Our House

David and I began looking at houses right before Christmas. We probably went into about 10 houses, and the one we ended up with stuck with me the rest of the day after we saw it.  We decided to put an offer on the house, and David met the realtor there again to make sure we really liked it.  :)

The offer was accepted and the process began.  We set a closing day for February 27th, and we crossed our fingers that we wouldn't have a blizzard that weekend.  The closing day came, and the weather was actually pretty wonderful. Thanks to our wonderful friends at church, we were moved out of apartment in just a few hours.  Like we hoped, there was no snow; however, it was 12 degrees, but the sun was shining!!!  

Our friends helped us set up some of the furniture and place it, so we were able to sleep there the first night.  I'm so thankful for my friends Lindsey, Corinne, and Crystal who helped set up my kitchen on Saturday and Sunday night when I started feeling puny.  They were amazing!!! I ended up being sick for a few days with some awful virus, but I'm just so thankful that David did not get it because the weekend after we moved was his opening night performance of The Manchurian Candidate.  I was so afraid he would miss rehearsals or the show, but thanks to my girlfriends setting up the guest room, he was able to sleep in there and not get sick!!

I've taken just a couple of pictures of some of the rooms that are finished (for now).

                                                          Our house was built in 1950

One of our favorites...the laundry chute. 

A huge shout out to my Mother-in-law, Lynn, who cleaned our old apartment until it looked like new again.  This was a huge help, and I owe her so much for that!!! Thank you! Thank you!

Also, a shout out to my parents for flying up here (despite having canceled flights) to be here for 40 hours for my birthday, David's opera, and to hang my pictures!!!

Winter Time=Knitting Time

As you've probably seen, I finished putting together and knitting all of David's sweater.  I still haven't put the zipper...and I'm dragging my feet on that. It seems to be a daunting task, but I'll take a whack at it. 

                                                    Yes, i wear a headlamp while knitting.

                  Rachel mailed me some yarn from Purl Soho. She wanted a "droopy" striped hat.
                         

                                  Pattern is from Purl Soho's blog and can be found on ravelry.

I was dying to make this hat from the moment I saw it on one of my patients.  The parent gave me the pattern and it was so much fun to knit and super cute!!!

Rachel also asked for this hat which has a "butterfly stitch". I've never done that, but it was surprisingly easy to do and make such a fun embellishment to the hat.

                                                             Isn't that just so cool???
                                   *Pattern available online: butterfly beret knitting pattern


        One of my goals this year is to make a pair of socks. I'll let you know if/when that happens.

Catching Up

David transitioned out of Cantus at the end of July and began rehearsing with Minnesota Opera for his first production with them in September and October.  I took one of my friends to see the show. (We sat on the very back row...now I know why they invented opera glasses) It was a fun show about Italian-singing Cowboys in California during the gold rush.  Our friend Alex Ritchie (from HA/HU days) was also in the performance.

David has enjoyed touring with an opera company (Opera for the Young) during the Fall and some of the Winter/Spring. They go to schools in Wisconsin and MN and perform a show for the children. He plays the beast in the show and wears shoulder pads and platform shoes.  (Hilarious)

David and I were able to go to Arkansas for Thanksgiving and spend time with some of my family. David took over the deviled egg task that Nick has done for the past 5 years since R&N weren't coming home for Thanksgiving.

                                                             
                                                                Me and my momma!

For Christmas this year we were in Nashville with David's family.  David's mom, Lynn, retired from teaching in December and we had a fun party for to celebrate.

We've really enjoyed the last few weeks of warm weather here and have been able to be outside to enjoy it. Last weekend we took the Light Rail to downtown with some friends to watch Red Bull Crashed Ice.  David's gone the past few years, but I haven't gone because it's been too cold.  It was 30 degrees last week, so it was pretty perfect. I didn't even need my parka!

Looks like some cold weather is coming back, but we've hardly had any snow this year, so we'll take it.