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. :)

okay, so.... an apartment

Well, at long last we have discovered that we have NO chance at buying a house this year. We are now apartment-shopping. We found a really nice one for $750 a month that we're currently negotiating for. Wish us luck!

Happy 4th of July

Yesterday we went to a cookout at Melissa's aunt and uncle's house. She is still getting a kick out of being able to see her family pretty much whenever she wants!

We are now up to our eyeballs in real estate listings, and are about ready to say forget it, we're living in a TENT. We had found a lovely house that we really, REALLY liked, but it turns out it's classified as "seasonal" because it doesn't even have a septic system or anything, just a "holding tank". So if we want to live there we have to pay to get it pumped out all the time, and the town won't let us license a car from that address. Argh!

psychotropic evil moth

When you take Lunesta, make sure your window is open or the moth won't be able to get in and hypnotize you to sleep! :)