The Rewards of Membership

One of the perks of using an AMEX card to buy all the everyday things you need for a baby is that you rack up tons and tons of Membership Reward points that you can put towards stuff that you actually want to buy. Ed and I experienced this today when we realized that we had enough points to cash in on something that caught our eye a while back.

What is it you ask?

Well, we are not quite ready to divulge since we do not yet have it in hand. But it is something for the house (and not baby related) and is something that I/we have had our eyes on for some time now. It's all part of our plan to make our house more functional by using every bit of space we have.

Some clues:

• It is going in our living room.
• It is from my most favorite furniture store on the planet.
• It will make our living space that much more user friendly.

As soon as we have it up and running, we'll let you in on the details. In the meantime, we'll be out buying diapers and formula to rack up enough points to purchase the beautiful chair that is meant to go with it!

Home Sweet....Contract.

7.16.10

Summer is in full swing and as I write this morning the temperature is already in the 90's. Luckily the oppressive heat has not slowed us down. In fact, we are moving full steam ahead - on our new house that is!! I know I have not really been sharing too many details and I apologize, but until those keys are in our hands, I'm holding out! I am not risking this deal falling through!!
We hope to close in August and will have plenty of pictures then. In the mean time, here is something to wet your palette:


That's all I'm going to share!!! :) Stay tuned...

The New Digs!

After a long and slightly painful weekend, our stuff is finally in 1 state and we are settling in! As you know, we are shacking up in my parent's basement until I get a job and we buy a house. We fixed it up a bit so that it feels more like our "home" - check out the new digs!!

Our new living room - mom and dad's couches paired with our entertainment center. It's like a match made in heaven! :)


Our kitchen minus the actual kitchen. All meals are served upstairs at Cafe Quartuccio.


The boudior - where the magic happens!


Ed's instructions each night - :)!!!


We do have our own little bathroom down here and a storage room for some of our stuff. My wardrobe is housed on the 2nd floor of the house in my old bedroom since the closet space is minimal in the basement. We did need to solicit the help of Public Storage to hold most of our belongings, but all in all we are happy and comfortable in our new (temporary) home.

The job stuff is starting to look good so once I land something we will begin our house search. We are really excited about this next new (very expensive) adventure - but will enjoy our cozy little apartment right now. :)