To begin with, Jacob and I finally moved into our house in mid-late June, with the help of my brothers and Starla and Nick Theimer, who drove all the way from Topeka to help! Jacob's dad and his sister Kelsey drove up (from Newton) to move us from our two bedroom apartment to our four bedroom house. Everyone was so incredibly helpful, and we were incredibly grateful. It made us feel instantly at home, and that feeling continues. :)
There are a lot of perks to living in a house. I absolutely love the layout of the house, not to mention the hardwood floors. It's just altogether lovely, and I'm happy to come home to it every day. We have a laundry chute, so that greatly reduces the amount of clothes on our bedroom floor. And speaking of bedrooms, ours is HUGE. And beautiful. We painted it green because I'm color sensitive and figured I would be easily depressed if the room remained icy blue. Unfortunately, a tornado hit the other side of town while we were painting and we lost power (which we actually didn't know about until the next day). Luckily, Jacob got the day off and finished the room.
It's also nice to have room for everything that looked awkward in the apartment, like our dining room set. Also, I've even been able to plant a garden---it was a lot later than most gardens, so I'm just now beginning to get vegetables, but organic bean seeds have really come through for me, as I'm getting some nice beans these days.
Speaking of coming home to something great, another perk of living in a house is the ability to have dog. We added Linus Tully (middle name pending) Hunerdosse to our little family on July 12th. He was just 7 weeks old when we picked him up. He's a Gordon Setter, so very similar in type to Belle, although his coloring is different. For all the poop and pee I've had to clean up, he's actually a wonderful puppy and we love him very, very much. He follows me all over and gets into mischief. But he is my puppy, after all, so it makes sense. I know I said that before about all my other pets when I was a kid, but he really is mine. I bought him, and I've assumed the role of pack leader, so that counts for something. And we go for walk/runs together, which is something 11-year-old Katie never did with Belle. He's hilarious; we'll be running, and he'll just lie down in the middle of the sidewalk and get dragged for a few seconds. I'm usually horrified, until he hops up and acts like it's a big joke. Nerd. I also taught him how to sit and shake when he was just 8 weeks old. He also waits for food now, and he's working on "dancing pretty." For those of you who might be wondering, he does have a blue blanket. He also has a Koala and Smeagol the Beagle, which were won for him by playing SkiBall at the county fair.
Unfortunately, Jacob's maternal grandfather passed away in July, which was especially disappointing as I had not yet met him, and we were planning to finally meet over Thanksgiving. He had to leave for the funeral for a few days, so that was difficult. I had a hard time being at home by myself, but we were able to work through it.On a more positive note, our dear friends, Adam Stange and Rachel Prijatel, were married on August 1st in Northfield, MN. It was an absolutely beautiful wedding and an awesome reception, both of which were held at the Grand event center. It was an old opera house, so it was really a cool environment. I was a bridesmaid and Jacob was the best man, and despite an
extremely awkward speech given by him, we both had a great time. And we're very happy for the Stanges!We've actually been busy every single weekend for the last two months, and it won't stop until October. Apparently when you grow up, you forfeit your weekends. Luckily, I have the week off next week, so maybe I'll write more then.
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