HOUSE!!
Things in St. Louis are still good. Looking forward to blessings in 2010!

-M

Well, we've been in St. Louis for over 2 months now. It's not that bad. :)

I FINALLY took some pictures of the ol' apartment...we only have a 6-month lease (hopefully we'll get a house after that!).

Ben's job is going well, my job is going well, everything is good.

-M

Does anyone have an extra 75 bucks lyin' around? I REALLY want you to buy me this.

Craig's List
Uh...April Fool's.

Ok, you have to admit, that is one of the UGLIEST couch/chair combos you've ever seen. SERIOUSLY. What decade is that from anyway?!

Last week, Ben and I collectively babysat 11 dogs.

Dakota
Sophie
Max
Bently
Beamer
Marley
Nellie
Rambo
Murphy
Charlie
and Daisy

It was pretty easy - and DEFINITELY worth the money.

Oh - BTW - Meet me in St. Louie NEXT WEEK people!


If all goes well - Ben and I will be in a fancy shmancy apartment next week. I guess it's Easter weekend, technically. Which reminds me of this wonderful video. Enjoy.

We're moving!


Ben got a job! He'll probably start working in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'm on the hunt for a house. (I've got plans to talk to your dad tomorrow!)

We are so thankful AND EXCITED about everything! St. Louis is a cool city - it will be nice to go to a Blues game or two. :)

BTW - I wish I could come to BG for your birthday, but I've got a good paying dog sitting gig that I've volunteered for! Perhaps STL will give me more opportunities to visit BG regardless - especially since I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.

So - basically, the Grants are moving.

Watch out, St. Louis.

Last weekend, Ben and I had the pleasure of babysitting 2 dogs, 2 cats and 30+ chickens.

Ben and I actually enjoyed the Green Acres lifestyle - we especially liked 'egg pickin' in the afternoons. Those stinkin chickens would pop out 20 some eggs or so every day. Supposedly, a chicken will lay an egg every 25 hours.

I will admit, it was a little annoying to get up at 7am to let the chickens out of the coop, etc - but otherwise, we just left them alone.

My lil sis captured some of our farm adventure on camera, but unfortunately I don't have the vid yet.

*Skip this section if you hate Twilight*

I treated myself to Twilight TWICE on Valentine's Day. (It's at the cheap theater so I don't feel so bad.) I made Ben go with me the first time - and I think he would have liked it more if the STUPID LADY behind us wasn't SINGING ALONG with the soundtrack! Seriously. ANNOYING! I went back that night with my mom and sis - no singing lady, but we did have to deal with some crazy Team Edward girls a couple rows in front of us. They basically just giggled through the whole thing. I can't wait until I can get my own copy on DVD. Only 20 more days, baby! (Jasper Hale, I love you!) P.S. Is it weird that my mom has seen the movie FOUR times already? I guess she's going through her mid-life crisis.

In other Twilight-free news - Ben is probably going up to St. Louis soon. He's got some job opportunities up there that he'll check out...I sure hope that something will happen soon! We've had a good time here in SW MO, but 6 months with the parents is a little rough. I'm excited to have my own place again! If we do end up moving to the StL area, I expect some hookups or somethin - we need people to help us out with the house hunt!

Overall, things have been really great for us. I can't complain. Well, actually, if I had one complaint, it would be that Republic isn't close enough to Bowling Green. There are a lot of people there that I am dying to see! I guess I should include Nashville in that, too. Regardless, I need FRIEND time. ASAP. I'll see what I can do from my end.

I guess that's about it for now - any of you guys already send in your taxes?

-M