hellllllllllllo blog!

hello everyone!!

sorry that i've been m.i.a. for the past month or so. things have been hectic!!

tory and i are moving in together, so that is suuuuuuuper exciting. we are very excited about it. it is a very nice loft in a nice area of town, so we will be safe!! it will be so nice to have our own place! it will be even nicer because instead of seeing tory two or so hours a day, i will be able to see him (and scott) as much as i want (after i get off work) by just going down the stairs!! it's a three level loft-- so the first level is going to be tory and scott's production company-- Two Trick Pony Productions. the second level is the kitchen/living area. the third is our bedroom area. it is one of the nicest places i've ever lived in, that's for sure!! i'll be sure to post pictures once we finally get everything up and running! we are very lucky indeed!! i've moved in all of my stuff already, that took about 30 minutes, haha. tory's stuff is moving in slowly. he has a lot of junk! i'm going to have to go through some of his stuff and donate it to goodwill!! the only thing with this new place is we don't really have any place for storage, so we're going to have to go through our things and decide what we need to give away! i'm sure tory won't enjoy that day, but it must be done!!!

it was nice to be home for christmas break, but hectic. it's weird coming home and everyone wanting to see you. it was somewhat stressful since i really just felt like lounging around the house and not doing much of anything. but it was nice to see people too. i especially liked being home with my dad, watching carolina games and talking about carolina sports in general. it was good to be home. i was also very excited to meet laura's little doggie, Theo. he is cute as a button and i know he knew that we were related!!!!!! laura's house is super cute and nice as well!! i know she is excited to finally get out of that little apartment and the house looks amazing!! good job laura (and bryan)!! i had a good time driving back and fourth from lex to lou to spend time with some friends and tory's family there. tory, his parents, and i went and saw Avatar in 3D one day, it was awesome. it is definitely one of my new favorite movies and i highly recommend it to anyone!!! i made dad go see it with my a couple days later and it was even better!!

it was so much fun to spend christmas eve with tory's family. they're the best!! tory and i got some awesome gifts from his parents including a coffee machine!!!! whoo hooo!!! we are soooooo excited about it!!! it'll be nice to have coffee at the touch of a button!!! i got my dad the newest carolina basketball book by roy williams. he said it was his most favorite gift this year (especially since aunt janice (and uncle jeffy!!!!) had roy, the man himself personalize and sign it for my dad!!!!!) THANKS AUNT JANICE AND UNCLE JEFFY!!!!!!!! :) you guys are the best!!!

coming back to california was a bit difficult. first my flight got cancelled, and we continued to drop tory off at the airport where he waited around for 3 hours and then decided to take a flight out the next morning. chicago (our connecting flight) got about 2 feet of snow, just as our planes were supposed to take off and weren't updating any of their computers-- it was a mess. but it turned out really nicely because i was able to watch some of the carolina bowl game with my dad!! afterwards we went and saw sherlock holmes, so it turned out nicely!! it was a blessing in disguise! although, the day we got back was craaaaaazy!! i had to drop tory off at the airport super early and my flight didn't leave till later, so i didn't get back to cali until about 9/10pm ish. it was a mess, but everything worked out! the only thing that sucked was that i had to go to work the next day and move later that night. it was pretty hectic!

we had about a day break before company came.. sooo we were a little smashed for time to get our stuff together!! which is why tory is still moving out!! haha. our company was sam (tory's best friend), ashleigh (his girlfriend), and shelby (his other good friend) from lexington. they stayed for a week and we had so much fun!! we had an amazing new years, we went to the city (san francsico) and just had a great time!! what was even better was that i had a nice 4 day weekend with the new year, so i was able to spend more time with them! one day we went to the city and hung out at fisherman's wharf and then went to the haight/asbury area. it was a fun time!! it was nice for them to see what we've been up to out here in cali. they loved our new place, even though we had no furniture!! haha, but i think they had a great time! it was hard to decide where to take them to eat because we had so many options!!! but i do know that they didn't have one bad meal while they were here!! even though it was hard to go from vacation to having company, we had an amazing time!!

on another note, tory's web mini-series is getting a lot of attention which is SUPER exciting!!! they were in the newspaper here called, East Bay Express, they have an ENTIRE page in the newspaper, which is BEYOND exciting!!!!! here is the web url to check it out at: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/big-fat-pastry-venture/Content?oid=1547625
it's a great article! they also have a person who blog's writing an article about them, so when that comes out, i'll post that one too!! they are also submitting their names for this awards show called 'Streamy Awards' it revolves around web mini-series! so, i've spent about an hour of my day so far submitting their name, Copy & Pastry, and their url: http://www.copynpastry.com you can vote for them too if you go to: http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/
you guys better vote!!!!! or i'll be coming after you!!!! tory and scott also submitted this video for a chance for it to become a snickers commercial, it's hilarious, so check it out!! http://www.poptent.net/media/19831 we'll find out if they get it probably within the next week or so! i'll keep you guys updated!!!!

so, we still have a lot of work to do here, but our place will be looking more like a home within the next month, so that's exciting. we are so thrilled to be living together! it just makes everything so much easier! we're going to be working on getting a phone line and internet for the company next week as well as sorting out what we need and don't need! it's going to be a long process, but i'm sure we'll be able to knock it out fast!!! tory is going to be busy tonight talking business in the city, so i'm going to have a nice night cleaning and doing laundry!! whoo hooo!!! tomorrow will be a busy day, we need to go to the recycling company and recycle some boxes and go to target and pick up some stuff we need for the house! sunday, tory has a big commercial shoot, so i don't know if he wants me to help or not. either way i'm sure i'll be able to find something to do around the house, unpack, etc. whew.. we sure have a lot to do!!

i hope everyone had a great and happy holiday! i will update sooner next time, i promise!! love you all!!!