Movin' Movin' Moving!

We're Moving!!

Since Kody for some reason doesn't want a 6 hour commute to vet school each day, we're going to be loading up all our stuff and trekking down to Champaign-Urbana sometime in the next few months.

Is it sad that one of the first things I got excited about was finding out what grocery stores are in Champaign? I really hope there's a Kroger that doubles coupons!! Yes, I know, mega nerd.

We actually headed down this past week to do a little house searching. Yep, we're hoping to become homeowners!

We were able to get a good idea of what's available (lots!), narrow down what we want (a place that doesn't share walls with another family ... and a fenced in backyard for our mega large puppy!) and see a little bit of the area. No Kroger that I saw, only Schucnks - I have no idea what that is, but hopefully they double coupons! And a super cool bonus - our realtor was a guard for 4 years for the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Washington D.C. - how cool!!

Can I just tell you it is going to be AMAZING to have everything we need within 15 minutes of us (except an airport ... not really sure what we're going to do about that) and hopefully WORK within 10 minutes of home.

Neither Kody or I have spent too much time in the Champaign-Urbana area. Kody spent a summer there when Kacey, his brother, went to the University of Illinois. I ran many a neighborhood during the Illinois Half Marathon I blogged about last year here. So it'll definitely be a fun adventure getting to know our new hometown. I'm already super excited about a huge farmer's market, food co-op, lots of parks and bike paths and running in a new area.

And a few other random blog thoughts running through my head lately:
- No, pee-monster Meatball did not become a part of the Carr family. After pooping twice and peeing about a million and a half times within a two hour period, we decided he definitely wasn't a fit for us. Not that we were even looking, but Kody's co-workers were convinced we'd fall in love.
- Loving using my breadmaker to make homemade pizza dough each Sunday - so easy!
- Fresh squeezed grapefruit juice with lunch today after church! Yum!
- Can warm spring weather please come soon!?!
- No half marathon this year - super sad. Apparently the Lincoln Half is extremely popular and sells about four months in advance.
- New job search has commenced - any leads or helpful people to contact in C-U (Champaign-Urbana) would be awesome.