Sorry, August

I guess I dropped the ball on that one.  I didn't blog during the whole month of August.  But if it makes you feel any better, I didn't go swimming either. 

Except that's not true.  I went at least twice. 

I feel like I have so much to tell, but really, it's nothing at all.

Guess what my calling is this semester.  Oh, what's that?  You guessed that I was called to be an Institute Teacher again? Nailed it.  I get to wear the mic again!!

In other news, we moved.  Now, some of you might already know to where and are rolling your eyes at my usage of the word 'moved' but I'll have you know, dragging all your stuff across the hall is harder that in sounds, thank you very much. 

However, Stacy and I accomplished it.  We also deep cleaned our entire apartment.  Those blinds have never looked so good. 

And now, a memory slide of all the good times in the apt:

 My first pic

We made a whole lotta food.

And crafts.

That floor saw a lot of our hair (and not just the stuff we intentionally cut off :/)

 We had Christmas parties,

and Birthday celebrations.

We rearranged the furniture a tad bit.

 We added useful household items,

and priceless art.

 We mostly just hung around,

and were classy.

It was a wonderful almost two years, apt 305.  Thanks for the super fun memories and the beautiful view.

The day that Pat the Penguin came to live with us

Remember back when we rearranged our living room due to new furniture?  Also remember how we were left with a gaping hole of non-decoratedness (litz a word) on our far wall b/c Martha decided to take her Paris picture with her? 

I sure do.  That blank wall has been mocking us ever since.  It would blind you right when you walk into our apartment and then laugh about it to your face. 

But I'm dating this super cool guy that can draw and paint and everything else like the such as.

So he made this:

Isn't he the best? Seriously, though, who do you know more awesome? You don't.   

The haps lately

I know you've all been wondering what I have been doing with my life during the month of November.  Not much, sad to say.  School, school work, work, and pinning on Pinterest.  All fascinating stuff.

I'm changing it up, though, as of tomorrow.

It's been rough switching from being a full time assistant to being in charge of all the Public Relations part time, while going to school.  I loved that I got to stay at the office where I have been working for the past year, with my wonderful co-workers, but the inconsistency made it hard to keep working there and still have the commute be worth the paycheck. 

My great Office Manager could tell I was a tad stressed and we ended up agreeing that it is more important to focus on school right now that try to run around taking care of PR.  Tomorrow is my last day.

It has taken a load off, even just for the past week.

I am currently looking for another part time job closer to school (or even on campus), though, since life isn't free.  Whaaaaat?  I have a group interview tomorrow and have applied to other places that seem promising. 

In the mean time, I have found that doing crafts keeps me sane.  Pinterest obviously is my inspiration, but I have no idea where the drive is coming from to make all these crafts I see.

The first is a result of the fact that I now have enough jewelery to clutter up my desk (only took me a million years to start dressing up a little) and need a place for it all:

I just painted a frame, then added some fabric, hooks, and some dyed ribbon and voila!!

I think I should have made it bigger, though, because I still have more jewelery to put on and it's kind of full already.  But that stuff is still tangled together on my floor...

Don't mind the weird carpet--it's NEW!

The next was just because I had the idea:

This was super easy, too.  Just painted the frame and added fabric under the glass and now we have a new message board!

Lest you think I'm super crafty, that's it.