The state of the apartment

The soirée last night went off well - I got a picture of the cheese plate I threw together before people came over. I had a great time throwing that cheese plate together. It was like playing in a sandbox when I was a kid - I'd make villages with roads and rivers and stuff. This was cheese and crackers instead of sand and twigs, but it was similar. I'm going to put a hill of cheddar here and then a road of crackers that runs down to a pond of dried cherries and candied walnuts...

It's been a LONG time since I last had a soirée

( as you can see )

It's too bad I didn't get photos of people, but I was just so happy to see everyone it slipped my mind. It was a squeeze getting ten people in here, but it worked out fine.

My new apartment has just recently begun to feel more home-like. Maybe it was hanging the curtains in the bedroom that helped, or maybe it is the fresh flowers I've been putting all over the place, but it definitely

( feels more comfortable to be here. )

It doesn't yet have the same charm that the shoebox had, but it's bigger and it's getting there.