Our New Home

Justin and I are loving the space we have in our new Petaluma home. We are getting to know our new town and the opportunities surrounding us! Gathering with family and friends has been so much fun and we even have things booked on the calendar well into the year (that's how excited we are...hehe)! Justin is finishing up ground school with KaiserAir and has already been taxing around the executive terminal at Oakland International Airport. This week he will be training in the air-the best part!!!! With Kaiser all the training in done within their company (which is pretty rare), so Justin actually trains in the plane (also very rare). He will be starting in the Citation 2 and 5, will then advance to the Hawker, followed by the Gulfstream! I am in the process of registering in the County of Sonoma to substitute teach, and should be subbing by next week! I am reallly excited to visit Sequoia and tell the staff of our return to the area and my ability to sub for them! We hope you are all enjoying 2008 and I am happy to be back in blog mode!!

We love the space in our kitchen!!! Although you can't really tell we have a ton of cupboard space!
The walls are kind of bare because we won't be here that long and don't really feel like hanging all of our pictures, but this is our living room area!
Our bathroom is nice and spacious (Justin and I have our own baskets on the counter)...and I mean spacious...you could do backflips in it...no problem!! In our large bathroom is also our washer and dryer!

Hello From California

We are officially here in Sonoma County and will be moving our belongings into our new home tomorrow, January 9th. Justin is working hard studying the new planes he will be flying and is hoping to be flying on a line by February. We will be living in Petaluma, which is about 30 minutes south of where my parents live. It has been so nice to be back here in Cali and we are looking forward to searching for a home to buy in late 2008! We hope you are all having a great start to the New Year and thanks for taking the time to view our blog! If for some reason you did not get the email I sent out with our new address, feel free to email me at jmlanglois6@gmail.com and I will email you back with it!

We're Moving!!!

Justin and I are moving to CA!!!! My wonderful husband recently accepted a job from Kaiser Air in Oakland, CA! http://www.kaiserair.com/. We will be leaving Boston soon (December 27th) and heading back out West. It was not that long ago that Murray and I headed East for a 5 day road trip, and now Justin and I will be doing the same in the Jeep! We will miss parts of Boston for sure, especially Jenny and Brandon, but we are so excited to head to CA! We can't wait to see you all so very soon! We will most likely rent a place in Petaluma for a while as we look into buying a house of our own (I feel so old)! The town of Petaluma can smell like cows, pigs, etc., but I just need to get over that-hehee! By living in Petaluma Justin will have less of a commute during his probationary period! Thank you to everyone who had plans to visit us here in Boston and never got to, but I tell ya what, you can visit our new home in Cali-wohoo!!! Below is one of the sweet planes Justin will be flying. Enlarge this Gulfstream by clicking on it to really see its beauty!!

Holiday Stroll and More Snow!!

Last week our neighborhood, Beacon Hill, had an evening holiday event where the shops stayed open late and served goodies. The street was blocked off, Santa was in full force, carolers were strolling up and down the streets, etc. Justin and I walked around and enjoyed the hustle and bustle of our neighborhood.

Justin had most of Today off becuase of a major snow storm, so we took advantage of the daylight hours together and went for a walk in the snow! It was so much fun and so pretty! This storm will give us 6-9 inches! Pretty pretty! I surely hope we have a white Christmas here!

Christmas Decor and Snow Are In Order!

Well, it truly feels like the Christmas season is upon us! We decorated our mantle and a few other parts of the apartment (no real tree though) to get us in the spirit. On top of the decorating it snowed here last night and it is right now as well. I took a few pictures last night and a few this afternoon. Our neighborhood puts up garland and ribbon around each lamp post during the holiday season and yesterday was the first time I noticed it (so cute)! I hope all of you are enjoying getting in the spirit! I just love this time of year!

You'll notice Justin's trains on the mantle-that kid is obsessed I tell ya!!!

You can see the snow on the roof of this picture taken in night mode on our camera.
This is the view of the top of the state house from our apartment (with a thin layer of snow on the building adjacent).
This is one of the many poles I mentioned above! They are so festive!

It is nice to have Friends in Boston!!!

It has been so nice to have Jenny and Brandon in Boston! Jenny and I have enjoyed lunching together and eating over at each other's houses. Jenny and Brandon have been so nice in giving us Bruins Hockey tickets! Justin and I love watching Brandon play at the Garden, which is so close to our house! I get to live vicariously through Jenny and Brandon with their dog Buddy! We all know I want a dog really bad, so it is fun to play with Buddy in his new home!

Jenny and I at a Bruins home game!
Justin and I (it is his recipe and inspiration though) made a beef stew in our crock pot and Jenny came over for Dinner (Brandon was on the road).
Poor Buddy, getting teased by Justin!
Isn't he so cute!!

The Big Apple!!!

My Mom, Aunt (Chris), and I met up in New York City for some girlie fun! My Aunt celebrated her birthday weekend with the Rachel Ray Daytime Show, a book signing by Rachel Ray, three enjoyable dinners, manicures, shopping, Zabars, the MOMA, 5th Avenue, and a lot of waiting in line (hint hint Rachel Ray). The Rachel Ray Show was so much fun and really neat to see (I have never been to any kind of a live or TV taping).

Okay, so we were advised to get to the Rachel Ray (RR) taping very early because a line forms around the block...being a little too excited and well, nerdy, we got there at 6:45 (for a 10:15 arrival time). The security guard was not even off of his night shift yet, and was shocked that we were there for RR. Let's just say, the next person did not arrive until 8:45 and it was COLD outside (toes totally numb). The show was super fun, but no pics from the inside because we would have been kicked out-yikes!
Not only did we get to see her show, but while we were there we found out about a signing at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, so we waited in yet, another line, to see her face to face and chat a bit while she signed our books.

Auntie Chris and I at her birthday dinner, with her birthday Cosmo glass.

Yummy yummy!

Okay, let me just preface this little story with the notion that it was way funnier in person, but I will share it with you anyway...So we went to the Museum of Modern Art on our last day in NY and had too many laughs. These laughs were twofold, one, my Mom and I do not have a lot of appreciation for modern art, and two, it is just strange! The picture above is of a shovel, yes a shovel hanging from the ceiling...I mean, really, I could do that and I have not one ounce of creative ability. There was also a room with a large bright pink 2 by 12 leaning up against the wall (I had no idea painting was a famous skill), and last, I saw one two many blank canvases...white, black, etc...just blank, that was it, really??? Nonetheless, it was still very neat to see certain pieces of artwork and share in the memories with my Aunt and Mom.

Fun, fun trip in a hustle and bustle of a city!