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My new web blog where people can find out what me and the hubby are up to. Neat, eh? Be patient, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Had a decent day today at work, which is rare. I actually had some appointments to show apartments and rented one. I left work at 4:00 for my monthly massage therapy session. I love my massage therapist, Kim, she's really nice and gives a great massage. I feel like I deserve to pamper myself once a month like this and I feel like it is good for my body and stress levels. I highly recommend it. I guess if I'm going to have an addiction, massage therapy isnt a bad one to have.
Kim is actually the person who found our wedding officiant for Dave and I. I was complaining to her one day that I couldnt find the right person and she had heard from her best friend (who is also a massage therapist) that he has a client that does Jewish weddings. Dave and I adored Jess from the moment we met her and the rest is history. Anyone who was at the wedding would tell you she did an amazing job as our officiant. It is amazing sometimes how you meet people.
Now I am home, relaxed and need to figure out dinner for tonight. Not bad for a day in the life of Liz.

Today was my last day of work until January 3rd. I feel stress free because of that, and the fact that I just got paid on two rentals that I did. We left the office at about 1:30 today and I immidiately started grocery shopping for the Chanukkah party this Sunday. I had my friend Jenni overnight bagels from my beloved NYC, I bought the ingredients for my delicious latkes. Bought nova lox, Gus' pickles and smoked whitefish. All day today I was trying to remember the prayer over the menorah candles. I kept confusing it with the prayer for the wine, the meal blessing and the Shabbos blessing, all of which I only know from memory (strangely enough). Finally I remembered it and the word that helps me get from the place I keep getting stuck at is CHER. So now I just have to remember CHER to complete my Jewess duties over the menorah.

And that is how Cher saved Chanukkah.

Today, we leave for Milwaukee to spend Christmas with Dave's family, we'll also see some good friends while we're there. I am armed for my journey with Ativan, books and the iPod. In the last few years my fear of flying has gotten so bad that I started taking Ativan last March whenever I would have to get on a plane. Let me tell you.. and this is coming from someone who hates to take even antibiotics.. Ativan is my savior. Flying is a much calmer experience for me now, and I am grateful for that.
We've been working on wedding pictures.. they take alot of time since we're doing them ourselves, so those of you waiting, be patient, they're coming soon.
The Chanukkah party was great, the food and the company were great!
I think that is it for now.. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you in the next few days, then it is back to Boston on Sunday morning. The kitties will be glad to have us home, even if we did leave them with the best house sitter in the world.

Until then.... Happy Holidays to everyone!

We are back from our holiday trip to Milwaukee. We had a wonderful time with friends and family. It really made us start to think about where we want to be and what we need to do to get there as a family. There are alot of decisions that we need to make, all of which are exciting. The biggest hurdle these days are jobs. I think that is perhaps what Dave and I worry most about. We both have alot of experience in our fields, both are hard, dedicated workers .. but this economy makes us worry about finding what we are looking for.

All I really want most of all, is to have a home and a family with my wonderful husband and jobs that we dont hate. Hopefully we'll have this all worked out in the near future.

Going to Milwaukee did give me hope for the future though. Living in Boston, we are surrounded by housing costs that are extremely out of our reach. Once I realized that we could potentially live in a place where we could actually afford to own our own home, whether we end up in Milwaukee or not, gave me great hope. Hope is always a good thing.

I know there are a few people out there who would love to see us move to Milwaukee.. we shall see what the future brings to us.