Drinking too much coffee.
Eating dried sour cherries. And Amy's Ice Cream.
Wanting to check out the sno-cone truck nearby. It just opened.
Riding my bike every chance I get.
Watching House of Cards with Billy. We're obsessed.
Interviewing for new jobs. And learning a lot along the way.
Enjoying my new gym.
Feeling very restless with all my free time. I need a new project.
Excited for visitors the next two weekends.
Equally excited to eat at Freedman's tonight.
Feeling refreshed after my unplanned internet break last week. I didn't blog or Instagram anything. I think my mom started to worry.
Watching 'Dexter' on Netflix. I'm on season 8 and sometimes have to pause it for a second because I get too nervous.
Drinking hot, hot coffee in the morning.
Sometimes drinking iced almond milk lattes in the afternoon.
Enjoying my last two weeks working from home.
With that being said, ramping up my search for a new job.
Looking into buying a refurbished Macbook Pro from Apple. Anyone have any experience with that?
Starting the house hunting process with Billy. So far, it's been fun!
Working on a few custom stamp and sticker orders.
Cleaning our apartment top to bottom this week. We've been lazy. I still haven't unpacked my suitcase from my Chicago trip.
Loving these 80 degree February days.
Drinking probably too much coffee.
Eating pretty healthy these days. We really did a number on ourselves over the holidays (starting before Thanksgiving) and needed to not eat things like this for a while.
Reading 'The Dinner'.
Choosing my next book to read from this list. I'm thinking this one. Have you read it?
Watching The Bachelor & The Blacklist with Billy. He asks soooo many questions during The Bachelor. It's hiliarious.
Also watching Dexter on Netflix.
Wearing these pants basically every day. I need a second pair.
Crafting up a storm. I finished my 2013 Project Life album and I'm almost finished with my first set of Paper Bakery Kit projects. Next on deck is my week 2 of my PL and my Simple Scrapper layouts. Lots to do!
Happy with my decision to redo my 2014 title page. I love it.
Working on two big projects behind-the-scenes. I launched the first one, printables, yesterday, excited to launch the other very soon!
Eating fajitas! (Home-made!)
Wearing my new Gap jeans that I bought on accident. I was trying on a whole bunch of tops. On my way to the dressing room, I grabbed a pair of jeans, just to see how they would look with normal pants on (aka, not my sweats) and I ended up buying nothing except said jeans. Whoops!
Ordering gifts online and having them shipped to my parents house.
Excited to head home to Chicago and then to Atlanta for the holidays this year. And then back to Chicago for work.
Needing to pack.
Wishing I had gotten my act together to send holiday cards out. Maybe next year.
Feeling a little bit of that holiday stress comin' on.
Excited to start fresh in a new year. I've spent the last few months just trying to get my bearings in this new city. I'm looking forward to a creating routine and figuring out a new normal.
Drinking margaritas.
Eating white chocolate peppermint bark. It's basically the easiest thing to make ever. (The linked recipe has different toppings but the easiest chocolate melting instructions.)
Reading 'Me Before You'. When looking up the link, I realized it was 400+ pages! Yikes. This one will take a while.
Determined to make a bouquet of paper flowers from this book.
Watching 'Modern Family' reruns with Billy. He's never watched the show before and it's hiliarious watching him laugh out loud at everything. Best show ever.
Looking for a new series to watch on Netflix.
Making new friends in Austin.
Excited to see my mom and dad next week! I can't wait to show them our new city.
Organizing my craft space. I'm a couple of storage baskets away from having it finished.
Loving my new blog design. Have you seen it yet?
Getting started on my December Daily album.
Making moves on a big shop update.
Not worrying about catching up on my Project Life. I'll get there.
Drinking coffee in the mornings with Billy. We're very happy to be coffee drinkers again.
Eating dinner at this place tonight.
Working from home full-time. It's both challenging and awesome.
Watching the 'TODAY' show every morning.
Trying to establish some sort of routine so I can be a productive.
Planning a major catch up on Project Life. I placed a large Persnickity Prints order to make it easier on myself. (And because I haven't unpacked my printer yet)
Relieved to have our stuff back. We hired movers and it took almost a month to get from Chicago to Austin.
Looking for a square rug for our dining room. I'm looking at this one or this one.
Happy with our new TV stand purchase. (It was a b*tch to put together.)
Also happy with our new-to-us table and chair purchase from the Austin City Wide Garage Sale this past weekend. THAT was a super fun event to wander around. I can't wait to go back.
Loving Austin. This is a good place for us.
Drinking cold brew coffee every morning. Tea is too much work these days.
Eating ginger chews.
Taking advantage of the pool deck on my lunch breaks. Summer will be over before I know it.
Sleeping really well, but still so tired when I wake up in the morning. I think I need to go to bed earlier.
Running & Crossfitting a lot. That also might be why I'm so tired.
Excited to be working on a lettering job.
Ready for a little weekend trip in Vegas.
Thinking about what I'll get Billy for our one year anniversary. I have no idea.
Watching 'Breaking Bad' obsessively.
That's really about it. Nothing much going on here! Hopefully these next coming weeks will be a little more exciting than the last few have been.
Drinking tea! Same old flavors, but iced using this contraption from David's Tea.
Eating peaches. Lots of peaches.
Running.
CrossFitting.
Trying to remember to stretch after my workouts.
Watching Million Dollar Listing: New York. It's pretty much the only show Billy and I watch together.
Avoiding the Chicago heat wave that's happening right now.
Wearing my bathing suit under my work clothes so I can sneak off to the pool during my lunch break.
Honestly, not too much is going on these days. I'm just looking forward to the weekend. I'm planning on sleeping in, making stuff and catching up on Project Life (I'm a month behind!).
* Keepin' it real with this hideous photo of me after my first Crossfit class. I survived, barely. Billy took this beautiful (not) photo, thanks Billy.
Drinking... wait for it... tea! This month it's iced Mango Fruit Punch and Tangerine Dream.
Happy to report that I'm a member of the David's Tea Tea Club.
Eating Cherry Pie Larabars.
Watching some type of sporting event every night with Billy (and I actually don't mind). It's either the Chicago Blackhaws, Miami Heat or USA Soccer.
Getting my butt kicked at Crossfit. Hardest workouts I have ever done. (see photo above)
Wearing this Lululemon tank top.
Addicted to Candy Crush.
Forgetting to water my garden.
Researching ways to streamline my shop.
Contributing to Kristin Tweedale's (rukristin) Find Your Voice Storytelling Workshop this summer. We just got the schedule back and I am so excited! The workshop starts next Monday.
Drinking tea. This month it's Lime Gelato, Mango Fruit Punch (really good iced) and Mint Julep.
Eating fresh strawberries.
Watering my plants when needed. Happy to report they are doing very well!
Motivated by the sunshine. I've been getting out of bed earlier these days and I like it.
Spending my lunch breaks at the pool deck at my gym. It's right down the street from my office, so it's the perfect little escape.
Catching up on Project Life.
Reading this book. So far, really good! But I'll report back soon. I'm almost finished with it.
Excited for a 3-day weekend coming up!
Overwhelmed by the response of my new shop Facebook page! I receieved 160+ Likes in 24 hours. It was so exciting. I was hesistant to share - you know, the whole putting yourself out there thing - but I'm so glad I did. It was so worth the risk of (stuggling for the right word here) feeling silly. I don't know. I think my shop is great (as I should) and I'm so proud of it, so I should share it. Other people might love it too. I feel good that the response was positive.
a twenty-eight year old, newlywed & crafter living in chicago!
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