zoo

Giraffes.








And an elephant's butt.








These are my favorite 2 pictures from today.
The zoo was nice. A bit overwhelming, but nice.

And look at the present we got!









How freaking adorable is this?? I mean seriously...
Could not be a bit cuter.

pretty little post-it flower

a cute little origami flower...

(also blurry close-up)

I didn't know post-its could be so pretty.

It's from how about orange's list too...

moved in

So we moved. And I finally have internet. And this is the view from my new little balcony. Nice, huh? Granted, behind these trees is a bar, but no worries. There are trees. We got cable today though, and we can't have cable in the bedroom we've got our bed in... So I don't know what we'll do. It's kind of sad how dependent I am on TV, but hey- I need my Brewer games, and Bravo, and some occasional MTV dammit! Right, sorry. And by the way, the coffee table and new cheap furniture actually look quite cute. So there you go... I can stop complaining for awhile.

But what I'm really excited about is tomorrow I get to go to the Zoo! Fantastic. I am probably the only 26 year old I know with no kids who loves the Zoo this much. Maybe it's kind of strange? I don't know. But I'm sure I will have piles of pictures to post tomorrow.

And I made some tacks today from How About Orange's Tutorial. They are so cute, I have to put a picture up. I am discovering though, that my camera does not take good close-up pictures at all. It's just a cheap-o Kodak, but disappointing nonetheless. Anyways, onto blurry thumbtack picture...
Aren't they adorable? Yes, I thought so too. Must make more...

annoyed

So our current landlord has been showing our apartment since we gave him notice a month and a half ago. Which is fine obviously, but it gets kind of old having the PLACE YOU LIVE shown and shown and shown and shown... Right. You can imagine I'm sure. Last week he was supposed to show it and the people showed up late, so poor Eric got barged in on by the landlord and lookers. Nice. So tonight he was supposed to show the place at 7:15. We come home at 7:40 and he's sitting out front in his car, then comes walking up to us, "uh, the girl can't come tonight, I'm going to show it tomorrow at 7:30." How about no? Right. I'm a tenant. I have no choice. You can come and look at my boxed up crap whenever you want to. Really, it's my pleasure...

So we will again be hiding out somewhere until 8:00. Fantastic.

keys to everything

This just seemed appropriate after my last bit of bitching... I guess I need to remember that an aprtment key belongs there too.

table and such

So this is the new coffee table I ordered yesterday from Wal-Mart. Yes, I know, Wal-Mart... But I do like the look of it. Hopefully it won't look horribly cheap once it's put together. I was thinking about it today (the table) and I think it's kind of a physical example of how I feel about my life lately. Nothing seems permanent (except maybe Eric). I don't know how long I'm going to stay at my job, I know we'll move again in a year, my new coffee table is a cheap-o from Wal-Mart, etc, etc. I'm not trying to whine, but I guess I just feel frustrated about my lack of roots lately. 27 is looming and I would love to decorate a house that I knew I would get to stay in for a little while at least... Find a neighborhood, plant some flowers, buy some decent furniture... But seriously, I should probably count blessings for what I do have and the fact that I can afford a roof over us, even if it is temporary.

Speaking of that roof... I moved a few boxes and clothes to the new apartment today. I brought a pile of hanging clothes and they barely made a dent in my HUGE walk in closet. Fantastic. I can't believe the closet space in the whole place. There's a nice linen closet in the bathroom, and a nice sized hall closet by the front door. The other bedroom closet is good sized too. Mmmmm... closets... See, I really have nothing to complain about.

movin' on up

Well, I reserved the moving truck today... I think we're getting close to being ready to move. There's a few more things to pack, but I'm really almost done. We're signing the lease tonight too. I'm sad though, because I'll be without cable and *gasp* internet for a week... Yuck. Oh well, Hopefully I'll be able to motivate myself to unpack and get organized in the new place.
One thing I got for this move that I've never used before is shrink wrap! Have you ever seen it? It's magic stuff for sure. Eric said we had to get some for wrapping his CD's onto the bookcase things they're in. And it's really quite nice! I've never even thought about using it before, but I was shrink wrapping all my kitchen stuff today.

Ta Da! CD's are ready to go...