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{{ Monday Mantra :: March 22nd }}

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This week is only four days long for me! I have Friday off and will be going back {for the first time in six weeks!} to spend it with BF!

I believe I can make it through this week {well if I say it, it’s true, right?}.

I’m addicted to not being at work. True story.

I wish that I didn’t have a mouse problem at my new place 🙁

I’m jealous of people without mice. What? Just sayin’.

Soundtrack/Mantra for the week: “When we have ‘second thoughts’ about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all―just feelings.” – Sydney J. Harris

As for a weekend update, I had an extremely low-key weekend minus the margaritas consumed Friday night which were oh-so-delicious!. I didn’t unpack as much as I wanted to, but who cares, right? I’ve got forever to unpack. Ha!

{weekend wrap up & mantra}

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Happy Monday to all (or something like that)! I had a super low-key weekend. Which is always nice. I did manage to take a picture of the new apartment I will be moving into mid-March! So here’s your sneak peak:


So yeah, that’s not my stuff in it. I was going over to measure the windows. Thank goodness I did because there are SO many! I’m really excited. Can you tell!?

Ok, without further ado, here is this weeks Monday Mantra! Enjoy your week!
This week will test me. I know it.

I believe in the power of thinking positively!

I’m addicted to sleep. I always will be.

I wish for a good, relatively stress-free week!

I’m jealous of people who are not supposed to get hammered with a crapload of snow this week.

Soundtrack/Mantra for the week: “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” -Oprah


packing up my apartment.

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Yep, that’s right. The same apartment that I was so excited to move into. I’m packing it up.

And I’m moving into an even better apartment!

For those who follow me on Twitter, thanks for all of the happy thoughts you were sending my way the other day! There were a good handful of people who were interested in the apartment, but the landlord liked little ol’ me the best!

BF & I are hoping that he will be up here soon, and my apartment is way too tiny. I just so happened to stumble upon this gem of a house! Well, technically it’s only the bottom floor of the house.

So mid-March I will be movin my things into a house just a couple of miles away. I’m so excited! The house has a HUGE, gorgeous, kitchen!

But the best part? Isn’t the huge kitchen with amazing tile floors and all of the gorgeous cherry cabinets; it isn’t the extra space in the living room; nor is it the second bedroom with all of the closet space. Nope.

It’s the colored walls.

You heard me. Walls that aren’t white! Too long have I lived with bare, white, plain ol’ walls.
They are burnt reds & oranges & yellows! I love it!

Well hopefully I’ll have some pictures to share with y’all soon, but for now I need to start packing!

i am always happy on fridays

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I’ve had a crazy busy and super stressful week at work, so this weekend my plans will consists of:

-going out to Salsaritas with Suzanne for dinner Friday night.

-going to the gym.

-cleaning my apartment.

-watching Season 1 disc 1 & 2 of Mad Men from Netflix!

-Doing my taxes

-Going to Starbucks and reading the book The Help (for book club).

-catching up on all of your blogs!! {you’ve been busy little bloggers!}

So obviously no major plans, but I sometimes like it that way. A very wise girl tells me to slow down sometimes (and thank you for that Dawn!), so that’s exactly what I will be doing!

What are your plans for the weekend?

pictures of my (very clean) apartment.

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So remember when I got my apartment back? And when I said I would be posting pictures of my lovely apartment? And then I didn’t? Yeah, well I remember.

And the reason I hadn’t posted pictures sooner… well, I just finished unpacking and organizing my apartment. I know, I know, I moved in at the beginning of September. I have no excuse for not taking any pictures yet. But really, I just finished bringing almost all of my stuff up from Ohio.

So this is a photo tour of my old and new apartment.

Let’s start with the living room.


{my little loveseat & my lovely pier1 curtains}


{another view. plus oscar puppy}


{view from the loveseat}

And next, the bedroom.


{view of room from the ‘hallway’}


{corner of my room}


{awkward 2nd ‘bedroom’ … or large closet}

Next, the bathroom.

{i like the color green}


{another view}

And the kitchen:

{wicker drawer set, Martha Stewart cupcakes, and Cookie Bible}


{stove/counter area}

Hope you’ve enjoyed your tour! It’s small but it’s cozy and I love it. I will be THRILLED when BF moves up here, and that means I will get to move and unpack all over again 🙂

…and I’m back!

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Holy moly I felt so out of the loop this weekend! I’ve been (mostly) MIA since Thursday. I didn’t mean to take a social networking vacation, but it seems that I accidentally have.

I spent a lot of time with family and BF this weekend. We had a lot of running around to do! I got a lot packed up and moved into my old new apartment!

My parents helped me move some of my stuff in today, but I’ve got a lot more to get in here… so until then, no pictures of this place! Not until it’s finished!

And I’m kinda in a weird/creeped mood tonight… so this is it for now.

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!