Five Months as a Mrs.

We celebrate five months with Marc in Minnesota and I am in Florida.

The Wonderful Things:

• WE SOLD OUR HOUSE
• REJOICE, we got an offer we could accept and we jumped on it. WHOOP WHOOP and we couldn't be more excited -- we close hopefully November 21 - however there is a chance it will be pushed back a week
• The house has lots of memories and is the first house I have ever owned and there are lots of things I love about that house - note to self - take a ton of photos before you move out
• I love that it is only five minutes from work
• WE BOUGHT A HOUSE
• we offered and they ACCEPTED it without countering! 
• seriously overjoyed and can't wait to show you pictures
• best part: we close November 21 -- however if our current house gets pushed back a week so will this house - we managed to pull off a simultaneous close
• I can't wait to finish the basement and paint and have 2.5 acres of land that butts up to a state park. GLORIOUS.
• We will now be driving 15 minutes to work 
• We will be in the new house by Christmas - I can't wait to show our families the new house
• I am totally getting chickens ASAP (I fear they won't ship them to Minnesota in the dead of winter)
• It has an attached garage which is much bigger and more stable than our current garage that I have been praying that the neighbors large tree would fall on

The Things No One Warns You About:

• Potlucks at the other person's work are lame - Marc's work loves potlucks and they do them all the time which is awesome for him - not so awesome for me who ends up preparing food and never getting to eat it
• we also have begun a 72 hour warning required for all potlucks if you want to bring something other than doritos or whatever I can pull out of the cupboards - I don't make brownies on a Wednesday night after getting home from a long day 
• Moving is stressful and takes ridiculous amounts of communication - don't accidentally pack something up that you shouldn't (like assuming that all playstation 3 remotes are created equal - there is a beloved remote - and if you leave one out and assume it is the same as the others and it is the wrong one - you will get to dig to the back of the storage unit to find the beloved remote)

The Miscellaneous Things:

• I am in Walt Disney World currently (Whoop Whoop) and jazzed about running the Wine and Dine Half Marathon to earn my Coast to Coast medal.
• Marc is at home working (and hopefully finishing packing)
• I am caught up on my shutterfly books other than our wedding (and this trip obviously, I am only taking about 12,000 photos an hour)
• I LOVE fall and all things pumpkin flavored, I have already started stashing cans of libbies pumpkin stuff so I can eat pumpkin flavored stuff all year - such delights shouldn't be limited to a month or two out of the year