week in my life: new year reset, apartment refresh, cleaning & organizing my life

Hello everybody and happy new year. Happy 2026. We're going to be doing a vlog all throughout this week of kind of like a new year reset. I did this last January and it actually made me really look forward to this January because I got so much done. Like I use January as a way to kind of set myself up for the rest of the year. We had guests over, so I'm just air drying the comforter. Don't mind me. I had to wash it. Anyways, I spent so much time last January like organizing my apartment, really optimizing it for success for the rest of the year, like organizing a drawer that like has everything I would put in my purse or like for onthe-go things or really organizing my bathroom or just doing things that I've been putting off for a long time. And so I implore you to instead of dread January and just be like, "Oh, it's just the holidays are over, whatever." Because it's easy to do that to kind of think of it more as like, "Oh my god, I can optimize my life and like really take this time so that the rest of the year when it gets really really busy because we know it does. I like have a plan in place. Everything has order. I feel good. Like when you come home, you're just really really happy." Like that's how I look at it at least. So first things first, we're getting a new rug. I'm just gonna be basically picking up the camera every time we're doing something in the apartment. So, number one is I love this rug. I had it in my last apartment as well, but I'm having a recent obsession with like the dough print, which is like kind of like a deer print. You guys know we have those pillows in our bedroom. And I found this beautiful rug on Wayfair and I'm just craving a a new change. And I sent the link to Ryan when he was at work one day. I was like, "What do you think?" And he was like, "I like it. Let's do it." So, it's definitely more of a statement in a way. And this rug is a jute rug and this is like a little softer. So, I'm curious. That's gonna be this morning's project. And I guess if we hate it, we could roll it up and return it and put this one back out. But I just I really I don't know. I'm feeling called to do it. I want like some sort of change in here because basically I've had like the same living room setup for a while and that's just like one easy way to change up the space. So, we're going to do that now. Also, side note, I normally sleep in pajamas, like long sleeve pajamas. But this girl I follow on Tik Tok, I think her name is L, and she does those videos like things I find incredibly chic, and she talked about these night gowns. And this is so soft. It's so comfortable. I just feel so like feminine and cutesy, but I like that it's long cuz it keeps my legs warm. And we do have the heat on in here, obviously. But um yeah, I thought I would let you guys know. I don't know the brand, but it's like, "Hey girl, do you want to check the tag?" Can you see what that says? Feel free to screenshot and then rotate the photo. I can't remember right now, but yeah. Okay, let's do this rug. You guys, I am very, very, very happy with the rug. It needs to kind of flatten out a little bit, but that happens with time. I changed the background on the frame TV. Comment down below if you guys think we should move the lamp back to this corner, but I love at night having that lamp there. It's very cozy. The only other thing is we could put a little statement chair there. Or we could just leave it empty. So, or Ryan had the idea to put our tree in that corner. So, I'm happy though. And now we reward oursel. We ordered Waverly Diner. It's a Saturday morning, by the way. I got um eggs benedict no Hollands. I just don't like holidays. But I love the whole idea of it. That looks so good. And chocolate chip pancakes, tablecakes. Next up, we have this infamous area. I posted a YouTube short and I also posted it on Instagram and Tik Tok as well cuz I went all hands on deck. Trying to figure out what to do with this area. Not completely giving up on this piece yet. Someone suggested we turn it on a corner so it's like when you walk in it's not like you see the side of it. So it's just like a lot of wood going on. So we're going to turn it at like a corner facing us now and see how I feel about that. And then I'm liking the idea of putting a cute small chair there with a plant so there's like equal height on either sides. My other option that I'm still considering is doing two storage benches or like one super long one, but I feel like I'll have a better chance finding two matching storage benches and then doing like floating shelves on either side for like my jewelry and stuff. So, that's where I'm at right now. Just wanted to turn it on a corner so it faces out this way and shoot corner. >> You want it just like this? >> Yeah, actually. I mean, it definitely looks prettier. What do you think? >> It looks prettier this way, but will that bother you? Cuz Ryan sleeps on this side. It looks more purposeful this way. Can we live with it for a day and see? >> Yeah. >> Okay, cool. I like it actually. It looks pretty. I mean, I guess