please excuse the bags under my eyes, but here i am sitting in front of our awesome couch preparing to put together our tv stand.  with previous experience i've bought things that are the "no tools required" so i thought it'd be quick & easy to do, but with my luck i needed a screw driver & hammer so that idea was a no go.  mommy bought us a really neat floor lamp & a couple other great things.  oh & tons of tissues since my allergies have been absolutely out of control lately.  i bought bella a cute liter box, some hair clips for myself, two pillows & a nice fluffy comforter to put in our duvet. i feel like things are coming together slowly in the apartment, moving isn't a quick thing to do & i had no idea.  i'm not in too much of a rush, but the things that are complete so far look really good & i'm very happy about it.  i can't wait to take pictures & have people over.  i know, i keep saying that!

it has been way too hot outside lately & i absolutely hate it.  i moved into our apartment on tuesday, but actually i just went there to get my keys & take over some cleaning supplies.  i came back to my mommy's house to finish packing up some stuff & than later that night i went back over to drop off some boxes.  came back to spend the night & than early wednesday morning i went back over again so my furniture could be delivered & it's all just sooo beautiful.  i do have pictures, but i don't want to show any until everything is completely decorated!  the washer & dryer are kind of small so i washed my mattress pad at the house & than after work today went to the apartment to make up my bed which looks incredible.  i haven't taken over any clothes yet, so at the moment i'm pretty much staying at the house, but i have to be in the apartment by wednesday because that's when i'm going to bring bella home.  alysha has been a lifesaver & has been taking care of bella for me, she's so fabulous.  yesterday & today we did a little more shopping; a new microwave, tv stand, floor cushion, lamps & cute little things!  i really love how things are looking & i can't wait for everything to come together & look perfect & have cute little dinner parties.  one thing that made me kind of frown though was that we don't have an ice maker, but when i tell that to everyone else they're like "uh yeah okay?"  i don't know i love ice, i must be a freak or something, so i bought four decent size ice trays today. :]

one of the ladies at work had a grandma pass away & is going to have to go out of town, so i'm going to help out this weekend & work.  which means twelve days straight of working & no day off until next saturday, the nineteenth ahh. this past week i have had my office all to myself because my ops manager has been on vacation.  it's been so nice because i've been able to keep it as clean as i want the whole time & i'm all alone & get to do whatever i'd like.  this week my work load hasn't been too heavy which is nice, but at the same time i get kind of worried just because the economy is so blah.  but i'm sure it's probably nothing to worry about.  i'm really ridiculous & got some hello kitty supplies to organize my files, i can already hear everyone giggle at me, but i love it.  i'm already ready for a day off haha.

ps. my hair is growing, michelle & i already have plans for it:

so i survived the disgusting smell of gas throughout the house.  we'd been having issues with our hot water heater & when they came to fix it whatever they did caused a gas leak & than they had to just replace the whole hot water heater. a quick recap of this past week since i haven't written for a while: tuesday i stayed home from work & did a tiny bit of running around with my mommy. to my surprise the errands ended up turning into a little high school reunion everywhere we went & it just pissed me off like no other.  ugh!  wednesday we went furniture shopping & i got a few great pieces. my bed is so beautiful & the mattress is a total dream & everything else i got is just fantastic! the fourth of july was the start of the cherry creek arts festival, so as a bit of a tradition my mommy & i went to it after work. it was extremely hot outside, but there were a lot of neat things to look at & we saw a lot of lovely jewelry. it was too hot so we left & watched the fireworks.

today my aunt & i went to my apartment with the intentions to do the walk through since we were told to go in & do that before i move in on tuesday.  once we got there they looked at us like we made it up or something & told us that we have to do that the day i move in.  so we left & did a little bit of shopping & i saw this complete knockoff of one of my mj shirts & my jaw just dropped because who does that. anyway, my official move in day is on tuesday, so since i have to work i'm going to go over there once i get off to get my keys, do the walk through & take a few things.  then i'm going to come back to my mommy's to spend the night & go back early wednesday morning because that's when my furniture will be delivered & i'll take over the rest of my things.  i may be without internet for just a bit because i'm not sure about the service & all, but those that have my phone number can text or call. now i can't wait to fly out & bring back my joey!