Our first BBQ!!!

Okay, yes, I admit it, it's been a while. Here is the short version of the update...

I FOUND A NEW JOB! I am now working for a couple who are both doc's, the mom is an OB/GYN and the dad is an anesthesiologist. They have three kids, Jonathan is 5, Lauren is 3 and Nicholas is 7months. They are a handful but it's fun, and tons better than my last job!

This past weekend we had our first BBQ at our house. Derrick, Tim, Kata, Kiwi, Angie and my sister all came down and it was a blast! We had great weather!

My stylin' outfit, it got a little chilly and my feel were cold!

Tim as Ace Ventura
Angie, Kiwi, Noelle, Bry, Derrick, Tim and Kata

Our garden! It has vegi's and sunflowers!

Our deck
Holding Jackson in our unfurnished living room
Tim holding Jackson...D looking confused
Derrick BBQed all weekend on our new grill! He even cleaned the kitchen!

Derrick and Tim putting together our ladder ball
Bryan and Kiwi putting together our net
Derrick and all the food he made!
The kitchen
Dining room/ view of deck
So, that is what I have so far. Once we get a little more organized and our living room furniture here I will take some more pictures!

No pictures yet!

Well I know I've been bad and should post pictures now that we've been in for over a week and have internet. So yes, we are starting to settle in. We are missing a few things, our living room set for upstairs, which is stil at Alshey Furniture waiting to be purchased! We did get our patio stuff out on the deck so that is nice to have done. There really isn't anything on the walls, just the guest room packed full of pictures and frames and decorations. Once we have furniture in then we can get on that.

Bryan has two days this week of the ACLS- it's basic life support and running codes. It's stuff he likes but he would rather be on vacation! He officially starts on Monday.

As for me, the few people I've talked to will know that after the first day of my job I knew it wasn't going to work. The people were not friendly, it wasn't what I was expecting or told was going to be at my interview. It is frustrating but after day 2 I was already applying for new jobs. There aren't a lot of jobs here unless you work in a hospital so I started looking at office work and nannying. On Monday I had an interview with a family and their three adorable children. Both parents are physicians so they in need of some help! The hours are random, once a week it will be a 12 hour day, but most are around 6.5 hours, beginning early. I really liked the family and the kids and I'm going back tomorrow to meet with the kids and the nanny, possibly the mom as well if she is not called in. So we'll see!

Things at the house are going well. Bryan has mowed the lawn a few times, killed the weeds and cleared out the garden for our vegi's to start growing! I have vacuumed our home for the first time which was nice since it wasn't an apartment building!

So all in all things are going well, I love the house, I love the neighborhood, everyone has been really friendly. When I get a new job things will really start getting good. We have a couple events through Mayo and it will be nice to meet some more people. Thursday I am going on a walk with a spouse I met, her hubbie is a neuro-surg resident and they live near us. She has a 6 month old. It will be nice to do something that isn't with Bryan! I have been spoiled having him around so much and I know it's going to change pretty dramatically.

Thank you everyone for comments and emails of encouragement. After this weekend I think most things will be organized and I can put up some pictures!

And by the way- I am really excited for New Kids on the Block to come back... I like the new single! They have all aged well and I love, love, love it! My sister won tickets to the concert on the radio and I was so happy I couldn't handle it!!! Yay!! I will love Joey til the day I die!

Quick update

Well we are in the midst of the chaos but I thought I would send a quick update before we are between internet sites! We did our final walk through of the house today and everything looked great! We also met the current owners who were very nice. The husband was just finishing his anesthesia residency and took at job in Utah at a private practice group. They have 3 kids, I can't imagine trying to move 3 kids! They have to stay in a hotel for the next month before they move.

Bryan and I were in Duluth from Monday to Wednesday and had a really nice time. The weather didn't really cooperate until Wednesday but it's Duluth so what do you expect. We hit all of our usual spots and also saw the new Indiana Jones movie- it was good! When Bryan asked me if I was ready to head back I realized that I had so much to do I didn't want to, I just wanted to keep eating my malt and looking at the lake, much better than packing and cleaning! But I was really relieved and happy that we could take a little trip away, just the two of is before all the moving and Bryan's new schedule started!

