1 year today.

1 year ago today, the boyfriend and i made a huge decision.

one that would change our lives forever.

I can't say that all 365 days were peachy, sparkling, golden rays of sunshine

but i can say that our decision put our relationship on a whole new pedestal.

we've learned so much about each other and are still learning to this day.

one year ago, we became home owners!

we made the biggest decision thus far in our coupled life

and i would not change anything.

funny... as i'm writing this Edith Piaf is signing "no regret" (the english version)

on Pandora. fate? maybe ;)

we still have SO much to do

but at least the guest room is no longer MN Wild themed:

the kitchen is no longer a yellow cave (ceilings and all...)

and the basement is finally cleaned out of boxes, which only took 11.5 months

we're getting there, slowly but surely... in pretty much all aspects of our lives.

next in line: tearing out all the nasty andes mint carpet that runs through the entire main floor... gross.

i will do a major happy dance on that day.

time for some quality time with my 4 legged girl!

hopefully i dont eat it on the icy pavement...

au revoir 2011

I'm sitting at work, typing this on my phone... so everything probably looks different. thats kind of been the theme of 2011 for me: everything looks different. this year has been filled with so many ups and downs twists and turns. in some ways I'm glad to say farewell to 2011 but so much has happened, I'll be sad to see it go. we bought our first house I quit my job we both went back to school I got a new job that has made me rethink everything about the future we went to Europe and much much more that I would never ever change that being said, i CANNOT wait for 2012 there is so much on the horizon for us so many memories to make, things to experience life to really live. happy New Year to all!

school:

you are driving my crazy.

two more days.

that is all.

happy december!

it's mah birthday month!

i seriously cannot believe that it's already december. it feels like the year has just flown.

i start my new job next week. the semester is done in two.

my birthday is in 3 weeks and the week after we'll be hosting my mom's 

family for christmas... yes... all 400 million of us. in our house. in 26 days. 

with all this excitement ahead, it's nice to look back on the past month to not forget...

well, forget everything that just happened :)

Erin got married! such a perfect day

invasion of the nerds.

seriously adorable, this one is.

smiley little girl.

my blue eyed boy.

No snow as of 2 days ago... we got a dusting this morning, but come on! 

uh... yeah... well that was shorter and less exciting than i had thought.

Erin's wedding was seriously a blast. unfortunately, excitement and craziness
get in the way when you're in the wedding, so i didn't get a chance to get many pictures.
but, it was just a spectacular day- filled with LOTS of love, laughs and dranks.

aside from that, my life has been filled with school. school. and more school.
accounting really is a bitch. never again. never.

this month, i'll remember to get my camera out more ;)

love.

"there are dreamers and there are realists in this world.

you'd think the dreamers would find the dreamers 

and the realists would find the realists,

but more often than not, the opposite is true.

you see the dreamers need the realists

to keep them from soaring too close to the sun

and the realists, well without the dreamers

they might not ever get off the ground."

-Cam

my realist is a hottie

haiku for my vet.

served in the Navy.
i love my vet like woa-wah.
my vet loves ketchup.

Thank you to all who have, who are, and who will serve our country.


(i know... i know. Veterans Day was Friday, but I was busy with my Vet all weekend!)

where in the world, where in the world is Matt Lauer??

he's here! the Jungfraujoch!

can you see it? the observatory in between the Monch and the Jungfrau?

can you see it yet?

here's the closest view that i was able to shoot:

i got a call from my mom early this morning, 

"trish! where is the world is Matt Lauer is at the Jungfraujoch!"

for those who don't know (and believe me, i would have had no idea had we not just been there)

the Jungfrau is one of the 3 tallest peaks in the Alps (Jungfrau being the "top of Europe")

there's actually a sweet story with how to remember the names:

the Monch (the monk) stands in between the Jungfrau (the young woman) and the Eiger (the ogre)

the monk, protecting the young woman.

We never made it to the Jungfraujoch- going to Schilthorn instead-

but we could see the building from Murren when we were having lunch.

Switzerland is the most unbelievable wonderland.

crazy expensive, but worth it.

definitely worth it.