There. I said it.

Those of you who already read the original post will understand (and hopefully respect) my decision to remove its contents.

Fiesta!

I don't actually own a sombrero. I said I'd be there with one on, but unless I find one in the next few hours (who needs work, right?), it just isn't going to happen.



However, I WILL be bringing my fabulous guacamole :)

Woohoo!

I'm totally doing the happy dance right now :) And I'm not embarrassed to share that it's because we've finally got stuff organized in the kitchen. We moved from a teeny tiny apartment (650 sq ft) with a decent kitchen (including a dishwasher, albeit a crappy dishwasher) to a small house (1000 sq ft) with a teeny tiny kitchen and no dishwasher (which I'm happy about, because the trade-off was getting a washer and dryer). Anyway. Finagling our way around in the kitchen the past couple weeks has been nuts, and I'm thrilled to have it in working order!

On Saturday, our new furniture is being delivered:

coffee table and end tables


dining table


with these chairs - a little less country


And, of course, a fabulous mattress that might just be the highlight of my year. (Is that sad?) I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to sleep through the night again!

I'm back!

Naturally, when I find the time to blog I forget to bring my camera with me...so I've got a few pics to post, they're just not "real" pics.

Mr. P and I moved a couple weeks ago, and we're definitely still trying to get out of boxes. My major accomplishment so far has been painting our bedroom. It used to be a soft mustard-yellow (dijon, maybe?), and I went with a cool blue-gray. Valspar's "Woodlawn Sterling Blue" - I absolutely love it :) Since my photos of the room haven't really turned out the way I want anyway, here's an idea from Valspar using their digital painter:



Our bedroom furniture is dark, but certainly no four-poster bed or anything (and for some reason, the picture makes the furniture look a little ashy, which it's not). Bought from Broyhill before they went under, but we saw the same collection at Rothman a couple weeks ago:



Eventually I'll get around to hanging pictures and tackling other stuff, but this was a good start. We also made a furniture purchase - new coffee and end tables, a dining room table, and a mattress! I'll save that for another post.

In other news, I did my sleep study - according to them, I'm an "efficient" sleeper - I beg to differ. Hopefully the new mattress will help. Also got bloodwork back - that's normal, too. Glad to know that I'm alright according to the test results, but guess this means trying another route to figure out what's going on.

Fell Off the Wagon...

...but got back on this morning.

Since I'm (mostly) done moving, there will be no more crazy frustration of sweating so much that my patch falls off! I'm going to allow myself the few days of slipping up, and now I'm back at it. I should've duct-taped that sucker on over the weekend, but I guess everyone makes mistakes.

Dear Nicoderm CQ:
Why is it that every day when I take my patch off, the adhesive feels like superglue ripping my skin off? And why is it that, when I REALLY need you to stick to my body, you just fall right off? You certainly aren't making it any easier to kick the habit.