You're a Blog.

So... I originally meant to post at least once per week. Sorry about that. Things have been a little crazy. Let me explain.

A few weeks ago I had bronchitis. Crazy. Who gets bronchitis in August? This girl (pointing at myself.) Maddie was visiting me in Dayton during that time. She was my nurse. She took me to urgent care and helped me get my medicine. And then we went on a shopping spree for my mom's birthday. We went to the Jeffersonville Outlets, then to Kenwood Mall, then to the Cincinnati outlets. Then we came back to Dayton to watch Project Runway. It was a great weekend productivity-wise. Not health-wise. (BTW - Gretchen on Project Runway is crazy! I'm so rooting for Mondo or Mundo or Mongo... whatever his name is. And Casanova needs to go home. Like, yesterday.)

We dropped Maddie off at Capital. Maddie is getting her degree in Nursing. She started classes last week and seems to enjoy school. She gets along well with her softball team. She had a Wii party the other night. Oh - and Capital threw a "Foam Party" which is more like a Soap Party. Maddie was apparently allergic to the soap and has been red and swollen ever since. 

I've been reading a book called "The complete guide to understanding & caring for your cat." It's interesting, and just makes me realize how much Scooter acts like a dog. Some of the things that it says apply to him: like saying his name calmly will help calm him down. And he can sense my emotions, therefore staying away when I'm anxious and sitting on my lap when I'm calm. But, other things don't apply to Scooter. For instance: Scooter does NOT like wet food and refuses to eat it (which is what cats should be eating 90% of the time.) And, cats normally swish their tails back and forth when they are annoyed. But Scooter seems to do that when he's happy - like a dog. It should be interesting when we move him...

Which leads me to the big news - Adam and I bought a house! It was our first wedding anniversary this past Sunday. We spent the weekend in Columbus with Maddie and my mom and dad. It was wonderful! We went to the Schmidt Haus (a German restaurant) and went shopping at the Easton shopping mall. Early on Saturday, however, Adam and I went to look at a house and fell in love. We put an offer on it before heading to Columbus. As we were walking around Easton on Sunday (and after several counter-offers), we accepted the sellers' counter-offer! We're really excited.

Details of the house:
We will be living in Springboro, OH, which is approximately seven miles south of where we live now. It is only a few exits south of West Carrollton schools. We have easy access to I-75 and I-675 and are along Highway 741. We will be Springboro Panthers! We bought a two-story house. It is beautifully landscaped with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a finished basement. We have a nice back porch for entertaining. We're really excited and I'm already shopping in mind for furniture. :).

As my ending thought for this post, I would like to refer to the title of this post: You're a blog. As my readers know, my come-backs consist of me repeating something with a "you're" in front of the comment. For instance, if Adam told me that Scooter was running around the apartment like crazy I would reply, "You're running around the apartment like crazy," or I would shorten it to say, "You're crazy!" Emphasis on the "you're." Some of you may have notice, but the M&M's brand has come out with a new commercial that I feel was MADE for me. The wife in the commercial mentions that she's hungry for a snack. The husband gets up, walks to the kitchen, and opens the cupboard door. Snacks start flying out of the cupboard door, at the husband's face, as thought someone is throwing them at him. The husband, holding a bowl, says, "Get in the bowl" to the cupboard. Then, we see what is the in cupboard. The animated M&M's. The little red M&M says, "YOU get in the bowl," to the husband, and throws another snack at him. It is brilliant and I laugh every time.

Good night world. I am going to bed. (YOU go to bed.)