Valentines Weekend.

Saturday Night. Bern's foyer - it feels like a palace.

Aubs and I with our desserts.

Friday Night.

Tiffany, Auburn, and I.

This is the face I made when we decided to take the night off from fasting.

It was a great night to take off because there was quite a spread of food:

After gabbing and grubbing we finally sat down and watched 'You've Got Mail'.

Overall it was a fabulous weekend full of food, friends, and fun. No complaints here. Hope you all had an equally great Valentines weekend.

Mom's Trip - Day 4.

I finally let her have a little fun. : ] Lunch with the Huhtas @ Lee Roy Selmons. Love all these little ladies!

Love,

B

Colts Apron.

I am playing Suzie Homemaker this evening and throwing a few snacks together for my poker playing buddies. Excuse the hot mess than is me at the moment but I finally and I do mean FINALLY unpacked my first 3 boxes since the official move. Score. Had to break out my Colts apron for the brownie baking event and thought I'd share a pic with you.

I'm at home STILL waiting on the brighthouse people to come reunited me with my love from Criminal Minds. Oh DVR how I have missed you.

Hope your weekend is off to a productive yet relaxing start as well...and cheer hard for my Colts on Sunday. My nerves are already a disaster.

Love,
B

My first piece of furniture!

Well friends, after 2 days of home ownership, I traveled to Indiana to spend Christmas with my family. BUT now that I am back I'm in full time condo mode. Here is my first official piece of furniture and it is complete with Mischka Badgley place mats and fun red napkins courtesy of my older sister Rae and her husband Chris.

Note: the table is 'pub height' and black, even though it kind of looks brown in this pic. We haven't put the chairs together yet. But hey, one thing at a time!

Love,

B

Merry Christmas to me!

Well, it's official. I'm a homeowner! Just to make sure they couldn't take it back, I had all the locks changed. : ] This was one of the most exciting days of my life but one of the most intimidating. I was able to accomplish my dream of buying a home within my first 2 years back in Tampa. It will have been 2 years in May since I moved here, so I was a little bit ahead of schedule!

I didn't realize how much work this whole process is. And even now, the work is just beginning. But I have a home! A home of my very own, in my favorite city in the world (or at least of the ones I've been too). So, I wanted share my good news and excitment with you. Thank you to everyone who has given me advice, support, and prayers throughout this process. I'm glad it is over and I hope that those of you who are local will be able to come over soon (when I have furniture for you to sit on).

I've been getting lots of questions about my move date but sadly, I'm not sure what it is yet. I have to do a little bit of work before I can get moved in, so I'm working on getting that taken care of now. I hope to be moving in the next few weeks though.

Stay tuned, there will be updates and pictures to follow. But for now...here's a little preview.

Love ya!

B

The first item I contributed to the condo...a welcome mat. : ]

My favorite room in the house, at least so far. The kitchen. Now I just need to learn to cook!