HOME. (equipped with many a nook)

the bay windows aka the best part


lovely view of the city

karlstad nook<3 //////////////////////////cubby nook

entertainment nook

never without a stack of library dvds. (apparently we're on a disney kick right now)

the dining nook

fireplace nook/////////// /////////// reading/sun bathing nook

yeah. we pretty much love it.

subday

quizzing james on his sandwiches. he's taking his new job very seriously.

slc sunset

slumber

we moved! more on that soon, but i just wanted to shout it on the mountain top that i LOVE our new house. okay, it's a tiny apartment. but i get to call it a house because it already feels like home to me. and you know what? i have been sleeping SO well for the past 4 nights (ever since we moved in.) for the last week or so in our previous house i could barely sleep. maybe it's cause i was stressed with school or the idea of moving or because i was sick but i secretly think it's because we're finally in the right place.

sigh of relief.

f & f

last night i dreamt that all my friends were dead. are you? i miss you guys.

before i got married i felt this "ambiguous longing" as james calls it, for what i assume was the void in me longing for a family. before i got married, i always had good friends around me but never a strong family situation.

now i have family and no friends. weird.

leaders

i was in the middle of finding the birth and death dates, countries of origin, occupations, and accomplishments of 40 leaders like genghis khan, king montezuma, peter the great, sha jahan, czar nicholas, hirohito, mccarthy, etc when i took a break to browse fashion blogs, and came across the name nirrimi. will she ever be on a list of great leaders? i don't know.. but probably not. just goes to show how little formal education actually coincides with reality. to me, the beauty in her photos are just as important as whatever sun yat-sen did.

(nirrimi's self portrait)