DRATS!

I just wrote a blog entry and then the internet was dumb and did not publish it and only half of it was saved and I just did not want to write it all over is again.

So I am just going to go watch Amazing Race.

Oh Grammie What Fun You Are

I have the best Grammie in the whole wide universe. This past Thursday she took me to a doctor's appointment and I was reminded why I cherish her so. After my appointment
she said "Let's do dinner."
and I said "Let's eat at IHOP!"
then she said "I have a coupon."
So we went and both had pumpkin pancakes. YUM!


After dinner I asked if she wanted to drive by our new apartment and she said "sure thing."
So we went.
While we were driving she was telling me which roads lead where [even though I lack any sense of direction I listened and tried to understand and when I won't remember I will call her and she will tell me where to go.] and where the good restaurants are and then she said "If you follow that road it will take you to the Basilica. I want to see the Basilica before I croak." I cracked up and said "Grammie lets go together before you croak."

I also love my Grammie because:
*I can talk to her about anything and she listens closely
*She is a very good housekeeper
*She has a lot of friends
*She gives good advice and if you have a problem she will think of solution

If I had to rate my Grammie from 1-10 I would pretty much give her an 1,000,000,000!

P.S. My hubs has a blog now. Check him out! [not like that...he's already married!]

Change of Address

We are moving to Hamburg and I simply cannot wait! Here are the reasons why...

*The apartment is actually a cutie little brick house with our apartment on the bottom level and only one other apartment upstairs.

*Hardwood floors.

*DISHWASHER! and a BRAND NEW refrigerator

*The landlords just redid the bathroom and it is simply beautiful! The bathtub is also BRAND NEW which means no one else has ever taken a bath in it. I will be the very first one. HORRAY!!

*A great back yard for the pug to run circles in.

*There is PLENTY of space in the basement and GARAGE for storage.

*There is a washer/dryer hook up so we might be in the market for those...

*LOCATION! We are so close to all stores, entertainment, my sister Amanda...anything we could possibly need or want. (including schools and might just want a job in one of those) Yet, our home is in a residential area that is quiet and calm.

*The landlords are AWESOME! When we were looking for a place yesterday we did not really have a plan. I was just driving down random streets and saw the sign in the yard that a two bedroom apartment was available. We called the number and Jonathan chatted with Ann Lorraine. She told him what the rent was and he told her that he was a chaplain. When we meet her at 2pm that afternoon she told us she would like to lower the rent for us because she understands that people in ministry do not make a lot of money. I had to ask her to repeat herself because I thought I did not hear her right. She also offered to pay for some area rugs since it is all hardwood floors and when I asked if I could take down the blinds (I hate cleaning those darn things) she said "oh I will have my husband take those right down. You shouldn't have to live with anything you don't like." And she said "Let us know if you need any curtain rods." We are so blown away by their generosity. What a blessing!!

I am so darn excited! (hence the multiple uses of capital letters and exclaimation marks) We will probably start moving stuff the second weekend in October. I hope Jonathan can stand me the next couple of weeks. Pray for him as I go into super organizing and cleaning mode.

P.S. I think I want this desk for our new office.

Don't Be Selfish...

I love to read blogs. Clearly, I am not very diligent in updating my own. That is kind of selfish I guess. I anxiously wait for one of my friends to update their blogs and I get so excited when they do. Maybe my friends out there do the same with my blog and I let them down time after time. So I am going to stop being so selfish and and try to blog more....Let's get started shall we?

This past weekend we traveled to Syracuse for a wedding. Before the wedding we went to the farmer's market where I discovered that cabbage and eggplant are beautiful and that sugar plums are real fruit! We also bought some gala apples and I made my first apple crisp of the season. YUM! (Side note....gala apples always remind me of my friend Andrea because when we were in college she introduced me to the sweet crisp delight that are these apples.)

In other news...Jonathan got a job as a chaplain at Sister's Hospital in Buffalo. [I am so proud of my husband!] We are strongly considering moving closer to Buffalo because his commute is not fun. I am also on the prowl for a teaching assistant job in a public school now that I am certified.
I enjoy my job at the preschool so much. (Where else would you hear at the lunch table "Ms. Ashley! I fart at home.") I only wish it could pay more so those dang student loans could be out of my life!!