Gypsies

'Gypsies' are defined as "persons of nomadic habit of life, whatever their race or origin, which may or may not include members of an organized group of traveling showmen, or persons engaged in traveling circuses, traveling together as such."

If only our lives were as glamorous as this...

We have been talking a lot about gypsies recently.

We took Frido to Central Park this week on a walk. You would think that New Yorkers are used to seeing things out of the ordinary and that a simple ferret would not excite them. However, this is quite the contrary—Frido was a hit. Wherever we went there was a group of people going crazy over our little furry regret. Pat and I joke that whenever you are feeling down or depressed, simply take Frido to a well populated park and soon enough you will be the most popular person there.

Anways, we went to Central Park with our British friend, Nate Wigglesworth. He was in awe of how tame and friendly Frido was because in England only the Gypsies own ferrets for the use of catching and killing rabbits. So besides our current 'nomad' life-style it seems that we have more than one thing in common with gypsies.

So yes, we still have not found a place to live and Pat starts work tomorrow. You would think that finding a job in during this economy would be the hard part of starting your lives out in New York City; however, it turns out that that was quite easy, and the hardest part is finding a place to call home. However, we are richly blessed regardless of how hard this may seem.

We are hoping we will find out more this week about our housing situation. Keep your fingers crossed!

Saying "Goodbye"

I bought my 2005 Toyota Corolla when I got back from my Mission in 2006. We have been so many trip together and it has been with me through thick and thin. Pat and I have enjoyed many fun times together in this car (no...not that), most noteably our first road trip together back to Colorado just a few weeks after we started dating. It was that trip that I realized I never wanted to be apart from Patrick ever again.

Since we are moving back to NYC we decided that it would be in our best interest to sell our beloved car. I never thought about the attachment we both had to this car until we made this decision. It is sad...so we took this picture to remember the good times.

Bubbles...never ending fun

I love bubble baths and have so many memories of taking them at my best friend Jenny Wolfs house. We would make our hair stick up with shampoo and give ourselves bubble beards. When we stayed with my sister's family our nephews took a bubble bath. And it is so weird how some things never change and are always going to be fun.

Dylan.

It was strange. When I saw Luke like this
I could totally see him as an old man!

So here to bubble baths. Cheers!

It doesn't get much better than this.

I think horses are one of the
most beautiful creatures.

However, one activity that NEVER

gets old is feeding horses.

While staying at the Rowells
(my oldest sisters house)
we went on a bike ride.
The ride was beautiful as
the trail winded its way
through farms and pastures.

To top the whole trip off,
we had to stop and feed the horses.
It doesn't get much better than this.

Marley and Frido

Our poor Ferret, Frido, wants so desperately to have a friend. When we were living in California my brother's cat , Marley, was there and Frido would try to play with her. At first she wanted nothing to do with him, but by the time we left she tolerated Frido.

Half way there....

Well, here we are about half way done with our never ending trip from California to New York City. We are staying at a LaQuinta Inn in Omaha, Nebraska. I am watching American Idol as Patrick walks Frido outside.

We found out that we did not get the apartment that we have been trying to get for over a month now. It was hard to see that one go as it was such an amazing deal and everything we wanted (hard to come by in NYC). Pat allowed me to pout for a half-hour or so but then I had to get over it so it could be his turn to pout. You see, Pat and I take turns at being upset. We can't both be upset because that would just be bad, so we take turns while the other one looks on the bright side and tries to cheer the other one up. We have a nice system worked out.

Other than that, our trip has been going really well. Yesterday Pat's family met us in Cheyenne Wyoming to eat dinner with us (super nice of them). We are taking the trip slow so we can enjoy ourselves, about 7 hours a day, it's a perfect amount.

What an unpredictable journey we are having—everyday brings about another adventure.

The video says it all...

When Pat and I were living in Moraga (as Pat described it so beautifully "The town time forgot") it was a little hard to think of stuff to do. Growing up everyone called my home town of Moraga..."BORAGA" because it was so boring. Even though the city is only 30 minutes away we found it hard to actually go out.

However, after a hard boring week for Pat I decided to plan on doing something. We had not explored Jack London Square yet so we headed out of the night. Upon arriving there was some sort of indoor festival that we stumbled upon. It was the weirdest mix of people...the video says it all.

Sledding at Soldier Hallow Dec. 2009

Once again another blast from the past—sledding at Soldier Hallow with Johnny and Joanna, Dec. 2009.

I don't use my point and shoot camera much anymore, so I just recenlty uploaded all the pictures. It is crazy how much I forget when I do not record it in some way.

Joanna & Johnny

One thing I do remember about his night was how cold it was! It was around 5 degrees. Before we left to go sledding Johnny and Joanna were making fun of Pat and I for getting so prepared. We offered our coats to them because they weren't wearing much. And thank goodness our over preparedness finally paid off, because I am sure Johnny and Joanna would have froze to death if it weren't for us!

Happy New Years! It's 2001!

I dont know how these pictures got lost in the mix of things, but I never blogged about our 2010 New Years bash with the Galbraiths!

The night started our with dinner at Macaroni Grill. I am not a huge fan of Italian food, but I love that place because you can draw on the table cloth. I want to institute this tradition in my home.

Joanna + Frido = BFF

Then we headed to the store to buy the ever so famous Mormon drink of choice, Sparkling Apple Cider, and headed back to our place for the count down.

We were able to "watch" the Provo Towne Center Fireworks in the distance through the hoses and trees for a few minutes. All in all it was a great New Years celebration. It didn't matter that we were not in some big city somewhere celebrating with a million other people. We were with our friend, Johnny and Joanna...that is all we needed to make it great!

April 25th—Lindsay turned 27!

My birthday this year was a complete blast. My birthday comes at a difficult time for the past few years. April 25th falls on the last week of finals at BYU, so ever since I attended college (Since 2001! YIKES HOW LONG DID IT TAKE ME TO GRADUATE!?!?!!?!?) I have not really been able to celebrate my birthday. However, this year was one of the best.

My sister Kim and her family came to Moraga for my birthday weekend. We did not only celebrate my birthday for 24 hours but 48 hours! On Saturady we went to Muir Beach because we loved it so much last time we went that we had to go back .

But this time we wanted to have a bon-fire on the beach while....

roasted marshmallows...

opened lots of Hersheys chocolates...

and ate smores.

There were a beautiful hike that looked over the ocean...

...that Pat and I went on.

While my parents stayed back and entertained (or scared) the kiddies...

Then the next day we had my moms famous lasagna and opened presents.
That RAD card my sister got me sang New Kids on the Block's "Hangin' Tough." I love NKOTB.

I was spoiled rotten with gifts by friends and family. Thanks so much for everyone making it such a great birthday!

Our Bags are Packed....

We're ready to go....


Pat and I are headed out tomorrow morning for our trek across the country to our new home in NYC. We are leaving with out having an apartment, only a prayer that everything will work out.

We are taking about 5 days to drive about 33-36 hours, from Syracuse Utah (we have been staying with my sister Jodi for the past few weeks) to NYC.

Even though it will be a long drive, I am excited to begin our new life together.

In my attempt to catch up on our blogging, this week I will be catching up on the events over the past month.

WISH US LUCK!

"My New Life"