Hello Neighbor

If you or anyone you know is serious about looking for a new home, the house right next door to us is for sale and priced to move at $129,000. It doesn't sound like any offers have been made, so you could probably get it even cheaper than that.

 We would love to have "fun" neighbors, friends as neighbors would be even better. We took a walk-through during the open house today just to check it out. Anyway, follow the link below to see the house and spread the word!

House Next Door For Sale! - Property Details

Forecast. Forepaughs?

The more we research our options the more we like the idea of Irvine Park and Forepaugh's for our ceremony and reception. Not only is the park nice, it's close to home and very easy to manage. It the weather doesn't cooperate, we would be able to do the ceremony in Forepaugh's instead. The guest list is still a work in progress, however, it's going to be SMALL. Our vision from the start has been a small wedding, so that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
Anyway, besides wedding stuff we're going to be painting the bedroom this Saturday. I know, another exciting weekend, right? We went with a very light blue tone called "Sky High." Right now the room is just white with white trim, this should help give it a little more life.

TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Fall)

We've got a busy Saturday planned tomorrow. We're waking up early and heading downtown to the Farmer's Market, a place made better with brisk wind and morning coffee in-hand. We might even pop into this new little donut shop that opened down the street from us called Donut Monkey.
After the market, we're heading to Gerten's to get the skinny on when to seed the newly landscaped yard. Apparently there is some kind of dorment seeding that can be done even this late in the year. Later in the afternoon we're heading up to Irving Park and Forepaugh's restaurant to tour and get information about our wedding.
There is a Wild game later in the evening, I'm hoping we can get together somewhere and watch it. Maybe have a couple drinks perhaps? It's been a long week.

Planning Progress

We've made a little bit of headway in the wedding planning process, but nothing is booked or set in stone. We're going to take a closer look at Irving Park (St. Paul) for the ceremony followed by the dining room at Forepaugh's restaurant. We like the idea of being outside combined with the simple beauty and ease of renting the park. The restaurant can accommodate small wedding parties of up to 40 people, which fits nicely with what we have come up with for our guest list. We are going to do a walk-through sometime this weekend, more to follow as details become clearer.

October

It's my favorite month of the year again, but it's already going by too fast. Work has been super busy as of late and we've got a few projects going on around the house. This weekend we are bringing in a big load of dirt to even out the yard around the new sidewalk and cement patio. We're also planning to paint our bedroom while the weather is nice and cool.
This Saturday is the Wild's first game of the season and we are looking forward to watching it with Jeremy and Kelly. It's a shame, but there isn't a single Wild game televised on Network TV this year. You either have to have FSN or Versus (both cable channels). Needless to say, we will have to get out more to be able to see the team in action this year.
We haven't had a whole lot of down time (together) to do any real wedding planning. The only thing we have come up with is a time frame; most likely spring to early summer. Stay tuned.

And Then She Said Yes

It's been quite awhile since I've had such big news to share, or been this excited about blogging to tell you about it. On September 24th I asked Angie to marry me and she said yes! I've been reluctant to post on Facebook and thus receive a bunch shallow pleasantries, so instead I thought the blog would be a great way to both make the announcement and launch the new re-design.

For those of you who didn't get the whole story, I'll give you the condensed version. Angie thought we should go out to dinner at Moscow On The Hill for dinner, which happens to be the place where we had our first date. Since I already picked out the ring and just needed a romantic locale, this fit the bill perfectly. We arrived early for dinner, so we took a quiet walk in the park by the restaurant. It was a beautiful fall day. I remember the sun was shining and the first leaves on the ground were gently blowing by feet. I got down on one knee and, well, the rest was history.

We've been together a little over two years now and I'm so excited to be taking the next step. If we haven't gotten together yet to celebrate with you, we should. If you've been reading this blog for awhile now and you have yet to leave a comment, you should.

Here's to the next step, Cheers.