{ Peanut Goes to Washington }

Happy Presidents day folks! It just so happens our door is one hour from our nations capitol. In order to celebrate this fine holiday weekend we went on a $15 day trip. This includes a metro fare for two and a snack. So we strapped Peanut in his moby wrap, under rob's jacket, and headed off. What a way to spend a day. We saw the White House, the Vietnam Memorial, and my favorite, the Lincoln Memorial. It was reverent inside as we read the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. What a great nation we are blessed to live in, and what amazing, God fearing, leaders we have to learn from. We decided to use our nations history as an FHE topic for the next few weeks. I think it will make future visits even more interesting and rewarding.

I think my eyes are closed

The reflection pool is currently drained for repairs.

The Metro station reminded me of Space Mountain at Disney

Peanut in his new sweatshirt that Grandma made.

Oh and as a side note the wind was incredibly gusty on Saturday. In the middle of our walk to the Lincoln Memorial Rob turns to me and yells, "Oh no, my glasses!" They had been blown off his face. Luckily we found them before they blew into the pond. We had a good laugh.

{ SERIOUSLY? }

This is the note we found on our door the other day from the apartment management:

"Dear Resident:


This has been a hard winter for all of us, including the heat pumps! Typically, a heat pump extracts warmth from the outside air and it moves the warmth to the inside living areas. When the temperature is around 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below outside, a heat pump needs help from auxiliary heat, which is a less efficient emergency heat that runs off of coils in the inside unit.


We have received numerous complaints about high electric bills and it is caused by the exceptionally cold temperatures we have had. If you have questions about your electric bill call the power company." 


So essentially what I read was, "We are cheap. We put in crappy heaters in the first place. We are trying to justify ourselves. We know that it gets below 40 degrees every winter but we decided to put in heaters that should be used in FL. So sorry, not our problem. Good luck!"  Ha ha.  Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

{ Confessions }

Who ever thought these words would come out of my mouth?... 

1) I miss Provo.

I realized that living in Provo really spoils you. Cost of living is as low as you possibly can get. Apartments never smell like cigarette smoke. They are furnished. Rent includes all utilities and cable (we were cranky when they added an internet fee of like $15...what were we thinking?).  Everyone has brand new babies or are growing them and we all have no idea whatt we are doing, and you have lots in common as we're all just young and eager to start our lives. Who knew we were so blessed even when the laundry was on the bottom floor and we're all poor? Actually, I knew I was blessed I just realized it again now that we've moved. Mostly right now, I miss the people. I've been doing remotely well with all of these changes but I had a stark realization the other day. I was sitting at the mall ,with a nice group of women from the new ward at church, who had so kindly invited the "new girl" to a play date, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I live in Maryland now. I have a baby and am now a stay at home mom. There is not a single soul here that knows anything about me. I have a hard time finding my own appartment let alone the mall, Wal Mart and Costco, and I don't have any office mate to regale with my embarassing wrong turns and general lack of direction. So to all you friends who read this, I miss you! I miss talking with you, seeing you at church and being basically an apartment away.

2) I want to see the Justin Bieber movie. 

I really need someone from confession number one to accompany me to this.  I guess I could use it as an ice breaker but I'm not sure anyone would think I'm sane. And we all know Rob will not willingly accompany me to this flick.

3) I am officially tired of living in a hotel and out of a suitcase.

No surprise here. As a child those kind of thoughts were basically punishable. Why would staying in a hotel ever not be fun??? After a month and a half of not having our own house, I have come to that place where even daily room service does not make up for a lack of a permanent address.

4) In the midst of all this travelling and moving, I forgot to buy my husband an anniversary gift.

I knew I was going to be that person in the relationship. (We'll see if Rob reads this post and finds out my faux pas.) We went out to dinner the other night for our anniversary and he apologized for not getting me a gift . I realized that it startled me because I han't even gotten around to thinking about it. Rob is 100% a better spouse than I am. I just hope I never forget any of my immediate family members birthdays.


SO...today is a new day and off we go! Leave the mistakes and regrets behind. I think I may just go buy myself a ticket to my movie. Peanut will be my date.