Letters to Juliet

I want to see this movie SO bad! It doesn't come out until May 2010. Until then, I will enjoy the trailer.

Law School Finals

This is the most recent photo I have of Stuart (taken at Thanksgiving at my parents' house...with an injured knee from that morning's football escapades...delirious and drugged because I slipped him Tylenol PM to make him "sleep it off") and the most accurate depiction of his current state.


He has been studying like a maniac. I've barely seen him except to make sure he is eating enough. And right now he is in his first final of Law School. I know, Saturday morning, what??? Then he has one on Monday morning, Wednesday morning, and Friday morning of this coming week. I know he'll do well, but my stomach still has butterflies in it since last night when I went to bed. Ugh.

I Wish...

... that I had the energy to wrap all of our presents this pretty. I found the pic on one of my favorite blogs.


this is actually what I do.


I got the idea from Real Simple a few years back. I thought it was so classic and pretty to have white paper and red ribbon. Just gets a little boring. I'm loving all the colors in the first picture.

The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care

This year I decided against buying a Christmas tree. We are going home for 2 weeks at Christmas so I didn't feel like it was worth the hassle of hauling it up 3 flights of stairs to enjoy it for such a short time and then have to take it back down again. No thanks! (Even though, technically, I would be doing hardly any of the lifting-Stuart is a pack mule.) Anyway, please enjoy my Christmas "Tree" Wreath hanging on our circa 1995-esque fireplace. I will be putting our presents underneath it this year.

While You Wait for Paint to Dry...

...You do other projects. I was inspired by this some time ago on a blog somewhere... I'm bad at remembering who to give the credit to.

and so I did my own.

I told you. My life has been consumed.

The Project: Waiting for Paint to Dry. Seriously.

Some may know, others probably not, but this project has been consuming my life for the last month and a half. I started just before Halloween, and I finally finished 2 days ago. The complex we live in does not allow us to paint the walls and so we live in a matte white walled-khaki carpeted-college dorm room-of an apartment. I decided to liven it up with color by painting my dining table and chairs. Definitely an undertaking. I had everything covered in plastic and we were eating Indian style on the floor for a little while, but now I'm done! I think they'll make a fantastic playroom table and chairs when we move to our "real" house. Someday... Until then, we're happy in our apartment.

Just Like Everyone Else I'm Sure

We went to see the "Jacob Black Abs" movie... Oh, wait I'm sorry "New Moon"... this past week. But let's be honest, it screamed "Team Jacob".

Anyway, Stuart bought premiere tickets with some other nice husbands and they all surprised us with them and took us. It was a night of screaming girls and "Twilight" chanting, but it was a lot of fun! Even with Bella's awkward moments :)