thank goodness for the swedes

so let me lay it out for you

 apt = shoebox

selling all our old furniture = shopping time

first stop = ikea

which set the weekend up pretty nicely (see photos below):

took moving truck to new neighborhood

unloaded all our crap

ate late night pizza

unpacked some more (nice face jray)

built some stuff

more unpacking (went for some rides)

the place is still a disaster

naturally we went in for about 3 things  and we left ikea with about 79. we actually decided we need some more stuff during check-out so we took one load out, put it in the car, went back in, and did the whole thing again. by the end of it both J and I wanted to  just sleep in the showroom.

 after we got the 12 hours of ikea behind us things started shaping up and coming together.  

of course J did all the building while I did all the organizing... J somehow seemed to think he was getting away with something with that deal, but I felt the same way.

.win.win.

and to top it all off in the midst of the building J stopped, called to me in the kitchen and said "hey motocon (one of the current odd nicknames we've been using), I'd wouldn't want to be married to anyone but you" 

not sure why he said it or what he was thinking about, but I'll take it.

home is where the heart is

lately...

 I saw catch me if you can with my sister-in-law & recognized the lead from gossip girl.
also saw this guy and LOVED him.

went with some of the gang to see hg in the hospital (next day the little angel below joined us)

when we left the hospital we discovered some punks had tried to take the combs scooter! sadly there was some damage, but lucky for us they left behind their bike and crystal ball :)

we had a lucky day when this little lady bug landed on jordan's tie while we were drivin on the scoot.

we spent some time with family

we said goodbye to our first apartment with one last bbq. I guess I'm kinda sad to say goodbye to our place now that I think about it, but don't doubt that feeling will subside once we actually get into our new home.
{home is where you make it}

& we've been enjoying summer fruit & flowers

fire

//fifth ave//

"Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it."
— Candace Bushnell

"youre so blog right now"

tales from the instax mini camera:

heathers baby shower

my sweet friend Heather is having a bebe
{this weekend actually}

here's what I have to say about Heather:

she actively us the word duh (i love it)

shes got s.t.y.l.e

her heart also belongs to california

she makes me feel like I can be myself

her skin is unfairly pristine

she makes some tasty mac and cheese

she's always got her game face on

she's been a dang good friend & she's gonna be a rockin mom

the ladies and I got together to celebrate her and baby girl at a de-licious crepe place downtown. taylor was in town so she got to come and long and meet some of my girlfriends. After crepes we had mani/pedis
{man I needed one}

it twas lovely.

in the huffington post

thought provoking article

some of the comments are interesting too.

last weekend in film

season kickoff bbq

since the sun is starting to show her face again we decided to celebrate by having some friends over for a little bbq with the mini grill.

the boys being boys and some of the girls chillin 

I cleared everything so we could all fit in our little shoebox

(I tossed in a few pictures of our apt for those of you who haven't seen it)

cheers to summertime

mum, keri & sky

VISITORS 

in march we had my mom, sister & niece to visit over st. patrick's day

hence all the green

this is my happy place

//eataly//

is basically like hopping a plane to italy for lunch

we had a LOT of good food

{which we always do when visitors come, which means I'm always breaking my eating rules and therefore rapidly getting un-skinny. awesome}

we got a box to see phantom of the opera which I've always

LOVED

I swear its better every time I see it

think of me, think of my fondly...

music of the night

mascaraed

BRAVO

with raoul at the stage door

we even did the statue and ellis island, which I hadn't done since I was 12.

mr & mrs uber weird

we stopped at alice's for a spot o tea

I love all their dishes.I never thought I would have such an obsession with dishes, it just sort of happened after I got married and now it cant be stopped.

we even had some nice weather for a bit while they were here.

thanks for stopping by