updates to our bedroom

So our new duvet came today and it's awesome. The pictures don't do it justice because it's a silk cover, so it shines with the light. I also love the paint color I chose to repaint with (it's Benjamin Moore Grant Beige if anyone happens to be interested). Someday I'll get the shams and some throw pillows :)




Just to compare - here's the old room vs the new room (you can click on it to zoom in):

new bed

You know you're an adult when you get excited over things like new furniture. As sort of a Christmas gift to ourselves (and as our solution to my parents' pending overnight visit and therefore our need for a guest bed), the husband and I have upgraded to a king size bed. We also bought the sleigh bed that matches the bedroom set we bought this past spring. It was delievered today and I L.O.V.E. it and we don't even have bedding yet (that was on the Christmas list - though we do have sheets and a blanket).

Over our upcoming winter break, I'm hoping to repaint our room (finally! and I have a good excuse!) while Tim is skiing. I'm 99% sure the paint on the walls doesn't go with the duvet we are hoping to get so what better reason to repaint like I've been itching to do?!

Without further ado, here is our new bed:



And here is the duvet we asked for:


Hopefully in a week or so I'll have pictures of our "new" room!

Christmas Decorations

As I previously mentioned, it didn't take me long to break out the Christmas decorations after we got home from our Thanksgiving trip to the Cape.

our tree

our stockings hung by the fire with care :)

garland on the railing - there are lights, but you can't see them

I wish we could decorate the outside (I do have wreaths on the doors and garland and a big red bow on our light post), but aside from the minor issue of having no bushes due to the work done outside this summer, we also have only one exterior electrical outlet, and it's in the backyard.

I can't believe it's December already. I don't know where this year has gone! Three weeks from today I will officially be on Christmas vacation (yes, we still get a winter break - the company Tim and I both work for shuts down between Christmas Eve and New Years Day - it's awesome. It will be a much needed 11 days off, even though I fear I may end up working some since our big project is going live the day we return to work.

Before we know it, it will be 2010. Time needs to slow down a little!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy belated Thanksgiving! We traveled down to the Cape and had Thanksgiving with my parents who were up from Virginia, and my sister (who lives in Boston). Then we had Thanksgiving 2 with my in-laws (also on the Cape) on Saturday. It was great to get away for a long weekend before the next 3½ busy weeks of work before the Christmas holiday.

Tim, Me, and Lucy (my parents' dog)

Thanksgiving being over means it's Christmas season! It is my absolute favorite time of year. Within 10 minutes of getting home from the Cape on Sunday, I had started decorating. The tree is up and decorated, the stockings are hung, and the wreaths are on the doors. Now if only I could get motivated to do some Christmas shopping or even to make a list of my Christmas wishes that my family keeps asking for!

In other news, our Breast Cancer 3-Day team is already prepping for our walk next July and we're growing!! Because of our success and awesome experience, our team now has 8 people on it and we're expecting at least another 3 to join! I'm amazed that we can go from 4 to 11 people in just one year. Before I know it, it will be time to start fundraising again!