then it's like my bags are really facing. This is the area I definitely need to attend to as well. There's just things going on. Thank you, Ryan. Like these are my bathing suits and coverups. So, honestly, in a there's a world where at least for now since it's winter time, I could put these down in our storage unit, which I'm really grateful that we have. This is my memory box which maybe I could put this in the office. I have like just so many random like photo booth pictures and memor old ticket stuff like that. But that can be handled. This air filter. I mean we need an air filter which is constantly so dusty. So maybe I'll do this today. Oh, also I don't know if you guys noticed but we switched the mirrors. Um so we put the big mirror in here which I mean I'm not mad about cuz I even have a bigger mirror here now. And then we put the smaller mirror here and it fits perfectly on the wall. And I think what we're going to do is actually hang up this mirror, which I think will look really, really nice. We just don't have the proper hardware for it right now. This is the first time I've done my makeup all week. Like, wow, I forgot what I looked like. Brian and I were talking about this weekend and next weekend because we literally have no plans. It's super chill. It's January, but we're both like we like to do things like we like to be at home and stuff, but we were kind of wanting to do one or two things in the like something this weekend, something next weekend. So, that's where I was like, wait, Segeek. And that's why I want to introduce today's sponsor, which is Segeek. 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Oh, I'm about to fold some laundry as well. Big laundry day. That's a big Sunday thing. Not sure how I feel about this. We've been living with it. I don't hate it, but I don't love it. You guys know how I feel, but we're just living with it. So, yeah. First things first, I'm cleaning the sheets and doing laundry. And then I have a little list of things I want to get done. One of our projects for today is we're going to be replacing the knobs and handles on our Murphy bed cuz this is just not very of us, you know? It's just silver, kind of random. And I feel like everything in our apartment's very like a warm, soft, more brown tones. There's not really any cool tones. So, found these really nice um actually they're over here. They're from West. Let me see if I can show you guys an example here. Knobs and handles. Sierra Balange interiors helped me of course, but they're these nice wood. So, these would be um the knobs with like a little brass like that's just so more the vibe I think. So, we got a ton of these and then two longer handles. I'm just realizing I guess we might have to remove the mattress in order to I think we have to unscrew from the back. It's going to be an adventure. But, let me show you guys what the handles look like. How good do these look? Like that's just it's gonna really elevate the Murphy bed, I think, and just make it more of the overall aesthetic of our apartment. So, hopefully this won't be too difficult. We're going to do this today. The tools are coming out, you guys. Okay, here's a little before. The old knob has been removed. Hopefully, this one works. This new knob. Oh, it already just looks so good. Does it feel like it's going to fit right? Yay. It already looks so much better. And I like how you can pull on it with two fingers like I do with these. I love it. >> Okay, I'll tighten it. >> Oh, you'll tighten it now. Okay, cool. You like it? Side number one is already done. And I Oh, it looks so nice. And we got the handles and knobs from West Elm if anyone's wondering. But so good. He's going so fast. My job is to unbox everything and empty drawers as he goes for easy application. It's going to be a little more interesting. >> Yeah, without having to pull this off. >> Let's see if he can do it. >> We're more worried about screwing them back on. >> We have reached a bit of a hurdle. Um trying to unscrew under these wood planks is very difficult. I'm trying with my little hands to do it. Um Ryan's trying to rig something up right now. Thank god he is handy. Seriously, I feel so grateful because I don't know how to do any of this. But I hope we can figure it out because we've already replaced the knobs. But if we can't get the handles, that'll look so bad. I know we'll get it. It's just might be maybe it won't happen today. Like maybe we need to get a different tool or something to be able to fit under these to then unscrew if that makes sense. He got it out. Now let's hope we could get the new one in. Look like a car mechanic under the >> What? >> The right size. >> Yes, it is. >> Unless we can just >> I measured it. Maybe that's the problem. I measured it, >> so it's too big. And then the next size down is too small. So Ryan is insisting on drilling a hole, which stresses me out because there's going to be a new hole and you're going to see it. But then he's like, I'll just go get plaster. And I'm like, if you know how to do that. So that's what we're going to do. Okay, one is done. I'm so impressed. So you'll just have to fill in that