[nathan and paloma]

Tonight we didn't talk about how many boxes we still need to unpack. We didn't talk about work. We didn't even talk about December's finances.
It was just the two of us, sitting at the table watching his favorite show (Survivor) -we don't have our tivo set up yet- enjoying dinner. and enjoying each other.



It's getting colder outside and when it starts to get chilly and it's time to make dinner, it only means one thing:

SOUP.

love, Nathan and Paloma at 2:50 AM | 2 little notes  

I feel like I've negleted our blog this last month. We've had plenty of eventful days but i just haven't made the time to "fill you in".
We celebrated Nathan's 24th birthday.
moved into our new place
I got really sick but feel much better.
I had an allergic reaction to some face cream and my face looked like a flaking tomato for a week.
My mom came to visit for this weekend and we enjoyed a lovely dinner at Outback for Nathan's belated birthday gift from her. THANKS MOM!

As a celebration of FINALLY settling in to our apartment and feeling better, I made some mini cherry pies this evening. I took the idea from bakerella.com and will for sure be making this again in the near future. (most likely for Nathan's coworker's this weekend- except pumpkin pies!)

(ok, so I realize there are two P's in approval...but i didnt notice my typo until now. Oops!)

What do you think? dont they look yummy!?
Making these really got me excited for the holiday season. MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.
I hope to make a couple things that I have in mind and look forwad to sharing my little projects with you!

love, Nathan and Paloma at 6:24 PM | 1 little notes  

Halloween is just around the corner! The little girl I take care of (she's 4 yrs. old) has been excited about her halloween costume this whole month. Guess who she wants to be?
The one and only Hannah Montana, of course...
It's a good thing she wants to be hannah montana and not Miley cyrus because we all know that those are two completely different people. It's an even better thing that she'll be looking a little more like the girl on the left and not the girl...I mean "young woman" one the right! PHEW!

love, Nathan and Paloma at 8:20 AM | 0 little notes  

the child -- and the wild things -- who live in all of us...

We saw Where the Wild Things Are last night. Oh how we loved it. I could go in depth about all the reasons it was wonderful but I think this critic sums up all of my feelings towards this story and movie:

"Its utter simplicity masks layers of complexity. Some will see it as a movie about nothing, when in fact it is a movie about everything."

-Marshell Finn

love, Nathan and Paloma at 7:19 PM | 4 little notes  

It's so nice to be unpacked and settling into our new little home. After weeks of packing, Nathan getting sick, moving, me getting sick, unpacking, and family get togethers, we were finally able to enjoy a relaxing night at home. We had FHE and enjoyed our first home cooked meal in our new place prepared by yours truly. It's all fresh and from scratch. Yum.... Let's just say there was nothing left on anyone's plates.
my favorite part was 3 kinds of stretchy cheese seen in every bite ofthe mashed potatoes.


I'm so happy to have room to move around and make yummy meals for us. I love my kitchen. It's the main reason we chose our new place. there are so many little things that I love about it.





Tonight we are having Nathan's grandparents over for dinner. They are visiting from Clifornia. Whats on the menu? Fettucini Alfredo, roasted garlic chicken, breadsticks, and salad. I have my alfredo sauce mastered and am excited to share it with his gma and gpa.

love, Nathan and Paloma at 1:42 PM | 3 little notes  

List of things to do today:

make bathroom spotless. Scrub. scrub. scub.

fill up as many of these. ugh. ugh. ugh.

use the last of our free movie tickets to go on a little date to watch this. ooh. la. la.

love, Nathan and Paloma at 1:09 PM | 1 little notes  

We FINALLY heard back from the apartment we were interested in and are officially moving into our new home in a little over two weeks.
I am soooooo relieved to move out of our current apartment of 2 1/2 years. It may not seem that long but I have been counting down the days for our lease to be up for the last 11 months.

It's a little sad since this was my first place and then our first place, but we are excited to move on!

Now for the "white glove" cleaning of our current place.... ughhh.

I'll post pictures and details soon.

here are my top favorite things about our new place:

granite counter tops
garbage disposal in the sink
our own master bathroom
his and hers closets in master bathroom
internet and cable included
gated community so that my husband will sleep in peace.
much closer to Nathan's job
24 hr fitness room
year round hot tub

love, Nathan and Paloma at 2:07 PM | 8 little notes