No more painting!

Yesterday we finished the last installment of our apartment painting, woo! Our bedroom is finally done, so now all we need to do is hang some stuff up on these walls haha I think we're really starting to like this place :) Here are some pictures from our day:

I wanted Keith to take a picture with me, but he was on the chair with his paint cup... that led to me getting paint in my hair boo

It looks like bird poop haha

Our little helper

I love this little guy a lot, we really have the coolest little family ever.

We were too lazy to take the calendar down so we just painted around it haha We'll have to fix that before we move, unless the people who live here after us are really into a 5ft by 5ft white spot on the wall haha

Theo was all thrown off by the drop cloths and spent most of the day trying to swipe at us from under the plastic haha

WE ARE DONE!!! You should hire us to paint your house, because as a team we're pretty much pros haha



After painting Keith and I met up with some friends to go out to a bar. We don't normally "go out" on the weekends but we had a lot of fun. We signed up for the mailing list at this bar last week and then I got a call that said I could host my own happy hour, which meant that we could invite people and for $10 we got unlimited drinks and half priced appetizers for 2 hours. Things got pretty crazy, and I definitely drank way way more than I would on a normal night but it was great to hang out with our Philly friends and let loose a bit.

And the painting continues...

Today we painted our living room! Just one room away from being done! Although I should say, Keith was really the one who painted the living room because I was in school all day. I was around to do some trim while we watched The Price is Right this morning which is always a good time. Keith and I decided that we both really like watching day time game shows because of all the old people commercials that they show, and for the obvious nostalgia since we both at some point used to watch The Price is Right with our grandparents. Here is a photo update of some stuff I had on my camera and then some of todays adventure:

Here is a belated photo of our friend Molly who came over the other night for dinner. She left us a drawing of her really awesome fat cat Hedy. Last month when I met Molly we went and got coffee together and then stopped by her apartment. As soon as I saw how HUGE her cat was I knew we would be the best of friends haha

While I'm on the subject of cats... I just wanted to thank Andi and Katelyn for passing along this weird little blue cat cube. When we were in DC last month Theo took a liking to it and since Spooky had no interest we brought it home with us. Since we've had it here Theo pretty much doesn't like to sit anywhere else, he's CONSTANTLY in it, and when he plays he just runs back and forth always coming back to it. Here is a picture of him (sorry for the blur :/) eating his food from the box, he's become a little hermit crab haha

Today while we were painting Keith stepped in paint!! I'm not the only one!! His wasn't quite as bad as my bathroom incident so he didn't have to wear the sock of shame, but I was still pretty proud and laughed at him a lot.

For some reason Theo was not as good about leaving us alone while we painted today. He spent most of his time trying to walk on the furniture with the drop cloths on it and couldn't quite figure out why his favorite chair was unreachable. He then figured out how to get under the drop cloth and continued to wreak havoc. Oh the joys of having a kitten :) He eventually figured out that he wasn't welcome in the living room he went and hung in his blue box haha

Something random: I just wanted to share that I have become the Sandra Lee snack master of making yummy things to eat with whole wheat tortillas haha first was my revelation with nutella and powdered sugar and then yesterday I tried out some pesto sauce, olive oil and a dash of salt. Put them in the oven for 10 minutes and had a very tasty treat! Having a tight grocery budget forces you to get creative and I would say I'm doing pretty well haha.

Back to our home... here's Keith filling in our thermometer thingy, we're getting so close!

and here is a little view of our living room from the kitchen. The walls are painted but this is the one room where we really need some decorating. Yes, yes I know... everything in the room is beige haha we are hoping to upgrade our living room furniture in the future (hint hint check out our wedding registry and buy us lots and lots of presents!) in the mean time we need to get a new cover for the futon to break up the neutrality. Regardless I'm excited not to be surrounded by plain white walls oof

The woes of snows

Before you read this, please note that both Keith and I are completely fine, just a little sick of trying to commute in winter weather. (but moms, you can feel free to call and check just in case haha)

So it's hardly any surprise at all that yes, it's snowing again! I think that universe just wanted to provide us with another fresh blanket of white stuff because the Winter Olympics are on and I needed that encouragement to test out ski jumping in my own front yard.

