When is that stinkin Twilight movie coming out?!

My friend Teri got me hooked on the Twilight series and now I have all my NY friends hooked as well. We are all waiting for the movie to come out so we can dress up and go on opening night. I guess I have to dress up as Alice!


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Bustin a Move

We found an apartment! Dan was amazing in lining-up apartment appointments last week. I think we saw 15 places in just a few days. We found a great 2 bedroom apartment right in-between the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn. We met with the Landlords for our "interview" on Sunday (yep, they wanted to meet us to make sure we weren't crazy before we signed the lease). I wore my nicest weekend jeans and a really preppy blazer and my hair in a bun with conservative diamond (well, diamond-like) earrings. Dan wore new jeans, a dress shirt and his sweater vest. I am certain that his sweater vest sealed the deal. It almost always does. We charmed them so much that they said we could move in a few days early. Yay! This apartment has so much character, a 50's style kitchen, pink tiles in the bathroom, curved archways into each room and fab moldings. The only challenge is the lack of closet space (none), which will only force me to go through all my stuff and send at least 1/2 of it to the Salvation Army. Throwing stuff away and organizing is my absolute favorite task, so I am looking forward to this! I reserved my entire Saturday to go through all my drawers and closets. I will be getting rid of everything that I haven't used in the past 6 months (unless it is a fancy dress, which I rarely use..but definitely need). Maybe Dan will let me go through all of his stuff too!

On the horizon for tonight is Yom Kippur dinner at Dan's parent's house in New Jersey. We will be reading stuff out of the prayer books, lighting candles and stuffing our faces with brisket, kugel and other awesome food. I have had about 3 of these dinners lately with 2 more before the week ends. I am getting fatter by the minute. I never thought I would see the day when a family out-cooked or out-ate a Mormon family. My eyes have been opened.

All Good and Expensive Things Must Come to an End

Our lives have been full of big news items these days and we have another piece of news for you today...we are moving...again. High rents, a crappy economy and a general lack of spare money are forcing us to move to Brooklyn. I loved living in Brooklyn, so this is sort of a sweet homecoming for me. Not so much for Dan, who grew up in Manhattan. I will miss my easy commute and our super awesome deck, but will totally look forward to having some extra money to visit Utah more often, take a trip to Italy or Peru and...GET MARRIED!

We were looking at a venue in Harlem for our wedding and thought of a great slogan. Slummin it in 2009...Married in Harlem, Moving to Brooklyn, Honeymooning in Staten Island.

My other hobbies these days have been watching my 401(k) lose money by the second and stressing about how my Fall pants don't fit (aren't you supposed to lose weight over the Summer?).