I'm Moving!!!

Well, as I start off fresh with my new life I have decided to move. I will be moving to a Co-Op in south Lansing called Village Townhouses. For those of you who don't know what a Co-Op is, here is a brief explanation... You buy a share in the townhouse, so you actually own it and can earn equity in it. Then each month you pay a carrying charge-kinda like rent. The Co-op mows your lawn, provides you with flowers/woodchips in the spring, salt in the winter, fixes the furnace, plumbing, etc. if it gets broken and the monthly rent charge pays for your gas, heat, water, sewer and trash!! Woohoo!! I was just approved for my loan and am super excited to get the ball rolling. It's a lot smaller than my house, but it will just be me and my dogs, so it should be alright for the three of us. I will post more info on it when I get closer to moving. It will probably be another 2-3 weeks before I move. I need to have a yard sale first to get rid of all the stuff that either won't fit or I don't need. Hope everyone is having a great week-can you believe it's almost October? Yikes!!!

The Front Yard

The Back Yard

The Living Room/Dining Area

Kitchen

Bedroom

Bathroom

Journey

Alana and I went to see Journey last week and here are the pics from our trip to Pine Knob. It was an awesome time and they rocked. Even without Steve Perry the new guy is awesome! I was lucky enough to find someone on craigslist to take the tickets. Her name was JoAnna and she brought her mom along with her. They ended up sitting with us and we had a great time!! It was nice meeting her and her mom.

sisters...
joanna,her mom, alana and i

Great Labor Day

Well, with the recent Labor Day holiday it is safe to say summer is almost gone. But, that didn't stop me from having a great time this Labor Day.

One of my BFF from high school, Jessica, came to stay with me for a few nights and it was awesome to get to catch up, spend time together and just be girls for few days. It was great. We met at Horrocks and stocked up on Sholom (best wine ever!) and sweet corn. We just hung out and caught up on Saturday. We did watch the Sound of Music on Sat. night. It was fate...that is a favorite movie for the both of us and it just happened to be on TV while she was here. We sang all the songs, kinda like high school.

On Sunday she went to church with me and then we went and painted pottery. I made a dog bowl for Abigail and she did a decorative plate. It should be interesting to see how they fired when I pick them up tomorrow. I can't wait to see them! I took her back to good ole' ER and showed her my sister's house and the high school. She hasn't seen all the construction they have done in the 6-7 years since she's been gone. She was in awe of all of it-it was too funny. Then we went to my mom's and then we went to go see Mamma Mia! I've already seen it once and fell in love with it and I knew for sure it was something Jess would love-and I think she did. For those of you that don't know it's a great musical set in Greece with all of the songs from ABBA. It rocks!!!!

Monday, I got the chance to just veg and lay like broccoli. It was awesome. That night I went to my mom's for our annual Labor Day BBQ. It was good having everyone together. Not a whole lot going on. I am still going to my First Place 4 Health group at the church and am enjoying it. Next week Alana, Alexa and I are going to see Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick at Pine Knob-WOOOHOOOO! I started working 4 ten hour days last week, so I am able to get a day off during the week which I LOVE! Other than that, things here are going okay. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and maybe when I get the chance I can start posting some pics on here. Cheers!