My sister treated me to a play last night. She took me to Spamalot and it was hilarious! We had a really good time! We started the night with drinks and app's on the rooftop at Solera. It was fun to spend some time with her before we left.

Tonight I am off to see Sex and the City- the movie. I am super pumped! My sister and I are going with a few other ladies to the 12:01 (midnight) showing, should be fun but a long night! Then tomorrow at 9am we are going to my uncle's office to close our house!

I hope you are all doing well and I will be in touch just as soon as we get settled! I do start my new job on Monday so I really didn't give myself much time but I thought I might as well get a jump on it! My last couple days at work were pretty rough, sad and difficult. I had to say good-bye to not only co-workers but also many volunteers. It was hard but nice to know that I was able to get to know so many amazing people. The topper was when I left on my last day and my boss was there. She is usually not a very sensitive person so I was pretty surprised when I gave her a hug before leaving and I turned around and she was crying. How many bosses cry when you leave? Not many- I was very lucky to work with such amazing people. All the volunteers and staff signed a book for me with their emails and little notes, it is really amazing and I am so glad I have it. Okay, no more tears, time for new things!

Wish us luck with the move and closing! Take care!

Apartment Living...

Since we only have two weeks left in our apartment I wanted to look back on the last 3 years here...

Cons:
~Small kitchen
~One bathroom
~Not a lot of space
~Loud pipes when people are taking showers!
~Loud people in the building
~People parking directly in front of the door
~People who drop things in the hallways and leave it!
~CATS!
~People who don't pick up after their dogs around the building
~Having a lot of our things stuffed in a storage unit.
~The airplanes flying over when they are re-routed!
~The loud trains behind the building
~No porch

Caretaking Cons:
~Cleaning the building, especially when people spill their cat litter in the hall and leave it.
~Cleaning the laundry room.
~PEOPLE COMPLAINING about anything and everything at all hours.
~Cleaning apartments that need to be turned over, especially when people don't know how to clean.
~CLEANING AFTER OTHER PEOPLE!

Pro's of our apartment:
~It's where Bryan and I have lived since we have been married
~It's where we learned how to be married
~The church behind us whose bells play songs at noon.
~Living so close to Highland Park
~Living close to work
~Living close to my sister... who I can actually hear walking around upstairs!!!
~Dishwasher
~Garage

And now onto a house where we only have to pick up after ourselves!

Pictures from Bryan's grad party!

So I wanted to share some pictures from Bryan's party. We had a perfect day at my parent's house to celebrate!

This is us walking backwards towards our gift from the boys!This is us reacting to the sweet gift!
Our sweet-ass grill with all the accessories! Look how cute Derrick set it all up in the back of his car!

This is my favorite picture from the day!

Kiwi (Chris), Mike, Josh, Tim, Derrick, Chris and Bry!

Rian at the Bloody Bar mixin' bloody's.

Noelle "facebooking" herself at the Bloody bar
Noelle and Rian made 3 of their own bloody mixes and named it accordingly!
(Also notice the Jesus tape! I bought it for my mom, it's awesome!)
Bryan's board that I made of old pictures, my sister made a slideshow on the laptop too!
My design of pull-apart cupcakes! I brought them the picture of the "M" and the medical sign!

The Fastner/ McGlynn table!

Bryan's family!
Marcia's friends table!
Jackson just laying int he sun!
Bryan and my dad doing a blind taste test with a beer they made.


This is my other favorite picture. This is Naomi, and I am holding her 3 day old daughter Mattea. Naomi surprised me at the party since she had only been out of the hospital a day and they live about 45 minutes away. It was wonderful and she is beautiful!

Mattea Naomi
This is me and my 14 year old cousin who I used to babysit, and she would cry... constantly! Now's she's America's Next Top Model!!!!!! (Well not technically, but look at her!)
Picture from the party and apparently Rian running!
Josh trying to look paternal with Jackson!

Bryan's actual graduation!

*Please listen to the "yeah Worm" yelled by Derrick. It was priceless! (Worm was Bryan's nickname in college- I hate it but it lives on anyway.)

Dr. Bryan S. Pershing

Dr. Bryan S. Pershing

Derrick, Dr. P and me!

Dinner at Mancini's with friends and family!