Settling into the place…

Well, it’s after Thanksgiving now and we’re finally starting to settle in.  Things feel kind of homey, although not totally perfect.  Here’s a bit of what things are shaping up like so far.

This is what we’re referring to as our “Christmas Tree.”  I mean…hey, the lights are in the shape of a cone, and there is a hanging green plant in the center.  Soon we’ll start hanging ornaments from it.  Ha!

Every year we decorate gingerbread houses after stuffing ourselves with Turkey at my in-laws house.  This was my contribution, and now my only real Christmas decoration.  Everything else is in storage, and I don’t feel like digging it out.  :-\

We had to scale back a lot when downsizing to this apartment, but we did bring a ton of wall art.  In fact, our movers made a snarky comment about it.  We obviously don’t have room for it all (and we have a bunch shoved under our sofa), but here’s a little bit that actually made it up.  Little by little…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

White slipcover + black dog =

Our white bedding doesn’t look this way, so I’m not sure why the sofa is so much worse.  And yes, the joys of having a slipcover is that you can wash it, but I can’t wash the thing every day!  Sheesh.  Maybe I should just shave the dog?

From a house —-> to an apartment

(I finally have the internet again, and therefore able to post.)  We’ve moved into our new apartment and boy is it a mess of boxes, stuff we shouldn’t have brought, things we should have thrown away, two dogs, and a massive amount of clothes [not in a closet].  Wow.  Anyway…here’s a peek into our mess.