Moving on Saturday!

Only a few more days until we move into our first HOUSE.  Ahhh I can't wait!  This is what I look like on a daily basis:

Even packing hasn't been the chore I thought it would be.  Its been kind of fun going through all of our things.  All the packing and reminiscing has brought on a bit of nostalgic sadness, however.  This is the first home we have shared together. We moved into our condo on October 8th, 2008 and, aside from a couple of bad neighbors, we have loved every minute of our time here. I remember the first day we moved in like it was yesterday. He had been living in a house with a couple roommates and I was living at home. No judging! Its was a transitional temporary sitch! Anywho, neither of us had any sort privacy.  When we moved in that first day it was like a sigh of relief. Our own space! Every room was ours and ours alone.  We were a couple of crazy kids in love and playing house.  I'm happy to say we are still a couple of crazy kids in love only this time playing house for real!  Below I've shared some pictures of our time here.  From our first Christmas tree to getting Bauer. 

The day we moved in.

Our first Xmas tree!

Adopting Charlie Kitten <3

More than a few cocktail nights...

Our family B.B. (Before Bauer)

Lots of Skip-bo!

Good times with "The Head".

Getting engaged....

.....and then getting married!

Finally having a nice set of dishes.

John becoming a cat lover :)

Lots of birthday celebrations.

Lots of holidays.

Valentine's day is my 3rd fave holiday, so it gets a lot of attention.

Me and the ladies....and our boom box. Ah life before an ipod/iphone dock!

Getting Bauer xo

Watching him get bigger......

and bigger....

and bigger!

Watching the Cards win the 2011 World Series!  ....from the comfort of our condo.

Naps!

More naps!

Playing in the fields behind our place.

Our daily Tina and Bauer time, exploring Wildwood.

I've been Queen of the Castle for almost 4 years and what a pleasure it has been. I'm looking forward to my next term of service in our new house :)





Yes our years here in our tiny 2 bed/2 bath condo in Wildwood have been amazing but its time start the next chapter of our lives.  Could it be? Is it possible? Are we actually growing up?  Hahaha!  We'll see....cross your fingers. 

Love,

Tina

ps stay tuned, next blog will about our new house. Yay, hearts and bunnies and cartwheels and glitter!







I need to vent.

I can't wait to get out of this *&$^%^% neighborhood!! Just ran into a woman that asked if it was our dog howling all day while we are at work. Um no lady, I work from home and my car is broken right now so I'm literally with him all day, every day.  There is a dog around here causing a ruckus but everyone wants to blame Bauer. I think its Big Black Dog Syndrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-dog_bias.   Generally this involves big, black dogs being the last to be adopted at shelters but I think we are facing this prejudice at home.  No one wants to blame the beagle or the schnauzer, its always the big, scary looking black dog. BS!!!! The loudest our dog gets is when he is snoring, because he sleeps alllllll day.  Literally he only gets up for me to take him on walks and potty breaks otherwise he is snoring on the couch. I know how much engery puppies have so I make it my business everyday to tire him out on our run/walks for the purpose of keeping him low key when we are indoors. 

I have heard shouting, kids screaming, babies crying, people falling down, vacuuming at midnight, yelling about sporting events, dogs yapping all the time and it has never occured to me to complain to anyone. In the 4 yrs we have been here, we have abided by the rules. No running appliances after 9 pm and no starting them up before 9 am. No playing loud music. We are quiet and respectful tenants. We have looked the other way when other people made lots of noise, because you know what, when living in such close quarters you'll hear things. All of this in respect for our neighbors! The same neighbors that want to blame our dog for any dog noises in the neighborhood. Did they ever think of the huge white american bulldog? What about the siberian husky?? Or the crazy lady that has 5 little shit box dogs that never shut the f up? Yap yap yap all the time.  *****Or to the lady who questioned me today......how about the dog who lives directly beneath you whose owners are NEVER home and who only ever let their dog out to go to the bathroom then put him right back in his crate?! Gee I wonder who is making the noise? *****   We have heard Bauer bark only on a couple occasions and they are deep, low barks. He doesn't howl and he doesn't yap. I'm so over having 10 neighbors living above me, beneath me, and beside me. I'm ready to just have 3 immediate neighbors, one to the left of us, one to the right, and one behind us. We are moving in about a week and I am so excited!!! I hate packing but after this encounter with the idiot neighbor I'll have the whole house packed by the time John gets home from work today. 


Ok deep breath, I feel better. I'm not going to proof this so there will be a ton of grammatical errors I'm sure.  Stay tuned for my next blog, a happy one about our NEW HOUSE!!!!