Stuart and I had a great trip to Columbia, Missouri last week for Stuart's interview at UM. Our reception seemed favorable and we will hear something for sure in mid April. I was able to check out the area--approximately 100,000 people, with good public schools, and a variety of hiking trails in the area. There are only a few RN positions currently posted and I learned that I would take a pay cut to work in the city but there are multiple hospitals in town. We were impressed by the vibrant downtown which is home to many small stores and restaurants. However, I was disappointed with the variety of yoga classes offered--I'm spoiled by my friends and teachers at yogeast.

Wisdom Teeth

I get my wisdom teeth extracted tomorrow. I'm a little nervous but Ellen (Stu's Mom) is equipped to take excellent care of me. She is driving me since Stuart has to teach and mom may or may not have school depending on snow. She called earlier wanting to know what foods I wanted, then proceeded to rattle through a whole list of stuff she had already bought. What can I say, I have a GREAT mother-in-law! I have all week to recover.

On a brighter note Staurt and I had a great Valentines Day. We spent the day relaxing and enjoying each others company. We did make a trip down to Jewish to see Cecil, from my church in Breck Co, before his open heart surgery. Praying that he does well tomorrow as well.

fell of the blogging wagon

After a good start to the blog I seem to have gotten a little distracted. It is now February and not much has changed. We are at a standstill of house renovations, once we got used to having our house back to normal it has been hard to dig back in. Stuart has been busy at U of L from 7a to 4p each day and by the time we go to the gym and have dinner all we want to do is be on the couch. I really have no excuse (other than my yoga addiction) for not being more productive during the day and that is my goal in the distant future. Next week I plan on giving the house a thorough cleaning because I am having my wisdom teeth out on Feb 15th and expect to be under the weather for the week. Hopefully February will bring good news on the job front, Stuart and I are both anxiously awaiting information on the Truman Fellowship at Sandia in New Mexico as well as any news on all the other applications out there.

A New Year

Hope everyone is staying warm during this frigid start to the new year. After a wonderful and relaxing holiday season we are trying to get back in the swing of things. Stuart started teaching today. He has three classes this semester including a Senior Level Capstone class. He is still applying for jobs and we hope to start hearing some feedback from all the applications soon. We are attempting a healthy start to the new year. Thanks to Stuart's uncle David we learned that the gym at the end of our street is assoicated with they gym that accepts our membership from Lafayete. We have been 3 time this week, our membership lasts until May--We will be glad when the temperatures pop back up so we can walk. My yoga studio is offering some new classes including Bikram style hot yoga. The temperature in the room hasn't been that warm yet but i'm enjoying the workout. We are still enjoying a break from house remodeling but plan to start back soon. Next up will be painting the laundry room and putting in more convenient storage.

Our Tree

We finally got our tree up a couple of days ago. Rachel came over and helped Stuart and I put it up. You can also see the living room walls, floors, curtains, and rug in the picture. We will normally have a counter height table with a couple of bar stools in this corner of the living room. Sara is glad to be off for Christmas Eve. Thats all for now, more pictures to come. We are off to drive around to see Christmas lights around the city.

Still working!

Stuart and I have been working diligently on the house the last couple of days. We have the 3rd coat of polyurethane on the dining room (behind because boards had to be replaced when stains didn't sand well the first go round), finished sanding the stairs, and have completed the trim prep in the bedroom and hallway. With any luck Ellen will be able to paint the trim this weekend and we will get furniture moved in early next week!! We are so excited and Sara is getting anxious to decorate for Christmas.

Kitchen pre-remodel. We aren't starting work in here until January