Wow, today is a bit chilly compared to the high-90 degree weather we've been having this week. In temperature, we aren't that far from Tennessee!
Bryan begins work on Monday :) I (Ashley) am still jobless, but that's ok because the apartment still needs some tunning up.
Soon (within the next week or two) we hope to get internet in our home, so we can come to the library less frequently. The Waukesha library is a bit smaller than the Memphis Public Library, but it's just as nice.
Kudos to Nanna for sending us some lunch money! Thanks to her and Pappaw for taking us out to lunch "in absentia!" The sandwiches and soup were delicious!
Other news...we took Shadow to the vet yesterday. She had her main shots updated, so her bottom was a bit sore last night (but she slept well!). Also, we found out she needs her first teeth cleaning. Isn't it crazy that dog health care has become so fru-fru in the last 10 years? It must be a conspiracy to get into the capitalist, American pockets of well-meaning dog owners. Only in America will dog owners pay $227 every two years to have their lovely pup's teeth cleaned professionally.
Oh, and just so everyone knows, Bryan and I will be keeping our Memphis phone numbers until December. Evidently, Sprint requires their customers to RENEW their contracts each time they want their number changed. This is a HORRIBLE policy, and Bryan and I are so disappointed in Sprint that we plan to change companies in December.
So anyway, please feel free to call us at our old Memphis numbers!
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Livin' the Wisconsin life
well, Bryan, Shadow and I are slowly adjusting to living in Wisconsin. After staying at Cyndy's for a couple of weeks, along with Darryl and Nicky, we found an apartment in Waukesha, WI, which is a suburb west of Milwaukee. Bryan has an unfortunate 25 min. commute to work, but our apartment is affordable, safe, and a little bigger than what we had in Memphis. We moved in Saturday, July 16. I hope to send out postcards to family and friends with our new address...but if I leave you off the list, please call us or Cyndy!
Shadow worried us the first night in our new home. She whimpered a couple of times in her sleep, and she (still) hides under the kitchen table (yes, we have a REAL kitchen table now, thanks to my mom!). But today Bryan and I took her to a local dog bakery (Petlicuous Bakery) and bought her a few treats. Hopefully she will warm up to the new apartment soon.
Speaking of our apartment, we're in an awesome location! Our part of town is close to the freeway (5 minute drive), and many new, nice shopping malls have sprung up in the past few months. We have a 5 minute drive to the grocery store (Pick-n-save), a 5 minute drive to Wal-Greens, and Sam's Club is 10 minutes away in Delafield. Unfortunately, there are no Super Wal-Marts in the area, but Pick-n-Save does have an entire ailse of cheese--yay for that! The local library is super-nice and modern, and the church we're thinking of joining is about 10 minutes away.
Unfortunately, the teacher job market is pretty dry for English teachers. I've looked on-line and in newspapers, and I've sent out about 10 resumes but have no bites. I will probably soon send out resumes for jobs in other fields. Thankfully, Bryan has a job, and he will begin work on August 1.
I miss my family and friends very much! Please leave many posts...or better yet, email us. Or even better, call us. We still have our Memphis numbers, but we will probably change them within the week. Have a great day!
Shadow worried us the first night in our new home. She whimpered a couple of times in her sleep, and she (still) hides under the kitchen table (yes, we have a REAL kitchen table now, thanks to my mom!). But today Bryan and I took her to a local dog bakery (Petlicuous Bakery) and bought her a few treats. Hopefully she will warm up to the new apartment soon.
Speaking of our apartment, we're in an awesome location! Our part of town is close to the freeway (5 minute drive), and many new, nice shopping malls have sprung up in the past few months. We have a 5 minute drive to the grocery store (Pick-n-save), a 5 minute drive to Wal-Greens, and Sam's Club is 10 minutes away in Delafield. Unfortunately, there are no Super Wal-Marts in the area, but Pick-n-Save does have an entire ailse of cheese--yay for that! The local library is super-nice and modern, and the church we're thinking of joining is about 10 minutes away.
