Round Two Begins:

We have received all of the boxes that we shipped to Cape Vincent and now have the extremely fun task of unpacking all the boxes and trying to decide what we want to take and what will stay here or make it's way to Salvation Army. I feel like I have done this once already. Oh right, I did. Last week.

Getting the van ready for the move was surprisingly easy even though we had so much to do for it. Somehow we got it all done in two days with time to spare. It has been inspected, has a new set of tires, Geico has been called and Dave made a "fairly" uneventful trip to the DMV. I may or may not have told him that it opened at 7:30am when it fact it did not open until 9am (that's not entirely my fault though...I blame the Jefferson County website). All in all the van has now been proved road worthy!

We have tried to make some time for fun including our twice annual trip to AMF Bowling Center. As always Dave, his brother Bob and Dave Bonney kept the game interesting. It's always fun to watch them compete with each other. I ended up beating all of my previous high scores with a whopping 120! We played five games and by the time we were done my neck and thumb were throbbing and I was heaving the ball down the lane Granny style but it was worth it.

Last night we spent some quality time at "The Big Pink" also known as Aubrey's Bar where I made some very bad decisions and paid for them all day today. Patty, Bob's girlfriend, introduced both myself and the bartender to Tic-Tac shots and that's when the night got fuzzy. We look forward to spending more quality time with them in St. Augustine, Florida in the middle of January. I look forward to spending time in Florida period.

Tomorrow finds us in Watertown running errands for the trip and heading over to Erin (Dave's older sister) and James's house on the river in Clayton to celebrate New Year's. It's going to be a quiet celebration but one we are sure to enjoy.

Have a safe end to 2008 and a here's hoping for a 2009 that exceeds all expectations!
Emily