Friday Shenanigans.

Here are some things I like today:

• Urban Outfitters nail polishes. Not the ones they sell online, but the ones that are in the stores by the registers. I have Winterberry, which is a sparkly gray/green on my nails today. Luuurve.
• Valentine’s Day surprises! Basically one that’s coming up for Cory tomorrow, which could possibly involve some hunting for scavengers. Wait, strike that, reverse it. Moving on.
• Having a chill day at work, since everyday for the last month has been an exercise in keeping my head above water. You know, for breathing and all.
• Pinterest. Oh, the wedding boards I have created. #pinningmylifeaway

Happy Friday!

Happy Shenanigans.

So many crazy/exciting things have happened in the last couple months, that you’ll have to forgive me for not blogging in any sort of timely manner.  Here’s the rundown:

We moved to Brooklyn. Cornelius Abbicus, Grover and I are all Carroll Garden-ers now, and I must say, we are loving it. Just the other day I realized, while walking Grover, that never once on a walk in our new Brooklyn ‘hood has a crazy and/or homeless person tried to throw down with him. (Seriously, there was one crackhead on the upper east side that loved to scream near Grover and then freak out at him when he started barking, and there was another homeless dude who would bark back at Grover, argh). The hood is quiet, residential, super pretty, and never seems to smell like garbage (which is another thing that we don’t miss about our old ‘hood!), with lots of delicious places to eat and cute vintage stores. Our apartment has its own little gate, teeny yard, and door, so it really feels like more of our house than our apartment, and we actually have enough space to host family gatherings! We hosted Hanukkah and Cory’s family came over, and not once did anyone trip over our furniture. Ah, magical. 

We went to PA for Christmas…and it was the best trip home I’ve had in a long time. It was nice just to be home, in the country, hanging out with my parents, and I even got to see some old friends. I basically wore pajamas 75% of the time, read The Hunger Games (and now I can’t wait for the movie!) and it was just lovely for us to chill out there.

We got ENGAGED on New Year’s Eve! Holy catfish. After dating for almost four years, we’re getting hitched! So now we’re going to plan a wedding to kick off the technical start of our lives together, and I’m so excited, but in some ways, I feel exactly the same. I have a lovely ring and a solid promise that Cory and I are partners for life, but I feel like I already knew that. All this stuff is just a bonus (albeit an AWESOME bonus!), and I just feel really lucky that I get to marry my very best friend in the whole wide world. Oh, lord, how am I going to say wedding vows…I’m getting teary just writing this. Something to look forward to, weddin’ guests! So now I am obsessed with Pinterest, pinning like a mofo, and trying not to get overwhelmed with the one-bajillion wedding ideas that currently exist in the blogosphere.  

So that pretty much brings us up to speed.  Yay for happy shenanigans!

Pog.

Grover’s nicknames have grown exponentially in the last two months.  (My last list ended at number 12.)  In some weird way, I feel like keeping track of his nicknames the way some people track their child’s height on the back of a closet door. 

It’s Me Jess blog = Grover’s closet door.

1. Grover (his actual name)
2. The mup (cause he’s a mix of muppet & pup)
3. The mupper
4. Mupper Blupper
5. The Mud Blup (it’s a loooong story, which dates back to a Teddy Ruxpin cartoon video when I was about 4)
6. The Moop of Bloop
7. G Dizzle
8. G Diz Magiz
9. Little Dog
10. L.D.
11. Babydog
12. Babyseal (he looks like a baby seal when he wakes up, it’s odd)
13. Baby Dizzle and/or BabyDiz
14. Tiny Associate
15. Little Buddy
16. Little Friend
17. Schmoop E. Whoops (or Schmoop E. Whoops, Esquire)
18. Schmups
19. Schmuppy
20. Crustacean (he’s started burrowing under the covers so as to create a crustacean cave every morning)
21. Pog
22. Pog-a-wog
23. Poggie Woggie

Oh, 30 Rock Quotes.

I just dropped my engagement ring (eeeeee!) off in the diamond district to be resized.  While there, all I could think of was this 30 Rock Quote:

“I get it, elegance. That’s why people come to Yakov’s Nubian Bling Explosion.”

Now where is that Yakov…my finger feels naked!  Meep!