hole. But let me see from the front. Well, from directly in the front, you can't see it. Oh my god, it looks so much better. Wow, you're magic. I can't believe you did that. I'm going to do the other one. >> You're amazing. >> Anytime. >> I can't believe you just did that. Thank you so Oh, it looks great. So, we'll just have to fill in these guys. And Wow, how lovely does that look? Next on the docket. We've been wanting to do this for a while. When we were unboxing and unpacking when we moved in, you know, we were just kind of guessing on where to put things. Basically, what we did was we put our cups and mugs on this side and then our plates on this side. However, every time I go to make a coffee or if I go to like heat something up, our microwave's right here. I'm wishing everything was opposite. Like the cups and the mug should be above the coffee machine and the plates and the bowls and stuff should be above the toaster, near the microwave, stuff like that. So, we're going to do a little switcher room. Also, I found this little tray in one of our drawers in our office. And I flipped it over and made a little stand for his protein and creatine and then the shaker bottle he uses. And it's already making me feel like they have more of a place. I did order with his approval a bigger jar and a smaller jar for him to put his protein and creatine in that they're clear and they have a wooden top and um so they're on the way. But for now, I really really like how this looks. And maybe when I get the new jars, I'll just replace them. But keep this as like a little like stand. These things are the best. These are like risers that I got on Amazon forever ago and they just allow you to fit so much more. This is so exciting. It's one of those little things that's just going to make life so much better. And this looks so good, too. I love it. Our little drink area. So, we forgot that we had a clean dishwasher. We had way more cups, but we made it work. We added that riser up there. And this is just going to be so great because water, ice is here, like drinks. Like, this just makes so much more sense. Yay. Okay, I did not film it because I was practicing, but I watched a few Tik Toks this morning on how to make your bed the luxurious hotel way. Um, and obviously I had just switched or cleaned the sheets and everything. I do this already, but one of the big tips is to stack your pillows like on top of each other rather than in front of each other. Obviously, when you go to sleep, you kind of switch it up, but it helps kind of keep the pillows in front. So, I'm about to put the throw pillows in this area. And she also said to full and I'm going to show you guys cuz I'm going to do it again later this week cuz I actually got a new puffier duvet insert on the way. I got it on Amazon cuz this one is down alternative and I was told that down just like regular down comforters are fluffier. So, and I read a ton of reviews, did lots of research so hoping for that. So, this could be like our summer one. Then I have a bigger one coming in the mail. So, I'm going to be like redoing this anyways, but I wanted to see if I could do it. She basically lined up the sheets and the uh like the the top sheet and the comforter, folded it here, and then folded it back one. And that's how I got this kind of fluffy look. And I'm loving it. And then it leaves all of this room for the throw pillows. Like this just looks like a dream. This looks like I'm at a hotel and someone much better than me made the bed. But I did it. And I think that's the hack is to pull it forward and then back one and it gives this look. And just imagine when we have an even puffier comforter. Oh, this looks so dreamy. And I love I actually love having this space here so that you can just perfectly put all of your throw pillows and such. The one thing I need to figure out is the blanket on the end because our Lola blanket is like I think it's the large. It's not the extra large. I don't even know if the extra large would fit the span of the king bed. But maybe what I need to get is like a thin like runner blanket almost to kind of finish it off at the end. What do you guys think? I forgot to chop the pillows. Incoming chopper. Even better. Excuse me. Sorry I didn't have that chopped. Ryan went to Ace Hardware and he is plastering up and painting the holes. Such a king. We're getting so much done today. Laundry is done, which feels so good. I'm happy with how our room looks at the moment. This isn't necessarily a home improvement, but I really want to nail down my go-to like chicken noodle soup recipe. Something I can just quickly whip up, something that it'll just be second nature to me. So, I found a recipe online and we're going to give it a go tonight. Um, and if it's good, then I'll like really show you guys. But, I've got all kinds of things for the egg noodles, we've got the chicken stock, we've got the bay leaves. I'm going to basically cook chicken breast and chicken thighs in the broth and then like take it out and shred it and then put it back in. And we're going to try it cuz like this is good. That would be so yummy. So, let's do it. Well, you