On the Fly

I really like the pants I am wearing. They are comfy, soft, and flattering. I would have to say the one drawback is all the flinging flanging hardware dedicated to keeping them on. I mean after one button and three clasps one just forgets about the zipper...as I did this morning discovering this only after my bus ride to work (but thankfully before my meeting).

Painting Fools

I can hardly believe it but the live-in and I painted two rooms this weekend. We even got out to get some more furniture and the living room is looking quite snazzy. The dining room still has that blue tape up and my table legs are in limbo, but still...we are like those HGTV folks except without the annyoing need to use the words "whimsy" or "spa-inspired." So without further ado-the dramatic before and after.

BEFORE

AFTER!

I have 60 glasses

This is not a joke. I counted them.

So come one, come all...and come thirsty!

apt 16

Unless you haven't talked to me in the last month (which is entirely possible) you'll know that apt 16 is my new dwelling in the lovely Lincoln Park. It is pictured here prior to moving in.

So let me tell you a bit about my new digs. It is in an old apartment brown brick apartment building on the "third" floor (actually the 4th). Wood floors, crown molding, radiators. They updated the bathroom and put in new floors and refinished the old tub- so it is old but clean (phew). There it is to the right (in case you need help recognizing a bathroom).

The kitchen needs some work (why are radiators so hard to clean behind!), but I can't help but love it because it is a kitchen-the very thing I've always wanted. Happy sigh.

The live-in and I are still settling in, but we are jumping into our project list and are as giddy as a couple of kids. This week is painting, refinishing the dining room table, and getting Internet (and unpacking the rest of my clothes-yipe). Domestic bliss smells like paint and dryer sheets!!

On the Bandwagon

I am terrible at keeping in touch.

My friends are no better.

Luckily I have friends-with-blogs, so I am never out of touch. Enter devil of the digital age, facebook, and I pretty much know what is going on with everyone. So in the hopes that my friends and loved ones are just as interested in my life as I am in theirs: voila! my own blog. Perhaps I could just use the time I would writing entries and searching for templates to make phone calls-but this just covers so much more ground and I get to do all the talking.

I think I'm going to like this.