Math Tricks

Mom - this is also for you. Found this list of simple math tricks online, thought you'd like it.

New curtains

New curtains
Originally uploaded by Cutiemoo.

Mom, this pic is mostly for you - I realized I never showed you what the new curtains look like IN the kitchen! Don't they look great??? It's funny how the color isn't that much different than the old ones, but I'm so glad to get rid of the plaid! Plus, I LOVE having matching ones over each window! If you go to my flickr you can see a pic of the kitchen that has both windows in it.

So, this is my week of vacation. It started off in Niagara Falls - we had a BLAST. It was just our friends Matt & Kristen and us. We played poker... and... video poker... and, well, just had fun :)

I also went on a shopping spree - I spent a bunch of gift certifcates that I had leftover from my old Yahoo! credit card. I got two sweaters, a navy button-down shirt and khaki pants from The Gap, a sweater and a nice black shirt from Banana Republic and a new pair of brown work shoes. I still have $25 for Old Navy left, too!

I found a winter coat that I fell in love with, and I really need a new one, since I kinda got a bit too big for my old one to button if I'm wearing a sweater, and I'm going to be walking to work now... but I just wasn't in the mood for spending $125 on a coat. Even if it was reeeeaaally nice.

Yesterday I got to go meet Mary - my new niece! She's very cute, as anyone who is reading this knows because I think only mom, E, and Janna read this, but, whatevs. Anyway, I was more amazed with how big Katie and Andrew are! Katie's an actual little girl instead of a toddler anymore, it's crazy. She's so smart, too. It started raining while I was there and I ran to put my shoes on because I left the windows of my car open. To which Katie said "Auntie N, you're not supposed to leave them open!"

Today, John made me breakfast and I've watched TV and played nintendo all day. It's been great :)

Black and white Moo

Final picture
Originally uploaded by Cutiemoo.

This is what I do when I take a break from working, cleaning, and putting together desks ... play with photos.

Actually, lately my biggest "fun" project has been been obsessively organizing my iTunes and creating playlists.

On a side note, John and I are going to Niagara Falls with a group of his friends in a couple weekends (mostly so they can all gamble), and after that I'm taking a weeks vacation... we don't have any set plans, but we do want to go somewhere just the two of us for at least a night. Other than that, the plan is just for me to NOT have to work and perhaps finally paint the dining room, living room and guest bedroom (I've had the colors picked out for a while but still haven't painted). And perhaps visiting E's new kidlette, which should be here by then :)

New desk for the office!

Finished desk!
Originally uploaded by Cutiemoo.

Another big purchase we made recently was a desk for the office. Well, I guess this is a purchase I made, not we. But anyway. John helped me put it together. You can see the entire process (that took a total of 2 hours) on my flickr, but this is the final product. Complete with the new lamp that John convinced me to buy because it looks so good :)