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We've moved - both physically and online!

If you would like to still follow our day to day lives, please visit us at:

www.coast2coastcouple.blogspot.com

Picture Time!

I promised pictures from our last couple days in Ohio and here they are!

I had mentioned last Friday we went to a parade/tree lighting ceremony in a neighboring Toledo suburb. It was freezing outside so we watched the parade indoors!

But we did brave out the cold for the tree lighting. Here's the before shot:

And after!

On Sunday, we went out with many of our friends from Ohio.  We got a nice shot of us all at the restaurant.

Steph, Matt, Scott, Kate, Chris, Kate, Me, Jenny & Kyle

Afterwards we went bowling...

At one point my vantage point was between two bottles so I though I'd show you, too...

And then we just got silly.  :)

:(

I'm sitting with two very drugged cats, in a very empty apartment right now waiting for Matt to finish packing the boat. We should be taking off at 4p - one hour later than hoped. That means we should roll into NC at 2-3am. Ugh! We'd stay over night somewhere if Matt didn't have to be at work the next morning. Oh well, only 1 more day and then the main stress is over! And the best part is we get to sleep in our beautiful home tonight!

A Fond Farewell

Well, haven't I been MIA since this move begun it's full force! Sadly, I don't even have an Internet connection for my laptop so I can't even post pictures!

But I can say that we made the most of our last few nights in Perrysburg. A couple of nights ago we went to a tree lighting ceremony and tonight we saw most of our significant friends we've made this year. We had a nice size party at a Mexican restaurant we've dined at before and afterwards we went bowling. That made for a fun evening! Sadly though we had to say goodbye to everyone. I'm pretty broken hearted about it because I feel like we just went through this in CA. We've made so many wonderful friendships and it's hard to imagine not calling them up and saying, "Hey, want to hang out?" I know we'll feel better once we are in NC, but in the meantime we're sad. :(

Tonight is our last night, and tomorrow (Tuesday) our stuff will be loaded into the moving truck and we then start our 10 hour drive to NC. It will be a crammed car with all four of us, but we'll manage it. The kitties will be drugged, Matt will be hyped up on caffeine and, well, I'm not sure what my special vice will be yet... I'll let you know tomorrow!

Out With Thanksgiving & In With Christmas!

This week we have been trying to enjoy the Christmas decorations our nearby outdoor mall set up. Since we already had our formal Thanksgiving dinner, we decided to enjoy them again tonight. I thought I'd share the pictures I've taken over the past few days.

This was a few days ago during the daytime:

But of course we had to return at night!

And this was tonight's scenery. It looks like the tree has a few strands out - or it's trying to make a fashion statement. If that's the case then someone needs to tell the tree that vertical stripes are more thinning! 

Additionally, our apartment's clubhouse is all decked out, too!

OK, we are ready for the Christmas season!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hung out and had a grand time just cooking and relaxing on Wednesday. Originally we were going to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with a friend from CA, but he had to work so it ended up just being me, Matt and a 13lb turkey. Needless to say, we needed a head start. So, we decided to make our 1st Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday so we could eat more of our leftovers before the move. It turned out great!

The turkey turned out quite moist and we also made stuffing, green bean casserole, a raspberry jello mold, and apple pie.  Today I'm going to add on mashed potatoes with gravy.  It all was turkey-licious!  :)

It's small but cozy.  :)

Chicago Photos!

As promised here they are, sorry for the delay!

When we arrived into Chicago, I learned this is where the scene in which the Joker and Batman had their big fight scene in Dark Knight.

Everywhere we walked, the trees were covered in lights...

We got a little hungry, so we stopped at The Berghoff - it was decked out in Christmas decorations, too.

After lunch, we walked over to the parade. We had the brilliant idea to go inside a Crate & Barrel and watch the parade from the 2nd floor.  Whereas the pictures had a bad glare, we stayed warm!  :)

After the parade we headed back to the train station.  On the way, we came across some fireworks. We weren't sure what they were for, but we stopped to enjoy them anyway.

 

It was such a fun trip - I'm glad I took the weekend to visit my cousins Malorie and Josh!