Looking Forward

We have had lots of fun traveling around these past 4 1/2 months (and our travels aren't quite over yet...) but I can't help but get super excited about settling down for a little while back in Burlington. There's so much to do there--from the mountains to Church Street, we really love Vermont. Most of all, though, I am SOOOOOOOOO excited to set up house!!! We have all kinds of wonderful gifts that we have yet to use. My head is spinning with thoughts of how to decorate our apartment (once we find one).

Here's my wishlist of things I'd like to see/do in our apartment:

Bedroom: We have some beautiful white bedding from Pottery Barn (and of course I got the shams monogrammed because I love monogrammed everything!)

Pearl Embroidered Duvet from Pottery Barn

Since the bedding is very light, we're going to have to add color in other ways. Above our bed I'm planning to put two big prints that we have---one is a picture of the Empire State Building that Duke gave me for Christmas last year. We got engaged on top of the Empire State Building so it is a colorful memento from a very happy day in our lives. The other print I'll put up is the "guest book" print from our wedding. These two prints are both bright and framed in similar black frames. I think they'll liven up the bedroom a little bit.

Guest Book Alternative from Modern Keepsake on Etsy

Modern Keepsake has lots of creative prints.

I have a feeling that whatever apartment we find will most likely have a shortage of counter space. If there's enough room in our kitchen, I would love to have a little kitchen cart where we could put apps and drinks when we entertain! (Can't wait to entertain in our own home!)

We also got some great stainless steel pans as a gift, and if we're lacking storage space for those, and there's a proper place to hang a thing like this, I may look into a pot rack...but I'm still very much on the fence about whether or not these look super cluttery or cute, so we'll see if this happens.

Cluttered or Cute? Thoughts?

I have lots more ideas but will share just one more thing that I'm excited about for now....I really can't wait to find a special place for the custom sign that my friend Eva gave me. Her sister Danielle has a little etsy shop called Choice Products and makes custom signs and other things. Check them out on facebook or etsy!

Can't wait to hang our beautiful sign from Choice Products!

That's all for now, folks.

MIA: Why I haven't blogged in a month

Wow, the past month FLEW BY! Let's just say it has been filled with:

3,000 + miles of:

but this time it had a roof top carrier on, and was not quite as sparkly....

...this picture is from the day I bought the dear old Baruga!

The last month also included:

A stop at home before our roadtrip, where I revealed my new harido:

It was well received!

A roadtrip to FL with Virginia and a stop to see Olivia and Baby Mia in Charleston:

Mia is a BEAUTIFUL baby!!

Once we got to West Palm Beach, Virginia and I enjoyed some:

Reading/Sun Bathing/Napping

Then there was a trip to Miami where we visited Dave in the studio:

Then we had the Duncan family visit for a week over Thanksgiving and we did lots of:

Barbequing...yum!

Enjoying the Ocean

Tube Time!

Sunsets that we saw every night while eating on the dock!

Inbetween visitors we managed to create a makeshift Christmas Tree:

Then two days after the Duncans left, my mom came for a week!

We got out of a movie just in time to see a Christmas Boat Parade!

Duke isn't as excited to have his picture taken as I am!

So I hope you will excuse my lack of blogging, because we have been busy!

We are going to lighten our schedule for the next two weeks....oh wait, a trip to the Keys and a trip to Orlando are in the next 10 days. I guess we aren't slowing down, but we are having tons of fun!