more curtains ...

old curtains ...

new curtains ...

it's the little things ...

... the freckle on dunkin's nose.

... friday night netflix + a frosty from wendy's.

... exposed brick.

... the warm weather we've been having lately.

... he's just not that into you. the movie. makes me miss MD a bit.

... sleeping in, with the window open, under a down comforter.

... reeses peanut butter cups.

... online shopping.

... the new norah jones album.

... saturday jeans.

... wandering around crate & barrel with charlie.

... vanilla-lime candles.

... actually being responsible.

... making plans for summer.

... field trips during the week.

... counting down the days until may 28.

... fleece socks.

... how lazy my dog is in the mornings. just like me.

office help.

our cozy little apartment got a slight makeover on friday.

despite the fact that we're still renting, i know that we're going to be where we are for a few more years. so i've tried to make it as cozy as possible on the cheap.

our office is on the first floor, when you walk in.

since charlie works from home when he's not traveling, it gets a decent amount of use.

unfortunately, it's also the place where we dumped all the furniture that didn't fit/match anywhere else.

it's currently home to our futon, random shelving unit, charlie's awkward desk, and a second bookshelf. a lot for a little room.

here's what it looked like when we first moved in ...

futon handed down/stolen from my parents + ugly furniture from my aunt.

lots of crap + photo of dunkin i want to get rid of + awkward huge desk.

obviously there's a lot of things i'd like to get rid of and charlie kept complaining how "uncozy" the office was. so after $70 a target here's was i tried to do ...

curtains + pillow covers + a wrinkly sheet.

the futon is also where the dogs sleep. it's their one piece of furniture. the sheet was much needed.

moved the dog picture & added a little color to the corkboard.

i couldn't get rid of the dunkin picture ... charlie would never go for that one.

puppy cuteness.

seriously, aren't puppies the cutest things ever?

i was looking through some pictures the other day and found some henry puppy pictures.

i might be a little biased, but aside from that "awkward teenager stage" he was the most adorable puppy ever.

is there anything cuter than a sleeping puppy?

don't say a baby, because babies are not furry and therefore not cuter.

bone and a chubby belly.

how is that comfortable?

"love is not a place,
to come and go as we please,
it's a house we enter in,
and then commit to never leave.
so lock the door behind you,
and throw away the key.
we'll work it out together."
.warren.barfield.

there are some weeks i really wish charlie didn't travel all the time.

this is one of them.

miss you, dude. hurry home.

hello march!

i've never been so happy to see march. ever.

yesterday was feb. 28th which means exactly 3 more months of working where i am.

i've never been so excited for an ending before.

i've been counting down the weeks, days, hours (ok, maybe not hours) until may 28th.

not only is it my last day at work but it's our anniversary weekend!

and we're heading to steamboat to celebrate.

did you hear that charlie!?!?! we're going to steamboat! alone! for an entire weekend!

i'm hoping that march brings lots of warm weather.

our forecast has 50 degrees and rain in it. i'm hoping that the rain melts the rest of the snow on the ground.

here's everything i want to do in march:

... go snowshoeing.

... walk the dogs more. because the weather will be so nice.

... wear t-shirts. it's spring, right?

... stain some furniture.

... not fail my hyrdo midterm.

... finish the research + write the abstract for my term paper.

... buy a new humidifier. apparently if you leave yours running without water in it you'll burn out the motor.

... drink more sunshine beer.

i'm excited for the promise of flowers + warm weather + hiking.

ikea love.

ikea i love you.

and hate you.

i love you for everything you have.

i hate you for not being close to me. not even a little bit.

so, i wanted to order this chair off of ikea. the chair was $240.

do you know how much they wanted to charge me for shipping!

$260 freaking dollars. $260!!!!! um, that's more than the stupid chair.

unfortunately, if i'm going to pay $500 for a chair than i want a $500 chair. and for $500 i shouldn't have to assemble anything myself.

speaking of assembly, how much do ikea's stupid assembly directions suck? ever heard of words!!! nooooo .... they're all, "who needs words? these are international directions, for children who haven't started reading yet". i have yet to put together something from ikea without going through several drinks at the same time.

when charlie and i first moved in together, we bought these end tables (which i painted blue a year later and no i wasn't drunk when i picked the color). well we decided to have a "race" to see who could put the end table together first. while we were drinking beer. and we both ended putting the little doors on the end table backwards. maybe it's a good think i painted them ... there were nail holes around the edges.

i want this bedroom.