It's coming along...

The house is starting to come together! I'll take more pictures when things are less messy...hehe.

Dining room:

Living room:

So far, home ownership has been a lot of fun! We don't have to do any major renovations so we are pretty lucky. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but we bought the duplex with two of our friends, Jen and James. I love having them here, it makes the process seem less scary. They live in the second floor apartment, so it's easy to get together and hang out.

Here are some pictures from our Mexican-themed Valentine's day feast last night:

Oh, and here's a cat pic just for fun! Little Girl's favorite new spot is on the radiator in the kitchen. :-)

Mexico

I'm baaaack! Freddy and I went to Mexico with 6 of our friends. My first time going anywhere tropical! I fell in love with the architecture and the colors. I also really enjoyed the different kinds of plants they have. One that I especially liked was a giant tree that had thorns like a rose. There was another tree whose leaves feel like sandpaper (people use it to exfoliate their feet). So cool! Unfortunately our friend Marc rubbed that leaf on his bare back and broke out in hives. We all had to laugh at him about his enthusiasm. Oh and don't worry, the hives went away the next day.

Here are some highlights:

Beautiful mansion in Merida

We went swimming in a cenote (underwater cave). I was really scared but I got peer pressured into doing it :-D

Mayan temple at Uxmal

Mexican Market in Merida

Waiting for the sunset in Holbox.

Where we stayed.

Panchetta, the sea cat!

Paldo the kitten and Marc

Amanda and Paldo

Me, Jen, and Panchetta

Our new home

We got the keys to our place today!!! Come take a peek...

Time for a cat post!

Tyson and Angie got our kitties this super cute cardboard cat house for Christmas. It's made by a local Montreal company called Loyal Luxe. Check them out! It's so well designed and it's an affordable treat for your pets at $20. (I promise I don't work for them...I just really like promoting cool small companies!)

Here's my black cat Otto stepping out of his cottage.

How cute, it comes with a bunch of laser cut shapes...like these antlers!

I see you...

And of course...I couldn't resist making a video :-)

P.S. Excuse the mess in our house...we were in the middle of packing!

New Year's Eve

Freddy and I hosted New Year's at our place this year. It's probably the last time we'll ever be able to have this many people in our apartment, since our new house is way smaller! We are moving in one week!!! AHH!!!!

Here are some pics...

Andre, Judy, Mike, and Michelle

Our friend Neil was in town...

Jill and her ukulele.

Me and Carolyn

Fooooooooood!

Berto, Freddy, and Jon

Nomnom

Me...probably trying to play Oh Canada. Haha.

Blurry dancing

We also set up an area to take silly pictures in...

Hehe, wow, sorry for the image heavy post. Back to packing!

Holiday time

Just a few pics from last night at Tyson and Angie's. Friends and food...what more can anyone ask for?

Happy Holidays!

A last update to the ol' Etsy shop before the Holidays...lots of warm sweaters!

I'm staying in Montreal this Christmas....kind of nice to not be traveling at this time of year. Do you guys have any special plans? I'm excited to take this next week or two to start designing stuff for Spring!