Month: July 2004

OK, so WI is a nice place for someone, and we love the apartment we've got here, but the time has come to say, “G'bye Dairy-Cow-A-Gogo-Land!” We've both been looking for work in Denver, but we haven't found it yet. However the lease is running out and it's about to get very very cold here. So we've taken one of those leaps-of-faith that are so very very hard for practical, logical, vulcan-like people (wasn't that a nerdy reference) like Matt and I to take … we're moving to CO at the end of August.

My sweet Mutti and Vati have been uber-generous and are allowing us and the puppy to stay with them while we get things all settled. I think they might even be kinda excited about the prospect. I know I am. Continue reading “Movin' On Out”

… in one of those perfect sleeps who come to people who stayed up way to late watching movies and crashed into bed happily at 4 AM … when the phone rang. Matt, more awake than I, grabbed the phone and checked the caller ID on our phone. “Toll-free call,” said he and set it back in its base.

I had told “toll-free call”, AKA AT&T, to bugger off last week and they had called me all of this week and recieved no answer. So now that I was awake, my blood was beginning to boil. I grabbed the phone off its base and picked up. “Hello?”

“Hi! This is Sonia Murdoch with the long distance company, AT&T …”

“IT'S 10:34 ON A SATURDAY MORNING!” I said, rather curtly. I clicked the phone off and snuggled back up to Matt.

“What was that?” he asked. I explained. “You should have told her, 'and I was sleeping!'”

“Oh, I think that was understood,” I said.

Where the heck did half of July go?? Will someone tell me, please? Summer is going by altogether too fast just like it always does. And of course, there's still so much I want to do. I've only made it to the pool two or three times (thank you very much, rain) and there have been far too few trips to the farmer's market.

I got Martha Stewart Kids' Magazine (a magazine I love because it's less pretentious and more fun than its adult counterpart, not because I have kids or am thinking about having kids) the other day and they had all of these v. cool blender drinks in there. I have try them before summer is gone! They look sooo yummy. Of course, they also have a big section on sand-castle building which makes me want to run to the nearest beach. I love all the seasons, but I think, at heart, I'm truly a summer girl.

My b'day is still about a month offf, but y'know, it's always good to get those requests in early …. especially since some of the things I want are going to take a bit-o-time …

1. for either Matt or I (or both of us, relaly, I'm not picky!!) to find a new job in Denver (that doesn't involve slinging burgers or folding shirts)
2. finding the perfect house/condo in Denver
3. a (eek!) mortgage to go with it
4. the entire process of moving to go off without a hitch (unlike last time)
5. world peace

No gift-wrap needed, really.