Project 365

Take a picture a day for a year.  Has anyone considered doing this?  I might try to take it on for 2011.  We'll see how long it lasts. :)  Maybe y'all should join and we can motivate each other to keep going!

A night off

No, not a night off from work, I have pretty much every night off from work but tonight I have a night off from Ryan - it's weird!  That sounds horrible, like he is a job or something.  Though he does claim to demand the attention of a full-time job, I'm willing to put in those hours!  Anyway, he's just at the Duke vs. Michigan State basketball game tonight.  So here I sit blogging (after I watched Glee with my friend Ali!). And correction, here I LAY blogging.  This is what our apartment currently looks like:

We decorated for Christmas on Saturday and when it was all said and done we didn't want to leave it to sleep in our bedroom.  So, we pulled out our couch and enjoyed a night under the glow of our Christmas trees.  The bed is actually quite comfortable and due to our silly heater, it is much warmer in the living room so four nights later, the couch still remains our bed.  Neither of us have the heart to put it away, it's just so cozy! And yes, that is Duke basketball on TV.  And yes, I'm watching it even while Ryan isn't home.  Oh marriage, whatever have you done to me? I hate basketball!!

In case you didn't catch it in the last paragraph I did say treeS.  Each one has a story and I'm head over heels in love with each of them.  See below:

Tree #1:  This is a ceramic tree that Ryan's mother made - but he doesn't know which Mom, silly boy.  I love everything about it and what it means to Ryan.  I especially love his "tree skirt" and the random fleece cloud blanket that he sets it on.  Seriously, it makes me literally JOYFUL every time I see it!

Tree #2:  This little 12" tree I have had since I was 10 years old?  Maybe a little older, I don't remember.  I do remember however, standing in the massive aisles of Hobby Lobby trying to decide which of the super cute teeny tiny ornaments I was going to purchase!  My mom made me the mini tree skirt and I even have little presents under the tree. Again, LOVE. Pure LOVE.

Tree #3 is a new addition to Ryan and I's lives.  It's like our own little baby!  Last Christmas Ryan bought me that little Husker ornament you see sitting down (we would have put it on the tree, but it the tree is one sided because we wanted to see all the ornaments and the little football dude was the tipping point - literally).  All of the ornaments are from places Ryan and I have been together (awwww how cute, right?!).  So far we have our little Husker, for a Husker game; Hawaii; Steamboat Springs, CO; Park City, UT; Las Vegas; Outer Banks, NC; and Wilmington, NC.  As much as I love perfectly decorated and coordinated Christmas trees, I'm excited to add to this collection!

Moving on to a few random other things.  As I was on the phone with Pearl last week she was lucky enough to hear my squeals as I discovered this furry friend of ours (with the before and after of Ryan saving the day):

Now, any ideas as to what this is?

How about now?

Yep, that's Ryan's scrubs with an 8 INCH hole.  That's right, EIGHT WHOLE INCHES!!

You better believe there were tears with this laughter when I got home from work and Ryan showed me these bad boys!!  The story wasn't as good as I hoped, so maybe I won't share and I'll just let you use your imagination and laugh at my silly crotchless husband.  Good thing it's the last week of class!

Phew, Duke just won so I'll have a happy husband tonight upon his arrival home. Goodnight, all!