Monday, October 29, 2012

Unemployed

So as most of you know as of May 4, 2012 I no longer had a job. And technically, I have retired from Corporate America. At least that is the plan for now. I really hope I never have to go back to banking, but never say never.

Anyway, the reason for my retirement was Jared and I moved to New Mexico. But, back to my unemployment, when preparing to move I told all our friends and coworkers that since I won't be working for a few months my goal is to be better at blogging/updating facebook. Let's see... It is October... We've been in New Mexico for 4 months... I'm doing real good at my goal. My two excuses - we've been busy traveling and everything keeps changing!!! I swear every time I log in, blogger and facebook are different. Slightly annoying for the technically challenged.

So right before graduation (right after retirement) my dad took the family on a graduation/birthday cruise to the Bahamas. It was AMAZING!

Here is the group waiting for the shuttle. Yes, we did have matching shirts.


The first dinner on the ship. My "team" shirt didn't last long...


The first stop was Freeport


All we did was relax on the beach. It was perfect!




The formal dinner night



Hanging out on the boat waiting for the next port



Nassau. It was another beautiful day on the beach. But two pairs of sunglasses were lost while playing in the waves. 



We celebrated Lai's 50th Birthday



Back on dry land, we visited NASA


Love this little face


The boogies






After Bryson, Julie, Thomas and Asher left, Jared and I spent a few days at The Villages. 


Having lunch at Finn's






Graduation

So proud of this guy! 


Graduated from Marquette School Of Dentistry. 
Honors include: Cum Laude, Best of the Best Excellence in Prosthodontics, Oral Implantology and Implant Dentistry Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award.

The graduation weekend was a huge celebration complete with 3 processionals. The school did a good job of making the celebration last as long as possible.


First there was the Honors Ceremony were Jared received his cords and two awards.





Then we had the "Hooding Ceremony" where Jared received his doctoral hood.




And finally Marquette's graduation. He made it! 




Missing Wisconsin

So it's been awhile since my last post. Yes, I have a very hard time with this blog thing. But, I am trying to be better. So here is a post of something that has been on my mind.

For those of you that know me, the title of this post may shock you. I know! It shocked me too. But I really have been missing Wisconsin. I never thought I'd say that. 

In May 2012 Jared graduated from dental school. We found some job options in Albuquerque, NM and decided to give it a try. I was pretty excited to move. Get away from the cold and humidity. But when the time came, I was really sad. It was really hard leaving our first home together and to say goodbye to all our friends. We made a lot of really good memories in Wisconsin. But we are looking forward to the future and making new memories in a new home. 

But, here are a few things I am missing most...

- The tree lined streets. In summer the trees were gorgeous, green. In fall the changing leaves were spectacular. And in winter after a snow storm, it really felt like a wonderland.


- All the green. I don't mind the desert of ABQ, but in Wisconsin, the grass was perfectly green without a sprinkler system.


- The festivals and fairs. Ok Chocolate Fest was a bit of a let down. But there were many other good ones!



And the best of all... State Fair!



- Our house. It was 100 years old and it had issues, but it was a good house.


- The Cottage. Yes, we will visit the cottage in the years to come, but it was so nice to live so close and be able to head "Up North" for the weekend. 



- And most of all... We miss our friends! Love you all!