guys, it's just about done. I sure do hope it's good. I put lots of love into it. I probably could have broken down the chicken a bit more, but I feel like it'll continue to shred as it's in here. I added a little bit more egg noodles than it said to. And I mean, it smells amazing. We've got dill in there. We've got parsley, lemon juice, bay leaves, which I will remove. Or I guess we just don't put them in our bowl. But like, it smells really good. And the turmeric, I learned adding turmeric is what gives it that little yellow color. Okay, I just took a few bites and it's really good. I told Ryan with this one like he can tell me, you know, what it could use more of, whatever, because I want to perfect it. I do think it's quite flavorful. I've heard chicken bullion like really adds flavor sometimes more than chicken broth. >> I always think you put canned carrots. >> Canned carrots. >> Yeah, >> cuz they're softer. I don't know. This said just a couple carrots and I chopped them. Um, I would add more salt and I would add a third thing of broth just so it's super brothy. >> With canned carrots, you only need to chop them. You need like big carrots. I didn't know canned carrots existed. The thing is, I want this to be as homemade as possible. Like, you know, I chopped it all up. Hey guys, it's the next day and I'm honestly waiting for some things I ordered to come in the mail to do the next few projects in this video. But tonight, I'm making kind of a new meal with a ton of things that Ryan and I both love. You guys know how much I love making a little tomato cucumber salad with chicken. Ryan loves it, too. He's been requesting it a lot whenever I'm like, "What meal should I make?" He's like, "I love that tomato cucumber." Which I'm glad, but I was trying to think of a way to kind of change it up a bit or just have a different variation with similar ingredients. So, our friends that stayed with us last week, Ethan and Taylor, gave us this idea to do kind of like an orzo pasta salad. So, I'm going to make orzo and cook ground turkey. That'll be our protein. Or I was considering doing ground chicken, but Ryan was like, "Let's do ground turkey." And then cucumbers and tomatoes and red onion and mix it all together with like a red wine vinegrett, olive oil and dill kind of like a Mediterranean orzo salad. That is exactly what it says on the back of this. What did they do? Similar vibes. They didn't do tomato cucumber. They did like olives and I don't like olives, but they added parsley and dill, which I'm also going to do. So, I'm going to make that and I'll show you guys how it turns out. I'm just like trying new meals. It's fun. don't have as many plans. So, it's fun to kind of lean in when we can. So, cheers. >> Voila. I haven't tasted it yet, so don't quote me, but Ryan's on his way home. We're going to try it. It looks delicious. And it made a good amount because when you add the orzo with all the veggies and stuff, like it it grows. So, I did and I did two things of turkey, ground turkey, because Ryan eats a lot. So, and I wanted leftovers. So, I really hope this is good. I hope I I just kind of eyeballed how much vinegar and olive oil to do. But, it looks really good. So, I don't really know why I'm waiting for it. And like I need to at least try it. Get some good pieces in this bite. Oh, I'm so nervous because this is so much food. Okay, it's good. It needs more flavor of sort cuz I just used salt and pepper on the ground turkey. That bite, that bite has more flavor. I'm tempted to add more apple cider vinegar, which is what I used as the red wine vinegarette. But but sometimes I make things a little too vinegary. Ryan's like, "Oh, it's so good. This is a great meal." I think I'm going to add a little more vinegar and then it'll be great. I think I think this is a great meal. And then it'll You could eat it cold. Like I could just store it and have this for lunch, dinner, tomorrow. Oh, this is awesome. Okay, guys. So, the jars came in for Ryan's creatine and protein. So, we're doing the transfer. We're both a little confused because I literally ordered the same amount of ounces on each of these and this is just little smaller. But if anything, when you buy a new one of these, you can just put it in a baggie and then fill it up with this. I said I would get bigger ones, but he was like, "Let me just try." Oh, that just looks so much better. Okay, you're just going to have to be careful when you uh lift it up cuz the lids when your influencer girlfriend wants everything to be aesthetic. Sorry. Now that kind of looks better as they can fit. Got the little blender bottle thing. Tada. Protein station. Good morning you guys. It's the next day and I'm sipping my coffee. It's 8:00 a.m. and my friend Victoria Victoria Garrick Brown just launched her own planner called Booked and Balanced. This beautiful hard coverver situation. And I believe it comes in another color too. and she sent me one and I wanted to try and use it this morning. You guys know I love planners. I also got this little pouch with pens in it which is fun. I wonder if they're it's a black pen or what. I don't know. But um I was really