Aaron in California / Sheila in Vermont

August 6th - August 12th

With Aaron's 5 weeks off between jobs, he decided to make a trip out to San Diego to visit his friend, Jason.  Since he was going to be gone, I headed up to Vermont to meet Trey and help Shelley and Tyler out a bit.

Aaron had a GREAT time in Cali - he and Jason hiked early in the mornings.  He had a relaxing trip and can't wait to move there now. ;)




I had a fun spending time with the newly expanded Smith family.  Trey changed even over the short week I was there.

Back to NY for the Schwartz Wedding

August 3rd - August 4th

After a week of unpacking and settling into NH, we did head back into NY for a friend's wedding. This was my old co-worker, Matt's wedding. He "hired" me to make their wedding stationery and I will be "hiring" him to work on a website for me!


We had a great time at the wedding in Poughkeepsie, NY. In addition to celebrating with Matt & Shana, we had fun with my old boss Alex and his wife Cheryl, and my old co-workers Phil & Rasheed.

THE MOVE TO NH!!!

Week of July 27th

The move has happened and it took only a week to settle in.  Luckily, we have a garage again, which is acting as storage for all of the stuff we chose not to unpack into our (hopefully) short-term housing here.  We've signed a 6-month lease, but may to renew once, as we search for a house!  It's nice to have more space - even though I'm not getting a chance to decorate.  It'll do for now, as we discover NH and prepare for winter-living again!

Spuds Trip to NY / Saying Goodbye to NY Friends

July 24th - July 26th

Well, while Aaron and I had become accustomed to and happy with the New Hampshire move, Spuds was sad.  He wanted to make one more trip into NYC while he had a free (close) place to stay.  I rode back from Vermont with him and his friend Ricky.  This was our last few days to pack up the apartment, work more on some of the wedding jobs I had to get done, and for us say good bye to some of our friends and old co-workers.

Aaron, Spuds, Ricky and I met up with my old boss, Alex, and my old co-worker, Matt at our usual meeting spot - Lazy Boy Saloon in White Plains.  We had some good beers, some good greasy foods and some good laughs. I'll miss our little gatherings here.


Friday - Spuds and Rickey headed into the city while Aaron and I stayed home to continue the horrible task of packing up our years of accrued possessions. (How did we ever live in only 500 sq. ft.????) Later in the day, we headed into the city to meet up with some of Aaron's old co-workers and their wives. Spuds and Ricky also met up with us here at the Boat Basin.

(Joe & Solimar)

(Mike & Rosann)

The rest of the weekend was a whirlwind of more packing, teetering piles of boxes and unorganized chaos. Spuds, Ricky and our friend Jeff helped us out and we were *almost* ready for the movers to arrive on Sunday!





Good-bye Tarrytown, New York!!! (We will miss our castle!)

Week in Vermont

July 19th - July 24th

I spent this week in Vermont while Aaron stayed in New York to pack up our apartment.  Some may think this is so wrong - but he's okay with the packing (and I'm not) and I'm okay with UNpacking (and he's not), so it was all okay.

This was also the week Shelley was due, and we were hoping she would have the baby while I was home.  We all know that didn't happen!  We all thought Shelley was small and Selena was already getting big, but this picture proves otherwise!

Selena, Cathryn, Anna, Matthew, Shelley, Tori and I spent a day together. We went to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory for the tour, where the kids each chose their own stuffed animal to be made. And then it was time for ice cream at the Ben & Jerry's shop on Church Street. We all had a fun time.  

I was also trying to finish up THREE wedding jobs at this time. It was a good time to work on them away from the mess of the half-packed apartment back in Tarrytown!

Quick NH Trip

July 11th - July 12th

We drove up to New Hampshire on a Friday for a quick trip to meet Aaron's future co-worker, see Uncle Pete & Aunt Chris and check out the apartments owned by the same people as our Tarrytown apartment (this allowed us to avoid the penalty costs of breaking our lease early).  

Since Dan, (the future co-worker) hadn't gotten back to Aaron about meeting up before we left town, we didn't print out directions to the office.  He did call once we got on the road and was still up for meeting.  We picked a random exit off of 93 North on our way up to Gilford, and called Dan to let him know we were in town - we had taken the exit about 1/4 mile from the office!  Good guess!  After meeting Dan, he drove us in a giant loop around downtown Manchester and to the Country Club for some drinks.  At this point, Aaron was a bit worried about the new job ...

We headed up to see pete & Chris a bit later than we had hoped, but we made it there!  After a tour of all of their hard work on their house, we enjoyed dinner, then a Wendy's Frosty run, and brunch the next morning.  Quick visit - but glad to know they're only an hour up the road.

We did see Chris Hanson, one of our table-mates from our Honeymoon cruise, for a quick 30 minutes before leaving town!

We saw some apartments, signed a 6-month lease and headed east on 101 to hit Hampton Beach before going back to NY.  Boy, is that some cold water!  

(I think Aaron will fit in here just fine!)

It was only a day and a half, but we met Dan, saw Pete, Chris and Chris AND know we'll have a place to live in Manchester!

4th of July Weekend in VT

We headed up to VT for the July 4th weekend ... had a relaxing time at the house making S'mores over the fire pit, meals outside with the nice weather, and watching the Bay Day race.

Aaron and Spuds have talked about making up a team for years, and this year, they finally did it!  They were team "My Moms Cooks Good" (though in the results posted in the Messenger, it was plain old "My Mom Cooks Good" ... so wrong).  The team did pretty good - Spuds finished the run and Aaron enjoyed the biking and can't wait to get his own road bike.  It was also great to have good weather this year so the whole race could go on.

Aaron and I also took Tori down to the St. Albans fireworks. I haven't been in yeeears, and boy, some things never change (boy, the people you see down there!!) We spoiled Tori with her favorites - Mike & Ikes and orange soda. They put on a good show, and we were smart enough to head back to the car to beat the traffic just before the finale ... that was Tori's favorite.

We also got to meet the new addition to the family - Spuds' puppy Krete!