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I made it safely to and from my car yesterday! Thank goodness. And while I was gone, they actually cleared our street!! YAYYY So now I can drive my car up to the bottom of my driveway, which saves a lot of walking (although I probably could use the exercise). Now I just have to walk up and down our driveway which is comparable to a black diamond ski slope at the moment. It's a dangerous trek down and up...I was actually crawling on all fours last night in order to get up around the corner without breaking my hip.

I watched Grey's Anatomy on my TV in my room last night while 18 people were over for dinner. At our school, the food is terrible, and there are no kitchens on campus. So the original plan was for my roommate's friends to come over for dinner (there were 4 of them who were invited)...somehow that turned into 18 people. They used all of my stuff in the kitchen and made a HUGE mess. I have turned into such an anal person regarding cleanliness in the kitchen and family room that I just had to go up to my room and shut the door so that I didn't have a panic attack watching them destroy our clean kitchen. My roommate was very frustrated as well....so we decided we will never have more than 10 people over ever again. Not that we actually invited the 18 people that showed up last night. I think everyone just heard that people were coming over and hopped on the bandwagon because there was nothing else to do. Everyone has been here for almost a week without anything to do...so I guess I'll let it slide this time. But NEVER AGAIN!

After the frenzy at my place I bailed and walked down to the neighbor's to watch The Jersey Shore. What a show that is. It was me, my old roommate Courtney, and my new neighbors Shane and Wes. The episode was an hour long and full of laughs for us. :-) Those people are absolutely crazy but entertaining nonetheless. My new roommate Emily joined us after the mob of people left our place. Emily's a bit of a scaredy-cat and doesn't like to be home alone so she walked 3 doors down to join us. You would think that walking 3 doors down wouldn't be that dangerous and that it would be just a hop, skip & a jump away....however, with the snow that has been packed down into slippery ice, you have to be super careful not to make the wrong step. It was quite an adventure but we all made it safely. After Jersey Shore, Courtney left to go back to her new place and Emily and I sat on the couch in our apartment and chatted. It was a great conversation and we're really getting to know each other, so things are going really well.

I'm eating breakfast right now- special K vanilla almond with a piece of great harvest pumpkin chocolate chip bread (thanks to gma deana) and a glass of banana, orange, pineapple juice. :-) I realize that it's 1:30 here, but I woke up late and then took a shower and cleaned up my room a bit. So I wasn't quite ready for lunch food yet.

My plans for the day: you're lookin at 'em. I really have nothing to do. I need to get my textbooks because I have assignments to get done, but due to the recent weather we've had, the delivery of all of my textbooks has been delayed. Pretty frustrating but oh well. If that's the worst thing that happens to me this month, I think I'll be alright. These past few days of having nothing to do has really pushed my roommate and I to reconsider not getting cable. We have antennas on the TVs in the house which means we get basic channels like NBC, ABC, the CW, and CBS. There are pretty good shows on those stations during the week days but mostly at night. We may try and find cable for cheap but we'll see. We've also talked about getting a kitten. I really am not a fan of cats AT ALL but it would be nice to have a pet to keep us company when the other isn't here. Dogs are a lot of work but cats aren't really too tough. We'll see...but being cooped up in this place for the past week isn't helping us make our financial decisions! hahah We may need to wait and see how much our electric bill is before we take on anything else. I'll keep everyone updated on any additions we may add to our family. Have a great day!

journey through the snow

Getting ready to make the trek down to my car!! I had to park it almost a mile from my front door due to all of the snow and ice that is still on our driveway and street. Once I get to the main road though, I should be fine. They did a good job salting and clearing the main roads.

I have to go get my textbooks from school and mail my first rent check! (I feel so old)

Wish me luck! Hopefully I don't fall on the way.

the new place

our kitchen!

my bathroom, pretty girly

lots of storage, and my favorite rug!!  

art that I made last night! 

I think I need a bedskirt....and maybe to move those
picture frames above my bed down just a touch :-/

my desk- where I'll be spending most of my time

a little dark, but this is the view from the door to my room

i love paper lanterns

put this bookshelf together all by myself! :-)

got those frames at walmart for $3 each!
I couldn't believe it

fun pillows that I had in my dorm room from World Market
I LOVE that place 

the view from my room 

view again, without the blinds in the way
I'm pretty spoiled! 

our family room

enjoying a fire while we were snowed in!
PTL for the duraflame logs  

view from the kitchen window
 that flat area is a trail for biking, jogging, hiking, etc.
Will be nice once the weather warms up!

Snow days!

I'm officially all moved in! The new place is great. I've already cooked several meals on the new stove for my friends and me. I've been working on decorating my room for the past few days since I have been snowed in since Sunday! These people in Georgia have no idea what to do with themselves when they get snow. I will give them credit though, we got A LOT of snow...almost a foot! It's been a long time since I've seen this much snow. 

I spent all day Monday sledding with friends and drinking hot chocolate. It's not so bad being able to get all settled in without having to go to classes. It's been a very relaxing few days but I'm about ready to go crazy. Classes have been canceled until Monday due to the roads being iced over and such. The roads in Georgia are a lot worse than the roads in Tennessee, and my new apartment is actually in Tennessee. So I was able to get down to Walmart yesterday for the first time this week, but if I were to head towards school I may run into some trouble on the roads. 

All of the professors have been sending their syllabi via email to us...so believe it or not, I have quite a bit of reading to do and notes to take! It's a good thing that I have 4 days ahead of me with no plans so that I can get it all done. :-) 

Welcome!

I'm starting this blog to just inform everyone in my life of what's going on! I know it's really hard to keep in touch through the long distance and some people try to keep in touch with me and calls/texts don't go through (grandma deana). :-) So I'm creating this in an effort to #1) keep everyone updated on what's going on in my life   #2) Give myself something to document what's going on in my life and be able to look back on it later on down the road   and #3) I'm bored at the moment...so I may be a little more ambitious than I should be, regarding how regularly I will update this. But my goal is to update this at least once weekly, hopefully more.

So...enjoy reading!