Current state of affairs

Whew!  That's the longest I've ever gone without a blog entry.  We don't have internet access at the house right now, so it's been a little tricky.

In a nutshell, here's what we've done since the beginning of August:

1.  I started my new job.
2.  I bought a car.  Stace actually likes it!
3.  We closed on the new house.
4.  With the help of Stace's mom, we got the old house ready for our renter.
5.  We moved our stuff from the old house to the new house.
6.  We received some of our stuff from Switzerland, with the rest to come in a couple of weeks.
7.  We bought a van.  Stace loves it!
8.  The kids got here, ready to start school on Tuesday.
9.  We've somehow managed to hang on to our sanity, barely.

All in all, life is good.

Surprise!

Well, here I am in Utah, to everyone's surprise.  I decided that since I hadn't seen the kids for almost six weeks, I should probably reintroduce myself.  I didn't tell anyone I was coming.  The kids were quite surprised and seemed happy to see me.  Stace put up a good front, but I know that deep down she was probably a little annoyed.  But she loves me anyway.

I'll be here until Tuesday, and then it's back to the couch in Lakeville.  We close in just over two weeks!  I bought one car, so there's just one more to go.  I plan on us owning one minivan in our entire lives, and this one will be it.

I'm a true suburban American

Guess what I'm going to do now?  Yup, I'm going to mow the lawn at the old house.  I haven't done that for about four years.  The good news is that I won't have to do this very much at our new house because it comes with a built-in thirteen-year-old who mows the lawn whenever necessary.