Getting settled in

Our apartment has pretty much been a disaster since we returned from the honeymoon. All of our wedding frames sat empty in a corner of the living room. The Hawaii photo albums we bought sat unfilled on the floor. There was just random crap everywhere from redecorating, piles of things we didn't want anymore or needed to take to Goodwill. And we were sick of it, but never had time to catch up on anything. With me working, Rick working, my Grad school, social engagements on weekends, and trying to work out and cook, our days were pretty much filled.

We vowed to get some crap together this weekend. Rick had today off, so we went to the Apple Orchard for a little fun. We got there at the perfect time; there wasn't even a wait to get in. We stocked up on all sorts of {unhealthy} goodies: caramel apples (to be fair, I got regular apples too), apple cider donuts, apricot preserves, and caramel corn nuggets, which taste just like caramel popcorn, except light and airier. I've already dug into that bag! Then we stopped at Home Depot, so Rick could get some stuff to (finally) hang some pictures.

I should mention that our Saturday night was spent picking out a ton of pics to print at Walgreen's. We were literally there for about 1.5 hours. Before we went, we wrote down every pic we needed for different frames and albums and what size we needed. We meticulously went through and picked out each picture, one by one. While we were waiting for them to develop, we decided we might as well get our flu shots, since we were there. It was a rockin' Saturday night, let me tell you. Flu vaccines and printing pictures at a Walgreens.

It took awhile, but Rick hung two of our big frames this afternoon! One was a photo montage frame of a bunch of wedding pics, and one is our photo mat frame that we had our guests sign at our reception. They both look great! We also filled a bunch of stand-alone frames, and I started putting honeymoon pictures in our Hawaii albums. We still have a lot of crap left out that we need to find a home for, but we are getting there, slowly but surely. We also need to put our fall decorations out on our balcony and toss the dead flowers that currently reside there from this summer. I don't know about you, but I feel very stressed when my house is a mess. I hate coming home and being here when there's stuff all over, so it feels good to finally get the clean-up process started. Now my closet is a whole other story....

We made a decision on the house I posted about last week. We are holding off on moving until after the holidays. Rick was called back for a second interview for that job I posted about (4 are called back out of 12 candidates), so if he gets it, we will be looking at places in a whole different price point. It is also hectic to move. I would much rather deal with that once my Grad school is over than right now, when things are so crazy. Plus, I just ordered return address labels and checks with our current address! I am NOT re-ordering all new ones so soon lol. So that's what we decided about that. We'll have one more Christmas at this place, and after the New Year, start looking again.

We have been doing better about working out/cooking at home. We cooked at home this entire week, and even had leftovers last night instead of going out. We are looking for good new fall recipes to try, so if you have any, pass them this way.

Something I want to try (though Rick is skeptical) is Dough-less Pizza. 

It's basically a cauliflower crust pizza. It looks good to me! It might be weird to eat pizza without the dough, but I would be up for giving it a try. Would you eat dough-less pizza? What toppings would you put on it to keep it healthy? If we end up making it, I'll do a full review on here.

I should go help straighten up the place. I will try to post more often; life is just very hectic right now! Hope all our friends are doing well :)