a little here, a little there

jeremy gave me this jewelry tree for christmas and i just love how it looks on my windowsill.  (i painted the flower box next to it many moons ago... like maybe when i was 13.  painting pottery has always been my thing.)  the swirly thing reminds me of what jewelry i have to wear instead of having it sit in some deep dark drawer.  it has also been getting me in the organizing mood lately, but not enough to take on any major projects.  i have found myself frantically cleaning out my sock drawer, going through some shelves in the book cases, and pulling shirts off of hangers that i haven't worn in a year to make room for the new clothes i gathered over the break.  i think little by little is a good way to go for cleaning out and organizing.  it can be a good distraction from the studying that is about to start up again.  classes start wednesday! ahhhh!

the last time

oh yeah! our new place has a washer and dryer. jeremy can't wait!

"the laundry fiasco"

last night i did my laundry, just like i had planned.

well kinda...

so i managed to fit my clothes into two washers. i started the washers with my $2 in quarters and then went back to my apartment for 24 minutes. i was trying to find more quarters so i could dry my clothes and things weren't looking good. i had one quarter left, one dollar bill, and about $10 in dimes and nickels. turns out the laundry room doesn't have a change machine... so the dollar bill does me no good, and the dryers ONLY take quarters, so the large amounts of small coins don't help either. so i shoved my clothes into two dryers without started them and i went back to my apartment(not sure what I was really thinking here). i called my mom and told her about my dilemma... she laughed and laughed and told me to go get my clothes and hang them all around my apartment. so like a good, obedient child, i did. jeremy called while i was hanging my laundry up and trying to dry my underwear with my blow dryer (didn't work too well) and he just laughed and laughed, too.
i didn't think it was very funny... i was really frustrated, but everyone thinks i'm so funny when i'm mad. whatever.

back to the laundry...clothes are all over my apartment. a couple shirts dried overnight, my jeans are still pretty wet, and my underwear is drying in my tub.

today NEEDS to be a laundry day

i really hate doing my laundry...

especially when laundry involves:
-sitting on my laundry basket to get the clothes to fit in (i don't do laundry very often)
-rounding up all of the quarters i can find
-going outside (freezing cold!), journeying across the icy parking lot with a huge basket of laundry
-going back outside and across the icy parking lot to put it in the dryer
-going back outside and across the icy parking lot to bring all of my clothes back (its always harder to get them to fit back in the basket after they are washed... weird)
-putting away all of my clothes when all i want is some hot chocolate

it is quite the process...
but it sure is nice to replenish my closet!

(can you tell i am missing my mom and the warmer weather of the desert?)

It's that time of the Month...

Not that time of the month... (haha) We have cleaning checks every month. We have to scrub every inch of the apartment before the inspectors come and try to tear apart our cleaning skills and tell us that we are living like slobs. Procrastinating, we look towards that day with dread, but then the night before our cleaning checks inevitably arrives....

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

(actually we end up having a lot fun...woohoo!)

Here is Serena with her vinegar... the living room baseboards can be a beast!

Kristen getting ready to scrub down the kitchen counters...yuck!

Deanna getting down and dirty with the bathroom floors... she likes it.

Sarah...making our bathrooms sparkle *

Jenn is ready to tackle the oven; Kristen is...crazy!

Check out the sweatband. Cleaning is serious business. I get to clean out the fridge... I just wonder what creatures are lurking in the back.

Spice Girls.... yeah!

"YOOOO...I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want..."

Serena's slamming music and our crazy loud singing keeps this party rocking all night long!