September and October

It's been a while and we have been busy!!!  In September we went back to Columbus, Ohio for the first time since we moved away four years ago.  Not much has changed, and it was fun to see where we used to live and hang out.  We also saw my mom's side of the family since the reason for going back was my cousin's wedding. 

 

Our old house looks the same!

 

 

 

 This was the entrance we used for our old apartment in German Village 

 

 

The front of our German Village Apartment

 

 

 No trip to Columbus would be complete without eating at Schmidt's!  Everything tasted just as good as it did in the past!

In October we celebrated Halloween!  It has become nearly impossible to get good pictures of Elizabeth because she doesn't stop moving.  On Halloween morning Elizabeth and I went with our friends to a little parade in the neighborhood...it was so cute to see everyone dressed up!  Later on that day, we went back out with our friends and our husbands met us in downtown Jersey City for a Halloween festival.  There were booths set up for the kids to trick or treat at, and it was perfect for their age.  Elizabeth dressed up as a cabbage patch kid, and she LOVED the candy! 

 

 November was a VERY busy month for us too, and I promise to blog about it sooner rather than later:)

Recently.....

We have started packing, selling things, and selling more things.  A couple weekends ago though, we went to Holeman and Finch, a restaurant we have been wanting to go to since we moved here.  They are very well known for their burgers, and every Friday night starting at 10:00 they make 25 burgers, when they are sold out, they are gone.  But, on Sunday mornings, they have an unlimited amount during brunch.  So, David's friend Paul was in town for work and we went on Sunday morning.  It was so crowded that there was an hour and a half wait (even at 1:00pm on a Sunday!!), so we ate at the bar.  The burgers did not disappoint, I have to say hands down it was one of the best burgers I have ever had!!!  I am just bummed I didn't get a picture of it!



Since we are moving, we have been trying to eat and drink EVERYTHING in our house.  In 2010 while we were at my parent's house for Christmas, we bought a bottle of sparkling beer at Troegs Brewery.  It has been in our fridge since then while we waited for a special occasion.  We finally decided to drink it last Saturday night, it was good, but not worth an almost 2 year wait!



Last night my friends at work had a happy hour for me.  They brought a cake and made me a frame with pictures of me at school...it turned out really well. 

This week is a busy one - Tuesday the packers come, Wednesday the moving truck comes, Thursday we close on hour house, Friday we fly to Chicago for the weekend, Saturday a wedding in Chicago, and Sunday a one way ticket to New York City!!!!!

Oh, and my parents were in Columbus, Ohio for a wedding last weekend, they went by our old house...it doesn't look like much has changed.

Missing Ohio........Really?!?!?

June 22, 2011

 Believe it or not, sometimes I do miss Ohio.  Well maybe it's not Ohio that I miss but the "known" and the "familiar" that make me miss it.  When we moved to Ohio we knew we wouldn't be there long, in fact the 5 years we were there seemed to be FOREVER!  Georgia is great, but in Ohio we had grown into our house, we both had good jobs, we had a "comfortable" life.  And that's just what it would have been....comfortable.  But we wanted more, we wanted a bigger city, we wanted to be able to fly to my husband's family in England on one flight without having to change planes.