Cuteness Overload

This picture really makes me want a bunny...

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Baby Aloe

I transplanted a little baby Aloe Vera this morning! I just love how cute it is in it's little pot!

Something blue...

(via Anthropologie)

Just another manic Monday

I am going to make it a point one of these days to sit down and write a real post. My apartment is clean and photoable (is that a word?) right now, so I need to get on it! I've gotten several new plants (a puslane, which is beautiful plant that does really well in south Texas, mine has gorgeous pink and orange flowers, and an African Violet, which is my sorority's flower and supposedly one of the easiest houseplants to take care of!).

The African Violet looks gorgeous above my bookshelf, under the window. The purslane is out on my little plant stand on the patio and is doing VERY well. I moved my Angel Wing Begonia into a terracotta pot outside on the patio and it is thriving! I never realized how unhappy it was inside but it seems all is not lost yet with him... The plant cuttings my uncle took for me (we figured out the name Saturday, but I can't remember) is starting to do pretty well. I put the bag back over the pot and they all perked back up. It's still inside and I want to move it outside eventually.

I need to clean off my patio... a lot of things blow through it and get caught behind my furniture. So that will be my mission this week.

Oh and I have a dresser! The seller dropped it off Saturday afternoon, so I spent a total of $100 on it which is what I was shooting for! (Edit: For some reason the photo stopped working... I will find out and repost.)

It seems to be an older Texas piece. The bottom sides and back legs are coming loose, so I need to have those fixed, but otherwise its just what I was looking for! Now that I have it, I'm not sure if I can paint it and put fabric on it, its beautiful, but we'll see...

TIme flies

Time flies so quickly I can't believe it's already June! Today I am going to make stew (yum!) and clean/organize my apartment. Hopefully once that is finished I'll be able to take some photos! But I am still here and having a wonderful time, I really love my apartment and its location, my job is going wonderfully and I am excited it is summer!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Some pics of my apt

Since I've been completely MIA the past several weeks, I figured I should update. I'm all moved into my apartment! My mom, dad and brother kindly brought my furniture down and helped me move in which was a great help. I've done some decorating things but my apartment is currently a MESS. Once I get it all clean and most everything in its place I will take pictures, but here are a few:

Partial view of my tiny patio

My new cactus garden! Not sure yet where it'll fit into my design scheme, but its precious. I hope I don't kill it... the aloe vera my uncle dug up for me isn't doing so well... And supposedly you can't really kill aloe vera.

My tv and stereo!

Buying shares on the stock exchange next week...

I moved into my new apartment this weekend and there isn't much in it, that will be a story for another post as I move in furniture this coming weekend and decorate.... I also bought a plant and received one from my uncle for my new patio, yay!

Today as I was watching TV I saw a commercial for CSX. Now, I've been contemplating buying individual stocks for some time now, but I don't have thousands of dollars to play with. But after having dinnertime conversations with my uncle about stocks and funds he invests in and why, I have thought about what companies I might be interested investing in for the future. I've mentioned before how much I love ING Direct and they have Sharebuilder (which I may or may not love, we will see) which I decided to try out for buying stocks. I'm only doing a small amount of money (maybe enough for 2 or 3 shares so nothing too risky for either loss OR gains) but decided to invest in CSX. It's an international transportation company (with some fantastic advertising). I did some research and since I believe that energy is headed toward more renewable resources and energy efficiency anyway, this would be a good choice.

So I set it up and the purchase should be going through this week! Very exciting. And who knows, maybe I will like individual stocks and add that to my portfolio instead of doing solely mutual funds.

Happy Sunday!