Our new BobWoodruff

One of the things we loved about our condo in Texas was that it was close to some fun parks and our favorite was Bob Woodruff. Well we finally got to go walk through part of the park that is close to our new home and we thought we would share some pictures with everyone.

I can't wait to be able to walk through this park with Peter, instead of waddeling!

You can check it out at www.towergrovepark.org

We Have Arrived!!!

Ok so I know that this is a week late, but who is really suprised? I just wanted to let everyone know that we are here, we are safe and we are exhausted! Even though we purged alot before the move, we still have a ton of stuff in our basement storage.

I told Alan that I don't want to move again being 8 months pregnant-I did pretty good, but it was definitely the toughest move ever!

I will update soon with pictures and such!

The end of an era..well almost

So Monday evening was quite the emotional one for me...we had long ago decided to only have one car while Alan is in school, thus the purchase of our "family" car. Well, he had such good luck with selling our giant computer desk on craigslist that we decided to give that a try with the truck since carmax would only give us $500 for it.




Well, I got home from a long day at work, took some pictures and then posted the add at about 6 pm. By 6:05 pm both Alan's and my cell phones started ringing. The first call was a lady saying they had cash and were on their way over! By 7 pm we had cash in our hands, and I had signed over the title. (but this did not stop the calls, those lasted until Wednesday I think...)



I was actually more emotional than I thought I would be since I haven't even been driving it lately, but it was really sad to sell it. It was like selling a piece of me. As Alan put it, she was my "I'm an independent, sassy woman who drives a truck so you better get out of my way" vehicle. And now I am a married, pregnant, hot and puffy woman...with a car. Which is true, but I also think it has a lot to due with the fact that I bought that truck when I graduated from college and it has been everywhere with me over the past 9 years-oh the memories made and forever cherished in that truck.

So here is a tribute to my little red truck-I'll miss you!

The most expensive jam ever...

Ok, so here is our blackberries take 2 post. We finally had some time to do something with the 2 gallons of berries we have so we decided to be adventureous and make jam and since we are moving soon we thought it might not be a good idea to make the kind you put in the freezer. So we made REAL jam.

Neither of us have ever attempted such a thing so we decided to try a small batch first, you know, in case it was super gross. The recipe seemed simple enough...mix berries, and sugar and heat on the stove...30 minutes later you have jam.

Well, I am not usre if it is because we started with frozen berries or because we used apples instead of pectin like the recipe said, but 2 hours later we finally had our jam! We calculated the time we spent between going to pick the berries and to make the jam compared to our hourly wages and we figure the jam cost us about $200. So at $100 a bottle-it better be good!