The Castle

I've had on the back of my mind so many ideas & thoughts for changing our living room [our whole apartment really] I've been SO sick of what it looks like, lately especially. I have progressively been rearranging furniture [in my mind and in real life], until finally about 2 weeks ago, I couldn't take it anymore. Naturally, I looked to Pinterest, & you know how women on Pinterest get [especially us Capricorns], & came up with some wonderful, do-able, affordable solutions to my living room problem. 
So last night, Trev & I went to Target & RC Willey. We got new curtains, a new rug, and a gorgeous new ottoman. We set it all up last night [sans curtains; that's tonight's project] & I am feeling SO much better better about the way it's starting to look. I still have a few things to do to get it all together, but with the changes made so far, it feels a lot more comfortable and relaxing. 

I'm not going to post a picture of our actual living room in this post because [I'm a dummy] & forgot to take a 'before picture' so I'll have to look through my old phone for one. Also because I want include the new curtains in the after pic as well. BUT here are some photos I found & used for inspiration. 

I'm Back!

I tried out my other blog for a while, & maybe it's just because I'm not as internet savvy as I thought I was, but I just couldn't figure out how to work WordPress. After all of the frustration & multiple temper tantrums trying to figure it out, I gave up & let myself get out of the blogging habit. Having recently looked through this blog, & remembering all the effort I have put into it & all of the fun I've had with it,  I really missed it & I just can't give it up. 

So, since it's been quite a while, here's a little update on me & mine. No major changes (other than two weeks ago, I cut my hair to shoulder length, which I'm still not used to but I do like the change.)

Work: I work at the same place that I still absolutely love, & about 6 months ago, I was promoted! I am no longer the receptionist! I've moved into my own office, which I still need to decorate & have been obsessing over on pinterest. 

Love: Trev & I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on October 23 (which is Mole Day, so we had a science themed party; pictures soon). After returning from Paris, we moved into our new apartment, which is absolutely incredible. It's been so fun to decorate & organize our little home together. I feel like I have more love for him than I ever thought I would have for anyone. <3 font="" nbsp="">

Family: Aiden is still the most incredible, impressive kid I've ever met. I am so proud of him every day & still get blown away with how his mind works. He's also becoming more and more like his father than I ever expected or thought possible. We got Aiden a gaming chair, one of the best gamer headsets you can buy & a pro gamer Xbox controller for Christmas. Recently, he's joined a very prestigious Black Ops 2 guild and it's become so fun to watch him play.  

Nerd Life: I am now an iPhone 5 owner. My D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) character (the Drow) is almost level 5. Trev is starting to build arcades; we have 2 in our house now & 1 at his work. I've been reading like crazy! At least 1 book a month, including one I've always wanted to read; Ender's Game. I started playing WOW (World of Warcraft) & my Draenei Hunter is level 89, (Max level is 90), & I'm hesitating on leveling to end game because then I have no idea what to do (N00b). 

Soccer: I've been getting way more involved in Trev's soccer supporter's group Salt City United. Since the group has gotten REALLY big over the last year, I've been involving myself more & trying to help Trev keep things organized. We've been working on something for the new season & I can't wait to get it finished! We've been watching the preseason games, but we're SO excited for the First season game on March 3rd & the first home game is on March 16th!

So over all, life has been really good & I'm glad to be back.   
    

Wisdom Tooth Weekend

I got 3 wisdom teeth pulled on Thursday. I was so so scared and after being almost fully recovered, I realized it was not bad at all. When I came out of the anesthetics, I guess I was crying about Boba Fett. (Trev has a video that I haven't given permission to stream online anywhere yet) of me crying because Boba Fett isn't alive or real. its pretty funny and every time I watch it, I get closer to allowing it online, so we'll see if it happens.

So this is what my weekend has looked like, (asside from being completely loopy on pain killers)
I have eaten so many popsicles, started watching a new HBO series called Girls, read a lot of the new book I started (Here There Be Dragons), playing Zelda on 3DS, and I've eaten sooo many mashed potatoes & gravey, which luckily is my favorite food.

Today, I was able to leave the house, still loopy enough to run right into a tree branch in front of a ton of people, and saw Dark Shadows with Trev and Aiden. I don't think I was awake long enough to give a proper review, but from what I saw, it was really cool.

So, its back to work tomorrow, bright and early.

New Blog!

Well, I guess I shouldn't say new blog; more like an additional blog. I decided to create another blog to let my inner nerd out. It's called Hit Points in Heels & is still under a bit of construction [still working out the layout & waiting for TP to finish my header] but I've done a few posts so let me know what you think! I plan on continuing to blog here as often regularly [irregularly] as I have been, mostly because I'm keeping my other blog specific to g33k sp34k & n3rd-n355. 

Check it out here: Hit Points in Heels & let me know what you think! [PS. Its a WordPress blog, so I'm still learning how to use it]

Paris - I really do love you

Here are some of my favorite pics from the trip!

I've been super busy with work, and with TP & I moving into our own apartment that I haven't had time to blog, or even give highlights of our trip. I will do that soon, right now it's mani & then bedtime. <3

Quatre Jours!

We leave for Paris in 4 days!

I feel like the time has crept up on us, its so soon! I still have so much I need to do, like pack, get my hair dyed and do some pre-holiday shopping, let alone pack up our entire apartment so we can move the day after we get back. 

BTW; we got a new apartment! I'm so excited to have a new home. Although Trev & I have lived together for almost 2 years, this is the first apartment we actually chose together. 

It is an absolutely beautiful apartment with a balcony, 2 bathrooms, an incredible walk-in closet (that Trev promised to put a wall of shelves in for my shoes), a dishwasher (drool), washer & dryer (drool) and a-to-die for roman bathtub in the master bathroom!

I am so excited for Paris that it's all I can think about! There's no telling how I'm going to make it through the next 3 days, but hopefully it goes by faster than I think it will and I will be able to get all of my stuff done before Friday arrives.

mini-update

I have been so SO busy lately. A few little updates while I have time:

I lost my camera!!!!! I've been so sad about it for the past week. I lost it at the game last Saturday, which is awful because it was the cRapids game and I had loads of really great pictures of us with the Rocky Mountain Cup, including one of my handsome dear chugging a beer out of it. I'm contemplating buying a new one right now, or spending my $$$ on a pre-Paris shopping spree........ (any thoughts?)

14 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO PARIS!!!! Ah! I'm so excited! (I know what you're thinking, who loses their camera 2 weeks before they go to Paris... the answer; this dummy) I've been obsessing over all of it for about a week now, non-stop on my mind. I'll update my Looking Ahead Page as soon as I can with all of the updates in our plans. 

So far, that's all I can think of right now.... more soon though :)