Well, we're finally doing it after eight months of waiting. This Thursday we will be loading up our moving truck and then staying the night at Jeff and Crystal's place in Salt Lake. We will be getting up super early on Friday morning (probably in the neighborhood of 4 or 5 am) and getting on the road from there. We plan on spending the night in the Tri-Cities area on Friday night (eastern Washington). That way we can get cleaned up and - we hope - drop by to see our newest niece on Friday night before we shove off again early Saturday morning and make the rest of the trip to Renton.
Needless to say, we're extremely excited and anxious. We figured we wouldn't know when we were moving for sure until the last minute, but this was closer to the last minute than we thought it would be. We'll be packing a lot of boxes and doing a lot of organizing over the next couple of days, and Tuesday will be my last day working with Life Path.
We will probably be getting new phone numbers this week. We will try to get out an email blast as soon as we know what those numbers are (we already have our new address, but I don't especially want to post it here online where everybody can see - just call me paranoid).
We heard the Spaulding reunion was a big hit this week and were sorry we weren't able to attend. We plan on being there for the next reunion in two years for those of you who have asked.
I want to give a special thanks to my family who have let us stay with them for longer than any of us originally planned, and for all their help in seeing us off this week. I also want to thank Tom's family in advance for planning to help us on the other end. Thanks to all of you who hired me for last minute massages - it was great seeing you again, and every penny helps with a big move like this looming on the horizon.
-Amy
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Lorena Maria Kidd - Welcome to the family!
Tom's sister Abby and her husband Jeremy are officially the parents of a new baby girl. We are thrilled to have another niece and look forward to spoiling her rotten once we get up to Washington!
They are planning to name her Lorena Maria Kidd. Although the papers are all signed and sealed, apparently it will be a week and a half before the birth parents can file the petition to terminate rights. Lorena is going to need to stay in the hospital another week or two since she was born so early, but she is doing well.
Both parents are deliriously happy, even if Abby's smile looks a little forced here!
They are planning to name her Lorena Maria Kidd. Although the papers are all signed and sealed, apparently it will be a week and a half before the birth parents can file the petition to terminate rights. Lorena is going to need to stay in the hospital another week or two since she was born so early, but she is doing well.
Both parents are deliriously happy, even if Abby's smile looks a little forced here!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Business and Pleasure
Tom and I made it up to Washington okay on Tuesday night. We had a nice relaxing day yesterday playing games and just hanging out with John and Janet, and I scoped out the area of my first interview while we were out for lunch. We went over to visit Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett at their not-so-new-but-new-to-us home here in Renton. They've lived there for about 3 1/2 years and we've never gone over to see them in their home for one reason or another. We stayed with them for a few hours and had a nice visit.
Today's interview was for the Massage Envy in Renton Landing.
The interview went really well and they offered me a job by the end. I'm extremely impressed with the owner and the way he operates his business - very different than other franchise locations. Whatever happens with my other interviews in Lacey and Woodinville tomorrow, I am thrilled to have a job if I choose to take it. This was a very successful trip, no matter how you look at it.
One of the wonderful things about Renton Landing is that it's an urban community complete with a Target, Fry's Electronics, many restaurants, shops and cell phone stores, banks, and of course the luxury apartments (which are by the way literally right across the street from the Massage Envy there). So we set up an appointment to visit the apartments today after my interview.
To put it lightly, I have NEVER IN MY LIFE seen such a fantastic apartment building. We certainly never thought we would be entertaining the idea of living in such a luxury setting, but the rent is not even that much more than we were paying in Midvale for our dump there. Here are some photos of the apartments - which come with a clubhouse, pool, hot tub with outdoor showers, no less than three or four free wi-fi spots, free coffee, tea and cocoa, a 24-hour workout room with fantastic equipment, etc., etc., etc...
Here's the outside of the building:
This is the floorplan we're looking at. It only has one bedroom, but everything is very open:
This is part of the clubhouse; one of the areas with free wi-fi. What a great place for Tom to do some writing if he has to get out of the apartment!
Another part of the clubhouse, also with free wi-fi. You'll notice the area in the back there is a full kitchen that residents can use, and invite guests as well:
Bedroom/bathroom. All of the walls have two-tone paint, so none of this boring white only stuff. The bathroom has a soaking tub, which is HUGE!
This is the gym, which is open 24-hours:
All of the units have a washer/dryer included in the unit:
I've got two more interviews tomorrow, and I'll post some sort of update afterward.
Today's interview was for the Massage Envy in Renton Landing.
