T and I picked up this antique Moonstone vase at an antique store a few weeks ago, and when I found this sort of matching candy dish at a thrift store, I just had to have it.  Paired with the sunflowers....ahh, it just makes me smile.
Then came the funky little yellow dish on far right bookshelf.  (Yeah, I know you can only see half of it...)  Then came the sunflowers, which I usually hate, but they just added to the whole yellow, black and white motif.  I may have a new favorite color scheme, folks!

T and I are currently watching "Life" on Discovery.  It's absolutely beautiful!  Tonight's episode is on fish. T and I being the geeks that we are, are totally enthralled.  The colors are so vivid and clear, and fish are just, well, really interesting!

Remember these flying fish guys from Super Mario?






















Well, there are actually real fish that fly!!  No, really, look:

(image found here)

From what T and I can tell, they jump out of the water and then fly/float with their extra-long fins.  And here we thought Nintendo was just that creative.....hmph.

In other news....T and I broke out the grill tonight!
























Yummmmm!  We had chipotle cinnamon rubbed chicken and grilled potatoes with onions in garlic.  Oooooh man, you should be jealous.  We had nearly 70 degree temps!  I actually swept out the garage today and got rid of all the winter grime.   Yesss.  Spring cleaning!

Our chair is done!  We finally finished it tonight, after it had been sitting in our garage "drying" for a week.  (I use the term "drying" loosely because really it was just taking up space in our garage, forcing me to park outside and scrape my windshield all week.  I'm sure it probably only took like 4 hours to actually dry.)

Here's the before pic:

Ooooh....

Lovely Little Nest is doing a giveway for really really cute planner and noteblook sets.  I'd enter if I were you, but hurry, it's over at midnight!

I love the blue geometric print...so springy and graphic.  Totally me.

Dear friends, meet our new kitty, Nori.  She's officially survived the first 24 hours in the Danger house, and she's adjusting fairly well.  About as well as can be expected, that is.  She's the most affectionate cat, always nudging and loving on every human in sight.

Spring hasn't fully sprung here yet.  We're still waiting on some stubborn snowdrifts to melt into oblivion.  However, I did get to enjoy some sun on our deck after donning my sweatpants, fleece jacket, and flip flops.

Other exciting spring things:

New tablecloth and centerpiece!  I picked up this vase ages ago at an antique store.  LOVE it now!

We're working on a Rachmaninoff piece in choir right now, and we're singing it in Russian.  We had an excellent rehearsal today that just made my heart happy.  It wasn't the best rehearsal ever, but they made music!  I love it when that happens.  I just thought I'd share.

In all our wallowing over med school, we decided to talk to our landlord about getting a cat.  He was pretty reluctant (according to T) but he said yes!  We only have to pay an extra month of rent as a security deposit.  I don't really understand this though, because he told us he was replacing the carpet after we leave.  I suppose he just didn't want the cat stinking up the place too badly.  Whatever.  We promised him we'd get an adult, litterbox-trained kitty.  :D

So, we did what everybody in our shoes would do, we went window shopping for kitties in the middle of a snow/rain storm.

Awww!  I think her name is Kadyn, from what I can tell on the Humane Society See, our local Humane Society is located in a downtown storefront, so when we get bored, we like to go look at the kitties in the window.  They have free reign over the place because all the dogs are in "foster care".

So, I guess we're getting a cat as soon as we can russle up another month's rent!  Ha....ha...ha...

Well, the day the letter actually came was sometime last week while we were in Minneapolis.

The answer was.....

No.

T's not going to med school at USD next year, and we're dealing with major disappointment right now.  We were both ready to pick up our lives and move.  We had a house picked out, a job for me figured out, everything was planned.  Then God told us, "nope."  We're not very happy creatures right now, T and I.

We're surviving, trying to learn what happened, but mostly we're just shaking our heads in disbelief.  Surely this was supposed to be our year!  Surely all the hard work would have paid off!  Nope.  Not yet, at least.

T is going to meet with the Dean of Students to see what insight he can gain from his file and see if its worth trying again next year.

We're trying to learn to be content no matter what the circumstance, but it's really freakin' hard.  Really.  Hard.