Happy New Year!

Welcome 2011!

This year holds a thesis, a master's degree, a wedding, and two out of state moves!

On New Years eve we found a great apartment to live in here in DSM.  It has a fireplace, a great little dining area, two bedrooms, and a jack-and-jill bathroom. It is super great and doesn't make me feel like I am in a dormitory.  I am really looking forward nesting and finding fun vintage things from some of the great stores here in the Moines.  I want lots of color and unique pieces!

Here is a floor plan of our apartment-to-be:

And here are some ideas I have for decorating!

I think our decor is going to be a mix of Ikea modern and shabby chic eclectic. Very excited.

Love the orange couch.

and I'd love to reinterpret this idea for our mantle

I am very excited to move to Des Moines. I am seeing lots of possibilities and potential in all of the things this new town has to offer.

I have been very bad and haven't worked on my thesis prospectus enough. I am working on lots of theory books and Mormon history books. Today I read 5 that I thought had a lot of potential. And NOPE -- nothing noteworthy. The most interesting thing that I found in any of the books was the hilarious notations the previous scholar (I use the term lightly) ((wow that makes me sound pretentious)) had made all over the text. They underlined an entire paragraph and then after drawing an hard to erase arrow wrote "Not Useful!" Another part was underlined and surrounded by stars and the word "cool."

I will be very busy this week reading and writing. 

Yikers.

Tomorrow is my last week of Winter break. Chase and I have some errands to run and last minute DSM specific things to do. (I want to go to Raygun and buy a "D+ Student" shirt. Gotta love Drake U.)  We'll head to BG on Thursday. Bright and early. I am ready to get back to classes- not to work- but to classes. I like being in class. Simple as that!

I hope you are having a wonderful new year. I am blessed and very happy. Best to you and yours!

Please visit our wedding website! (its still in progress!)
http://www.mywedding.com/mccool2011/