Well it has been a very long time since our last post and we have been busy! We moved into the city in May. Our building is a new "mid-rise" in The Heights part of Houston. It is a fun area, there are quite a few restaurants that we can walk to and tons of people to watch. We are 8 miles from my job (quite unusual for Houston) and Chris works from home so we get to see each during the day quite often.
Chris is working for Hole in the Roof Marketing (a Waco company) as a sales rep. He loves it and is getting better every day. He is also leading worship at our church, which is such a blessing to us because he still gets to play guitar regularly.
I am working for a family that lives downtown as their full time nanny and cook. It is a great job becuase I can be flexible enough to meet up with Chris during the day or see friends for play dates and still get paid. I stay really busy taking care of one child and running the household.
We both miss Waco and love being here. We feel like we have found a niche here that suits us well and are glad for the change while we miss our dear friends and wish we could see them more often. I thought we would go back more often, but life here has not stopped and I like that.
MOVE
Well, I am happy to say that Chris and I have completed the first phase of our move to H-town. We live in Spring, TX now--one of the plethera suburbs outside of Houston proper. It is very different. Everything takes so long to get to...Barnes and Noble is now a 10 minute drive (if I'm lucky) as opposed to a 2 minute straight shot from doorstep to doorstep...well everything except the grocery store. I have so many grocery stores to choose from that are outside of our subdivision that I am now comparing their member rewards, gas prices, and organic selection and pricing. I think I am going with which ever one has the cheapest organic milk though. I was shocked to find out that a half gallon of organic, off-brand milk was $1 more!!! ARGH. That is not only my favorite grocery item, but often purchased. The second criteria for my grocer of choice is congestion. For those of you from Waco, imagine for an instant that you have arrived at HEB at 2 a.m., the store is empty, there are no lines, but there ARE stockers blocking the aisles...then take a moment to imagine you typical trip around 4 p.m. I literally had to take a deep breath and compose myself before I went in search for a "baby-cart" so that I could maneuver around the cabillion people that make up the entire population of Waco just for a few "basics": milk, eggs, tomatoes, apples and tortillas...Now when I enter a grocery store, it is to the smiling face of the door guy (or lady) and calming classical music over the speaker. No one is in my way, mind you, I MISSED people being in my way, but I carried on. At my first run, I found the aisles to be wider, the carts smaller and little dotted lines on the ground to indicate which side you were to stay on so that others could PASS!!! Amazing. Really. And they want to give me 10 cents off of my gas for shopping there...so we will see who wins, I have only been to one of the 4 different companies less that .5 miles from my house.
Next, we are living in a 1 bedroom apartment, which the owners apologized profusley for its small size and promised that we could come into the big side whenever we wanted...let me just say that it is anything but small for a 1 bedroom apartment. It is not large, but I can do everything (mostly) that I did before in our little house and the ceilings are at least 15 ft, so it is beautiful, bright and fresh feeling. We are truly blessed to stay there. We have a b-ball court upstairs if we want to get our game on and a giant screen to watch movies on...the list goes on...I basically feel like if I can't be home, that this is a great in between, couldn't really be better. Total privacy, yet I don't HAVE to be alone if I don't want to.
SO, that is the end of my ramblings for today.
Next, we are living in a 1 bedroom apartment, which the owners apologized profusley for its small size and promised that we could come into the big side whenever we wanted...let me just say that it is anything but small for a 1 bedroom apartment. It is not large, but I can do everything (mostly) that I did before in our little house and the ceilings are at least 15 ft, so it is beautiful, bright and fresh feeling. We are truly blessed to stay there. We have a b-ball court upstairs if we want to get our game on and a giant screen to watch movies on...the list goes on...I basically feel like if I can't be home, that this is a great in between, couldn't really be better. Total privacy, yet I don't HAVE to be alone if I don't want to.
SO, that is the end of my ramblings for today.
The Details
This year has been the most unique yet for us. Many changes have happened some by us, some affecting us. So here is the QUICK review of our year as we can best remember.
At the beginning of the year Becca left Talitha Koum for a job with a local business called Sticker Universe. A few months later Chris left Talitha Koum also so that he could focus more on his music. He began teaching guitar lessons, writing music and also went on a brief set of tours with his band Ethan Durelle.
In September, Ethan Durelle which had been together for over 8 years, played their last show together. As with so many things in life, the sad end of Ethan has seen the birth of new ideas and projects for us to share together.
Early in 2009 we will begin our exodus from Waco (like so MANY before us) and head to Houston. We are in process now of figuring out exactly what we will be doing when we get there so please pray for us as we make LOTS of important decisions.
Most importantly...our little guy Tucker turned 2 this year! We love him and he loves us even better as only a dog can do. And so, he has become as we always swore we would NEVER say, our pet who we treat like our child...but only rarely do we dress him...
So, this is it for now, check back later, let us know how to keep up with you and have a great year in 2009!
with love
C & B
At the beginning of the year Becca left Talitha Koum for a job with a local business called Sticker Universe. A few months later Chris left Talitha Koum also so that he could focus more on his music. He began teaching guitar lessons, writing music and also went on a brief set of tours with his band Ethan Durelle.
In September, Ethan Durelle which had been together for over 8 years, played their last show together. As with so many things in life, the sad end of Ethan has seen the birth of new ideas and projects for us to share together.
Early in 2009 we will begin our exodus from Waco (like so MANY before us) and head to Houston. We are in process now of figuring out exactly what we will be doing when we get there so please pray for us as we make LOTS of important decisions.
Most importantly...our little guy Tucker turned 2 this year! We love him and he loves us even better as only a dog can do. And so, he has become as we always swore we would NEVER say, our pet who we treat like our child...but only rarely do we dress him...
So, this is it for now, check back later, let us know how to keep up with you and have a great year in 2009!
with love
C & B
New Technology which is actually old but we are behind.
- Chris and I are excited about this new experience in technology...blogging. I guess we will begin to update you on what we are doing with our lives, but until then, FAREWELL!
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