I Love You, Man

I just watched this movie for the second time today and I can't get over how much I LOVE Rashida Jones' clothes in this movie! I want her entire wardrobe! And I wouldn't mind living in that amazing house she and Paul Rudd's character live in. Basically I just love it all. Plus it's pretty much hilarious; so watch it if you haven't.

Awesome yellow top

Love the colors

     Love, love, love the cardigan

Love the navy cardigan and the Florida top

Such a great teacher wardrobe! Wish it was mine.

         (the house from the movie)

Wouldn't mind if this was mine, either

Transportation

Wish I had the power of transport so I could go back here for a day.

One thing I miss most about San Diego is this view of Sunset Cliffs.

 Unfortunately one of the things D.F. lacks is a view of the pacific ocean and I won't be seeing it again until December when we go back for a visit. 

Paint

So, as I mentioned before, we are moving into our first home and one of the first things we are going to do when we move in is paint. I have an idea in my head of what I'd like it to look like, but I'm not 100% sure. 

I found this picture on flicker and I like this combo of colors. 

I'm thinking the green for the living room, the brown, beige, and light redish for the office and the blues for the bedrooms. 

I'm also loving this couch! We found a guy who is selling it for a pretty good price and we are hoping to go look at it soon. We'll see if it's in as good of condition as it seems.

  

James and I are so excited to move in and get going on these little (and big) projects!

We're Moving!!!

James and I will be moving out of our small, cute and quirky apartment and into a house in the south of the city! We have absolutely loved spending our first year of marriage and our first year in Mexico City in our unpredictable apartment, but are so excited to have a bigger space and a place of our own. 

So... how are we able to move into a house, you might ask. Well, to make a long story short, James and his dad had made an investment that unfortunately didn't work out, and to make back their money, they were able to purchase this house for way below market value and will be able to sell it and make their investment back. Before they sell it, James and I will be living in it for the rest of our time in Mexico.

The house is a small 2 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and a definite fixer-upper. We can't wait to paint it and fix it and make it our own.

 

We won't be moving in for a couple of months, but I will be sure to post pictures of it when I can. In the mean time, here are some pictures of our apartment now. 

                                                                  Lila in our bedroom

                      The covered out door hallway we've come to love; especially on rainy days

                                                                           The foyer

Our desk and work space

The living room

Read and Listen

Reading this:

Listening to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpvjNn2BUM&feature=fvst

Both sooo good. Fiona Apple in her video Criminal reminds me of the character of Cathy. Read it if you haven't; listen if you haven't. So good.

Back in the Grind

Vacation is officially over and I'm back at work.

Being a teacher has to be one of the best jobs ever because you get a whole summer off and then when you get back to work it's like you're the one starting school again. You see friends you haven't seen in months and ask the ever popular question, "how was your summer?" 

I love it. It makes going back to work so much more enjoyable. And I have to say, I am fond of having a routine. 

Grad school doesn't start until the end of September, so I have a little bit of time to just relax and enjoy being back at work and with the kids. 

Life is good and I'm so thankful to have a job I like, let alone a job at all. 

Excited

My wonderful friend Brooke is getting married this January and I have the pleasure of being one of her bridesmaids. I cannot wait for the big day and to wear this awesome dress from Anthropologie.

Love it, love her.

Missing...

One thing I really, really miss having...

A laundry machine to use whenever I want. 

Unfortunately here in Mexico City, unless you own one of these (which few people here do), your only options are to either take your clothes to an expensive Lavendaria, where they wash and dry your clothes for you, or to wash your clothes in a large sink on your roof, which is what James and I do most of the time.

            Here is a picture of the sink where we wash our clothes

Life So Far

This is the first post in my new blog. I thought long and hard about whether or not to start this blog. One reason being, James and I already have one together that updates people on the major life happenings here in D.F. but I wanted something else. I wanted a place of my own where I could post my thoughts, both big and small. So I will kick it off with a quick run down of my life so far. I graduated college over a year ago, got married, moved to Mexico City, got an apartment, got a dog, got a job, made some great friends. It pretty much all happened in that order. 

It's been such a crazy and growing year for me. It's been hard and good. There were so many unknowns when we first moved here, it's amazing to see how far we've come. We spent the first 4 months here sleeping on an air mattress wondering if we'd have to move back to the states, and now we have a fully furnished apartment, full time jobs, and an awesome community of friends. Basically, life is good.

Here are a few photos of the past year.