Clever Quips

We've gotten some pretty funny remarks about our little apartment that I had to share:

• "I always thought a fridge would make an excellent bedside table!"
• "There's a lot to be said for a dwelling that you can circumnavigate in so few steps."
• "Now that's what I call a Bed & Breakfast!"

Wonderful Birthday!

I had a great birthday today! It started out with lots of little coupons hidden around our apartment for things like dinner, ice cream, a movie and tickets to Wicked! We'll go see Wicked next week. When Bill got home from school he brought me flowers and we had a great birthday date which included the following...

Thank you Bill for a fabulous night! I love you!

First Day of School

Isn't he cute?! Bill spent most of today in orientation meetings. Classes actually start on Wednesday. He had to take his laptop with him, so I've been doing laundry and a little shopping while I await the delivery of our desktop computer. It will be so nice to have it all set up since it will also serve as our television for the next 10 months!

Home Sweet Home

We made it! This is our humble home for the next 10 months. Our window looks out onto Broadway. It's pretty cozy!

We arrived Wednesday afternoon and have been on the go ever since. I've walked more in these three days than I have since the beginning of this year! It's great exercise! Our first night here we walked 5 blocks to Kmart and got towels, pillows, dishes, silverware and a bunch of other necessities. We're slowly getting settled and seeing some fun things in the mean time.

Thursday we did more shopping and errands and then went for a walk in Central Park. Yesterday we went to the Statue of Liberty and the Financial District and today we did the Empire State Building. Both of us have been to some of these places before, but it's so fun going together!

Home on the Range

What a fun weekend we had at the 71 Ranch near Elko Nevada!

My whole family was there and it was so fun to spend one last weekend with them all. We enjoyed all kinds of fun activities including horsebackriding, trap shooting, volleyball, horseshoes, and just sitting around talking, relaxing, eating and even watching some of the Olympics!

It was such a great way to spend our last weekend before we move. Now we just have to get completely organized and ready to board our plane on Wedensday morning. Wish us luck!

End of an Era

Yesterday was my last day of work at Smith Barney. It was such a weird feeling thinking that I wouldn't be back there Monday morning. I have had such a great experience working there. Fred, Jan & Alex have been so good to me over the years and I will miss them dearly!