catching up

So this post is just a catch up since I haven't been on here in a while. I spent the entire weekend seeing family and doing puzzles. My boyfriend came to town this weekend and we stayed in each night putting together puzzles, which is totally my style. Then saturday my wonderful mother came to town and treated us both to dinner. Sunday was also just as awesome because my little brother was in town, so I treated him to dinner. With all the family time, chores were put on the back burner...and I can totally tell now (four days later).  Here are the puzzles that we have done over the last two weekends, and yes I know we're a tad addicted to them. 

This is by far my favorite :)

This was by far the hardest one of the four puzzles. So many colors and small details

I LOVED this one, considering it's lime green 

This puzzle was a BLAST to do. I loved putting together all the famous faces and magazine covers. 

After my very fun and relaxing weekend, it was back to work and back to reality. Good thing that work consisted of some fun stuff this week! Our third party IT company that we work with is great, and we think of them as co-workers. The lead IT guy that works with our company is expecting his first child this weekend, which is very exciting for him and his wife. Our management team decided to put together a "baby basket" for his employees to deliver to him on Friday. I had a ton of fun organizing and setting up this adorable basket for him, but it also made me realize how much stuff you need for babies and how much all this stuff costs. Don't get me wrong....kids are so cute, but not my cup of tea at this moment in my life. 

I am getting over the "hump" of this week with a JMU basketball game. My grandpa and I get season tickets for the boys team and I try to go to as many home games as I can each season. Last year the team was pretty decent. We won our conference championship and made it to the big dance...but lost in the first round. This year is quite a different story. We are a young team during a rebuilding year, and had some suspensions early in the season. Needless to say we lost tonight's game to the worst team in the conference. 

That has been my week so far, and I'll be back on the road this weekend, which means chores have to get done tomorrow....or they get left till Monday.

time to get organized

One of my many New Year's resolutions is to get more organized...and stay that way. I had to venture out to Wal-mart today in FREEZING temperatures here in VA, but as I was walking to pick up my pictures I saw that 2014 planners were already on sale. I found this quite odd considering we are only six days into the new year, but I took advantage of the good deal and snagged myself a cute planner that fits in my purse. 

The goal is simple: stay on track. Keep track of appointments, bills, meetings, phone calls, etc. While being spontaneous is wonderful and carefree, I can't be spontaneous and miss something crucial or an important deadline. This year it's about balancing both the fun, and not so fun, events in the calendar. 

To continue with my organizational kick I actually started to use some of the Christmas gifts I received this year. I spent the weekend doing two new puzzles on my brand new puzzle/tailgate table with my wonderful boyfriend. I also picked up a picture to fill this awesome frame from my momma. 

Here's to a year of organization, mixed with a little spontaneity. 

roundup and resolutions

I am trying to enjoy the last remnants of the Christmas season lingering in my apartment. This was one of the most difficult, yet fulfilling holiday seasons I have ever been a part of. This wasn't the first holiday season without my Granny "mentally" here, but it was my first real experience of the true absence of a loved one at Christmas. It was also the first Christmas morning that I didn't wake up at my parent's house and rush down the steps to open presents that were waiting under the tree. I instead spent Christmas morning with the person who has my heart and enjoyed the simplicity of frozen waffles with peanut butter and maple syrup (which makes them totally taste like butterscotch....YUM). 

The new year arrived in true January fashion, giving us the first snow fall of 2014. Snow is nothing new around here but every time I see it I'm always taken back to my childhood memories. Winters were spent sledding down hills throughout the neighborhood on anything that was flat and fast.

 

Now as an adult snow means trying to get to work on time and avoid the driver's who are terrified of the stuff, but it's still important to stop an catch some flakes on your tongue before heading to work in the morning. Happy New Year.