settling in...

well, we finally did a little bit of decorating at our beach house. my parents came to see our place for the first time this weekend, so we had to put some things on the walls, etc. here is the living room so far, but it's still very much a work in progress.

our little creperie

as i mentioned in my post back in May, when we went on a trip to Key West, i discovered my new love of crepes... some might even call it an obsession. since Key West, i've been on the search for a good crepe place around where we live, with no luck. we did find a german crepe house that's about 20 minutes away, but it is a pretty far drive and german crepes are different than french ones (which is what i'm obsessed with). 

so, we decided to learn to make our own crepes! we looked up a recipe on the internet, bought the ingredients, and gave it a go. i have to say, they weren't half bad for our first attempt. :)

wanted: retro cruiser

moving in, moving over... moving to the beach!

 in the past few months, adam and i have grown much closer. he has become someone that i could never replace in my life. i am seriously thankful every day for the seemingly stupid little misunderstandings that kinda threw us together. i don't have many words for it because i really can't describe it. i've never been in a relationship like this before... it just seems to work. 

 after we got back from Ohio, we moved in together! to me, this was a pretty scary decision because i've never lived with a boyfriend before. but we decided that this was what was best for us. so far, it has been the best . we've had a lot of stressful times, but always come out on the other side stronger than before. we got a little place out on the beach within walking distance to lots of shops, bars, and restaurants. we're also only a block from the beach! it's been quite an adventure so far.

trip to ohio- june, 2010

it's been so much traveling lately! last week, we went to Ohio  (where Adam's from) to visit some of his family and friends. it was a lot of fun and i enjoyed getting to spend that time with him and meet some of the important people in his life. also, Ohio is nothing like how i had always imagined it in my head.

gone, gone, gone :(

 

on may 6th, very right after we got home from Key West, i found out that my Grandma Kit was in the Hospital in Mississippi. as far as i had known, she hadn't been sick. just like with my grandpa, this was a surprise. immediately, i got on a plane to fly there to be with her. Adam came with me, he was incredible. in my entire life, no one besides my parents has ever been there for me the way that he is, and really always had my back. it meant the world to me to have him there with me and that he got to meet my incredible grandmother (he wasn't so lucky with my grandpa who died suddenly February 28, 2010). so, there we were, in Mississippi, watching one of the 5 most loved people in my entire world die. it was heart wrenching. we sat there almost helpless by her side for 2 days. there were moments of laughter, when she was coherent she would wake up and say something sarcastic, as was her nature. God, i miss her. so, there it was, just like that. within 3 months, i had lost 2 grandparents--- 2 of the 5 people that i had always loved the most were gone, just like that, without warning.

 

toya moved home to miami...

my roommate & close friend toya moved back home to miami. she took a job there that she loves. she works in the domestic violence unit for the state. she seems really happy. i miss her. i miss the fun we had together and i miss constantly having a somewhat like-minded girlfriend around to chat with, bounce ideas off of, cook with, laugh with, and get dressed up to go out with once a week. that said, i am incredibly happy for her that she's found her place and is happy in her job.

...if you're lucky enough to be at the beach, you're lucky enough....

Adam & I drove down to Key West for the weekend. We left Friday evening after we both got off work, around 6:30 pm. We arrived at our first hotel around 2:15 am. The hotel had a lovely pool, so we checked in & immediately went for a swim. What we didn't notice was that the pool closed at midnight, so the staff didn't take too kindly to our 2:30 am swim. Although short, it was fun & refreshing.

After our swim, we went to sleep so that we could wake up at a decent hour on Saturday to start our adventure.

On Saturday morning, we woke up & went to an awesome breakfast place that Adam had researched ahead of time, called Blue Heaven. Adam tried a Lobster Benedict, which he loved. I had an omelette & their homemade bannana bread, it was fabulous.

After breakfast, we boarded a trolley tour with 12 stops throughout the key, which we could get on an off throughout the day. We rode the trolley around the key until about 3:30 pm stopping at various touristy stops to explore.

After we were satisfied with all of the sights we had seen on the trolley, we went to our hotel for the second night, which was the Crowne Plaza, located right across Duval Street from Sloppy Joe's.

After we checked in to the hotel, we changed into beach clothes & went to check out Fort Zachary Taylor and the beach at the park. The Fort was interesting, but we weren't all that impressed with the beach. We're too spoiled because we live near such beautiful beaches.

After the beach, we went back to our hotel to change, then we hit the town for the evening & did our own version of the "Duval Crawl". It definitely made for a fun & interesting night.

On Sunday morning, we packed up, checked out of our hotel, and walked down to a french creperry for breakfast. Adam had a crepe made with bannana, lime, and sugar; mine was nutella, strawberries, and bannanas. We sat right up at this breakfast bar where we could watch all of the crepes being made. They were great.

On the walk back to the truck after breakfast, we stopped for one last photo opportunity and ran into some folks who we had met the night before at Hog's Breath Saloon.

We left Key West around 1:00 pm on Sunday to make our journey back to St. Petersburg. Along the way, we took a few hours to visit Toya in Miami for dinner.

Although we both wished we were able to stay away longer, it was a wonderful weekend. Now, we're back home & back to work.

 Adam started his new schedule today, working overnights. This will be challenging for us because I work from 9:00 am until 5:30 pm and he will be working from 4:00 pm to 4:00 am. I'm so grateful that we were able to spend such a fun weekend together before this schedule change...