Burgh Update

Last week Miles and I went with Vince to Pittsburgh. Miles did great in the car and in the hotel! I had 4 days of house hunting and was not impressed with anything I saw. I was disappointed but we did narrow down what county we want to live in and a few townships we like. Vince is back out in Pittsburgh and will be doing some hunting the next two nights-hopefully he has more luck than me! Our house is officially on the market and we have 2 showings today.

Here is the link to the house listing...

http://homes.longandfoster.com/Real-Estate/PropertyDetails.aspx?MlsCompanyID=16&MlsNumber=5600228&Add=17-Allendale-Rd,Wynnewood,PA-19096

House Pic's

Our realtor hired a photographer to come take the pictures of the house yesterday and they came out really great! Here is the link if you want to check them out...

http://homesite.obeo.com/viewer/unbranded.aspx?tourid=561582&refURL=&locale=en-US


We are still waiting on our official paperwork from Waddell & Reed so we are trying to get everything ready so when we finally have it we can hit the ground running! We have a tentative plan of heading to The 'Burgh this weekend to explore and start the house hunt-hopefully we will get the paperwork so we can go. Fingers Crossed!

Mom & Dad's Last Visit To Philly

Mom & Dad's yearly visit turned out to be their last since we got the news of the big move the same day they arrived. We had a great visit with both of them! Once Mom & Dad landed we went downtown to the Reading Terminal. Mom loves one of the little shops in there and we thought we could grab a quick bite. Lunch is not worth mentioning but we got some cookies and candy for later! We came back to the house and had some cocktails and grilled a yummy dinner. We played some cards but no one seemed to be as happy about it as I was so that didn't last long! Thursday we headed to the Jersey Shore. Luckily we beat all the holiday traffic and made good time! It was a bit cloudy and cool but it was still fun! We walked on the beach and on the boardwalk and then grabbed a slice of pizza.

We headed back into the city for dinner at a great restaurant called Devon. It was a really nice night so after dinner we took a stroll around Rittenhouse Square and in the park to work off dinner. Friday we took off to New Hope, PA for some shopping and lunch. We hit the wine and grocery store on the way home and grabbed some app's to go with the wine! We had a nice evening sitting on the patio chatting! We were sad to see them go but they promised to come to The 'Burgh when we move!

Time To Call The Movers...

Vince and I got so interesting news yesterday from Waddell & Reed-they have decided to split up the existing territories across the country. So that means we are moving...again...and our new destination is Pittsburgh. We have not even celebrated our year anniversary in Philly yet! We are still in shock with this news but we are looking at the pro's of the move like having a garage again and being closer to KC! But we will miss the ocean and NYC so much. Hopefully we will have the house on the market in the next few weeks. We decided to hit the ground running with this move- we decided it will be easier to sell the house now rather than waiting until winter. We have to be in Pittsburgh by January 1, 2010 but our goal is to be moved before the holiday season-so fingers crossed.

I will keep the blog up to date with all the move updates.

Our New & Improved Living Room

Well after a year of talking about hanging the T.V. we finally did it! Our contractor came yesterday and hung the T.V. and then installed some great mouldings to hide all the wires. Vince and I couldn't agree on putting the cable box in the basement or leaving it in the living room-so I gave in and got creative. I found an old vintage wood Pepsi crate that works great for holding the cable box and dvd player. We also got a great deal on a new leather chair and ottoman to go where the T.V. was. It is nice that we can now have more than 3 people in the living room!

Carrie's Visit To Philly

We had a great weekend with Carrie! She had a little trouble making it out due to weather but she made it Saturday morning instead of Friday night. Once Carrie landed we hot the ground running! We went to the Liberty Bell and then played in the city all day! We had lunch at a great place called Devon-that we thought was a one of a kind steak house but it turns out it is part of the Bristol family. This was a great surprise because the Bristol is one of Carrie's favorite restaurants! We sat outside and people watched with some cocktails and then headed to one of our fav bars called the Continental, they have a great roof top bar! We then met up with our friend Emily and head to the oldest bar in Philly called McGillins. We then came back to the house and threw some food on the grill. Sunday we were planning on heading to the shore but the weather was not on our side so we headed out to Lancaster and did some shopping! We had a great dinner at a very nice restaurant called Nectar. On Monday Vince had to work so Carrie and I went to a few of my favorite stores. No trip to Philly would be complete without a Philly Cheesesteak for lunch! Carrie seemed to really enjoy her stay and Vince and I sure did! Up next are my parents on Wednesday and then Marci a few weeks later!

Our New 4 Runner

We got a new car this weekend! Vince & I had started the research and process of looking into getting a new SUV a month or so back. We knew we needed to trade in the Pathfinder b/c it was getting ready to roll 100,000 miles and was starting to have some probems. Vince went to the Toyota dealership that we bought his Camry at and he ended up finding this Limited Edition V8 Toyota 4 Runner. He worked out a great deal and called me to have me come up and look at it. I was in luv! It had everyting I wanted and more! Vince is happy to have me in a bigger car with many added saftey features.

We are heading to the Shore on Wednesday for some beach time! Some friends of ours have rented a Shore house for 2 weeks so we taking them up on their offer and head down! I told Vince he needed a day off to play at the water before summer was over! We are so excited for Carrie to come out and visit on the 21st.