Mike and Sarah

List form... comin atchya... 1. Mike had an extended weekend full of quality "guy" time in Wisconsin. They do this every year, usually at the end of the summer, but this year they decided to wait and make a late fall/winter getaway out of it. We're both thankful for mild weather making for a smooth trip there and back. 2. Once the guys weekend was on the schedule (back in October) and called my mom to see if she wanted to make a trip south for a girls weekend. She agreed and arrived on Friday afternoon. We spent the entire day shopping on Saturday and were very productive indeed. Again, I'm thankful my mom had a smooth trip here and back. 3. We saw Footloose on Friday night! My mom and I were really excited (and I'm sure you can imagine Mike's disappointment over missing this event... i kid, i kid) and I'm happy to report, it was highly entertaining! Maybe it was us, we have a soft spot in our hearts for movies like this, but we thought it was great...

Depsite the minor glitch in our plan to decorate for Christmas last weekend (just kidding Ojash, you're not a glitch... hehe), Mike and I redeemed ourselves Monday evening. We were excited to set up the decorations but, to be honest, it was a bit lack-luster. Don't get me wrong, we had a great time putting everything in place. What's not to love about setting up for Christmas with Christmas Vacation playing in the background? ( "She wrapped her damn cat." baahahahahaha) Upon completion, we realized three things... first, our Christmas set up looked all too familiar so I pulled out pictures from the past and this arrangement is in fact... the exact set up we had in our old apartment (picture courtesy of Christmas 09, our first as a married couple, awwww ) second, we are in desparate need of a new tree, because it's so teeny-tiny, which finally led us to the obvious conclusion that we are actually in need of ne...

I was really looking forward to this weekend. Mike and I were planning to decorate for the holidays, I was looking forward to a little bit of everything (you know, a little bit of sleeping in, a little bit of gym time, reading, you get the picture). It was going to be great. Then on Thursday we received a phone call that told me our weekend was going to be like nothing we could've ever prepared for... it was going to be epic ... because this guy was heading north, to our home. Oh yeah, it happened. He booked a last minute flight and arrived on Saturday night ready.to.go. (In case I didn't mention, he moved all the way to Clearwater Beach, FL last June and we miss him like crazy.) Ojash's trip was a mix of business and pleasure, he's looking into a possible relocation but also... he misses us like crazy too =). awww It was ahhhmazing to be able to hang out with him and the second he arrived, it was just like old times. Words can't even descri...

The Key To a Woman's Heart Listen up fella's, I'm about to bring it in for the real thing... Our house has a decent sized storage area in the back of the basement area. We love the space but over the last few months it's become a crazy catch-all space for random items who do not have a specific place. In short, it was in desperate need of some organizing. Despite my feeble attempts at mentioning, "this weekend I'm going to organize the storage area," the organizing never happened. Until last week when I came home to this... I realize this photo doesn't do a great job at capturing depth perception, and I don't even have a before picture to compare this to but here's a brief rundown: you can access everything easily, and there are now "zones" for specific items such as Christmas decorations, sports items, and camping gear (to name a few) All of this was completed by Mike, without being asked, and within an h...