as promised... newness.

herein begins quite possibly my longest, and most exciting post. ever. hold on to your seats, kids...

the newness began about two weeks ago with a new haircut... get a load of how cute this is! i love it. i can fix it with a blowdryer... it's fast. it's fresh. it's h.o.t. :-)

a couple days after i got my new haircut, i got a new house. a fabulously cute 2 bedroom townhouse located in kansas city. i absolutley love it. it's brand new and absolutely perfect. i also got new furniture to go in my new townhouse. my couch is kermit the frog green. it's super fun. and comfy. i also got a matching chair. in addition, i got a new bedroom set, which i love. my bed is SUPER tall and i've decided it's a good thing my bedroom ceiling is vaulted lest i hit my head when sitting up in bed. there is still the concern over nosebleeds from the altitude...



then there was graduation. you know, medical school graduation. it came with a new degree, a new title... the day i've been counting down to for the past 4 years. man i'm glad that's over. the weekend was wonderful. i spent wednesday and thursday with my medical school friends, which was a fabulous time of nothing in particular. they are good people, and will each go far in life. i love each of them, and will dearly, dearly miss several of them. many of my family and friends made the trip all the way to des moines for the graduation ceremony. those that couldn't make the ceremony came to a reception the day after. it was a great time, and i am so thankful for all of the support and encouragement and excitement you all showed. i was glad to share the day with each of you.

jen came up friday night and went to the graduation banquet with me. it was a good time, and she got to meet some of the people who drug me through biochemistry, neuroanatomy, cardiology, etc... she was also a huge help in planning and pulling off the reception. thanks for coming, and for all your help, jen!! :-) did you doubt we'd look this good? it's hard to believe, i know. ;-)


my mom was probably more excited about graduation than i was. she was so proud. :-) thanks for everything mom. i love you.


my college girls all made it. meridith brought her mom, dad and fiance. skinner and dawn both brought their husbands. it made for a great reunion of sorts. i was so happy to see them, even though we had only a short time together at lunch after the ceremony. they are great friends.


tanner and mark. here are a couple of pictures of my two best friends from medical school. we became doctors together. i love them.

is there a doctor in the house?

why, yes. yes there is. ;-)

stuff.

so, i've been ignoring you. i'm sorry. i'll try not to do that anymore. :-) i'll just warn you now... exciting stuff ahead...

i got the townhouse... it's brand new and very cute and i absolutely adore it!


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this weekend, jen went shopping with me... i spent a little bit of money... eeek! but i LOVE my new furniture. i've never bought real furniture before. it was kinda fun... :-)

here are pictures of my bedroom set. i got all the pieces pictured... everything except the nightstand came as a set, and i added one nightstand. it's a beautiful dark brown (cherry finish, i think???)



for the living room, i got the very FUN FUN FUN sofa below... i didn't get the loving seat, as i don't think i have enough room for it! but the sofa is awesome! microfiber (love it!) and very, umm... colorful?? the townhouse is mostly white and cream, so i'm splashing it with the furniture!! :-) the pillows are one side green microfiber, the other side the pattern you see... what you can't see about the pattern is that there is a very small line of blue inside each circle that is the color of the walls in the photo below. i almost chickened out and didn't get this one... but jen helped convince me that it's ok to have bold things. :-) i do love it. a lot.


i also got the chair pictured below (sorry it's so small... it's the only one i could find)... i'm going to get a couple of throw pillows in the blue color to throw around, as the chair didn't come with a throw pillow and this particular manufacturer doesn't let you special order anything. bummer. still, it will be fabulous to pull out the blue color!


i'm moving may 18th or 19th. i can't can't can't wait to get it all set up!! oh my golly! what fun!! :-)