Lookie Lookie

Look what got delivered this morning!



I've been looking for a new couch off and on since I moved into the house. The IKEA one from when Julia and I moved into our apartment five years ago was starting to look a little sad. While I wasn't actually looking for a couch on Saturday, I wandered through Weir's on the way to lunch and fell in love with this one! I took Jen back later that day and bought it. Just crazy. But I'm so excited about it!

And excuse the sad iphone pictures, I'll try to take a real one soon!

Catching Up

Wow - it's been a long time since I've posted.  I think we'll go bullet point for a little catch up session.

• I watched the Super Bowl with the college roommates, their husbands and children.  Really, I spent more time walking around with sweet Harper than I did actually watching the Super Bowl or commercials, but it was fun all the same. 

Isn't she precious?!

I hung out with this guy a little too...he's such an adorable little chunk!

• I ran a 5K with Jen, Shawn, and Vicky.  It was a fun, really early, and cold Saturday morning.  The race raised money for IJM, so at the very least we did it for a good cause.

• I've been doing a lot of running.  I'm training for the Big D Half Marathon - I'm going to run it with Rebekah and one of her college friends.  I've also been keeping up with my New Year's goal of Body Pump twice a week...I really love it actually.
• This week was the two year anniversary of Wanda being gone.  Crazy.  In some ways it feels like it was yesterday.
• This coming weekend is also the anniversary of home ownership for me...I closed on the 11th.  Looking at this picture - oh how I love how my house looks with green leaves on the trees.  But those same trees have been wreaking havoc on my life since the fall...dropping leaves all the time.  Non stop. So many of them.
• And I cooked these Spinach Feta Turkey Burgers this week and they are awesome. You should try them.

Charlie turns 30

Before snow and ice took over my life, last weekend when it was a wonderful, sunny, and warm weekend, I got to celebrate Charlie's 30th birthday with the college roommies and Meredith & Afshin. It was a fun night - Michelle made a wonderful dinner and a delicious cake, and of course the company was awesome.  I always have a blast with these sweet friends!

 Michelle and I getting the appetizers ready!

 Natalie double fisting it!

 Michelle and Natalie with precious Brody - my date for the evening!

 I love this little boy - I think he's precious, and I might have made him that onesie!

 Party favors - the fixings for Charlie's favorite drink, a mimosa.

 We wrote notes for Charlie for Michelle to put in a book.

The birthday boy and his wife - I love them!

Happy Birthday Charlie!!!

Snow Day #4

 I've been to work for a grand total of four hours since I left on Monday.  There's been a lot of ice, and now there's snow.  Snow is a lot prettier than ice - even if the one inch they predicted turned into five or so.

 

 

Snow (Ice) Day

Snowpocalypse 2011 equals working from home, fixing the heater, Nutella hot chocolate, fuzzy blankets, and PJ's all day!