Just being honest.

I love Dancing With The Stars.

We are going to Arizona in May! I've never been to Arizona and I am REALLY excited to have a little vacation. I would also like to go swimming.

I will be 27 at the end of the month and we are also thinking about taking a little weekend trip. It's just a thought. It would be fun and I guess like an anniversary since that's when Jason proposed to me last year. Birthday proposal FTW.

Tonight is "taco" night. I bought some Boca Crumbles and am looking to do some damage. Jason is picking up some Daiya shredded cheddar cheese, I am so SO excited.

I walked by our old apartment today on the way back from Giant Eagle and it looks like someone has moved in. It was kind of weird. I grew intensely curious as to what the inside looks like. But when I got home it looked even better to me. Old apartment, you were hideous. New apartment/townhouse/rowhouse, I love you.

Life Lessons

I have learned an important new life lesson. Once you begin drinking only light beer in preparation for your upcoming wedding and then one night you decide to drink all Magic Hat #9, it WILL ruin your life the next day because let's face it Gina, you aren't 21 anymore. Hangovers aren't something that just exist in the morning and can be easily cured by some Tylonel. Oh no, you will be out the entire day and waste a beautiful Sunday and not be able to eat ANYTHING. Just give me my rocking chair and yarn now. I've been beat.

Anyways, this is a long weekend which is nice since Sunday basically did not exist for me. Jason and I are going to be cleaning out our evil closet. You know how most people have a junk drawer? We kind of have a junk closet. Though not everything in it is junk. There is a lot of stuff in it. I just don't know. We have to prepare for our move! Two streets down FTW. So excited! We signed the lease on Saturday! I will post pics once we finally get the keys.

I have to go now and shower and get ready to head out to el rob. (Robinson TWP)

I have Beiber fever.

Pickled.

Hello world.
I just made black bean burgers for dinner. I used the recipe from the Veganomicon and I think they are delicious. Hopefully Jason does too since that is what he is (unknowingly) having for dinner.

Today is Friday. Friday is the most beautiful day of the week. After Jason gets home and consumes some of my AMAZING black bean burgers we are going to go to the Cage and meet up with Claire & Josh. We will then most likely consume some adult beverages. I'm excited since I have been sick for like 2 weeks and have not gone out at all.

Valentines Day is on Monday. I don't really care about it, I never have. If I am given flowers they will probably die in 3 days and if given chocolate then Jason and I will eat it all and feel fat. We usually just go out to eat somewhere awesome. Last year we hit up Taste of India which was difficult because it was blizzardy. We are thinking of going to The Harris Grill this year which was previously my favorite place to eat until I realized they have terrible service and I hate waiting. We thought about giving it another chance. We went there I think...2 years ago for Valentines Day and they acted really upset when we didn't order their pre-made Valentines Day meal. Hey, we are not eaters of meat, our options are rarely pre-made and simple. They were rude about it though. Plus their pre-made meal was like $400. That is a blatant exaggeration.

Anyway, this is what we look like now.
Deuces!!!!!!

I have FAILED YOU, BLOGGIE.

I deeply apologize for my negligence that has gone on for almost an entire year. I will now fill you in on the things that have occurred in my life and make vague promises to blog more often.

FIRST and most important is, Jason and I got engaged! April 29th, my birthday! We are getting married in October of this year. We have all the big stuff planned and at this point are focusing more on the little details. Like how many white doves to release at pivotal moments during our ceremony, etc.

Jason and Bob live with Max, Stella and I now. We have a lot of keggers.

I got a new job! Still banking but with another bank.

I got glasses.

We got a tv AND cable. Wow. We're watching 30 Rock right now. It's hilarious!

Hope you(you as in whoever might read this blog even thought no one ever read it before and I haven't touched it for a year.) are well and I swear I will blog from here on out since Jason has a blog now and I am going to compete with him for who can have the most blog posts. He doesn't know that yet.

It's still snowing.

