This certainly has been a crazy year. I realize I haven’t posted anything since late February, so I suppose it’s about time for an update.

My huband and I are buying our first home. We are moving out of NYC and into a more suburban area on Long Island.  We started the house hunt back in May and it didn’t take long to find the perfect home…close to family and the beach!

We haven’t moved in yet. The mortgage process has been a bit slow. We knew we would be approved but it was just a matter of getting all the paper work together.  Now, we are just waiting for the closing date.

Our apartment is all packed and I am so anxious to finally get this move underway. I enjoyed 7 years in the city but it’s time to see some trees and breath some fresh air…and we’ll finally have a car!

I’m most excited to finally have some property and a yard to plant a garden. Also, I can fianlly get a puppy <3

I can’t believe that it is already mid-December. Time really does seem to fly by. This time next week I’ll be on a place to Tokyo.

This will be the very first “Chrismakkuh” (my hubby is Jewish) that my husband and I share as a married couple. This will also be the first holiday season that we won’t be spending with our friends and family. It will be a whole new experience.

I’ve been thinking back to when I was small and my mom and I used to bake all sorts of goodies for Christmas.  I remember waking up in the middle of the night and sneaking half way down the stairs to see if there was anything in the stockings. Then I would venture further to see if anything was under the tree.  I definitely miss being that carefree.

But, this year my husband and I are giving each other a great present and taking a well deserved vacation. We will always have next year to do all the traditional things…maybe next year we’ll even have our very own home to decorate and a real tree to put up.