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.

My New Castle

Here, you see all of my belongings (there are too many of them) squeezed into a U Haul.

Luckily, I've found a place that fits them all quite nicely. It's not quite done yet, but well enough for me to feel I can go to work tomorrow (it's been almost a month since I've had to wake up for work, yikes!)

Here's the front room dining room, the front door is just there on the left by the coat rack.

And this is my kitchen.....

And a hallway where all of my artwork and pictures are waiting until they can get up on the walls. and the bathroom just on the right.

The living room and back door (out to my backyard).

And my bedroom, almost like a blanket fort!

Facing A Great Evil

I'm going to be living alone for the foreseeable future. There are a few things that I am excited about (less dishes in the sink) and a few things that I will miss (who is going to watch Modern Family and New Girl with me?) but there is one thing that fills me with apprehension and dread: Comcast.

Since I moved into my last house, I've given up on dealing with cable companies and left that up to my roommates. I happily picked up the water and electric bills, and let someone else take care of the cable. You may remember that I've had fights with them before (see Verizon Day), and I was hoping to be done with them forever. However, being the only member of the household means that I can no longer shirk the duties of dealing with Comcast.

Wish me luck.

Before and After

The usual before and after shots show something coming to life in a new and exciting way. Not so much when something is ending.

This was my office before:

Rather colorful, if a bit cluttered. But still a pretty nice space in which to spend eight hours a day.

And this is the after:

I'm not ashamed to say that it looks a bit dreary without my "color". I know that people are able to adapt to a change and a loss (I've had to do it plenty myself) but it's still strange to think of the place running and moving on without me.