i did it

i am officially employed.

i will be working as an assistant manager

for IST in this building:

the people there are very friendly, professional and

"know how to have fun".

the break rooms are chic and beautiful.

the view is spectacular.

the doors have fingerprint recognition.

i have a hunch that our christmas

parties won't consist of an opening prayer

and a speech from a General Authority

(as opposed to my last employer).

wish me luck!

*side note... i am panicking

take me out to the ball game

tannon's ideas of sports are:
snowboarding, rock climbing, and mountain biking.
don't get me wrong, i absolutely love
and adore those sports as well,
but let's be honest... i miss ball games.

my growing up years consisted of playing and watching sports.
i miss those days like nobodies business.
pittsburgh treats their teams as a religion. no really.
i don't know how you can live here without getting sucked in.

we went to our first Pirates game and PNC Park
is beautiful.

matty & krista... the newly engaged couple

blurry firework pictures

*in case you're wondering,the Pirates played the Philidelphia Phillies (2008 World Series Champs) and beat them 3-2. i think we brought them good luck.

my mare bear

our trip to d.c. was fabulous. seeing my maren was such a delight.

she is like a sister to me and it's SO nice to have "family"within driving distance. her & ry-guy are the best.

have i mentioned that the

thunderstorms out here are incredible?

seriously, i can't get enough of them.

i wish pictures could capture the actual

beauty, but sometimes they just can't.

our drive home from D.C. was beautiful.

we are really starting to love it here. it's becoming a little more like home each day.

dear Pittsburgh

here we are. in pittsburgh. i love my dishwasher.

i love my central air. i love my ward.

i am adjusting to this city day by day.

we have met some really great people out here

and i can't wait to get to know them better.

there are buildings everywhere here and the houses are all built SO close together.

i kind of feel like i have lost a large amount of privacy.

today tannon and i went to a park called Frick Park and it was heavenly.

this park actually felt like we were in the mountains and it was SO nice to escape all of the craziness and enjoy nature.

sorry i don't have more pictures. i will take some of our house soon. stay tuned...

now we're off to Washington D.C. to visit ryan & maren!

i love that we're now in the same time zone...

what's worse?

*image from google search

the only thing worse than moving is moving across the country. how do two people and one dog have so much STUFF?

wedding

this might be the coolest thing i've ever seen. ever.

crafty

i respect crafty people. i really, really do.
i don't have a crafty, creative bone in my entire body. but sometimes i like to pretend.
like that one time when i decided i wanted to make my friend who was pregnant a baby blanket.
i ran to the fabric store, really excited about my upcoming project. hah.
i spent WAY more on that stupid fabric than i would have even bought the darn blanket for. not to mention the many tears that were shed over my sewing machine. i got SO frustrated because it a) looked like crap. b) i am embarrassed to even admit how much just the materials cost.
it was one ginormous waste of time AND money. this was over a year ago and i still get heated just thinking about it.
i promised myself i would never sew again. and i haven't.

the other day, i was riding my bike down 7th south and spotted this baby with a sign on it that said $7.50.



i told tannon about it and made him drive by it with me. he didn't think it was that great of an idea, probably because he knows how ornery & frustrated i get when i try to be "crafty". i slept on it.

the next morning we drove by to see if it was still there and the sign had changed to $5.
since the coffee table in our front room just isn't cutting it for a computer desk (the computer gets in my way of my TV watching),
i figured... it's only 5 bucks. even if i make it look worse than ever, it was only 5 bucks.

and there you have it. sorry the pictures aren't that great. and, the antique look usually isn't my thing, but i wanted to give it a shot.