Christmas Tree Farm

Last Saturday, Brady and I went to get our Christmas tree at a tree farm out in Redlands. This was Brady's first experience with a tree farm, and being used to a $5 permit to cut down a tree from the woods, he was a bit in shock. Brady proceeded to tell me that the only tree we could get was the one shown in the picture on the right. (I am sure you all know this was due to the inflated prices at the tree farm.) As cute as it was, it wouldn't hold too many ornaments, so I talked him into one a bit larger. After searching for the perfect tree, we paid for our 7 1/2 foot tree and off we went. Only I thought I was going to have to revive him after he saw how much they cost when you don't cut them down from a forest. Needless to say we got our tree and it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas (no pun intended).

New Apartment!

For those of you who don’t know, we moved into our apartment last week. We have put most of our things away, and are starting to settle in. It is a bit bigger than our last apartment, so our family room is a bit sparse in the furniture area. The kitchen has a lot more cupboards than in our past apartment, and I am really enjoying that. We bought a kitchen table, so we no longer have to eat off of our laps. I am enjoying that the most. =) The best part of it all is that we are both so close to work that we meet at home for lunch every day. How many people do you know that have that luxury? We are also enjoying playing with Hallie. She is such a cute little thing. That’s all she wrote. Just wanted to update you all on our new place!

Utah Apartment problems

I am sure most of you can relate to the stress of moving across states. Most everything has gone smoothly so far, until this weekend that is. I ordered Brady’s birthday present online and it was scheduled to get here on Friday. Last week I received the tracking information and so I got online to track the package. I noticed that it had Murray, UT as the destination address. I immediately contacted the sender and asked why they had sent it there since I no longer lived there. Their response was that they go off of the address they had on the account from last time you ordered. Apparently they do not care what address you put in as your “mailing address” they just go off the account. They seem to think I should have deleted the address previously on the account (I didn’t even know I had an account by the way). They told me that I should contact someone in Utah and have them send it to me…as if I know someone to do that for me. So, I tried to call UPS. The were very understanding and said that on Friday after my old apt denied receipt of the package then I should call them back and they will re-direct it. Easy enough, right? WRONG! The apartment complex accepted my package. I haven’t lived there for 2 months now, and they accepted it! I called to speak with the manager of the apartment and she does not seem to think it is her responsibility to check if the resident lives there. WHAT? Isn’t it illegal to accept someone else’s mail for them? On top of that, they won’t mail it to me until they receive a money order for the price of the shipping to send it to me. As if it is my fault they accepted it. So needless to say they still have my package and today is Brady’s birthday. I am not even sure when it will reach us but hey, it’s the thought that counts, right? Other than that, everything is pretty much going well. We are still set to move into our apartment on Saturday, and I am looking forward to having such nice management!! The experience has already been great, and we sure need a good one after the awful complex we lived in before. Tonight we are going out for Brady’s birthday. We are going to Johnny Rebs, a Southern food place. It has great barbecued ribs, probably not as good as Amy’s dads, but they are pretty good. We will take some pictures and try to post some this week!

Random Drivel

So Jessica and I just tried to do a participatory post where each of us chose every other word. It immediately went down hill and included ad hominem attacks about how I was retarded and how Jessica smelled. I guess that technique will take a little bit of fine tuning before we release it to the general public. =) Nothing too exciting happened over the weekend other than the fact that we bought a dining table so we don't have to eat on our laps once we move next weekend. That should be nice. Off topic a little bit... this is my first year in California for Autumn and I must say it never really dawned on me that it gets dark at 5:00 here as well! It's kind of weird, and there isn't much beach time when you leave the office when it's dark!

Team Player...

So here is proof that I do get on everyone’s blog rather frequently just to see how everyone is doing. By the way, that includes our blog so that I can read what Brady is saying about me and make sure it is accurate information. =) After seeing a comment posted by Amy I decided to make a quick post and update you all on our lives (from my point of view that is). Unfortunately we do not have any pictures to share with you all since we have yet to own a camera. Some day we will give in and buy one, but until then you have to put up with Brady talking mostly about work and as Marissa puts it, “could you maybe post some normal stuff on your blog? Like maybe some stuff about your life outside the work place?” It is true. We do not have lives outside of work as of right now. We have both been at our jobs for a little over a month now and we are both settling in (Brady a little happier than I). As for our living situation, we are set to move into our apartment November 11th, which is in about a week and two days. We are very excited. Not that Mimi’s place hasn’t been great, but it will be nice to get our own space again. Speaking of space…due to the small room we are sharing with all our many necessities, I stubbed my toe on the bed leg while passing by and broke my toe last week. It is rather painful to wear high heels I have to say. Back to our new apartment… I just got a call yesterday from the lady at the apartment office. She was calling to tell me that they have already put in brand new appliances in the kitchen, and will be putting in new carpet and linoleum before we move in. So we are going to basically have a brand new apartment!!! The best part is that we will be able to hang out with Hallie (oh, I mean Sara and Matt=) all the time!Well, as exciting as this has been for all of you to read I am afraid I have to go. I have an appointment with the freeway for an hour. Oh that reminds me, I will be living about 6 miles from my work once we move!!!