Most know that our year has been unusually stressful. A little over a year ago we put our house in Cornelius on the market and that's when all our troubles started. I severely hurt my back and was bedridden for a month, Soren had brain surgery that ended up being a month-long ordeal, did I mention we were trying to sell our house and search for a house, AND a new job for Adam amidst all this?...ANYway, Adam finally landed a job at Wauna (Georgia Pacific) in October. We found out just as we were finishing putting new siding and windows on our house. In fact, we spent most of the summer improving our house while it just sat on the market. If anyone of you have ever tried to sell a house while living with toddlers....well, you can understand my pain. As if selling a house wasn't stressful enough! And then there's the whole "looking for another one to buy" part...geez! Don't even get me started! So, as I was saying, Adam got a job! We qualified for a wonderful relocation package that allowed us to sell our house to the company if it didn't sell within 3 months. We moved in with my parents while the house sat and Adam started his new job. Long story short...house didn't sell, company bought, we found a house, our first offer was accepted and we moved in exactly 3 weeks shy of a year of when we started!!
It was great to finally be in our own place and finally unpack things that have been in boxes since we moved from Corvallis almost 4 years prior. We've moved 3 times since getting married 6 years ago (not including moving in together) and I've just about had enough! We plan to stay in our current house either until we die or decide to downsize. The house we bought is a work-in-progress, and will be for several years. We LOVE our "new" house! It sits on 3 1/2 acres in an area 15 miles outside of downtown Astoria. It's picturesque, quiet, and...well, it's just lovely. I can't complain...but I can't wait to do some remodeling and redecorating.
The day we moved in, I was already painting, and I have since painted the entire upstairs and have stripped some pretty ugly wallpaper. I've also been sorting through all of our boxes and preparing for a big garage sale that I had planned for this weekend. I brought boxes and boxes of stuff to my parents house to have the sale there with my mom and sister. The sale was a huge success, and I now have a few extra dollars to pay my outrageous bills this month.
Bills. Everyone has them, everyone hates them. As I was laying in bed last night (or rather, the couch in my parents' basement), I was trying to think of the last time Adam and I had a proper Anniversary celebration. In most years past, we opt to not make a big deal...because of...you guessed it...bills. And this year especially, that still holds true.
Adam is currently on a plane flying home from Chicago. He was a groomsman in one of his best friend's wedding. The original plan was for us to go together and make a weekend of it, being that it was our anniversary. We even had the trip in our "mental" budget and thought we could pull it off. But, owning a house in the country requires a lot of "stuff" that pretty much eats up money saved for trips to Chicago =) So, here I am, spending our 6th anniversary blogging on my parents' computer. I actually had a great day today...but I still miss my honey.
So, with 6 years under our belts...what have our anniversaries consisted of?? Well, let me think...
- Our 1st anniversary was quite lovely. Adam was living with friends in Beaverton while interning at Intel, and I was living and working in Corvallis. We didn't see much of each other that summer. But, we pulled out our wedding cake from the freezer and actually had a few bites (it wasn't bad!)...and we spent the weekend being tourists in Newport and went to the aquarium. It was great fun!
- 2nd anniversary. Hmm...I was 3 months pregnant with our first bundle and spent the summer babysitting for a ridiculously low wage for two of my former preschool students. Adam was commuting to U of O to complete his master's in chemistry. I think we may have gone to a movie and went to dinner with friends....or was that for their anniversary???
- We had a very nice 3rd anniversary. Synnove was 5 months old and we took her to the "duck pond park." I can't remember the name of it, but it's in Beaverton. We ate at the Greek Deli over in West Union off of Cornelius Pass and headed over to the park. We fed the ducks, and went for a stroll. It was nice.
- 4th anniversary. This one I actually think I kind of remember. My sister was going to GFU and spent a lot of time at our house. I remember making a nice pasta-ish dinner for all of us (Elise included). I bought Adam some nice new shorts and a polo shirt from the Gap....I don't remember if or what he got for me. Ha ha...we must of actually had a few extra dollars that summer! We went to the movies; Elise babysat.
- Our 5th anniversary just didn't happen. Soren was still recovering from his surgery, and frankly, so were we! My mom-in-law offered to babysit, and we did intend to go out, but it never happened.
- 6th....well, here I am. Maybe I'll dig out a Papa Murphy's coupon for dinner tomorrow??
Ha ha...I'm not complaining. I love my husband dearly, and thankfully, we don't need special anniversaries to remind us how much we appreciate one another. I have a beautiful home, two beautiful kids, and a beautiful life. That's enough for me.
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