Yum

This is my new favorite dessert: berry parfait with Greek yogurt, sugar free chocolate pudding, and a dash of cinnamon.

B&A

My mom came to visit this weekend, and we had a great time working on a few projects in my apartment.

Before:

After:

We got a few of my pictures hung up. It may look like I have an obsession with the Eiffel Tower, but I don't. I did visit Paris in college and purchased two small pictures, and then people started giving me pictures and lamps and whatever else people thought I needed. But there are a few other locations up on the wall, so it's not strictly Paris, and I think it looks pretty good.

Before:

The kitchen as a nice little place to cook some food.

After:

A little paint, and a surprisingly necessary, but previously lacking shelf on top of the cabinets.

I also took off a few of the cabinet doors- this will drive my mother crazy from now on, but I like the look of open shelving, and it solves the problem of cheap looking cabinets.

Pretty good for a long weekend. Thanks Mom!

Pie

Look at the adorable little personal pies that I can make now in the beautiful pie plates that my mom made me for Christmas!

Lost

Am getting pretty well settled into my new place, job, life etc. I have, however, encountered one little problem...... I seem to have misplaced all of my socks.

Luckily I got a few pairs for Christmas, and there are a few that made the big move still visible to the naked eye. Normally you just loose one sock here and there to the secret sock monster, and I've grown used to that in my lifetime, but it's a strange feeling to loose most of them at once.

Just thought you should know.