The interview went really well and they offered me a job by the end. I'm extremely impressed with the owner and the way he operates his business - very different than other franchise locations. Whatever happens with my other interviews in Lacey and Woodinville tomorrow, I am thrilled to have a job if I choose to take it. This was a very successful trip, no matter how you look at it.
One of the wonderful things about Renton Landing is that it's an urban community complete with a Target, Fry's Electronics, many restaurants, shops and cell phone stores, banks, and of course the luxury apartments (which are by the way literally right across the street from the Massage Envy there). So we set up an appointment to visit the apartments today after my interview.
To put it lightly, I have NEVER IN MY LIFE seen such a fantastic apartment building. We certainly never thought we would be entertaining the idea of living in such a luxury setting, but the rent is not even that much more than we were paying in Midvale for our dump there. Here are some photos of the apartments - which come with a clubhouse, pool, hot tub with outdoor showers, no less than three or four free wi-fi spots, free coffee, tea and cocoa, a 24-hour workout room with fantastic equipment, etc., etc., etc...
Here's the outside of the building:
This is the floorplan we're looking at. It only has one bedroom, but everything is very open:
This is part of the clubhouse; one of the areas with free wi-fi. What a great place for Tom to do some writing if he has to get out of the apartment!
Another part of the clubhouse, also with free wi-fi. You'll notice the area in the back there is a full kitchen that residents can use, and invite guests as well:
Bedroom/bathroom. All of the walls have two-tone paint, so none of this boring white only stuff. The bathroom has a soaking tub, which is HUGE!
This is the gym, which is open 24-hours:
All of the units have a washer/dryer included in the unit:
I've got two more interviews tomorrow, and I'll post some sort of update afterward.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tallinn - Latest Photo
I couldn't resist pulling this photo off of Matt and Deneal's family blog. This is our niece Tallinn, who is almost four months old now. Every time I see this picture I am blown away at how adorable she is. Matt and Deneal are in for a tough time, I think. How could they ever resist saying no to that face?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Changes
Since Tom and I first got married, we knew we probably wouldn't stay in Utah for the long term. As most of you know, we decided to make this year the time for moving on and moving away. There are many more opportunities for both of our careers in Washington state (and being close to most of Tom's family and the beach doesn't hurt either!), so we've been trying to get everything worked out so we can get up there. My massage license is taking much longer to process than I was originally told it would (I haven't been in school for 10 years, why would it have occurred to me that May would find the health department crammed with new graduates' licensing applications?), but the plan is still to get up there as soon as we can. Many of you have asked about our timeline, so here it is to our closest estimation:
July 8-12: We will be heading up to Washington for some massage interviews and spending a bit of time with family there. We aren't actually moving at this time, just making a quick trip to take care of business.
July 17: This will PROBABLY be my last day at work here in Utah, as long as the new estimate from the health department is correct and I am licensed and legal by then. My boss is being great and extremely flexible with me. She's letting me work as long as I can, so I'll get the chance to train the new therapist they just hired before I go.
July 17-25: We're hoping to be moving to Washington somewhere in here. We will probably be somewhere within an hour or so of Seattle, but until the job situation is settled, we're not even sure about that.
We're really excited about this change in our lives, although we will miss our friends and family here in Utah. We will keep everyone updated with our new address and phone numbers when we get them (yes, I'm actually going to change the phone number I've had for about 15 years!). I hope that after we finally get settled into our new place we can get back into the rhythm of keeping up our blog and living normal lives (okay, I don't think we EVER come too close to normal, but you know what I mean).
-Amy
July 8-12: We will be heading up to Washington for some massage interviews and spending a bit of time with family there. We aren't actually moving at this time, just making a quick trip to take care of business.
July 17: This will PROBABLY be my last day at work here in Utah, as long as the new estimate from the health department is correct and I am licensed and legal by then. My boss is being great and extremely flexible with me. She's letting me work as long as I can, so I'll get the chance to train the new therapist they just hired before I go.
July 17-25: We're hoping to be moving to Washington somewhere in here. We will probably be somewhere within an hour or so of Seattle, but until the job situation is settled, we're not even sure about that.
We're really excited about this change in our lives, although we will miss our friends and family here in Utah. We will keep everyone updated with our new address and phone numbers when we get them (yes, I'm actually going to change the phone number I've had for about 15 years!). I hope that after we finally get settled into our new place we can get back into the rhythm of keeping up our blog and living normal lives (okay, I don't think we EVER come too close to normal, but you know what I mean).
-Amy
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