Why I Love My New Apartment.

      So I guess I’m an official blogger now because the past couple weeks things keep happening and I’m like "Oh I should blog about that!" Ha. But there’s really not time for everything so congrats to you Claire.  Love you. Love marriage.  And friends reading this, I made a purse.  Yup sewed one all up by myself.  And eventually maybe I’ll get a chance to write about that too but…

Today’s little note is about my new apartment.  Because everything about my apartment makes me happy.  It means being back together with best friends, taking a step up in everything from last year’s dorm, AND school hasn’t started yet so absolutely nothing stressful and hard.  Yet :)

The biggest reason really is the difference between Heritage Halls and my new apartment.  I wouldn’t trade where I lived last year for anything, but it definitely makes everything seem pretty dang nice in my apartment now.   And I could probably go on and on to list everything that I love about it but I’ll try and narrow it down into the top 10 best things…and maybe they mean nothing to anything else but compared to what I’ve had they are all pretty exciting things for me :)

1. Entertainment center for the tv.
2. Actual separate area from the kitchen and family room.
3. Nice big kitchen with new cabinets AND a pantry.
4. Black leather couches that match with basically ANY pillows and decorations we get!
5. 2 bathrooms.  2 showers. 2 toilets.
6. Big mirror to get ready and spot to hook in my wonderful little zoom in mirror for doing my make up.
7. 6 deep bathroom cabinets. 1 for every person so no more transporting bathroom stuff back and forth!
8. My closet….ha which actually is smaller than last year and was a PAIN the first day but I hooked in this cool little second rack for more clothes and it fit perfectly with my shoe racks and it just all squeezes in there so nicely and now it’s just perfect.
9. My new pink and cream damask bedspread and my little black flower pillow. 
10. 5 best friends to live in it with me :)       

There were a few small things that held me up a little bit setting up but really I have NOTHING to complain about and I can’t even express how excited I am to start the new year.  In my cute new little apartment where everything just has worked out so well...guess I'm just one lucky girl :)

Family room.

Bedroom door.

My bedroom.

Best Sister EVER.

Alright so today’s little page is about my sister Mary.  I’ve never met a more thoughtful and selfless person and I definitely have her to thank for the best parts of my week.  And I guess the best way to sum her up is to explain the way she lives her life so here’s a quick rundown of the past few days:

Wednesday night I went to bed super tired and just hoping that I’d be able to get up and get going in the morning before a long day at work.  Then Thursday morning comes and, 5 minutes before my alarm goes off, Mary comes into my bedroom with breakfast in bed.  And it’s a HUGE plate full with french toast and hash browns and bacon.  And a fruit bowl.  And juice.  She didn’t say this, but I know it must have taken her at least an hour to pull it all together and she still made time to get it all done before she left for an 8:00 class. 

Summer 2011 in California.

And then on Saturday I had a really long shift and didn’t have a chance to grab dinner.  Mary had a full day of work too, but she remembered that I would be working through dinner and came into work with Wendy’s chicken sandwiches, a huge drink, and chocolate muffins.  And she brought the same thing for the other girl on my shift that night…a girl that Mary doesn’t even know and hadn’t even met, but she thought she’d probably be hungry too.

Last night Mary helped me look for my cell phone charger, which took forEVER and then we spent the night catching up on the Glee Project…which I LOVE watching every week but I know is really not Mary’s first choice.

And about 30 minutes go she was about to eat the last chicken sandwich but found out I was hungry and then wouldn’t eat it so I would.

I could back up and talk about every other week too because they’re all pretty similar.  My sister really truly knows how to look for someone else’s need and make them happy.  I’ve never seen a better example of someone who really lives a life of service and, even more than just happily does things for other people, she insists on it.  I don’t know how I got so stinkin lucky to have a sister like her but I sure am So grateful and I know I learn new things from her every day about the person I want to be.  And I get her forever! :)   I guess having Mary around is the thing that helps remind me life is good.  And FULL of blessings.