In case you think our home always looks sparkling clean, everything in place, perfectly put together, I’m hear to tell you that is NOT the case.  Let me put that thought to rest once and for all by showing you this…

This, my friends, is what we affectionately call “the red room”.  It might be better termed the storage room.  The collection zone.  The dump.  Truly, it is a mess of boxes, odds and ends, pictures, pillows, and old binders full of procedures from a summer internship I did 7 years ago.  It’s BAD, folks.

Here’s another gem for ya:

At least the boxes are in a nice line, right?  Let’s see – we’ve got the tapestry that has yet to be hung in our landing area, the tube from our dining room rug we bought last summer, and a box full of bubble wrap.  Nice.

It get’s worse when we turn to the other side of the room…

First, isn’t the black accent wall nice?  *cough cough*  Here we have our collection of yet to be hung photos; a smattering of nick knacks such as a beer stein, free vase, and mismatched mugs; the lovely floor lamp from the early 90s; an empty box; and the dresser that is orphaned by it’s mate currently in our bedroom and the headboard in the basement – ???  I have no words.

On Wednesday, this place will be ours!

The boxes keep accumulating in our home, and we’re trying to figure out the best way to make the transition from one place to the next. Our new place is only 2 1/2 blocks away, so you’d think it would be easy.

Sort of. We’re going to move the boxes on our own, but we’re also praying that God miraculously provides us with some new friends that happen to be body builders so that they can help us move our piano.

I’m pumped, I can’t wait!

*Edit*
Well, for some reason every time I use that pic, it decides not to work the next day. I have no idea why. So here’s a different one, though less exciting since it was taken on a cold winter day when we viewed the house back in march!

Here’s some photos of the amazing baked fudge I made last night.  It was super easy.  Here’s a link to the step by step directions from Pioneer Woman.  We skipped making homemade whipped cream because I didn’t have any, but luckily we had some left over in a can from an ice cream party a while back.

Before the whipped cream…oh man, this stuff was amazing.

With the whipped cream.  I’m gaining weight just looking at it.  Don’t ask how much sugar and butter is in this, you’ll faint.

I had to adapt and make this without my mixer because, well…….

It’s in this pile of boxes.  See it on the bottom left?

Because…

We are…

MOVING!

More to come soon. 

That’s the reason for my LONG absence.  We got married – YAY!!! I love it so far.  The honeymoon was great – pictures to come soon, I just keep forgetting to download them.  Moving was not so much fun – we’re still unloading boxes and figuring out where everything should go.  Plus trying to get work done too.  Fun fun!

Eventually I’ll change the name of this…..be on the lookout for an update!