We're Back!

We're back from an amazing honeymoon to the Bahamas! We had a wonderful time and even got a little bit of sun. It was so refreshing to have a relaxing week at the beach and get away from the cold of Ohio. By the way, it snowed here last night! But it was gone by the time the sun came up. We left for our trip on the 18th of October and came back this past Saturday (the 25th). Yesterday and today the movers have been packing our things at the apartment and are now loading up their truck. It is absolute chaos. In a couple of hours I will no longer be a Cleveland resident but by tomorrow afternoon, a homeowner! Tonight and tomorrow night we are staying in a hotel and tomorrow afternoon we close on our home. This weekend we will be working very hard to get the house cleaned up, painted and ready for the movers on Monday, all while Forrest and I try to get caught up on our work from last week. For now, here are a few pictures of our week in the Bahamas. :)

Waiting in the Detroit airport for our 1st plane. Forrest had just surprised me with 1st class plane tickets! :)

Our beautiful beach

More of the beautiful beach which came with tike huts!

More beach

Some of the resort

Where we stayed

Beach

The resort's pool

Waiting for the ferry to take us to Port Lucaya for dinner

Our New Home

It's finally here. After months of not knowing when or where we're moving, we finally know! As of October 29th, we will be closing on a home in the Toledo area. I will post some pictures below so that everyone can see what the house looks like. Keep in mind that it was built in 1929 and needs some work. However, we're very excited to move to a home that we know we'll be in for at least 5 years. If any of you have home fixer upper skills and want to come help, we'd love you have you! :) The house is 3 bedrooms/1.5 baths and is two stories, plus a basement. It is situated in a little town outside of Toledo, a block and a half from the center of the downtown area. Here are some pictures of our future home.

Date Night

This past Saturday, Forrest and I did something we haven't done since we've been married. We went out for sushi! :) We went downtown (Cleveland) to a place called Sushi Rock. It was so good. Definitely a place to visit again. Here are a couple of pictures of us and our dinner.

ABC World News at BGSU

This Just IN.........

On October 7th, Charles Gibson will be anchoring ABC World News from Bowling Green's Campus. I first heard about it this morning on the news and again today in my campus email. They are visiting BGSU as part of ABC News' seven-city bus tour through closely contested election "battleground" states. There is also a presidential debate scheduled that evening in Nashville which Gibson will be co-anchoring from BG. Hopefully you all will be able to watch and maybe see a little of what I see just about everyday. BG is not a large town so this is pretty exciting as you can imagine. Maybe I'll even get to be on tv....who knows?

The Country Jam

Yesterday Forrest, Joe, Dan and I went to WGAR's Country Jam. There was food, great music and lots of people. The lineup for the day was: Lawless, Crystal Shawanda, James Otto, Lady Antebellum, Phil Vassar, Diamond Rio, and Dierks Bentley. Here are some pictures from the day. 

That's right....it's the beginning of September and we're wearing long sleeves and long pants!

Phil Vassar....we were able to get really close. He puts on a great show!

Lady Antebellum....they were great too!

Joe, Forrest, and Dan

Forrest taking a little nap :)

Joe & Dan

ITS OFFICIAL.........

I'm a graduate student! Today was my first day of orientation at Bowling Green State University. I will be there all week becoming oriented and learning my way around. Classes officially start a week from today but my first one isn't until Wednesday. I'm only a little scared because we've already started talking about our thesis and classes haven't even began! Oh dear...I've dreaded this for as long as I knew what a thesis paper was. Who knows what mine will be on but I have been assured that I still have time to figure that out. It feels strange to be on a campus that's not NC State or Meredith but BGSU is beautiful and I'm excited to learn more about the school I'll be attending for the next 2 years. 

Our New TV

As you all know, since Forrest and I have been married, I have been staying at home working on my new job....wife! While I am at home I like to catch up on the news and other various programs while doing the housework. I must admit I mostly enjoy having the TV on just for the noise it provides. This is the main TV we own and it lives in our living room.

Every month we sit down and work through our budget for that particular month. Well, when the electric bill came this month I anxiously opened it, hoping we had done better than last month and immediately put it down and hoped Forrest wouldn't see it for a long time! We had not done better than last month, but far worse and exceeded our electric budget by over $30! Apparently, our big screen TV sucks up all of our energy. Who knew? Well, graciously the Lord has provided me with a wonderfully smart and creative husband. After seeing the bill, he doesn't say a word, but sits there with his mouth wide open. After trying so hard no to laugh at his reaction, he says, "you know, Mom gave me a tv to take to the race track. I wonder if I still have it?" So off he goes to the attic to look. Low and behold he comes back with a huge smile on his face and says "Here it is!" I take a look at the box and cautiously open it. Inside is this:

So we now have a 5 inch black and white tv accompanied with radio and flash light. See Below:
We now own a tv in the kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. Note the handle so that we can take it to any room we want! If it saves money....I'm all for it. So when you think of me watching tv you know exactly what 5 inch, black and white screen I'm watching. :)