The Other Good News

eric got a job! (phew.) the first week we were here he was contacted by an old contact from costco. it turns out they are opening two new business center costco's in the area and wanted to know if he was interested. uh, yes please. he met with the store manager a few days later and in less than a week he was hired as the marketing manager. sweetness. what a relief to have stable income again. everyone do the happy dance! now it's my turn to find work, but we agreed i would only have to work part time. (yay!) this california adventure just gets better and better. we've been so blessed and everything is going so smoothly. so, we're back on the costco train and life is good. good job, hubs.

One of Two Good Newses

1. we got approved! our first place fell through because the guy we were going to sublet from decided to postpone his spiritual journey for a couple months. go figure. so we went back to the search and found a great building. We actually found 4 great loft buildings all owned by the same guy that were really reasonably priced and fit our needs perfectly. sweet. i fell in love with this one right away, but eric wanted concrete floors over wood so we kept looking. it ended up being the best one, after all, so it will now become our home. it's got one bedroom, a large nook with a closet to block off for pj's room, a kitchen and then one big open space. AND 1 1/2 baths. i was all prepared to share one bathroom and now i don't have to! bonus. plus, it's got a gargoyle right outside the window, so what's not to love? oh, and a pool on the roof, wha? we move in the last few days of march. yippee! thanks again to krista and bim for putting us up for a whole month and letting our stuff take up their entire garage. family is good.the building

the view from our bedroom
eric's kitchen
sweet gargoyle buns out our main room window
the main room

Pay It Forward

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade (or possibly store-bought) gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch though: you have to post this same thing on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift!

Our First 2 Weeks

so, we're here! and so far, i think we all LOVE it. it's been a little stressful figuring out all the minor details; a place to live, pj's school, income so we don't become homeless, those things. actually, it's mostly just been stressing eric out. i'm trying to feel the urgency, but let's get real, i'm still in vacation mode and there are babies here. cute ones. we found a sweet place, but the guy decided not to leave after all, so we went back to the hunt and found an even BETTER place. good karma. a new building, affordable, downtown, pool and hot tub on the roof, sweet views. we're stoked. everyone cross their fingers that it all goes well and we get approved even though neither of us really have jobs. good news on that front, too, though. the first week we were here eric got a call from an old contact from costco asking if he wanted a job at one of the 2 new stores opening in the area. so he went and applied to be the head of marketing at one of them and we're waiting to hear back. sweet! please, more finger crossing. thanks. justin, kitti and grace got here (yay!) on thursday and it's been wonderful. and here's what we've been doing since we've been here.

Finale

i feel like I've been running in circles lately. so much to do, so little time is an understatement. it's true, though. these diaz people are heading south. i've been meaning to write a "yay, we're moving to california!" post, but as i said before, circles and running. i finally got my butt in gear and applied to school. i got accepted around thanksgiving and here we are, 5 days from rolling out. sweetness. i decided to get a head start and take a couple classes online before i start on ground in april and it just so happens that my finals are due by tomorrow. two new classes start on thursday and by saturday we need to have our apartment packed up, patched up and be on the road on sunday. good times. so, i'm heading back to it, but thought i'd say hi and share my final project that i completed just moments ago. see you on the flip side.

Bruiser

pj is now missing his two front teeth! last week at baseball practice he was throwing a ball into a bucket and someone hit the ball with a bat and it knocked him right in the eye. poor guy! you can't see it much anymore, but if you look under his right eye you can still see the remains of the bruise. missing teeth and a black eye. don't worry, you should see the other guy.