Launch on Monday

Ok! Monday is the BIG DAY. I have a whiteboard of stuff to handle from now until then, but it is all do-able. This weekend will be spent drinking mountain dew, listening to a wide range of music (German Rap, Techno, Hard Rock, Ska, Punk, Alternative and Something Corporate), talking to myself, and cursing the computer. I'll post a link to the site here once I'm done.

Hi

I guess I will use this space to chat about life in general. If I start getting too "nerdy" and technical, I might just start a new blog about my exploits in that realm. For now, enjoy these pictures of what I see out of my office at least once a week.

New Year's Resolutions

As in, resolutions for the New Year.

Knit a sweater.
Learn Italian.
Crochet a sweater.
Take a painting class.

There are a few more, but I've lost my list! At least that gives you an idea of where I'm headed. :)

been a while, eh?

So, we have introduced individual accounts for Alex and me. You will now know who is talking, and when! Nobody quite knows what we're going to be posting here, but you can expect general Life News, info about Alex's work, and about Melissa's goings-on at home. (Her work life is at www.thestarbucksdiaries.blogspot.com --top secret, naturally.) Hooray!

apple picking

If there's one thing Melissa loves, it's apple picking. Not just grabbing apples off a tree, but going to an orchard, swigging cider, examining pumpkins carefully before deciding no, I guess we don't need those after all, etc. Bonus points for hay rides, animals, and fresh-made foods.

This would probably be a good time to mention that she went picking earlier this autumn, and is going again on Oct 23rd or so.

new apartment! (furniture needed)

So here we are, living in our new 2-bed apartment in Hampton, NH. Yes, the one we posted about earlier. (Yay, we got it!) Latest news includes the fact that Sparky is having an allergic reaction to who-knows-what and is licking himself to pieces. (Why do we love this cat? "We don't. Get rid of him!" Alex replies.)

On Tuesday we go down to Boston again and will be shopping for some good furniture, including another bookshelf and some kind of dresser/wardrobe arrangement. We will be posting pictures after that, since Melissa REFUSES to show the apartment in the state it's presently in.

Hampton, NH

Tomorrow we go down to Hampton to do the paperwork on a 2 bedroom apartment! We won't say much more about it now (lest we jinx it) but should it all go smoothly, look forward to pictures and stories of our harrowing move. :)