give and take

you would think that by now i've learned that writing blog posts while feeling loopy due to lack of slumber doesn't usually deliver pleasing results. when i return to re-read the words i came up with at a later time, i'm usually baffled but i shall make an attempt. last night i tried my darndest to sleep at the respectable hour of 11:00. i tossed and turned for quite a time. sweet husband's alarm was set for 3am yup, three o'clock am, you read that right...as he had big plans to venture to mexico to play in the ocean against my will. the trek to mex scares me a tad and i don't love hanging out at home worried that he will be savagely ripped apart and eaten by a school of hammerhead sharks or a mexican for that matter. not being able to call his cell doesn't help the situation. I couldn't sleep after he left. worried for his life and for my own once i started hearing odd early morning noises around my house that had me shaking in my slippers. i nearly woke up Emmy to bring her in bed with me, and then i realized that a two year old probably wouldn't be able to save me from a vicious attack of an intruder, so i let her sleep. i finally dozed off around 6am. Emmerson decided to wake up at 6:30 for the day today. you can imagine the disorientation of my brains at this very moment. I felt that to make up for my tired worrisome heart, there was really only one thing aside from a safe return from the husband that would be able to make me feel at ease. shopping. that was the deal. gregory john goes surfing in mexico, i can indulge in some retail therapy. I bet poor husband didn't see it coming that his fairly cheap - once you have the gear, nearly free hobby would get so expensive one day. regardless, today, i give thanks for living 4 minutes from the mall...and for the credit cards sweet husband pulled out of his wallet and left on the computer desk to avoid getting stolen in mexico. happy saturday!

in with the new.

we are slowly but surely getting all settled into the place we now call home and we love it. we have the majority of the rooms unpacked with the exception of our room and the baby nursery, which still needs some attention. also two of the bathrooms need some paint on the walls before i can show pictures but until then we have some before and afters of the nearly complete areas...

living room before.

and after.

we don't have a before picture for our eating area,but aside from the paint on the walls and obviously our furniture added there were no changes.

kitchen before. clearly the oven needed some love...

and after.

Emmerson's room before.

and after.

i will be sure to show more as we fully complete the other rooms.

as for 2012, so far it's been quite lovely living closer to sweet husband's family and we have certainly been saving money on gas if nothing else. I feel like i can finally focus on this little human that will soon enter our lives. my current hobby is planning out his nursery. i'm getting rather excited to meet the little bundle.