its about time

for an update, isn't it? it seems that the month of september [along with summer weather] flew by overnight. i'm sitting here working on a freelance project i need to finish up, i've got a dog sleeping directly behind my chair, and a nosy black cat exploring the office. wrapped up in a sweater with a nice cup of tea, its suprisingly stress-free. well, for the moment, at least ;) i've got an endless to-do list this week, [with the exception of finishing this project] the main item being finishing the wedding dress. i know, i know... 2 weeks!

let's see.. skimming over the past month, what do i have to recap on? we went to a friends wedding early this month; had my 2nd shower in pittsburgh, a lovely high tea; made a quick trip to erie to grap my parents cake topper and serving knife; finished up my tivoli sweater + trellis [just need to seam]; received a great package from my sp8; had our bachelor/bachelorette parties this past weekend. phew! its been a busy month. see for yourself...

fancy high tea, where yes, hats where required:

[this is for ian, right??]

girls night out:

[and while i look both pregnant *and* drunk in this photo, i assure you i am neither! just being all slouchy and mid-blink :)]


we've also managed to get work done on the house as well, but we didn't do all the work. we broke down and hired someone to finish painting the outside of the house; it needed to be done, and we really had no time to spare. on the plus side, it looks *really* great. now we just need to either re-paint or tile the front porch....




in other news... we have a great new addition to the household. and no, its not the cute little kitten i keep seeing in the backyard. we got this lovely ipod hi-fi as a shower [!] gift.



its currently housing my old ipod mini, which i have recently replaced with a black nano. which also has a new partner.... i finally bought the macbook pro i've been coveting :) with the amount of freelance work i have, and the traveling that i do, it made perfect sense.



here it is on my new desk in front of the window. i promise.... office photos *will* be coming... sometime.


hmm... what happened to that stress-free feeling? i've just made a mental list of all the things that need to be done before next friday, and i'm realizing i am a little stressed ;) i just need to focus and remember that in 2 weeks we'll be lounging at our private plunge pool at our villa right next to the pitons on st. lucia.



ahhhh.......