New Things I Love and Things I Really Miss

I guess when you are in a new spot you have to find all the new stuff that you like, so here are some of my new favorites:

Smart Cookie - a great little place where you get two fresh cookies and a huge scoop of Dryers ice cream in the middle for only two bucks! You can't beat that!! They also have other cookies that look fantastic...we will be back to try them.

Maurices - I have always loved this store, but I haven't been around one in many years. Seeing that we are now poor students again maybe I will just have to window shop. http://www.maurices.com/

Ok, but there are lots of things I miss:

Target - I live 17 miles from the cloest store. Wow. About the same to Costco, Old Navy, Michaels, etc. I guess I shouldn't be shopping that much, but sometimes it is nice to just get out and walk around.

My favorite scrapbook/paper crafts store. I know there are other ones here, but I just don't think they can compare.

Clark is now home from school, so I will have to add to this list later...

Hello Again

Wow! I am going to post again! Too many things to do in April. What happened to it?? The largest time consumer was of course the HUGE move. It took so long to get packed and ready to go and we couldn't have done it without the help of all our friends. (Isn't that a song?) But it really was true. I moved a lot as a kid and I thought it was difficult but it does not compare to moving as a mom - way more stress. And sad too. I cried all the way out of the neighborhood; I cried again the next day as we were leaving the state. Ryan was driving the U-Haul so he didn't have to see is wife falling apart. We are happy for this new adventure, but a little piece of me is stuck in our old state. Sometimes it would have been easier to have the kids ride on the bikes on the back of the car instead of inside, but really they did pretty well. Ryan and Clark are back in school and Bella and I live out of boxes. This is what Ryan's parents garage currently looks like:

Most of our big furniture is in the neighbors garage next door, since we didn't manage to fit here. (They volunteered the space because they are out of town for the next couple of months, so that worked out nice.) Someday I plan on unpacking boxes but I have to wait until there is some place for them to go. This is what our living room and dinning room currently look like:

Baseboards are in (I have give myself a little credit here since I helped to them all last weekend; don't mess with me; I know how to use a nail gun now :) and the shelves and closets are currently being installed. Next week the painter will start, then finish plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counter tops and carpet after the painting is done. Maybe by the end of May. Maybe. Hopefully we won't drive Ryan's parents totally crazy before then!