An update

First of all, before I start, Happy Birthday, CB!! He is 36 today, and at a conference so we can't even celebrate. We'll get to it soon, though. We are both to the point where birthdays are not too big of a deal to us but the kids love them, so we MUST celebrate for them.

Anyway, lots of things have been happening around here -- I have been putting off updating for some reason. We are moving to North Carolina some time this summer. CB/Chris got a great offer to teach at UNC (the tar-heels), and we have decided to take it. I am seriously in denial about the whole moving thing -- getting the house ready and cleaning and packing, etc., but we have decided to go, so now there is much to do. It is hard to leave Maryland and after almost three years, it is starting to feel like home. The only thing I won't miss is the winter weather!

As for our London visit in June, I am terribly disappointed to blog that we won't be going. It is a really long story, and I only wrote about it previously because tickets were purchased and passports were all in order -- I thought it was jinx-proof. Needless to say, it wasn't. We really weren't planning on such a nice offer from UNC -- before it came, we could justify using London Business School's resources to check out London with the possibility in mind that we would perhaps want to make a move there. With UNC in the picture, even London didn't look as attractive, so we felt it wouldn't be ethical or honest to go with little or no desire to move there permanently. Pretty much the only one in this family who wants to live there is me. I am the crazy city girl in this household, and bless CB for even considering it on my behalf! So, hopefully the door there isn't closed there forever -- just for now. Sorry to all those who wanted to visit . . if we get there in the future, you are still invited!

So that is the big news. Now we have to sell this house -- not easy in this market, but hopefully it will work out. North Carolina sure is inexpensive compared to here -- and there are LOTS of nice, new houses for us to look at. Anyone want to move to Maryland?

On another note, George is doing great with the potty thing now! YA-HOOO!! I think the combination of making him walk around in wet pants after an accident and his insatiable desire for candy won him over. I have probably just jinxed it now that I have blogged about it, but I am really glad the light has turned on in his little mind.

Also, Jane, do you have my camera? I haven't seen it since our lovely visit to AZ -- I have an empty case, and even though I think I only took ONE photo the entire time, I still managed to come home without it. So, no new pictures on the blog for now . . . not that anyone cares, but my flowers were going to bloom soon, and I wanted to document it.