more work!

Here's a before and after shot of some landscaping meghan did in the back. Also ryan stopped wearing anything protective while chainsawing and now uses the chainsaw to cut grass and make dumb faces. Meghan polished up the living room with the ol brooklyn vacuum. Ryan finally took down those stupid wooden light fixtures!

So I think we are moving in this week, once the mattress man shows up with our new mattress. This means we will have a real guest bed on the other side of the house, where no photos have dared venture yet. Coming next time, real photos from the street!

yardin, floorin, beddin

This weekend and week have been real busy. We finally finished painting the living room and started in on the floor. Ry bashed away on it and mega slept in the new bed frame on it. We got a carpet man to do the carpet and tile repair too! See next post for a couple nearly-finished shots. We even moved in a couple chairs to sit on.

south beachin - weekend off

Some photos from south beach weekend. beachtastic, and saw jill and jason from up north.

Happy Anniversary...

to us! Whooop whoop, 4 years! We spent the evening painting the living/dining room and re-surfacing the ceiling. Romance at it's finest. Oh, and someone totally tagged our living room wall. Turns out the neighborhood is a little sketchy. Maybe we should've kept that alarm system.
Tomorrow we're off to South Beach for some non-home-improvement fun. Going to hang out with our friends Jill and Jason from NYC. YAY!!

xoxo,
M

Weekend Warriors

So tired...hard to type. We had quite a home improvement weekend. Ryan (Manuel Labor) and Paint Pa McGuire tore down a wall/closet in the living room while Paint Ma McGuire and I painted the master bedroom and the kitchen. Ryan also attacked some foliage with his new chainsaw and put new fixtures on the kitchen sink. Things are really starting to look good round that place.
In between all that we headed up to our friend Josh's birthday festivities and had a great time. Now it's looking like some football induced napping is in store.

Snoooooozzzzzzzze...

Wallpaper and Security System

Wallpaper sucks!! It took just about 2 hours for one small wall. Boooo!! We're taking down the wallpaper in the kitchen, going to paint it some nice color. Then on to the guest bath which is completely wallpapered...even the light switches.

Ryan worked on removing our hideous alarm system. I mean, really it all comes down to safety vs style? The choice was easy.

Here are a few more pics of us with our celebrity tans. We're working on getting that happy homeowners photo for you, Seth. Be patient.

xoxo
Mega

Hey hey hey!!!

Decided to start this old thing back up, mostly so we can chronicle our progress on our new house! Whooo hoo! NEW HOUSE! In case you haven't heard, we became homeowners on Friday and are now official, bona fide Florida residents.

We had a fun weekend with our friends from Cape Can. Lots of surfing and partying, some household chores (installed new handles on kitchen cabinets) and a Sunday of yard work. Ryan got serious with a GAS hedge trimmer!

Here's some pictures for looking at.

happy america day

Things have been going pretty good, hence the no blog posting. Mega and I are both working now and back in real life for sure. We have been using the camera less these days and are taking only the finest of pictures. Some possibly to follow.

Weeks past include dad's day on boat, friend weekend, and nyc visit.
Weeks ahead include gville visit, beer fest, and sarasota visit.

Nyc was a blast as usual and felt totally surreal. I had a hard time remembering what to do when I got home because I felt like I still lived in brooklyn. My old bike was still locked up in front of the old place and I rode it everywhere! Awesome! Also, successfully avoided manhattan all weekend as was the norm when living there. I didnt get a chance to see my old work mates but that will have to wait until next time.

More pics and updates

Make sure to check out the post below for some boat pictures.

Here are a few more photos of our last month. We had a super fun visit from Ace and Greg and went to Adventure Islands with some very neon shirts. We finally got a new couch and it may be the best couch ever lounged on by a man! Vegas is loving Florida living and all of the windows in the house, but she especially loves to wear Jonathan's coolie cup as a hat. The beach is continuing to be awesome, we've been having fun body boarding/surfing...are starting to take night walks hoping to see some of the sea turtles that nest all over this stretch of coast.

Happy belated bdays to Cristina, Elisa and Hinkle! Aaaand Happy Birthday to Kaytay!!

Lots of love,
M&R

Boat pic post

Hi there, If you haven't already heard, we bought a boat! It's an awesome 1984 Sylvan 18ft with seating for 6. Ryan's especially excited about the 120HP engine. Here are a few pics, have only had it out in the water for the test drive, but looking forward to taking it out this weekend.

Our number 1 name now is...Sea Y'all, but we're still accepting suggestions.

Spring-sproing!

Phew, it's been a long time.
Posting a few pics from our latest home improvements. We laid a patio in our backyard and with a nice housewarming patio set from the McGuires, things are looking pretty damn good. Greg and Adrienne came down for a fun visit and we spent lots of time lounging around the patio, building outdoor showers and going to Islands of Adventure, pics to follow.
The job search continues. Ryan has got some pretty good leads this week and is hoping that they will all offer him jobs on the same day so he can pick n' choose, we'll see.
Non-profit jobs are a bit scarce down here, but I've managed to find a couple to apply to. Other than that, just been checking out the sights around here. Weather has been unbelievably nice and breezy during the day with cool nights. We haven't even had to run the AC...pretty sure that won't last.

more melbourne pics

Hey there,

We finally moved all our stuff out of mini storage! Woo! So, we already paid the rent there, and its empty until april 20 if you need a place to stay or have band practice.

Some recent photo highlights:

Meghan got a big pot stuck on her head while decorating.
We ride bikes a lot.
We see sunny things and bodies of water frequently a lot and sometimes swim or surf in them.

I officially finished the resume today, and I am going to start sending them out tomorrow. Mega is almost done too. There seem to be a lot of tech openings, so hopefully I can nab something. Also there is a job fair next wednesday. Jobs are great and everything, and help pay bills off when you owe money to people for things.

Sometimes people write songs about jobs, like 'workin for a livin' and 'takin care of business'. Thats what mega and I are going to do soon.

Also, (not pictured) we went to a bar on saturday night and a whole wedding party showed up at about 10pm, which was wierd. Wierder, the bride was still in the wedding gown, stomping around in the rainy patio. I guess they had no music at their place. People heckled them. Feaux passe!

p.s. Go memphis slashing tigers

-Ry

picture post I

here are a few pics from the last week. we had a busy couple days painting the living/dining room, but it turned out nicely and we've been enjoying some tasty Publix brand dinners. Ryan's shirt did not turn out quite as well. Australia ate some holes in it.