That's a bold title, right?! Well, if the rest of the year is anything like the first couple of weeks, than I completely stand by my statement.
Today is January 13th, not even two weeks have gone by during 2014 & A LOT has happened, A LOT! Here goes:
On Monday, December 30th we finally found "our" house, we put in an offer on January 1st & it was accepted later that day. So, if everything goes as planned, we'll be closing on the house on January 30th & then moving in, slowly at the end of February/March. There's not much that we need or want to do to change the place up, but there's a couple of things here & there. Ideally, we'd like to have any updates done before we move in. We have the apartment lease until March 27th, so it's kinda nice we aren't super rushed to get out of here (even though we REALLY want to get out of here!). The house is everything we said we didn't want, it's fairly new construction, it's in a new neighborhood, it's two-story, & bigger than we need for right now, but we just loved it, so maybe what you think you want, really isn't what you want. Here are some pics:
With all that happening, that would probably make the first couple of weeks of a year seem crazy, right? Nope, not crazy enough for us. On Tuesday, January 7th I had a small outpatient surgical procedure to remove a cyst from my ovary, it was an hour long procedure, all is well, cysts were benign, things are looking good. The recovery has been pretty OK, just trying to take it easy, which is proving to be harder than I expected. And of course, the weather over the past couple of days has been absolutely gorgeous, which just makes me want to go RUN! Yeah, that won't be happening until February, I did however go for a nice leisurely walk this morning (1 mile) & I'm just excited that I was able to do that. It was the first time I'd gotten out to "exercise" since my great trip & fall during my first & only run of 2014, haha, that was quite epic. But yeah, I'm feeling good & I'm so grateful to Lake & my mom for doing such an amazing job taking care of me & also all of my friends & family who called & texted last week to wish me well & check in on me, I'm very blessed.
So overall, I'm very HOPE-FULL for 2014, lots of things going on, still adjusting to our new home & city. The move hasn't been the easiest thing but we are definitely getting adjusted & enjoying ourselves & through it all, the best part of it, aside from the new home, have been getting to know a whole new, awesome set of friends.....well, some old & some brand new, but all definitely awesome! :)
HOPE is "my word" for 2014, rather than make a resolution, which I guess we did, just made a resolution to eat out LESS, Lake & I eat out way too much, so just trying to eat in & with a big new kitchen in our house that won't be too hard....but I also decided on an overall "word" for the year, and that word is hope. Hope for so many things, some that I've thought of, some that probably haven't even crossed my mind yet. So, cheers to 2014! May the beginning of this year be just a glimpse at what amazing-ness is to come for Team Ellis & for all of our friends & family out there!!
Today is January 13th, not even two weeks have gone by during 2014 & A LOT has happened, A LOT! Here goes:
On Monday, December 30th we finally found "our" house, we put in an offer on January 1st & it was accepted later that day. So, if everything goes as planned, we'll be closing on the house on January 30th & then moving in, slowly at the end of February/March. There's not much that we need or want to do to change the place up, but there's a couple of things here & there. Ideally, we'd like to have any updates done before we move in. We have the apartment lease until March 27th, so it's kinda nice we aren't super rushed to get out of here (even though we REALLY want to get out of here!). The house is everything we said we didn't want, it's fairly new construction, it's in a new neighborhood, it's two-story, & bigger than we need for right now, but we just loved it, so maybe what you think you want, really isn't what you want. Here are some pics:
With all that happening, that would probably make the first couple of weeks of a year seem crazy, right? Nope, not crazy enough for us. On Tuesday, January 7th I had a small outpatient surgical procedure to remove a cyst from my ovary, it was an hour long procedure, all is well, cysts were benign, things are looking good. The recovery has been pretty OK, just trying to take it easy, which is proving to be harder than I expected. And of course, the weather over the past couple of days has been absolutely gorgeous, which just makes me want to go RUN! Yeah, that won't be happening until February, I did however go for a nice leisurely walk this morning (1 mile) & I'm just excited that I was able to do that. It was the first time I'd gotten out to "exercise" since my great trip & fall during my first & only run of 2014, haha, that was quite epic. But yeah, I'm feeling good & I'm so grateful to Lake & my mom for doing such an amazing job taking care of me & also all of my friends & family who called & texted last week to wish me well & check in on me, I'm very blessed.
So overall, I'm very HOPE-FULL for 2014, lots of things going on, still adjusting to our new home & city. The move hasn't been the easiest thing but we are definitely getting adjusted & enjoying ourselves & through it all, the best part of it, aside from the new home, have been getting to know a whole new, awesome set of friends.....well, some old & some brand new, but all definitely awesome! :)
HOPE is "my word" for 2014, rather than make a resolution, which I guess we did, just made a resolution to eat out LESS, Lake & I eat out way too much, so just trying to eat in & with a big new kitchen in our house that won't be too hard....but I also decided on an overall "word" for the year, and that word is hope. Hope for so many things, some that I've thought of, some that probably haven't even crossed my mind yet. So, cheers to 2014! May the beginning of this year be just a glimpse at what amazing-ness is to come for Team Ellis & for all of our friends & family out there!!
