The evening of Thursday the 28th was spent on a "triple-date". Eric & I went bowling with his sister Laura and her husband Jared, and Eric's other sister Malinda, and her date Aldo. We had a good time teasing each other about how "good" we are at bowling. I enjoyed being around everyone, and although it was difficult to understand Aldo (he's from Argentina), it was still fun to get to know him better.
On Saturday the 30th, we went house/apartment/condo hunting. We looked at a place in Holladay that we found on KSL.com, and we fell in love with it. We ran a few errands and after thinking about the place, we decided we wanted to apply for it. We put our application in first thing Monday morning...and now we're moving in!
That same day, we went downtown to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building to see the movie "Joseph Smith, The Prophet of the Restoration". I can't believe this is the first time I've seen it! It's an incredible movie with a wonderful message. The story of Joseph's life is portrayed in a way I've never imagined. I hope to see it again; it will definitely be in my personal library when it comes out on DVD. After the movie, we went to dinner over at the Gateway, then did some shopping and headed home to relax.
All of last week was spent signing papers and moving and packing and shopping for a few new items for our place. I did go to a movie with Laura on Saturday evening - we had fun together but I WOULDN'T (thanks Marie) recommend "Dear John" to anyone! It's the "Notebook" all over again, with a slight resemblance to the life of a missionary. Now that you know what it's about, don't waste your time or money!
Yesterday was our last day in our ward. I can't say we're sad to leave, although I did make a few friends. We're both REALLY excited for our new home and the new adventures it holds for us. We'll be on the "east side", closer to the mountains and downtown Salt Lake. Just to give you an idea of where we're moving to, right now we're 11 miles south and west from my work on 10600 S and the Freeway. Our new home is 12 miles north and east from my work. While it's not closer for me, it's TONS closer to Eric's work. Instead of an average of 50 minutes travel time, his drive will now be 25 minutes! And when the weather is bad, the roads will be a lot better for both of us, since we'll both be using the freeway (instead of side streets and Bangerter Highway). Needless to say, there are a lot of pros to this new home - hopefully we'll get a few visitors (hint hint)!
Side note: we actually spend a lot of our evenings watching Jazz basketball games. We're kind of addicted to them!
So you would recommend the Dear John Notebook? Whaaaaa????
ReplyDeleteHow exciting that you found a new place. It really is kind of fun to have a new place. Especially when it is bigger or better than you old one. Looks great in the pictures.
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