into this because each day have like it's like the same day each day, but there's just lots of little segments. There's three deep breaths. You have to check it when you do three deep breaths. Write what you're grateful for, how you're feeling today, your three mustd dos, which I love. Like prioritize, prioritize, like what are the must dos? And then there's a can do section. So it's like if you get your must dos, then you can get these done. Habit tracker, three good things, today's win, and a note to self. And I just think it's so adorable. So, I one thing about me, like I love Google Calendar. I love digital things, but I love a a daily paper planner. It's very off brandand for me in a way, but I really cuz I have terrible handwriting. But fill this out together. Okay, I have to take my three deep breaths, otherwise I can't check them off. Ready? That's really good to do in the morning. I feel like I don't take deep breaths in the morning. Okay, I'm going to finish filling this out. Making our bed right now. And you guys, I got a bed ducker. I got this on Amazon. I'm going to start an Amazon storefront of all these like home improvement things I have. I just started using it and I was like, "Wait, I need to vlog." Because sometimes I break a nail or it's just uncomfortable. And this is like literally a paddle that works really nicely. I'm obsessed with this. I got to get the routine down better, like the technique. But that made it so much easier and better on my nails. It's the little things. Hello. Hello. A little upgrade tonight. So, we've been wanting to put an Alexa, an Amazon Echo in the guest rooms to office just because if I'm in there sometimes I want to listen to music or Brian wants to listen music working in there, whatever. So, we're going to move this one, which we have loved so much, into the guest room. And then we got a brand new Echo Show 21. So, this one's bigger. This one's 21 in. I forget the size of this one. Maybe 15, 16, I forget. And then this one's 21 in. And I like the black frame. It ties in with the black theme and like the hardware here and everything. You can buy like I bought this frame for it. Um I get so many questions about this. It's literally an Echo Show which is basically an Alexa, but like there's a screen and all kinds of fun things. I love it. Uh and I think we're finally going to hang it up cuz we were going to hang this one up and then we were like, "Wait, let's put that one in the guest room." I've had that for like 3 years now, four years maybe. Um, and we wanted to put something in the guest room anyways. And then this will hang up. I think we'll hang it up horizontally right here. So, we'll have a little smart home situation. And I've had it leaning against this for so long cuz I like how uh I like how it covers the outlet. But, you know what? We can get wire covers if you know, you know. And I think it'll look good on the wall. So, we're going to hang this up soon. I also meant to show you guys Ryan did such a good job of filling in the hole and like sanding it and painting it and spackling or >> I could have painted over it again, but I don't think you did. >> It looks great. Seriously, I'm so impressed with your skills. Thank you so much. I'm really really happy with how it looks with the desk in front of it. Just feels more us. Good morning. I'm pausing my music, but I am playing this playlist called Coffee in the Mountains Indie Folk. I love indie folk so much. I've got the ulog on. I am cozied up. This is my little setup this morning. I've got the heat lamp or it's like a heat dish that it literally feels like you're sitting by a fire. So, I thought I'd put the fire on. And like I'm sorry, just what a vibe. Like my coffee. I love these doublewalled clear mugs. This one's from Dongi. It just I don't know. Makes me really happy. It's the little things, you know, balancing you guys behind my couch, but I love working out in the mornings. However, then I do lose these cozy mornings to myself. So, as I was going to bed last night, I was like, I'm going to not work out in the morning and do one of these like restorative music playing, drink my coffee slowly, which I'm grateful that I can do, but I think I like really needed it. I don't know how to explain it, but it's really restoring me. And I'm grateful for mornings like this. Reminds me of college cuz Delaney and I would get up and listen to this music, drink our coffee before going to class. I don't know, it's a familiar, warm and fuzzy feeling and I like it. It's a new day today and we are doing fun things today. Everything's kind of come in the mail that I've wanted. Um, so first project of the day is going to be the coffee bar. This is our current coffee setup which I love. We have the Dongi Reellia machine. I have it linked on my LTK and also my Amazon storefront under coffee setup along with everything I'm about to show you guys. It's all going to be in my Amazon storefront. I love it. But then I was like, wait, I could love it more. Like I have seen on Pinterest when people make a whole little coffee bar moment. As you can see, the grounds kind of get they just go around because we switch the bean hoppers a lot cuz this is decaf and this is caffeinated. So I was like, what if I got a black tray to kind of pull it all together and then you won't have to see the black as much on the white counter. I know I'm crazy. And just kind of merch it a little bit, judge it up, give it like a place. So, this is the little before. Um, and we're going to give it a go. I mean, tell me this didn't totally elevate this area. