Justin matched at William Beaumont in Royal Oak MI, which was his top choice. We are really happy! Our good friend Justin Chang and his wife Jess also matched at Beaumont in the same program so that is even better. They just had a baby last week so it will be fun to hang out with them. We have 2 other friends (couples) moving to that area or ( Read more... )

Today is the day we find out where we will be living and where Justin will be doing his residency!

I just pinned a large blanket over my door!

I hate it when charities cold call. Often when I don't recognise the caller ID I won't answer the phone but Justin Just got home from an overnight so I picked the phone up right away. As soon as I hear the "seller" talking I know that I will say no but I listen anyway, I don't know whether it is better to cut them off directly or to politely say ( Read more... )

I brought home 3 card boxes from work today to sort out the clutter. I have been watching a lot of HGTV as we are moving soon and one of the shows is all about cleaning up space. I definitely want to tackle this before we move - start with a clean-ish slate. The problem with me is that I am a hoarder, I always think that something will be useful ( Read more... )

I am bad at this grocery thing - I just went to Meijer. I looked up the best buys before I go and it says on the bottom of my receipt I saved $3 how is that possible. Oh hang on there is a bit at the top that says I saved $44.41 that's more like it ( Read more... )

My Aunt just sent me a film that she found when she was at my house during Christmas and took with her thinking it was hers. When she got it developed she found 10 pictures of Band camp from Justin's roommate in college, 9 pictures taken at cyberdryad's wedding (unfortunately very blurry) 1 picture of me and Justin and 2 pictures of my brothers ( Read more... )

Ok Jen You got me thinking ( Read more... )

Just got home from work - would it surprise you to learn that I don't want to go back in at 6am?

Justin and I haven't been feeling very good recently - generally tired and sluggish. I have been really busy over the Christmas period and when I have had 2 days off in a row we trekked up to Justin's family home. He has been driving thousands of miles to interviews all over the place so he has been wanting to relax when he gets home. The result ( Read more... )