i'll give you... $10, a breath mint, and this piece of lint in my pocket

for that house! so it's been a blogging while, but we've been busy! nate and i made an offer on a house yesterday which we're really excited about and are currently in negotations ;) pictures to come if and when it's ours!
other goings on are i have a huge four-week long study at work and i'm in week two- if anything, that's the biggest reason i've dropped off the face of the blogging earth ;) but things have been great :) we had some friends in from punxsy both last weekend and this most recent past weekend and got to spend some time in the parks and at dinner with each.
nate's be-all, end-all of adult life has arrived- not marriage, not his own home, not a full-time job, but his very own brand spanking new leather chair ;) he's been smoking a pipe and playing the master piece theatre soundtrack ever since! no, not really, but it's a funny mental picture, eh? :)
oh, and you've probably forgotten by now, but the 'island of inappropriate clothing' is disney, and here's why: if you happened to be in an early morning canoe race, and then needed to be in acceptable business clothing but happened to forget an important required item such as ... say... pantyhose, you'd be up a creek without a paddle. seriously- there is nothing for miles where one could purchase business acceptable clothing! in a nutshell, i forgot my pantyhose the first day of canoeing practice, and then next day forgot them AGAIN, and the next day remembered the pantyhose but managed to leave my shoes at home- i was a mess! but it all worked out and i got dressed okay so no worries ;) think that's all for now :)