm!
As always, some wine drinking.
Bread breaking. Wow look at those guns!
Okay no more pictures.

Random pic! Haley I found this the other day. It was from 2006, wow!!! It's such a moment captured (we won't talk about how the rest of the night went, yikes!). We always knew you were part of the family. Love you!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

More of da cats

Here they go again!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me!

Ahhhhhhh!!!! I'm 28 and........... it is freezing out!!!! Today I did nothing and justified it because it was my birthday. That's okay right? Anyway, Rob and I planned to go to my favorite sushi restaurant, but it was CLOSED! What a bummer. Instead we went to a Japanese steakhouse where I could get a little sushi and some steak and fried rice, yum! Well we ate a lot (and are now feeling crappy) and then just came home and watched our netflix. Just a nice relaxing evening with my honey.

The owl joined too

Owl again with my Sapporo
My feet nice and warm under my leopard snuggie. Thanks Mom!!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Unemployed- day 3

More photo fun!!!!!
Today I went to the Princeton campus and took some shots. They have some really amazing architecture there (old and new). Check it out!





Here and there shots at home

Another sneak peek at our place. Do I need to hang some more pictures or what????

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Unemployed- day 2

Today we (me, Jack and Yoda) did a whole lot of lounging (aka- nothing). Clearly you can tell based on this first picture. We slept until about 11 and then parked it on the couch to watch hours of tv, skype with friends and shoot some wedding emails. Some pics to narrate my day.

Skyping, always fun!
Snoozing. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Getting wedding RSVPs!
More zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs
Pairing socks. Rob is supposed to do this, but what can I say now????
Bedroom pictures: Tara/Mel these are for you. I have been trying to get the apartment ready to share pictures, but currently the whole place is not worthy. So, here a few for you.
This picture is awesome! I was dying laughing when I loaded it, because Yoda looks so much like a statue. He happened to jump up there and look up to the ceiling right when I took this. Hilarious!!!!!


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Unemployed- day 1

Today I slept a lot, did some laundry, cooked and took some cool pics of the cats.
Check it all out!

Pink (early Valentine's Day) Rice Krispie Treats
My first lasagna! Rob was so proud of my Italian cooking.
Yoda Tricks
Going down



Going up