2+3=5

Tony and I are one guinea pig away from becoming animal hoarders.

We couldn't help ourselves when we met Leonidas... He was fluffy with big eyes and beautiful chocolate fur, he also needed a home. Since we had purchased both Reptar and Maximus from pet stores I still had a yearning to adopt a guinea pig in need of a home. Leonidas fulfilled that want and got a kick ass life in exchange.

What a cutie...

 

This is a picture we got from the lady we adopted him from. His hair can get a little wild and long!

 

I feel like now we are very settled into our apartment. I'm happy to have my own space but I need to downsize furniture because just us two and the guinea pigs makes our 500 square feet apartment feel a bit cramped.

 

It's hard to get inspired to cook gourmet or from scratch when you have a small kitchen but I think I make the best of it. It also helps that Tony doesn't cook and I have the kitchen to myself. I do want to start decorating the place and making it more functional. I have some ideas but first I need to get rid of my huge kitchen table. My thoughts are I could get a smaller 2 person table and add some wall shelving in the kitchen. We currently have a bookshelf in our kitchen where we keep things such as documents, pens, mail and medicine. I need to move out that bookshelf!

 

I need this table. Perfect for Tony and I and will maximize our kitchen space!

 

I would also really love a wall pantry...

...and a sofa bed for overnight guests.

I'm all about functionality, if I'm going to decorate I want to decorate with something that has a function other than to look pretty. Also, since I've decided I probably won't be selling Partylite anymore I now have all these candles and candle decorative pieces I can use. I need to find a way to maximize our living space so that when I do decorate the place doesn't look cluttered.

I really need to start using Pinterest.

 

Happenings

I realize it's been almost 6+ months since I've posted but I've been so busy that some days I barely have a chance to catch my breath.

The first most important thing that happened was we became guinea pig parents. I grew up owning a couple of hamsters so I have always been partial to small, cute fuzzy creatures. In December, while my in laws were in Mexico, Tony and I went to the pet store. I wanted to check out the hamsters, not necessarily to buy one but just to look since I have been known to go to pet stores to fantasize about my next pet. We ended up walking out of there with not a hamster, but a guinea pig. Unlike hamsters, guinea pigs are naturally docile and diurnal (they are active during daytime). Tony suggested a guinea pig because "they are big enough to fit in his hands" and after seeing a fuzzy guinea pig with chubby cheeks I couldn't resist.

Meet Reptar....

After having Reptar for a couple months we knew one guinea pig wasn't enough. We checked out a few different guinea pigs but we landed in this old local petshop that had one guinea pig by himself. Immediately when I saw him I was charmed. He was a guinea pig that had been caged with his siblings and all his siblings had already been purchased. What was left was just him.

Meet Maximus Beau...

Admittedly I have more pictures of Reptar than Max and many say Reptar is my favorite. The truth is Reptar is just a much easier guinea pig. He is easier to pick up and he is very used to being held. Reptar also has the spunkiest personality and he's the most vocal. Maximus is my sweet piggy, he runs away if he sees us approach and he is impossible to pick up. We'll eventually get him to warm up ;)

Case in point: Reptar thinks it's funny to show us his manly bits. He's like a peacock, he likes to be seen.

I've had pets before but I don't think I have ever loved a pet as much as my guinea pigs. Guinea pigs are full of personality and they are so much fun. Bonus: Loads of cuteness.

 

The second most important thing that has happened since I last posted on this online journal of mine has been Tony and I have moved into our first apartment together. When we first married I moved into my in laws house so we could save money and get settled into newlywed life. In our culture it's not uncommon for married couples to live with in-laws, it saves all parties involved money and it's not looked down upon as it is in other cultures. We lived with my in laws for about 9 months before I decided it was time for us to get our own place. I ran it by Tony and he approved so in true Mely fashion, after deciding we had the budget for it, we had our applications in, approved, holding fee and deposit paid in the span of two weeks. We moved in to our apartment March 1st.

We've also begun little garden... I supervise and Tony works. I'm also quality control for our micro-strawberries.

We also have tomatoes, cucumbers, lemon cucumbers and peppermint.

I've also cooked a fair amount of meals in my tiny kitchen...

 

 

I apologize for the large size of these food pictures, Blogger doesn't let me resize them.

 

I've also become a subscription and online shopping addict. I love anything that comes in the mail...

 

 

 

Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Julep Maven, Birchbox and Sample Society plus more Guinea Pig products I'd like to admit to from Prime...

 

 

I've also been settling in quite nicely to my sorta new job. It's been five months and I finally feel like I get it, sometimes, most of the time...

 

I'm glad we had this talk.

~Melissa