Where'd my pillow go?

I just couldn't resist.  I think someone thinks my pillow belongs to her.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas...

The first Saturday in December my mom and I went to see White Christmas at TUTS in Houston.  This musical (well, really the movie) holds a very dear place in mine and my mom's heart.  Every year since I can remember we always sit down in the den one day close to Christmas and wrap all the presents (not mine of course) and watch White Christmas.  We know EVERY song  and line by heart and could practically star in the movie ourselves if either of us could sing.  So, when tickets became available to purchase last July I jumped on it.  Afterwards we met up with Michael and went to Niko Niko's for some fantastic Greek food.

Sorry about the bras in the above picture.  We went to Rice Village after eating dinner and we were having such a good time that we decided to take this picture with Santa.  We didn't realize until after we took the picture that we were standing in front of a Victoria's Secret window but if we'd taken pictures by another bench then it would have been with the homeless man taking a nap.  Needless to say we were okay with the bras.

Static Head!

Sammy!

This is very random but Samantha Brown was at a mall in Dallas in September doing publicity stuff for Ecco shoes. We HAD to go see her so we waited in the long line to get her autograph and a picture with her. We're so goofy but it was so cool!

San Antonio Vacation

I'm working my way backwards in time since I've been a slacker at blogging.

The middle of December Michael and I took a few days off from work and made a trip to San Antonio.  It seems that this might be our yearly tradition since December 2007 we went for a few days to Fredericksburg and in December 2005, I think it was, we went to Las Vegas.

Along the way we stopped in Shiner, TX to visit the Shiner Brewery.  They had a nice facility, but the tasting was nothing like what St. Arnold does.  Oh, how we miss St. Arnold.

This sign in the Shinery Brewery parking lot cracked me up.

Okay, on to San Antonio.  We stayed at a beautiful historic hotel just 2 blocks off the Riverwalk.  It was nice to be so close that we could walk down there anytime we wanted to without the hassle of parking.  When we checked in the man at the desk told us we were upgraded to a 4th floor room with a view of the park across the street.  We were pretty excited at the sound of such a nice view but when we got up to our room we realized that it really wasn't as nice as it sounded because we suspect the park was the homeless park.  Oh, well.  Whenever we were in the room we were either sleeping at night or taking naps during the day.  I sure do miss those naps.

At La Fogata (Yumm! Best Mexican food ever)

Alamo plaza

Home Sweet Home

Erica reminded me that I haven't posted any new pictures of the house since we moved in. I can't believe it's been almost 5 months since moving in. It seems like just yesterday.

Den/Kitchen

Fireplace in Den

(Any ideas for decorating over the mantle?  mirror, artwork?)

Kitchen

Coffee bar in kitchen (sorry the picture is so far away)

I got Michael a Keurig coffee maker for his birthday and he's loving it!  Secretly I'm loving it too.  We're going to paint the coffee bar cabinet black and distress it soon so that it blends in with the rest of the room.

Decorations above the kitchen cabinets.

Thank you, Hobby Lobby!  If I have to spend our money somewhere you are the place I would like to spend our money at the most.

Dining room

I think I'm going to work on sanding and painting the furniture black since the finish was damaged during the move.  This might take a while but we'll eventually get to it.

Office

Not much in this room except my desk which you can't see (thankfully) and the file cabinet.

Our bedroom

I think my next project will be curtains for our room since our neighbors behind us have very bright spotlights shining in their backyard and in ours.  With fences only 4.5' tall it looks like daylight in our room even at night when they have their outside lights on.  Bummer.

Our bathroom

Note to self: Need to get new towels that match the bedroom.  These ones are so raggedy.

Our flex room or whatever you want to call it

This technically is called an optional 4th bedroom since it has a full closet.  We're going to eventually get a comfy chair and floor lamp so that we can do some reading in here.

We haven't taken any pictures of our guest bedroom but we do have one in case anyone wants to come visit (hint, hint).

Long time no talk

I've been bad about updating our blog since we started it. I know I should update it more often but I guess I just feel like no one is probably even reading it and there's really nothing worthwhile to write about most days anyway. But, faithful Marianne is reading so I'll work on updating a little more frequently for ya.