Unfortunately, the teacher job market is pretty dry for English teachers. I've looked on-line and in newspapers, and I've sent out about 10 resumes but have no bites. I will probably soon send out resumes for jobs in other fields. Thankfully, Bryan has a job, and he will begin work on August 1.
I miss my family and friends very much! Please leave many posts...or better yet, email us. Or even better, call us. We still have our Memphis numbers, but we will probably change them within the week. Have a great day!
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
The great move North
Well time has come for the great move north. We are getting outta dodge, well Memphis. Shadow has no clue what is going on, as all her stuff is getting boxed up for the move.
Ashley has been a packing and cleaning fiend. The entire apartment is in boxes and smells like cleaning agents. We have only one more night at Cabana land, crazy to think that I have been there for five years. But it will always have a special place, as that is our first apartment and where we spent the first year of our marriage.
Later on today we are picking up the moving truck. Some family and friends are helping us pack the truck tonight. Tommorrow we clean the place and leave for Dyersburg. From there we pick up some more furniture, china and Ashley's dad, Jim. Jim is helping us move and getting a taste of what we Wisconsinites call summer. So in two more days my beautiful Tennessee wife will be living in Wisconsin.
Ashley has been a packing and cleaning fiend. The entire apartment is in boxes and smells like cleaning agents. We have only one more night at Cabana land, crazy to think that I have been there for five years. But it will always have a special place, as that is our first apartment and where we spent the first year of our marriage.
Later on today we are picking up the moving truck. Some family and friends are helping us pack the truck tonight. Tommorrow we clean the place and leave for Dyersburg. From there we pick up some more furniture, china and Ashley's dad, Jim. Jim is helping us move and getting a taste of what we Wisconsinites call summer. So in two more days my beautiful Tennessee wife will be living in Wisconsin.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Nashville trip
This past weekend, Ashley and I spent the last weekend in Nashville. Which was our last weekend in Tennessee as well. The two of us went there to visit my old high school friend and his wife, Tim and Linsi. They just moved to Nashville from the Milwaukee area.
We had a lot of fun this past weekend. Their place is gigantic and sweet looking. All nicely decorated. We ended up hanging out on Friday night and watched Dodgeball the movie, which was very funny. Saturday we went to the gran ol opery hotel and mall. The hotel is huge, and it has a small river inside the place. That evening we were going to go to a festival called taste of Music City. When we finally got there they were sold out of tickets. So after a long search we finally found the Golden Corral. All you can eat for $8.99, and the food was good.
Sunday the four of us went minature golfing. Tim had the lowest score, but the Bell's had the lowest total score and the only hole in ones. So we ended chipped in for breakfast at the Waffle House. It was great to visit with Tim and Linsi, before we left Memphis.
We had a lot of fun this past weekend. Their place is gigantic and sweet looking. All nicely decorated. We ended up hanging out on Friday night and watched Dodgeball the movie, which was very funny. Saturday we went to the gran ol opery hotel and mall. The hotel is huge, and it has a small river inside the place. That evening we were going to go to a festival called taste of Music City. When we finally got there they were sold out of tickets. So after a long search we finally found the Golden Corral. All you can eat for $8.99, and the food was good.
Sunday the four of us went minature golfing. Tim had the lowest score, but the Bell's had the lowest total score and the only hole in ones. So we ended chipped in for breakfast at the Waffle House. It was great to visit with Tim and Linsi, before we left Memphis.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Ashley's new job
Yay! I'm finally in the double-digit-wage club!
Currently, I am working in the insurance department with Shelby County Schools filing claims, collecting forms and inserting way-important data. So this is what a $120,000 college degree can bring someone. Oh, well, at least I'm in better shape than Memphis's own John Ford.
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=3395853
Currently, I am working in the insurance department with Shelby County Schools filing claims, collecting forms and inserting way-important data. So this is what a $120,000 college degree can bring someone. Oh, well, at least I'm in better shape than Memphis's own John Ford.
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=3395853
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