Please accept our apologies for such a long absence from our blog;
we're quite busy being married :)
We've had a lot of things going on the past few months.
Today, I decided to surprise my husband by cleaning the entire apartment
from top to bottom. Not that Joe doesn't keep the place very tidy, but I was in the mood
to clean. Plus I knew it would make him happy. So I thought I'd share with you all some
pictures of what our home looks like when it is clean and all is right with the world. (Also,
they say if you take a picture, it lasts longer :)
The picture above is our dining room. I love the decorations, but I can't wait to switch out the fall stuff for the Christmas stuff...
This is a view of the dining room from the living room. Yellow is so happy
in a kitchen/dining room.
Our kitchen, although yellow, is not my favorite room. Its really small
and Joe and I barely fit in there together. But not much cooking goes on in there either, so
its not a big deal really :)
Our most comfy living room. We have two oversized couches with
cozy pillows and blankets cuz we like to snuggle. I love the lighting in here; thanks to the
Hormuth ladies for our lovely lamps! Finally we've got some good light in here; Joe only had
a dorm quality standing lamp previously. That's still here, but the other lamps outshine it.
The bedroom is probably my favorite room next to the living room. Its so cozy and relaxing, and it's the biggest room in our apartment. It's nowhere near proportionate to the rest of the place, in fact, because it truly is a large space, and the rest of the place is pretty small.
We can fit a love seat very comfortably on the other side of our bedroom. And two ottomans.
Our old security team, Boogie and Skunky, keep watch over us from their thrones on the sofa as Joe and I sleep. Sometimes they even read books from our bookshelves in the bedroom :P
And finally, the bathroom. Not too crazy about a wooden toilet seat, but other than that, it's very roomy and serves us well. We painted it stormy blue when Joe moved in; it used to be Cubby bear blue with a flower border (?!?!) which was nasty. I'm a Cubs fan, but even I know better than to keep a bathroom that is Cubby bear blue!
Joe and i have been keeping pretty busy. The week after our awesome Jeremy Camp concert experience (last post), we drove down to Charleston, IL to visit my brother Kevin and his wife Sonya. We had a great time chatting, laughing, and bonfiring :)
Me and Kevin, normal as ever.
What? You expected something actually normal? :)
Joe and I also had the pleasure of visiting with his family two weekends ago to enjoy a Road Rally and Halloween party, and also to witness the premiere of our wedding video with Joe's family. We had such a great time, we forgot to take pictures!!
Last weekend, we went downtown to celebrate Joe's 27th birthday!!! We stayed at the Doubletree on the Mag Mile. Joe had to work pretty late Friday night, so the festivities didn't begin until almost 9 pm, but we still had a wonderful time together.
Of course, we had to capture a memory at Joe's place of employment, Northern trust. this isn't the actual building where he works though...
Friday night we ate burgers and fish and chips at Boston Blackie's, where we could watch the Celts game. They won, just for Joe's birthday. (The Truth called me up and told me that :)
Since our evening began so late, we didn't feel like turning in right after dinner, so we went to an Irish pub called Fado's. Really tasty Irish coffees and an interesting one man band named Morgan who played all 80's retro pop, some 80's rock, and some traditional Irish melodies. Very fun, nostalgic times.
We went shopping the next day, then out to dinner at Cafe Spiaggia. You gotta fancy it up a bit for your husband's birthday :) Again, we had so much fun, we forgot to take pictures.
Well, that's it for now. I think I'll go join my husband on the couch and watch Batman the Beginning.
God bless,
~Erin (&Joe)
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