Week in Photos: Week 24

Well... seeing as I posted last week's photos on Wednesday, and we're still in the process of moving in (mainly getting the place decorated) so we haven't been doing much to note... there aren't many interesting photos to share today. So, I'm going to do what I always do when this happens and post mostly a bunch of photos of Lloyd instead. I haven't had any complaints about that yet, and I don't expect any!

I didn't have the heart to push him off, so I grabbed myself another chair.





So many box photos with this guy...





Lloyd on a shelf.





I have been making infused water lately... so yummy!





The scone of the month is strawberry rhubarb - such pretty colors!





He's a cat of many boxes...





Looks like he's taking a break from the boxes. (Though he thought this was a scratching post... no, Lloyd!)





I was cleaning up my desktop and found The Folder - my pre-pinterest folder hoard.





That's the spot right there.





No, seriously.





The best chocolate cookies ever. With s'mores ingredients added in.





Stripe on stripe action.




I hope your weekend was awesome!

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Week in Photos: Moving-In Edition

Well, I figured I owe you all a few photos of our new place. There are only three 'finished' rooms so far - the bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom. I say finished but if you know us, you know that no room is every really finished. The living room and office/studio still need some organization. But here's a peek at the whole moving-in process and where we stand right now. The move was a lot of work (apparently, we have a lot of stuff!!), but we are so happy with our new home so far. It's so much quieter and brighter, and the extra room helps break things up nicely. So far so good!

Lloyd had no idea what was coming... when it came time to pack him up, he wasn't having any of it!





...the storm before the calm? What did we learn? We have way too much stuff...





Shawn's position says it all. We were exhausted by Sunday afternoon.





Things started to look a slightly better later that day. But, our couch never made it up the stairs. Looks like we're on the market for a new one.





The other side of the room doesn't look like much either.





The game of figuring out where to fit the dishes and where to put the dry goods...





And this is what it looks like today! I guess we managed.





New bed sheets! Shawn and I have had the hardest time agreeing on some. I found these at Bed Bath and Beyond and he liked them too! The bedroom has a bed and a dresser, and that's basically it. But what else does a bedroom really need?





Speaking of beds, underneath ours is where Lloyd hid for most of the first two and a half days.





Eventually he came out and continued his usual cuteness.





He's been exploring and discovering all the surfaces he can climb on. He fell off of my desk this morning trying to jump onto the window ledge... it was actually pretty funny to watch because I could see him calculating the jump!





The bathroom was the first finished room in the apartment. It's so bright in there!





Why, yes, there is a leek in our bathroom. I'm playing a practical joke on Shawn tonight... shhhh!



I'll give you a more proper tour when things are looking a little more put together.

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Fun Finds Friday #63 (Moving Edition)

Since we're moving into a larger apartment this weekend, I've got IKEA on the brain! Seriously though, I think going to IKEA and picking out some new things to help fill in a new space is one of the more exciting aspects of moving, and I look forward to it each time. Of course, we have to wait until everything is unpacked and we can better judge the space, but here are a few things I've been coveting:

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I've had my eye on that red cabinet and dining table for over a year now - I just love the pop of color from the cabinet (and since we're losing a lot of closet space by moving here, any added storage is always a plus!), and I think a round dining table would be a nice change from all the rectangular and square furniture we have. That plant stand is too cute and we can never have too many of those. The coat rack is a must, now that we'll have a long hallway to our front door and no closet to hang our coats or my purse in! I also think the red bench would look really neat in that same hallway, and would be functional for putting our shoes on or storing some underneath. (Really though, that's only because I saw this.) And then there's the bed sheets, which Shawn is not a fan of but we can't seem to find any linens we can agree on. (He says they're too simple but I think simple is great for the bedroom!) I love the coffee table, mostly because it's on wheels but also because we've been using our coffee table as a tv-stand and man, I really just miss having a coffee table to put my drinks and books on. And the rug is one we can both agree on, though we'll need more than that to fill up some floor space in the new place!

So, happy Friday!!
Tomorrow begins the grueling (yet exciting) task of moving! I suppose that means I should start packing things today, hm...?

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We're moving! Again.

Thankfully, we're not going very far this time - just a mere half mile up the road from our current apartment. We love the town we live in far too much to venture elsewhere! When we moved in here initially we both said we weren't going to go through that process again for at least another two or three years... and yet here we are again. One reason being that I think we're going to feel much more at home in our new apartment. The new place has a second bedroom (our first 2-bedroom apartment!), much more natural light, and a much more open floor plan. The positives totally outweigh the negatives... we're losing a parking lot (street parking now!) and also going from having a washer/dryer in the unit to having to share with the rest of the tenants in the building, but laundry was the least of our worries.

One of the major positives for us is that we're moving away from our neighbors. The obnoxious ones that live in the two-bedroom apartment to our left, to be specific. Have I not mentioned them here before? That's because I wanted to spare you the details. Let's just say that there's a family of eight living there, four of those being children under the age of ten. And that clause in the lease we all sign before moving in? You know, the one about being quiet after certain hours and not playing or blocking the common areas... the one about being a considerate human being? Yeah, that one. Well, they must not have read that part because they've been violating it for months. In the year since we've lived here we have not heard anyone else in the building (and there are at least 20 units), but for whatever reason they manage to make themselves heard every single day. I'm honestly surprised that no one else has complained. We made sure our leasing agent understood the severity of the situation, and she assured us that the building we're moving to is quiet, filled with other young couples like us, and very much lacking in loud children. That's really all we needed to hear!


I know the next question you're going to ask. How's Lloyd handling the moving process? Incredibly well! Though he should be used to change by now. He hasn't been particularly anxious, instead he's been even more cuddly than usual. I think he's worried we're going to leave him behind, like his first family did! I tell him at least three times a day that we would never ever ever leave him, and that of course he's coming with us, and that he's going to have an extra room to run around in, and he's going to love it because it's going to be the three of us, and that nothing is changing other than our surroundings. I think he just wants to make sure we remember to pack him too.


I don't know if I'll be able to do my usual weekend updates, since we're moving in this weekend. I'm so excited to show you photos of our new place once it's all unpacked and set up, so I'd rather focus on unpacking! So have an awesome weekend! Cross your fingers for us that it won't be sweltering hot on Saturday and Sunday...

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Week in Photos: Week 22

Nap time!












...photos of Lloyd need no captions. He's the meat in this photo sandwich.





I caught a horse staring-contest at the Devon Horse Show.





Just to give you an idea of the size of the Budweiser Clydesdales...





Lots and lots and lots of rhubarb for scones.





Somebody ordered one dozen mini pastries.





Black squirrel sighting! Apparently he spotted me too.





Our apartment complex was putting in new windows last week, and since we were both at work while this was happening we had to lock Lloyd in the bathroom while they were there, so he wouldn't escape :( Poor little guy was in the bathroom for over six hours! He's a trooper though. When we got home it was like any normal day for him.





I went into the city to sell some clothes at Buffalo Exchange, and I made $60! So I decided to treat myself at Tria Taproom.





I love Philadelphia!



Hope you had a great weekend!

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