A little place we like to call home

We are all settled into our little place we like to call home (for now that is). Last August Josh moved into a brand spanking new apartment. It was the kind of thing where I walked in and said I loved it so let's sign the lease. I really don't know how house shopping is going to go because I am the kind of girl that if I like it and want it I don't want to keep looking around, why keep looking around when what I want is right in front of my face? Yup, that is me. My husband absolutely loves this quality about me (haha yea right). Right before the wedding I started to move my stuff in. Let's just say I still have about a dozen or so pairs of shoes at my parents with countless college books, notebooks, and binders. Let alone I still have stuff in rubbermaid containers here because my dear husband just won't get me the 6 foot tall book cases I want to put all my books and photo albums and everything in between on. But for the most part we are settle and it just feel like home.

So I will give you a little tour of our almost one thousand square foot living space, but before I do I want you to know I spent all morning cleaning, you know the kind of cleaning you do before your mother-in-law comes over, yup that kind of cleaning.

View as you walk in the front door

One of my favorite places, the kitchen

Bathroom

Dining area

Our bedroom

Hallway with laundry on the right

Deck and a good hello to winter!

Second bedroom or as Josh likes to call it "The Man Cave". That's why the man is always in there, right?

 So there you have it, the  little place we like to call home. Oh and FYI we were watching House Hunters (HGTV) the other night and a condo in NYC that was a little over one thousand square feet was selling for $925,00!!! That didn't include the $25,000 HOA fees or the $40,000 parking spot. And here in my cozy little suburb of Green Bay, Wisconsin we pay about $700 a month which includes heat and water with an in-unit washer/dryer and a garage. So you big city people are just nuts!

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For some other housekeeping, this good old blog will hopefully be getting more use this year. I plan on doing Tastefully Tuesdays as I did last year, but this year I plan on including more pictures to actually show the steps taken to making the concoctions. So if you have any recipe ideas please shoot me an email or leave a comment, we are open to almost anything.

Earlier this week my cousin had a very interesting post on here blog about living less. Yesterday I ran out and got the book "7: an experimental mutiny against excess", by Jen Hatmaker. Josh and I maybe doing a little experimenting on our own about living less and I hope to share with you here about the excitement and challenges we me have along the way!

Happy snowy blizzardy Thursday to you!

2011!

It has been a long , but good six months since I have posted. Just thought I would let you all know that I am back! I hope to bring some new things and ideas to the blog this year, but not before I recap the past year.

January
I told myself that I would be active this year. I also survived playing mama for a week! And my Mom turned 49 (sorry Mom!)

February
The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl (that's a pretty big thing in this household). I got reconnected with some special people. Josh and I participated in our first run of the year. And my little brother got confirmed.

March
I took a twist on my "Tastefully Tuesday" posts and traveled world wide. And I wrote about some lenten thoughts here.

April
Not much too exciting happened in April, but we did participate in the local Relay for Life.

May
All the running craziness started with a duathlon. Ran my first marathon and dedicated each mile to someone special. Also I shared a few of my favorite things. And Josh turned 23!

June

Not much going on in June...Josh and I ran the Bellin Run and my little brother turned 17!

After the Bellin Run

July
July brought grief into my life as I lost my best friend to cancer. Josh, my dad, and I participated in our first triathlon! And my dad and I ran the Packer 5k with a group called My Team Triumph.

Getting ready to go! At the Door County Sprint Triathlon.

August
Josh moved into our apartment (will do a post on that soon). Had an amazing wedding shower and bachelorette party. Had a great mother/daughter getaway. And ran a half marathon in Minnesota.

Some GREAT women

13.1 marathon in Minneapolis, MN

September
We found ourselves out in MN yet again for the Breath of Hope Lung Cancer 5k that we run in honor of my Aunt Nan.

Josh and two of his favorites in our first trip to IKEA

October
My Dad and I had the Green Bay Duathlon and also ran the Africa Hope Run with My Team Triumph. We also walked in honor of two great people at the local Breast Cancer Walk. My Dad turned 46. I got a new client at work. Oh, and we got MARRIED!!!!

To see more wedding photos go here

 I will also post more on the wedding soon!

November
Settled into married life. I turned 24. My mom and I went and saw Breaking Dawn Part 1 (yes I am in love with the whole Twilight Saga).

December
Decorated our first Christmas tree. Attended our first "adult" Christmas party :) And celebrated our first Christmas together as husband and wife.

2011 ended as quietly as it started. Here is to you and hoping the new year brings you good company, great health and ever lasting love!