The First Post

M&E
Est. 11.22.2008

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a while now, but just haven't really had the time as an MBA student. With our last class 17 short days away, now is the time!

This is the blog to chronicle the life and times of M & E, a newly married couple as of November 22, 2008. We met through a mutual acquaintance (his boss, my mom's best friend from college), fell obnoxiously in love, were engaged within a year and married within two! Ever since we met, we have been fortunate enough to be crazy about each other and we hope this blog will be a place for our family and close friends to read updates on what's new with us.

We are about to embark on a new chapter of our life together ... we are moving to Chicago at the beginning of August 2009! Here we'll share the joys and frustrations of moving, establishing a home in Chicago, M finding a JOB in Chicago (here's hoping!) and me adjusting to working at home. We both will probably have some major transitioning to do here, but we're so excited for what the future brings.

We did receive a bit of good news today - I will be able to stay on with her current employer (based in Georgia) in Chicago! I didn't know if I would receive the appropriate sign-offs from our HR department, but luckily they wanted to keep me on as much as I wanted to stay on. We feel so fortunate to have this job during this time of transition, especially while M is looking to get a new gig. Doesn't it feel good when things just go your way once in a while!?

Hope to hear from you soon! To kick off the blog, we'll post a couple pictures from our recent trip to Blue Ridge, Georgia for the 4th of July. We spent the weekend camped out in a little (okay -HUGE) log home, tubing on the Ocoee River and grilling out! We're soaking up the warm weather and gorgeous Georgia scenery while we can.

Kicking back on the deck, which had a picturesque views out onto the Georgia mountains (all screened in to keep out the bugs, thankfully.)

M kicking back in the hot tub! One of the benefits of upgrading to an eight-person cabin was the 8-person hot tub! We want to round up a big group and go back next year.

A contentious game of cards on the deck! Grrrr..

M's goal for the weekend: an 1,000-piece puzzle.

Game room! We had so much fun playing pool on Friday night. We saved the foosball table and piano for next year.

We were so lucky to have the chance to see the neighbors' firework show! It was like a very scaled down version of the big fireworks at home!

Saying goodbye to our glorious cabin ... we'll be back!