new things!

Never in my life did I think I would become a cat person. I'm not sure if it is the cat craze on the internet, but i NEEDED a cat in my life ASAP. When we got Penguin a month or so ago, I was still slightly hesitant that it wouldn't work out. Boy, was I wrong.

   seriously though, she is the cutest! this picture makes her look like a kitten but she is actually 6 years old.

And one more thing...we put an offer in on a house! Now, the thing is: this is a foreclosure. I'm not very optimistic about the bank approving our offer because I don't know anyone that has purchased a foreclosure before. I am being pessimistic because I don't want to get my hopes up and be heartbroken if we don't get it. I did want to show you a couple pictures of why I fell in love with this place. Look at this living room! Windows everywhere and crazy moldings!

   

                   and how adorable is this staircase? 

That is about the only pictures I will show you. I don't want to get all attached and then not get the house. If we do get the house though, I will most certainly be putting before and after shots of each room. The possibilities are endless in this place!

house hunting

so remember that time I wrote that we were in the process of buying our condo?  APRIL FOOLS!

....well not really. We had every intention of purchasing our little love pad until we ran into another problem with our condo association president. I understand she is trying to follow the rules and all but honestly, there are 50 extra visitor spots! Our other roommate should be able to park there without her throwing a hissy fit. The poor kid has to park on a side street and walk over in the cold. 

That was obviously the last of many things that have really bugged us about living here and we just really don't want to live here and always be looking over our shoulder hoping we aren't breaking a rules. 

I will miss this gorgeousness this summer.

Looking at those pictures really makes me sad. It is the perfect pool. But I guess I can't get all hung up on something we use only 3 months out of the year. 

So now we are embarking on the most stressful thing ever: HOUSE HUNTING! We have looked at 3 houses so far and at least 3 more this weekend. We want to be in a new house ASAP but we know we should just jump the gun on the first nice one we see.

I'm excited for this and can't wait to show all the places we see, the place we purchase and all the awesomeness we will put into it. 

back at it.

I'm back! Again! I am here this time to stay, I promise.

So let's give you an update, shall we?

 I woke up to this lovely scene 10 feet outside my window:

Yes, that is my car on cinder blocks. Just about the worst thing ever. First of all, I live in a nice condo complex filled with adults age 60+. This is a neighborhood in a nice area where you can't even sneeze without all the old people calling a neighbor to inform them. How this happened 10 feet from my window without me hearing or someone else seeing, I don't understand. I took it with a grain of salt. Stuff happens. You deal with it, hate people for a second, and move on.


We adopted this little girl two weeks ago. Her name was Penguin and we thought it was funny so we decided to keep it. She is such a snuggle monster.

My obsession with chocolate chip cookies resulted in a huge heart shaped cookie for Ryan on Valentine's Day. It baked evenly and didn't burn! I was so excited.

And this scene warmed my little heart. My man and my nephew hanging out watching my brother play volleyball. So sweet!

So there you have it. Aside from us attempting to buy our condo this month, not much has changed around here. Since I am not currently in classes, I would love to get back into annoying my limited readers more often and expand this blog of mine a little. Stay tuned!