Fall Chatter
I have been busy as of late- putting in extra hours at work, running events on Saturdays, staying faithful to a more rigorous exercise regime, building a basement in our free time, and seeing friends when I can... that leaves very little time for blogging, not to mention yard work or cleaning the house.
I just got an email from Indy-friend. He and his wife just spent the last year having a house built and doing some of the work (while living with a toddler!). I had to laugh because along with pictures of the new house, his message said, "sorry I have been so bad at communicating, building a house takes an amazing amount of time and energy". We hear you, the basement alone is enough.
In other news, we went to the Martin Sexton concert last weekend. Not his greatest performance, he had a cold, but great venue and some amazing songs. We were about 6 bodies from the stage, it reminded me of some of the venues I saw him at while I was in college. The heartbreak of it all was that LLC was in the crowd alone and we managed not to communicate (including an email sent to the wrong address) about the fact we were all going- so we missed each other.
Life around the neighborhood has been interesting as of late. A young couple with a baby moved in about 6 months ago. We have been talking to them since they moved in, but as baby Amelia (cutest baby ever) has gotten older, they have been outside more. It has been great fun running into them while on our runs/walks around the lake or while we are all outside. Talk of social events have begun and I am realizing how fun it is to not just have neighbors you talk to about the cat or when you are going to be gone, but to be good friends with.
So, off to a dinner date with friends. A rare splurge for us as we invest most of our income into the basement project and as I was just on strike for three weeks. I did take heart though, recently, as read a study that said that in the United States and Canada there is no correlation between increased disposable income and happiness (and in fact it may be the opposite). So here is to being frugal, but happy.
I just got an email from Indy-friend. He and his wife just spent the last year having a house built and doing some of the work (while living with a toddler!). I had to laugh because along with pictures of the new house, his message said, "sorry I have been so bad at communicating, building a house takes an amazing amount of time and energy". We hear you, the basement alone is enough.
In other news, we went to the Martin Sexton concert last weekend. Not his greatest performance, he had a cold, but great venue and some amazing songs. We were about 6 bodies from the stage, it reminded me of some of the venues I saw him at while I was in college. The heartbreak of it all was that LLC was in the crowd alone and we managed not to communicate (including an email sent to the wrong address) about the fact we were all going- so we missed each other.
Life around the neighborhood has been interesting as of late. A young couple with a baby moved in about 6 months ago. We have been talking to them since they moved in, but as baby Amelia (cutest baby ever) has gotten older, they have been outside more. It has been great fun running into them while on our runs/walks around the lake or while we are all outside. Talk of social events have begun and I am realizing how fun it is to not just have neighbors you talk to about the cat or when you are going to be gone, but to be good friends with.
So, off to a dinner date with friends. A rare splurge for us as we invest most of our income into the basement project and as I was just on strike for three weeks. I did take heart though, recently, as read a study that said that in the United States and Canada there is no correlation between increased disposable income and happiness (and in fact it may be the opposite). So here is to being frugal, but happy.
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