It has come to that point.

That would be the point where I have so much packed I have resorted to eating out of containers or only food I can eat with my hands (let's not lie, I eat Ben & Jerry's from the container EVERY time... I live alone, I can do that).

Today I had my last lecture of my undergraduate career. Tomorrow and Thursday I have one exam a piece. Friday I have off from work and my brother is coming up to help Mr. M and I move and is then spending the holiday weekend with me (yay!!).

I have so much to be excited about. Being done with school, sometimes I can't believe I made it (with a respectiable GPA and no criminal record even), moving into my first place all by myself (and it is a beautiful one at that), and working full time at a job I love (p.s. my business cards came in yesterday and I feel so grown up and powerful!!).

All in all, it's been a good run, and I'm lacing up my shoes and stretching for the next one.

I have a 401K!

I'm not really sure how it works yet, as I've never had one before.

However, as of 5:30pm today I am gainfully employeed with my first post-college "real" job! I'm a regional leasing manager for a massive residential property rental company here in Lansing. I have a lunch meeting on Monday and training starts part time on Wednesday. In the meantime I'm still finishing up two classes and actively apartment hunting now.

Pictures of the completed evil socks tomorrow and the ones I started with the pink yarn.

Apartment Therapy: Week 2

This week looks like it's going to be a little more work than last week, but it's all stuff that has needed to be done for a while. So here we go!

Week 2

• Fix one thing
  
• Completely clean kitchen (fridge and cabinets included)
• Start an "outbox"
• Find a new recipe and cook it at home
  

Apartment Therapy: Week 1 Wrap Up

Apartment Therapy
A few notes on week 1:

• I have decided that I have been sitting on the wrong side of the dinning room table for a year.
  
• I have also decided that cut flowers are for the most part a waste of money. I'm considering buying a nice big, low light house plant instead of buying the suggested cut flowers every week.
  
• I got rid of a lot of stuff.

3 Bags awaiting Goodwill

Life in General
In other life things, mid terms for Summer I start tomorrow. I'm having a hard time believing that the semester is half over, but I'm compleatly okay with that!

I'm near completion of the Yarn Bee socks. I really hated the twist on this yarn and will probibly not buy it again, but for the price I figured it was worth a try once, and they have really pretty saturated colors (photo is a little washed out from the flash).




















My resolve fizzled last night and I headed over to ThreadBear to check out the Summer Sale. Not suprisingly, all the sock yarn I loved was not on sale (but there were some AMAZING prices on other stuff; if you're in the area head over) but I bought some anyway. After really tightening my budget last semester and having spent less than $30 on yarn in the last 6 months, I figured it was okay, and it wasn't too expensive. I don't know what drew me to this yarn, I blame it on Mr. M's attempts to make me like pink, but I LOVE this yarn. I don't remember what the company or colorway is (I'm at the coffee shop and it's at home). So when I dig up the ball band I'll let y'all know.
























Nice summery yarn.

Happy June everyone!!

Apartment Therapy: Week 1

A few months ago I was turned onto the Apartment Therapy website. It was there that I heard about the 8-week apartment cure. Don't get me wrong, I love my place, especially now that it's just Simon kitty and I, but there are things that could use some attention. I figure it will be a good way to clean out and streamline before I move in 9 weeks, and hopefully will make the transition a little easier.

Week 1: There are some things on these lists that I do every week (like vacuuming) so I will only list the things I intend to do.

• Remove one item from your apartment and get rid of it!
• Buy fresh flowers.
• Sit for 10 minutes in an area of your apartment that you usually do not.

Update on Friday night.