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. If you get it, you get it. Um, all it took was adding this tray. And then I also bought this little I think I looked up toothbrush holder on Amazon and I bought these bamboo straws cuz I'm really starting to get freaked out about the glass straw. And then I bought this spoon rest. It's like an espresso spoon rest and it comes with a spoon. Again, this will all be linked on my Amazon storefront under coffee setup. And that's really it. And it just gives it a place. I'm really excited to not see the coffee grounds all the time hopefully. And this way, I'm hoping that then I can just hide the second bean hopper in the back and it's not Oh my god. I mean, I can't believe I didn't do this forever ago. This is such a vibe. Wow. Now I'm going to make a coffee because I literally wanted to make an iced coffee so bad and I was like let's wait until, you know, we get it all set up so we can fully enjoy it. It's the little things. And I'm so happy. I had to like find a unique It was hard to find a tray that fit this coffee machine cuz it's like long but not too wide. I was hoping I could have the tray the other way like more square looking like more rectangle looking like horizontally. But this is great too. And I think I'm going to try and find a different place for these cutting boards because that's kind of just made it a little busy over here. I swear this latte even tastes better now that and I think I added a little bit extra hazelnut syrup today. I can't wait for Ryan to get back and see this. I feel like he's going to appreciate it too just cuz it it was looking messy. Like even if you just made one thing of coffee, it was looking messy because of switching the bean hoppers. But not anymore. Okay, I didn't show before and like it's not so so different, but I kind of rearranged things here. Um I switched the cutting board that um the toaster and the kettle were on and this one's a little bit it like is raised and I just put the toaster with the butter there and then I put the um cutting boards behind it. I'm really struggling with this area because we kind of just like need all these appliances out cuz Ryan uses this every day. We actually don't use a toaster every day, but like I feel like that kind of needs to stay out. And then these knives, me and Ryan can't agree on these knives. Well, like he just he likes to keep them out. And I do utilize them. And this wood does match that. Can I move this? Like that be that be too crowded. Like I'll just But what I'm thinking is I was setting up the new Echo Show that I showed you guys. Ryan's going to be hanging this up. So there's going to be a little bit of space here now. So, something maybe could go here, under, I don't know. Comment down below any tips. Still haven't decided on this wall. I like the idea of a mirror or something there, but possibly. Yeah, that this is I am aware that this is too chaotic, but the coffee bar simply needs to be alone. So, I'm stuck. I mean, I feel like everything looks nice. It's like a beautiful chaos, you know? It's all like all the colors go nicely together, but something needs to change, and I don't know what that is. I've got it all set up and I've never thought to log into my YouTube on these. This is literally a whole TV. Like I could watch Netflix on here which would be huge if I'm cooking or something. Like this is sick. Like everyone needs one of these. It's always linked to my Amazon storefront, of course. But I just put on this little like vibe jazz coffee shop ambiance and I'm loving it. Just you wait till it's hanging up. Next up, so we already did this earlier this week, which is Ryan's little protein creatine area that he's been using so well, and he's been enjoying it, and I think he likes how nice it looks, too, which makes me happy. This right here, I got from a brand called Le Collection. I saw an Instagram ad for it. This is going to be our new like supplement area because this is what will hold my daily supplements. Obviously, when I travel, I'll have to um put it in a little pill box of sorts, like I've done in the past. But it literally looks so so beautiful. When I got this in the mail, you could imagine Ryan was like, "What on earth is this?" But I'm so excited. So, I'm going to fill up my supplements. I I really have been off my supplement grind, I'm not going to lie, like honestly, for a couple months, which I'm not proud of. And I thought maybe this would be the perfect thing to get me back on track. And there are Roman numerals on each one to kind of keep you on track. All done. And that was so enjoyable and it looks so beautiful. So every day I can just Here's my next little dose. My dose my next little batch