Well, if you live in Pittsburgh, then I am sure you are aware of the lovely accumulation of snow we have received. The "snowpocalypse" or blizzard of 2010 is still happening I guess. It's snowing right now. It's a pain in the ass to go anywhere if you are not walking and even walking is like an obstacle course. So we have pretty much led a simple life these last 2 weeks. A lot of meals made at home and movies and reading and 6 packs from the coop because the liquor stores kept closing early. It's honestly been very nice. I think we are ready to be able to go places again, though. We went to Taste of India for Vday and parking was not a good time. I thought we might not make it out of our parking spot. Snow, you are just annoying at this point. Not cute anymore, for real. Go home.
The apartment is almost finished up, just need a new couch and get my desk here. Both of these will inevitably be postponed forever by the lingering and massive amounts of snow. I love the redecoration though, it looks like a totally different place.
Picture time!


This was the scene opening the front door last Saturday.


Jason braving the stairs that we could not see.

The view down the street.


This is me right now. Off work today and in all my unbrushed hair glory.



This is the Beauty and the Beast coffee mug I am currently drinking coffee out of.


Got bored of blogging. Bye!

Second update for TEN.

Today is Monday, MLK day. I did not have to work. I did not have to do anything. It's been a glorious day. I did not get a lot of sleep starting on Thursday and up till today I have no been able to catch up. I originally woke up really early but was able to go back to sleep.
Friday Jason and I met up with Andy and Sarah at Wilkie's in Dormont. It was fun, I like hanging with them.
Saturday I went back to Robinson, got my hair cut, bonded with my mom and sister, watched Paranormal Activity with my brother followed by Road House.
Sunday was Jul's birthday so fam came over and Jason came over and then after that celebration we headed to the bicycle cafe in the south side for Claire's birthday which was also fun.
Tonight I believe we are going to the BBT which is exciting because I haven't been there in forever.

Here's my haircut, I only have this one picture so far and I look really serious as I was trying to concentrate on getting a good angle of the haircut. But, there will be more to follow I'm sure.

I love it!

First blog of 2010!

First I would like to recap the end of 2009 which I enjoyed much more than the beginning or middle of the year.
Christmas was really nice, I enjoyed all the time I spent with my family and Jason's family. I received a lot of very nice gifts, such as a SNUGGIE. Also my brother got me a new digital camera! So I will now post 17 million photographs when I blog. Beginning.....NOW.

Mums & me. Did I mention the snuggie is leopard print? IT IS!!!

Juls got a matching one. We are amazing. More amazing in Snuggies.

John came home for the holidays so Jason and I got to spend some time with him.


It also involved us taking some really normal looking pictures.


After Christmas, Jason's birthday occurred on the 28th. Originally we were supposed to go to Robinson for dinner with his parents but it snowed a good bit and roads were not that fantastic so we stayed in Squirrel Hill and had a nice dinner at Silk Elephant and then grabbed some wine and just hung out. It was a very nice evening. I would probably be jealous of our awesome if I wasn't one of the awesome. Don't worry, you'll get there someday.

Anyway, we did end up being able to go to dinner with Jason's fam at a later date. We went to Cafe Sam in Bloomfield which is pretty neat. It's like walking into someone's house, but it's not a house because it's a restaurant. It was fun.

This guy came.


Jason picked up this hot chick.
We sang happy birthday & Jason got birthday tiramisu.


For New Years Eve we went to Claire & Josh's house for a party and it was excellent. I was glad to bring in the new year with everyone there. I also brought my snuggie. (picture not included)


So, 2009 was not the best of years but it was not the worst of years either. It tried my patience a lot but I feel like getting through everything actually made it a pretty important year because learning that you can get through crappy months, moods, sickness etc. & knowing you have a lot of amazing people surrounding you makes it worth it in the end.

I am looking forward to everything 2010 has to bring. I feel like it's going to be a year of change. First change, that long hair will be GONE after the 16th, folks. This may seem like a miniature change but you can shut your dirty mouth, I have had long hair forever and I am finally going to part with it.

Also, I am staying at my apartment and it's going to undergo some major changes. Switching my bedroom, new furniture arrangements, rugs, plants large enough for the cats to not knock over. I'm very excited. I hope you are excited about the new year as well. Everyone likes a chance to start over.