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I had washed off my makeup, brushed my teeth, put on pjs and crawled into bed when my husband said he wanted to go up on the rooftop last night. It was almost 10:30 and I was very tired and ready to sleep, but my husband had a point, this could be the last time we enjoy a warm evening on the rooftop before we move.

Yesterday it was 18°c (65°f) outside!!! “Breaking the previous record of 64 degrees for Jan 12 set more than a century ago in 1890” the headline online said. Such beautiful night. We stood there under the full moon and stars (which is rare, you never see stars in nyc) and just loved life. Its sometimes unbelievable that we actually live in NYC, in Battery Park with the view of both the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower. 

I wasn’t prepared for leaving the city yet, I thought it would be like five more years or so, but in a way it feels good to move on. We have been lucky with an apartment we’ve loved, friendly neighborhood and living on Manhattan that has everything and I feel like I have done what you’re supposed to do here. We are grateful for the time we got here and its time for something new. 

Or maybe this is my new normal, haha. I feel like I have had a cold for a year. But I can feel that my body is weak and tired still from being sick for a week. 

I have also not been moving a whole lot since before we went to Chicago. So it’s almost three weeks of doing nothing and my body really feels it. My knees hurt, my arms are weak, my abs disappeared and my back aches. I feel like I turned 80 over Christmas 😀 I definitely lost muscles. I can feel it and I can see it. 

I miss my old dance body too. For over a year now, I have seen my body turn more and more into the “average looking workout body”. Dance muscles doesn’t show anymore, I got gym muscles. I don’t care about my body size much, I am what I am, but this major change from dancer to gym’er is not my thing.  I don’t recognize myself anymore. I hope to get dance muscles back. That’s my goal. 

We signed a contract for a new apartment!

On Saturday we woke up to a day full of snowing and we almost decided to stay at home and postpone our plans. But we have been too excited about this weekend so we ended up leaving in a rush in the morning before the real snow came down. We took a taxi to Grand Central, bought coffee and took the train to Stamford, CT.

After signing a bunch of papers, Jim and I took the elevator up and walked to the end of the long hallway. I was so excited! At first when I opened the door I thought everything looked small, but after walking around I realized how big it actually is. Our new home:)

We are not moving until our current lease is up in the end of March, but we got offered to put the apartment on hold and be able to sign contract beforehand. Its a brand new building, our apartment is expected to be finished in like two weeks, so that’s why we can sign now and move in later.

We have been there twice before and we decided on this apartment right before Christmas, so I have been excited for a while. Its almost twice the size as our current apt so we need new furniture, so I’ve been on pinterest a lot to find inspiration and find out what I want.

It’s less than three months of living on Manhattan and we have things we want to cross off our NYC list. Its easy to commute between Stamford and NYC (which I plan to do), but it feels nice to cross things off and not have to think about tourist stuff after we move:)

Two pictures from earlier this week. Wall Street and Zuccotti Park.

Hi friends! I’m still not feeling well. Today I have a lot more energy and my nose is starting to clear up, but I still need to take things slow. All I’m thinking of is that I want to get my body moving. I’m so used to work out, dance and move around so when I’m being forced to take it slow I quickly get bored and cranky. But I have things to do on my computer, books I want to read and there is always magazines I need to look through and then throw away. So I can keep myself busy if I really want to 🙂
Have an awesome Wednesday! 

I have a strong feeling that 2017 will be awesome. I had a strong feeling just like this for 2013, and that turned out to be the best year yet (I got engaged and married, hard to top that).

I was so pumped for starting a new year that I wanted New Years Eve to go by faster so I could wake up the next day. We were invited to a friends party but they live in midtown west and we decided that taking subway or taxi up there would be a disaster because of Times Square. So instead we went to Delmonico’s down by us for an earlier dinner and for the rest of the evening we hung out at home watching NYEve on TV and we celebrated midnight on our rooftop watching fireworks by Statue of Liberty.

Yesterday morning I woke up being excited…with a sore throat and congested nose. Closer to lunchtime I finally gave in and accepted that I wasn’t feeling well. I watched a Disney movie and fell asleep. Not a very exciting first day of the year and today is even worse. I feel like crap, but it’s ok. Today will be another day of rest and movies for me and hopefully my 2017 can begin for real tomorrow:)

New Years resolutions has never been my thing. For me, it doesn’t matter if it’s a new year, new month, new week or a new day. If we want things to change or get better, then we can’t just sit and wait for the new year to come, we have to just do it. But we like the idea of a new start. Leave the past year behind and get a fresh start. Plenty of people will hang out at the gym, some will stop drinking for a month, others will make promises that they can or can not keep. I think New Years resolutions is a great idea because it gets people moving, I just never really had one.

2017 has some huge changes laid out for me and my husband. It’s terrifying and exciting at the same time. Because of these changes I feel like I have to figure some things out. Like I said, it doesn’t matter if it’s a new year or new week, it just happened to be a new year now. So I do have some wishes and New Years resolutions for this year.