Moving...the Shakespeare of it all...

So, we finally found a new place to live. Yay! This comes after having spent two whole days driving around Tigard/Tualatin/Sherwood/Parts of Lake Oswego, familiarizing ourselves with map folding techniques, arguing about which Boones Ferry Road is which, throwing up our hands in protest of ancient baseboard heating and the like.

The real treat of it was getting nice and cozy with our Thomas Guide. I managed to find a "Shakespearean" named street near the majority of places where we stopped of to look. Some examples:

1. House on Hamlet Drive...
2. Apartment complex near Tempest drive....
3. Apartment complex near Shakepeare drive....

Odd? Possibly. Funny? You bet. We had a good laugh as we realized we'd been driving by the same places and used them as landmarks. We'll be getting settled in tomorrow and this weekend. I'm still holding out that we'll be able to sneak off to the beach and enjoy one day of the long weekend. You never know!

Happy Labor Day! ~ Jewels

Birthday, Uncle Glenn and Moving...

Well, we celebrated my birthday yesterday and over the weekend. We did dinner with Larry, Marlene and Tara on Friday Night at Bryant Station. The food was really really good. Then, my friend Iva took me to see Mandy Moore in concert on Saturday night. We had a great time at that as well.


Sunday was a little bittersweet, as Uncle Glenn past away Saturday Night. We all rode out to Mom and Dad's new place and got to see the house and have a BBQ. Dad had to leave after dinner to go see Aunt JoAn and Janet. We'll be doing the memorial service on Friday. This is Glenn with Robert at the Reunion a few weeks ago. My best memory of him right now is him, in that orange shirt, riding that bike in the background. Such youthful spirit. I'll really miss him. Perhaps I can take on the ice cream making from here on. It probably won't be the same, though.


Last night Jesse and Lindsey met Steven and I at the Portland City Grill for my birthday celebration! We had drinks at happy hour and those gigantic cookies. It was a great end to the day and a good way to celebrate. Thanks again guys!

In the midst of all these things going on, Steven's accepted a new job in Sherwood OR. So, we'll be needing to find a place and move in the next two weeks or so. We're looking for a townhouse or larger apartment in the Tigard/Tualatin/Sherwood area. If you've got some information, please pass it on!

~Julie

Baby Showers and Dress Shopping...

Two totally unrealted topics.


First, baby showers!



We gave a lovely alphabet themed shower for June Feucht! That's me with Tara and June back in July. What a lovely Sunday we had!




Next was one for Janice Bee! We did it at the annual family reunion in early August. Here's her cake! Yummy! So cute what they did for the baby buggy...




That's me taking down the particulars of who gave what (the card inevitably gets mixed up from the gift)...

Then this weekend we had one for Brenda Lee! I (stupidly) forgot my camera. No pictures of this one yet :( It was fun getting to see everyone and eating all the yummy food ( I had way too much). We have one more for Melissa in September. All these babies will be at the wedding next year, so come ready to hold them!

In other news, I'm pretty sure I found the dress that I want. Going back to try it on this week and possibly buy it. One super big purchase down....countless smaller details to go!


Julie

Ikea- I sing praise to thee!

So, we went to Ikea on Sunday...that was a total mistake. We only got about 30 minutes in the store before we just could not take the madness any more. Steven promised me we could go back and actually buy something on Monday night, which is just what we did.


First purchase from Ikea....
Two hours and two people assembling later, we finally got them all put together. Then the real fun began as we attempted to reposition our entire bedroom at like 9 PM. We got the bed (and all the stuff under it) moved and the old nightstands cleaned out and put into the new nightstands and even placed and made room for possible purchase #2:

I think we need some more storage options because our apartment only has the one closet in the bedroom. It might take some convincing of Steven, but I think I can win him over to my side with an argument about leaving "The Godfather" poster up.

My real wish though is this:

Is that not just GORGEOUS?!?

Consequently, Steven and I have agreed that I am not allowed to go to Ikea alone with a credit card. Now you know why.

Vaca, The Fray, Ribs and more!

I'm back!

Well, Steven and I had a wonderful, relaxing vacation! I'll try to post some pictures of that later. We got back home and had a few days to unwind and get ready to go back to work after a week off.

Later that week I went to see The Fray in concert at Edgefield with some friends of mine:

Picture courtesy of nowwhat.com. We had a really good time. Then on Friday I went with my cousin to visit a family friend in the hospital. He was doing really good!

On Saturday I wasn't feeling very good, but I got up and made my buttercream frosting and caramel for some new recipes that I wanted to try. I must have had a violent sneeze because later in the day my back really hurt. A deep tissue massage and two trips to the chiropractor later I found out that I had popped a rib out of its "area" and that's why my back hurt so bad for four days! It took popping it in twice, so far, for it to stick...but I'm hoping that I'm better by the end of the day today. Its not really a vacation laying on the floor staring at the ceiling!

That's all for now, but planning should start to be in full swing soon! J

This post blogged from the desk, and heating pad, of Julie!