of supplements. Just tidied up the living room. I'm kind of always tidying it up. But thankfully the rug is definitely starting to flatten out. I'm just so happy with it. I I love it. It's such a fun change. And yeah, so now we're about to tackle something that I have seriously I don't want to do it. I'm not excited about it, but I know I'm going to be so happy when it's done. And that's the credenza. I've slowly started to start putting things under the credenza, and that is not the point of the credenza. I think the one or maybe two things I'll keep under here is this, which is a really nice storage bin that actually was like a PR package. But my mom actually was here and she told me she was like, "You should keep that because it looks nice and you could store a lot of things in there." So, I have like all of our to coffee cups and stuff in there. And maybe this basket I would keep under as well. But like it's starting to now grow out. No. So, let's get to work. I'm gonna take everything out and then put everything back in. Against all odds, she did it. And I found You always find little treasures. I found this that actually used to be a candle and I cleaned it out when it was done and I used it for a while to put like lip liners in or whatever. Honestly, could have used it at the coffee bar over there. I forgot I had it. But I just went and took one of my mouse balls and put it there. I kind of like the color it adds. But yeah, as I said, I kept those two things and it makes me a lot happier. Ryan's going to be shook when he gets back. I also want to show you guys this little situation I found in the last year called Bona. You guys probably like, I've heard of this, but I really like it cuz basically it's kind of like a Swiffer. You know, you've got this I put this in the in the I can rewash this though. I just put this in the laundry, whatever, and it velcros to the bottom of this. But what I love about it is you squirt it and it like squirts really far away and then you wipe it with this rather than this being like a cloth with all the cleaning stuff. I feel I feel like this is more durable and I just like being able to like specifically target where I don't know. I like it. So, we're going to clean the floors. We have moved on to my bedroom. I haven't made my bed today because I wanted to show you guys how I've been making my bed the hotel way. I watched a couple different Tik Toks. Everyone's got their own methods and stuff. And I'm definitely still practicing. Like I am not perfect at all. But um I started off by just like straightening the flat sheet, whatever. And what I'm going to do is this is a new thing I'm trying today. Actually, we're going to do this together. is I'm going to fold the flat sheet like I don't know to there and then tuck it in on both sides. And then to really give it that hotel feel in between each layer of making my bed, I'm spraying this one hotel room spray. Or if I'm like if it's later in the evening, I'm just going to do like um pillow spray like I have in here. Um this is from Amazon. That's the brand This works and it's the deep sleep pillow spray. But I'm going to be honest, I can't smell it that well. So, I'm not obsessed. I'm going to finish the bottle, but I'm not obsessed. This obviously smells amazing. It's the signature one hotel kind of like sallall scent, but if I was like about to go to bed, I wouldn't spray this cuz I feel like that's so intense on your nose. But during the day, I've got lots of time to air out. I'm going to do it now. And then also, I think I said this the other day, but you stack your pillows on top of each other. And also, we do have a king bed. So, I got king pillows and that changed the game a while back because then there's not like a weird middle spot in between and it like takes up the whole width of the bed, but this looks nice and tucked. I hate how like wrinkly they look, but I if I get to a point of steaming my sheets, like actually just tell me stop. Okay, next up for the comforter. Basically, I just kind of put the comforter all over the bed. Also, sorry, I know I literally look crazy right now. And I'm going to take the comforter on both sides. Bring it to the end of the bed. Kind of just fold it over. So let's do that for both sides like so. So it's at the edge of the bed. Then take it and fold it just a little bit in front of it. But so you still see the top of the comforter. I'm going to do it on the other side too. Hopefully this is making sense. Just like this. So there's that little fold here still. Oh, I got to fix it though. It's hard to do it all at once here. It just looks so nice. So, it just gives a little volume to the bed, but then when you get in bed, you just pull this forward and it's good to go. Um, and then I'm going to take my handy dandy bed tucker. I really like this. Like, how satisfying is that? The little things in life. And now that I've added the comforter, I'm going to go in and spray the Santel One Hotel scent again. And then voila. It looks so good. It makes me so happy. These pillows, this front pillow is from the brand O House. A R H A U S. The back three are from like some