Livin' in Utah

I arrived a week ago in Utah, and it's fabulous! The last two weeks of work for me have been quite busy. My company moved and we had to deal with all the little things that must be attended to in a laboratory move, but all in all, everyone said the move was much smoother than the last one and I'm very happy about that.

On my last day in Boston, I had some friends come by and pick up the last pieces of BIG furniture in my house, then I went out for a massage and to have my hair done one last time by my favorite hairdresser, Scott. After that I drove home, worked on stripping paint off my kitchen door one last time (dumb project I started over the previous weekend - DOH!). Then I popped into the shower and raced off to the airport in the pouring rain. I left my car keys in the rental car I was using, but they mailed them to me in Utah, so I'm already set there : >. It was actually a pretty fun day! Cause I was coming back to Utah, to see the kids and... Jay......

This week has been busy! Jay and I have done a lot of shopping for furniture, flooring for the kitchen, cabinets etc. I changed my residency on my license plates etc. But our first pictures are of Tenna's 3rd birthday party that we attended last night. She was a prima ballerina in the dress I bought her. It's always kinda cool when something you pick up manages to be a super hit!


The boys (Silver and Peeps) are doing well in their current 'temporary' location. They were in for a bit of an uproar as the party got into full swing...




And grandma got to enjoy some playtime with the girls afterwards. Grandpa and I 'babysat' for a few minutes while Pam dropped some dinner off for Al.



That was just oodles of fun for grandma, and the best part is knowing I can drive up and see them anytime (OK, anytime Grandpa and I aren't out on an adventure : ) ).


And I also want to put in another plug for this fantabulous man I have in my life. This is my Christmas present. He knows how much I love piano and he'd seen these before. This one has a lot of different options, but really sounds very much like a grand piano! Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. We don't have the space for a real grand, but this has the action and the sound and I am amazed at the technology that has gone into making these new electronic ones. We just had it delivered this morning. I'm still ooohhhhing and aaahhhhing over it. Now I have to dig the music out of the storage shed and warm up my fingers.


The BIG adventure begins next week. I'm not sure when I'll be able to download pictures and information, but I will as soon as I can.

Life is sweet. It's so nice to be sharing it with someone I love!

Days 3,4,5

I don't have any pictures from those days. I should have dug the camera out of the suitcase, but it was buried, really cold outside, snowing (A LOT) and it somehow didn't seem worth the effort : >

Day three we left Illinois and heading into Iowa. Got to Iowa City and was informed by a very nice Highway Patrol officer that the 'smart' thing for us to do was to get a motel room two exits down, and hunker down for the rest of the day. We took her advice. Smart thing!

Day four, it was amazing to see all the cars off the side of the road! AND it was pretty slow driving for the first 80 miles over snow packed roads. Once we hit Des Moines the roads cleared and we were on our way! We got 3/4 of the way through Nebraska. Near the home of Cabella's but it was too late and the store was closed. So we went in to town (???) for some Mexican food. Nice : >

Day five we finished the trip. Man it was nice to be in Utah! The birds were sure happy to be finished as well! A few days to rest and then all the furniture showed up!

Now I'm back in Boston, finishing up my company move (move done today!) I head back to Utah for good in another week!!! YEA : >. I miss my sweetie, but will see him very soon...

The Trip Out West

Now I will regress a little and cover the trip from Boston to Utah. Jay flew in on Valentines Day and gave me this really cute card : >. He had sent a dozen roses on Monday and I LOVED the fragrance they gave off in my office for the first three days. It was delightful! I gave them to my assistant Jaime after that. She told me later everyone kept asking her if her boyfriend gave them to her ; ).

The first leg of our trip we drove FIRST over to Elises house so that Jay could at least meet ONE of my New England friends. From there we popped on the Interstate and headed up to Buffalo and off to Niagra Falls! Jay had been there before but it was a FIRST for me!!!

Here we are at the American Falls. Notice the goofy 'holding the camera out to take our picture' expression on my(Lynne's) face - DOH. It was wet and VERY cold but very beautiful. The ice on the trees and the water was an amazing site!


We drove over to the Canadian side and looked at Niagra Falls from there! An even more spectacular view than the American Falls. What a terrific adventure, and I got to share it with the man I love. What more can a girl ask for??? After the falls we went and had a lovely dinner at a restaruant that overlooked the falls. We didn't have a view there, but after we ate, we walked down to one of the window to see the falls... nice to do from a heated enclosure!


The second day of our trip, we headed to the 'Land of Lincoln', Illinois. We stopped at Aurora and popped in on my friends Rich and Atsuko Madden. I didn't have their telephone number and it was getting late (we'd tried earlier but I mixed up one of the address numbers, so after I looked it up again on my computer, we ate, we headed back over and found them home (with some company)! It was SOOOOO wonderful seeing them again. I think Atsuko and I held each other for 5 minutes : >.


Day three coming up....