That being said both Keith and I had terrible commutes today :( I managed to walk to the train station, though the wind threatened to take me down, only to find out that the trains were running an hour behind "due to frozen switches" (I think that means the wire things over the train are frozen, gotta learn more train lingo) I needed to be at school at 9:30 for a meaningless lecture that should have been cancelled but regardless, I didn't want to be the only one (out of only 6 of us) that didn't make an effort to show up. So even after Keith encouraged me to just go home I walked over to the closest bus stop and hopped on to head in the direction of school. Shortly after I get on the bus the driver announces that the bus is going to be detoured because of snow and ice and that they wouldn't be going anywhere near school which was my whole purpose of being on it. In an effort not to get stuck in some scary part of town I quickly exited and decided that it was time to give up and just come back home. I had to wait on the side of the road with no side walk for about 15 minutes for the next bus going the other way but I did arrive back home safely. I understand that we've had an INCREDIBLE amount of snow storms this winter and that businesses, and in my case, schools, don't want to close, but sometimes it's just necessary.

On to Keith's story: this morning we thought maybe the mall would be opening later than usual to accommodate for the ridiculous weather but they were not. Keith headed out to work and I naturally assumed all was well when I hadn't heard from him. As I was waiting at the train platform trying to make a decision on what to do I get a call from him that of course doesn't go through. We play phone tag for awhile, then I finally get ahold of him, and the first thing he says is "take a deep breath, I'm at work and ok but..." great. While he was on the highway driving this morning he hit a patch of ice that sent the car into a ditch on the side of the road. He's fine and the car is fine because he was driving very slowly but it's just stuck there. Keith then hitched a ride to Wawa (7-11 type store that is WAYYY better) and then tried to find someone there that would give him a ride to the mall about a mile away. No one wanted to help so finally the manager of the store gave him a ride. If this were me? I would still be sitting in the car, probably crying haha He called a tow truck that is going to go and get the car later this afternoon and take it over to the Wawa for him to get after work. Fingers crossed nothing happens to it while it sits there though.

Snow is making me crazy! It is pretty, and looks nice. It covers up a lot of the trashy-looking parts of this city but overall it sends everyone into a frenzy and it is impossible to get around. I ready for the trains to run at a predictable time, and to not worry that Keith will make it to work alright. We are ready for a trip to Florida for sure.

In other news! Our precious little boy (yes we are obnoxious cat owners and treat our cat like he's our child haha) had his first vet appointment yesterday! He had to go and get his shots and get tested for leukemia. I was nervous because I couldn't go with him but he did just fine and made Keith and I very proud. Apparently he was not a fan of getting blood taken or having them check his temperature but the Dr. gave him some cheese wiz and he didn't even notice when she gave him his shots haha Also, now everyone in our family has health insurance including Theo which means in 3 weeks he's getting fixed. I'm secretly excited for that to happen so that he will calm down a little bit. I love my playful kitten but sometimes it's a little much and I would really love him to be sweet and cuddly all day haha

I couldn't help but add this photo of him as well. I couldn't find Theo the other day and when I walked into the living room he was on the couch burrito-ed up in my folded snuggie haha

Another piece of news is.... we painted the kitchen yesterday! It was a little bit of a hectic day with Theo's vet trip and me having to go to school but we managed to get the entire kitchen painted. There are still a few touch ups to be done and I need to put everything back up on the shelves but this means we're getting even closer to being finished with the whole apartment!

Here are a couple shots of what it looks like (I didn't take any shots of us actually painting, if you are interested though we look the same as we did while we painted the bathroom haha)

The walls are just a neutral beige color, and we did a chalkboard wall as an accent. We're both pretty excited about the chalk board wall and are already having fun with it haha everyone needs to come over and decorate it with us!!

Only two more rooms and we will have finally turned this place into a decent home :)

Here's a video of what it looks like outside.

Paint!

There really is something to be said for a fresh coat of paint and the affect that a little bit of color can have. I guess in my last post I forgot to mention that Keith got me the best Valentines Day present ever... PAINT!! Our poor apartment has been stark white ever since we moved it, and it is less than inspiring. We haven't done any decorating because we knew we wanted to paint the walls before we got too crazy hanging things. Meaning: it's pretty bare in here. Thankfully we pulled some extra money together and took advantage of a Home Depot sale so we can finally breathe some life into our place and really make it seem like home.

Since Keith rarely has consecutive days off, we decided to break up our painting adventures room by room to make it a more manageable project. He was off today so we decided to start with the bathroom and we're both ecstatic with the results. Here are some photos from our day of painting.

Yes. Within 2 minutes of painting I managed to step in the paint tray. Is anyone surprised? Since I had paint all over my foot and couldn't wipe it all off Keith made me put a sock on to avoid ruining the chair I was standing on. We called it the sock of shame and I had to wear it all day to remember to watch where I step haha there is thankfully no photographic evidence.

Theo was so good all day and stayed out of the bathroom until we were done. When we started cleaning he came in to sniff around and was throughly terrified for some reason haha

Ultimate success. We're so happy to finally invest some time in the apartment where we spend so much of our lives. Hopefully by the end of the month we'll be done with all the rooms and you can all come visit our pretty home!