Shehadeh big adventure in the Midwest thus far : )

Well we made it to the Heartland of the USA : ) While we feel like we’re starting to get a grip on living way up here in the hills – you know we no longer need a GPS to get most places – we still miss having our friends over for dinner and hanging out with our awesome family. I can’t believe we’ve been in Missouri for 2 weeks now! Although all the furniture’s in the house and all the boxes are unpacked, it doesn’t feel like we’ve been here that long. In an attempt to feel like we’ve been productive with our time and not lazy (watching 40+ episodes of Ugly Betty all day long) - Who said that?!, I asked Adam on our walk last night to help me recall what all we’ve done thus far...

1.BOUGHT A FRIDGE

So we needed a refrigerator, but it seems all of the stainless-steel-look fridges (I love magnests too much to get a stainless steel) in Columbia were not in stock and at least a 5 day wait. BOO!! Eating out is fun when you don’t HAVE to do it, but when you can’t get a cold drink without visiting the curb store – life is no fun. So, after visiting home depot, sears, best buy, and lowes (and actually purchasing a fridge from them), we stopped off at another locally owned place around the corner just to check out their stock…everything was WAY overpriced, and just as Adam told the salesman they were out of our league he pulled up a “hidden treasure” stored in the back…that could be delivered in 2 days and was way cheaper! Here’s the BEST part – he was from Monroe, LA!!

2.LICENSE & REGISTRATION
Check out Adam’s picture…the lady asked him to slide his glasses down a bit, which led him to give that divinere smile : )

Actually, the lady who helped us told us all about her wild times in Monroe, LA where her daddy sent her to college to get away from her no good boyfriend at the time...haha I wonder if she knows the refrigerator salesman : )

3.SETTLING IN & GOING WITH THE FLOW
So I got the house looking all cute...

… and Adam got the TV and computer set up. We even got some new furniture! Adam found this AWESOME deal on a nice computer desk on craigslist…and the guy offered to deliver it – thank goodness. It was quite a heavy bugger…but Adam got it all set up and in perfect position with the help of my new favorite invention: SLIDERS!

Next, it was time to go look for some bedroom furniture…so I threw in a load of laundry we headed off to the local flea market. After 20 minutes, Adam’s shopping energy ran low and we headed back to the house. When I got out of the car, I noticed a lot of water on the garage floor (here comes the “going with the flow” part). As soon as we opened the door to the house…we walked into a 1/2 inch of water on the laundry floor and a soaked kitchen and ¼ of our living room (right where the new HEAVY desk was set up –lol). Thank you draining hose on the washing machine! Oops!! I feel like the cute little couple on the LOWES commercials : ) (i've also had a few painting mishaps -- go figure!)

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The good news is that house insurance covers accidents! So we’ve become accustomed to concrete in the kitchen and are going to have new floors in our new house!

We were also welcomed to town by the Columbia welcoming people who gave us all kinds of fun gift certificates and “go green” shopping bags; were extremely late to the church the first Sunday because we couldn’t find the building : ) ; checked out the local farmer’s market; got a sofa and loveseat!; have probably made it to LOWES banned list for returning so many things : ) ; went to see the final Harry Potter; and we even enjoyed a fun few games of bowling!

So, I guess we have gotten a lot done!
Missing y'all from Missouri