Do you lock your doors at night?

...Apparently, we don't.

On Sunday night, or Monday morning, if you prefer to think about it that way, Apollo woke up at 3AM.
She could do this on the regular, and I'd never know.
If she does... she's quiet and moves through the night without making a peep.
But this particular night/early morning, she was going crazy.
Jumping back and forth between Sean and I.
Knocking our phones off our nightstands.
Scratching us. Stepping on our faces. Using her crazy cat eyes to spook me.

Of course, we ignored it.
3AM, people?!
We don't want to be those people that give in to the cat and just feed her, every time she's acting crazy.
That would just lead to her really running this household... and could probably lead to obesity.
So. No.

We slept through it. Or groaned through it all.
I threatened to banish her to the other room.
But, of course, I wasn't getting out of bed.
Instead, I pulled the covers up over my head and nearly suffocated myself.
At which point she tried to bite my toes.

After two straight hours of this,
my alarm went off and I was almost relieved.
I got ready for work, did my usual routine, went out into the kitchen, fed her,
got my things together for work, bundled up, kissed a sleeping Sean goodbye,
gave Apollo hugs [so she knew I wasn't that mad],
walked to the front door -- in the dark,
reached for the doorknob... where I always reach for it,
and my hand didn't land on the knob where it always does.

Weird, I thought.
I must have missed a step.
"I'm probably not in the same spot as every other morning and that's why I can't find the doorknob."

So I turned on the light and realized...
Uh. No.
I couldn't find the doorknob because it truly wasn't in the same spot as always.
Because the door wasn't closed.
In fact, it was open.
As in wide open.
As in, totally not locked.
As in, totally not secure.
WHAT. IS. GOING. ON?

My mind rapidly went through every possible murder scenario that could have happened.
Did someone break in?
Is anything missing?
I may have even imagined someone watching us sleep, 
and/or someone setting up shop in our spare bedroom,
and just living there without our knowledge.

We're telling ourselves that we must have forgotten to close the door tightly when we got home the night before.
Since we had all those bags (ahem, empty recycling bags that were crumbled up and not distracting).
Ah!

But I've come to the conclusion that Apollo was so annoying...
because she was trying to tell us that we were not locked in.
Or that someone truly was watching us sleep...
and she was like "uh, guys?..."

Since we ignored her, and yelled at her, she probably won't warn us ever again.
I'm pretty confident she's a grudge holder.
Great.

Home Tour: bathroom.

Since we've been here for a year and plan to stay for at least a bit longer I thought throughout the week I could show how we live. Or what we're working with.

Monday: our kitchen.

Tuesday: our dining & living room.

Wednesday: our bedroom.

Today: our bathroom.

Keep in mind, interior decorating and photography... not my expertise. It's also rarely this clean, we love bright colors, and Apollo may or may not make an appearance in some of these photos.

It's pretty plain.
But plain in a bathroom is a good thing.
The shower curtain is all pulled because Apollo climbs up it like it's a jungle gym.
It's also really hard to take pictures of a bathroom and not see your reflection in the mirror.
We have two doors in the bathroom, one leads to our bedroom and one leads to the main part of the apartment.
So I guess it's kind of like a master suite.
But not really.

Tomorrow, I will try to post about our second bedroom/office/craft space/music room (we're multi-functional). But it really depends on when the sun sets and whether I'm able to take pictures or not. :)

Home Tour: our bedroom.

Since we've been here for a year and plan to stay for at least a bit longer I thought throughout the week I could show how we live. Or what we're working with.

Monday: our kitchen.

Tuesday: our dining & living room.

Today: our bedroom.

Keep in mind, interior decorating and photography... not my expertise. It's also rarely this clean, we love bright colors, and Apollo may or may not make an appearance in some of these photos.

So, our bedroom is still really plain. We need help.

But I have big plans. Or at least a vision.

Our bed is from Ikea, as are the nightstands. 

They may or may not be put together with wood glue since Ikea gave us the wrong pieces/tools.

I've overtaken the dresser and almost both closets.

But we'll just say mine is the closet on the left. :)

Tomorrow: the bathroom.

Home Tour: Dining & Living Room.

Since we've been living here for a year and plan to stay for at least a bit longer I thought throughout the week I could show how we live. Or what we're working with.

Keep in mind, interior decorating and photography... not my expertise. It's also rarely this clean, we love bright colors, and Apollo had a really hard time keeping away from me while I was taking pictures. So if you see something that looks like a cat sculpture please know we don't actually own those, and it's really her.

Yesterday: our kitchen.

Today: our dining & living room.

The instagram canvas tutorial can be found here.
The dining room is less of a room and more of a table and chairs.
The signed guitar was the guestbook at our wedding.
The canvas print above the book shelf is a picture taken from our Puerto Rico trip.
The canvas print above the fireplace is a picture taken on our honeymoon in Ireland.
Both are from easycanvasprints.com.
Go there now. They always have deals. And usually send you $10 gift cards as a thank you.

Tomorrow: our bedroom.

Home Tour: Kitchen.

We've been in our place a year this week. We can't believe it. Sean's very excited that even though the one year anniversary of living someplace is upon us... we aren't currently living among boxes and packing for a new place. He's pumped to be staying here for longer and that our lease extends through May.

I can just tell.

I'm, also, very excited that we're not moving. I mean, renting a truck and maneuvering it around snow banks and trying to carry heavy boxes is not fun. Oh wait, I don't actually participate in that aspect of moving. I'm more the "oh, that box goes in here" or "uhh, I think a little to the left would look better" type of girl.

Since we've been here for a year and plan to stay for at least a bit longer I thought throughout the week I could show how we live. Or what we're working with.

Keep in mind, interior design and photography... not my expertise. It's also rarely this clean, we love bright colors, and Apollo had a really hard time keeping away from me while I was taking pictures. So if you see something strange... it's most likely her tail.

Today: our kitchen. 

I know our Christmas wreath is still up. That was one decoration I missed on Friday.

Oh, and I didn't take a picture of our sink, but rest assured... we have one.

Tomorrow: the dining & living room.