this has been our happy, little home for the past 12+ months...and we will happily be leaving it very soon!!! i (heart) minnesota...but i (heart) south carolina even more!!!
what i will miss about minnesota:
1. the snow...so beautiful!!!
2. the mall of america...could shopping get any better??? i submit that it could not!
3. ikea...who knew cheap, scandinavian furniture could be so addictive???
4. fried cheese curds...don't knock 'em til you try 'em.
5. the walking trails...there are miles and miles of trails throughout the city of faribault...great for exercise and walking/chasing the dog.
6. water aerobics with the little old ladies at the community center...not too much little or old about those ladies...a bunch of sweet, tough girls!
7. a TARGET about every five miles...it has been super great having my happy place so easily accessible!!!
8. our church...wonderful pastor, wonderful worship!
9. matt's 5-10 minute commute...compared to the 40+ minutes it took him to get to and from work in charlotte...
10. the great people matt works with...our almost weekly dinners were always highly enjoyable...
what i will NOT miss about minnesota:
1. the snow...after the first two feet, it's not so much fun...and digging my car out...don't even get me started...
2. the butt cold temperatures...it's bad when you're watching the weather channel and you get excited when the temperatures leave the single digits..."it's going to be 15 degrees out today!"
3. the trains...in the picture above, you see matt and lucy...just behind them...20-30 yards...there's a train track...so annoying, so loud!!!
4. the mean northerners...can't wait to get back to the south where you cannot get through the grocery store without having some sort of conversation with a complete stranger...and this is coming from one of the most introverted people ever!
5. lugging groceries up to the third floor...
6. taking lucy out to do her business...down the stairs, across the parking lot, pick up the poo while stepping on other dogs' poo because their owners didn't pick it up, back up the stairs...
7. the mean dog lady down the hallway...
8. the mean apartment manager...
9. our neighbors upstairs...they play the same song over and over...steve miller band's "the joker"...they drop books or weights on the floor...and sunday afternoons, i won't tell you what we hear...let me just say..."ewwww, gross!!!"
10. the apartment quality appliances...i miss my flat-top stove and microwave and my washer and dryer...
i'm so excited to get back to our house and our stuff...i miss our yard and our garage and our ceiling fans and my pink bathroom...i cannot wait to go home!!!
