Fall

Two nights ago we were still sleeping with the summer blanket on our bed and the air conditioner on all night.  Last night I slept in my warmest pajamas and I am finally pulling my Uggs back out of the closet this morning.  The low on Saturday night is 35.  Brrr!  We are determined to sell our house before the heat needs to be turned on after reminiscing over our $880 gas bill from one month last winter.  Seriously.  That is a mortgage payment, not a gas bill.  So, should you find yourself coming to visit us (and we do love visitors) - bundle up!

I realize that I've been remiss in updating my blog with some of our biggest goings on.  So here they are...

1) Tory is here with us now!  She's been living in Seattle for the past couple of years and decided that she's always wanted to live in NYC and now is the time to do it.  She was slightly sidetracked by a bad ankle break and the ensuing surgery, but she's here now and on Saturday she and I head for the city to try to find an apartment for her.  Job still to be determined.  In Tory fashion, I'm sure she'll find something fabulous.  Lilly is obsessed with "Touw" and likes to follow her around.  It totally works for me, though, I got to go for a run by myself in the middle of the afternoon.  The middle of the afternoon!  Those two are are a couple of peas in a pod.  It's so much fun to have her here - we're secretly hoping she won't find an apartment too quickly...

2) Potty-training - Lilly has been doing an awesome job on the potty.  She's only had one peeing accident, but who could blame her, she was playing with her five year old friend whom she just adores.  I decided not to be quite such a hard-core and she wears "naptime/nighttime undies" (aka Pull-ups) when sleeping, which has been working out a lot better for all involved parties.

3) We thought we were going to get an offer on our house last week, but it hasn't materialized.  We have another showing today that we're hopeful about.  Last weekend we had an open house (in addition to the two realtor open houses that we've had) and all the neighbors got to have a good stare :)  Mike's getting a little stressed out that it hasn't sold yet, but it's only been on the market for two weeks today and I know that God is working on things that we can't even imagine.  Things are still slowly coming together in Austin and I have a feeling that everything is going to happen all at once.  If you want to check out our listing, you can see it here.  Click on the picture of our house to see more pictures of the inside.

4) For anyone who has seen my hair lately, it had gotten a *little* light.  And when I say "a little light," I mean like a teenaged Jersey girl, dark roots and all.  Since Tory is here I got to go have it fixed a bit yesterday.  After three hours with my new friend Giovanni, I'm in much better shape.  I have plans to head to the dentist next week too...

Lilly is lying in bed singing "Wheels on the Bus."  I think it's time to go get her!  Have a great day!