random designer. I It takes forever to get in the mail. Um so I literally found the exact same ones. They might be a little bit different material, but the same print. They look exactly the same on Amazon on my Amazon storefront um under home or bedding. I think home. So uh you can go get them there. I just got back from Trader Joe's and I was putting things away and I was like I have no room. So, let's get cleaning here. We're going to take things out and organize them because there's probably hidden gems back there I didn't even know about. I'm completely aware this is not as cute when I do the bun with the claw clip, but it doesn't pull at your hair and it's just the most comfortable for me. And I really find that my blowout looks so nice still when I take it out. So, that's why my hair looks like this. Oh, look at that. A little Annie's mac and cheese cup. That's a fun find. I would have been excited to have that recently. We freaking did it, you guys. My camera died, so I had to charge the battery while I was finishing doing it. But oh my gosh, I am so happy. It might not look all done organized to you guys, but it was piling up. Ryan and I are both just kind of like throwing things in there, hoping they won't fall. And now I'm so happy. So all the way in the back, that's my little backtock area. basically like more olive oil, refillables of the salt and pepper for our salt and pepper shakers, um extra hot sauce, whatever. And then here is like our current olive oil, vinegar, cooking spray, stuff like that, like sauces, things. Here is a fun area. I've got my ramen, mac and cheese, seasoning I didn't really need to touch. It was pretty organized. And then back there, I have Cheezits, chips, banana chips that Ryan really wanted. Um down here might seem a little crazy, but for me it's so good. Ryan and I have found that we like having this little vase here and in it have like random essentials we always grab for. So a lighter, candle wick trimmer, box cutter, tape measure I randomly grab a lot. Scissors. So that's kind of staying as is and I just have it leaning out. It's just very easy. And then we have random little tools and chip clips. I didn't have room for this basket anymore because I think it used to be back there. Um and I I kind of like what's going on back there. So instead, I layered it on top. But here I have my teas and then like sugar because I recently realized that I don't have sugar here and sometimes we have guests, they want sugar for coffee. So I just have a couple there. Honey. And then back there we have extra water bottles, stuff like that. And then here's more pantry. So oatmeal, bagels that I literally bought today, granola bars, more random seasoning stuff, cans, and then straws. And then our oven mitts and our aprons back there. So I cannot wait for Ryan to get home. It's just like those little things that make getting ready, like making breakfast in the morning so much easier. Like, wow, that just looks so much better. Mixed with this, like this whole area so optimized. I love it. Speaking of optimized, I set up a group. So, now all of my Alexa and all of the apartment will play at the same time if I want them to, kind of like Sonos. So, it's playing in here. It's playing in here. And then now I've added our one that used to be in the kitchen in the office. So, now when I walk in here, I hear my vibe music. It's so great. The Sugar Bowl's on tonight, which I'm really sad about because if we had won last week, we'd be playing in this game, but whatever. I decided to pour a glass of veno. We lit the candle cooking for Ryan and I tonight. We're doing chicken lettuce cups. Very excited about it. And yeah, I'm just kind of waiting for him to get here so I can do the final touches. I'm just trying to keep everything warm. Well, you guys, that is a wrap. My lips, I feel like, are a little purple from my wine. Dinner was delicious. because I forgot to film it. And we still haven't gotten the Amazon Alexa hung up in the kitchen yet cuz we're currently watching the Fiesta Bowl right now and it's just it's a pretty good game. So, none of that's happening tonight. But, um you can look forward to more of these vibes in my next vlog, I'm sure. Like I feel like January, like I said, I just really like to use it to optimize my life, optimize the apartment, so it sets us up for the rest of the year. And when Ryan got home tonight, I gave him a little tour and showed him all the things I did. He was like, "Wow." Um, but I love you guys so much and I just really appreciate your support. I get so excited when you guys comment on my YouTube videos. Like, I can't express enough like I get so excited about comments. I get so excited about Instagram story replies. And I actually got a lot of Instagram messages this week like, "I'm dying for a YouTube video." And I just it meant a lot to me. So, I know that you guys love the vlogs and stuff, but since I've obviously just took a second after Vlogmas, it's nice to feel missed. So, I hope this video was everything and more. And I'm just really grateful for you guys, and I hope you don't forget it. So, I'll see you guys in the next one. Bye.