It was one month ago yesterday that we got the keys to our new apartment and one month ago today that we moved in. I celebrated today by baking in the kitchen for the first time. I have a banana cream pie currently cooling in the fridge. Andy is celebrating by cooking in the kitchen for the first time. We also got our living room couch delivered today so we are going to celebrate by eating a meal that we cooked in our new kitchen at our new dining room table (delivered a few weeks ago) and then sitting on our new couch. I feel like such a grown up.
This was my first week of school and it was absolutely wonderful. The kids are great, the school is great, the staff is great, and I left every day with a huge smile on my face. I am really looking forward to this year. There are more staff members offering more help than I could ever imagine. Every single morning someone pops their head in my room and asks me if I'm ok and if she can help me do anything. She puts up bulletin boards, makes copies for us, works with kids in small groups to get them caught up, and the list goes on. I feel so incredibly lucky to be in such an amazing district with such great people. This will be an amazing year.
Deb is finally adjusting to the apartment. She doesn't cry, bark, and whine like she did for the first few weeks. She is staying out of her kennel again and (knock on wood) she's been great for the past few weeks.
Last weekend I got to go exploring with my friend Denise again. We decided to skip the outlet malls and head up to New Hope, PA. She heard it's a must see town and that was so true. The fun thing about exploring with Denise is that there is no such thing as a wrong turn. Even when Google Maps sent us into a parking lot, we laughed and waited for it to re-route us. We stopped in Doylestown, PA and shopped a little bit then went on to our destination. The town was very similar to Stillwater, MN with lots of little shops and a bridge that you can walk across that takes you to New Jersey. Just across the bridge was another adorable little town where we window shopped and had some ice cream. It was fun to drive to a new part of PA and check another thing off of our "been there, seen that" list.
Manhattan is only a little over an hour away and I have not gotten there yet since we moved here. That is definitely on my to-do list.
Until then, we are going to hang out in our new home, on our new furniture, in our new town, with our new-ish friends this weekend and just enjoy some time in PA. Happy Labor Day Weekend! 
This was my first week of school and it was absolutely wonderful. The kids are great, the school is great, the staff is great, and I left every day with a huge smile on my face. I am really looking forward to this year. There are more staff members offering more help than I could ever imagine. Every single morning someone pops their head in my room and asks me if I'm ok and if she can help me do anything. She puts up bulletin boards, makes copies for us, works with kids in small groups to get them caught up, and the list goes on. I feel so incredibly lucky to be in such an amazing district with such great people. This will be an amazing year.
Deb is finally adjusting to the apartment. She doesn't cry, bark, and whine like she did for the first few weeks. She is staying out of her kennel again and (knock on wood) she's been great for the past few weeks.
Last weekend I got to go exploring with my friend Denise again. We decided to skip the outlet malls and head up to New Hope, PA. She heard it's a must see town and that was so true. The fun thing about exploring with Denise is that there is no such thing as a wrong turn. Even when Google Maps sent us into a parking lot, we laughed and waited for it to re-route us. We stopped in Doylestown, PA and shopped a little bit then went on to our destination. The town was very similar to Stillwater, MN with lots of little shops and a bridge that you can walk across that takes you to New Jersey. Just across the bridge was another adorable little town where we window shopped and had some ice cream. It was fun to drive to a new part of PA and check another thing off of our "been there, seen that" list.
Manhattan is only a little over an hour away and I have not gotten there yet since we moved here. That is definitely on my to-do list.
Until then, we are going to hang out in our new home, on our new furniture, in our new town, with our new-ish friends this weekend and just enjoy some time in PA. Happy Labor Day Weekend!
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