Upon revisiting my 101 list this spring, I used Luminotes (basically my online equivalent of post-it notes) to jot down a few new goals for myself. To my surprise, I was able to delete several of them today: do something special to celebrate anniversary; throw a housewarming party; acquire a stability ball, medicine ball, exercise mat, and fitness ( Read more... )

I guess it's been about a month since my last post? I don't know where the time is going, guys. Plus, Livejournal feels increasingly more desolate these days. It's rare for me to see more than two non-community posts on my friends page in one day, and I think it has an effect on how often I write. I really do read everyone's posts; I wish there ( Read more... )

1) MY MOM IS ON THE INTERNET. What what?!

2) I kind of like baking now? This concept is still new and strange to me. On Sunday I made chocolate chip cookie-topped brownies, and they were good but almost too rich for me to eat. My coworkers did not seem to have that problem, though. The brownies were gone in 3.5 hours ( Read more... )

My 101 list end date is in three days. I think I consider it wrapped up at this point; I haven't pursued any of the items on it for some time now, even after several revisions. I was going to do a more in-depth post about what I didn't finish and why (there are generally good reasons), but why bother, really? I'm ready to move on ( Read more... )

Yeah, so I read over my last post and it sounded pretty whiny. I should probably clarify that a) it really was a good housewarming party, b) it was more important to me than most events because it was an opportunity for people to see our new home and our hard work, and they probably won't get the chance to see it again for a long time, and c) the ( Read more... )

We had our housewarming party yesterday. Both of us took the week off of work in order to prep for it, and we kept incredibly busy with yard work, shopping, cleaning, food prep, errands, etc. There was only one day that actually felt like a vacation, and it was because we resolved not to do any work all day for the sake of our sanity. This was ( Read more... )

It isn't until you see your brother in uniform, in formation, at 5:00 a.m., in front of the bus that will take him to the airport for his deployment, that you really feel the gravity of what he is about to do. I'm glad I was there to see him off, but it's an experience I never want to relive ( Read more... )

Sorry for the lack of updates, but we moved last week! It was rough. Monday through Wednesday involved working full days; hauling belongings, unpacking, painting, and getting the house ready until 10-11 at night; and then returning to the apartment to pack. We both took Thursday and Friday off of work, which we thought would give us plenty of ( Read more... )

Nope, not yet living in the new house. Our official move date is March 27 (yay, four-day weekend!), and we are painting and moving stuff in the meantime. Painting sucks! We still have not finished a room. However, I had never done it before (aside from theater sets in high school - so not the same), and I am starting to get faster and better at ( Read more... )

I posted this on Facebook, but just in case, here is Adam's walk-through of the new house:

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

I wish my recent posts weren't all house-related, but that's really all we can focus on right now. We hope to get a lot of painting and some moving/unpacking done before we officially move at the end of the month. The painting will be difficult because, ( Read more... )