We Love Sundays (and sundaes!)

Budgeting in the city.
That's what has been on our mind. We have a lot coming up in the next few years and its come to or attention that living in the city and having a savings account seems impossible. We are comfortable. Nothings wrong. But the plan is to spend one more year in the city and then off to the outskirts and become commuters.

Commuters. Not so bad. We would like to get married and start a family eventually. We want to have a yard for our family. Even if its a small one, it needs to be one that we can afford. Here, in the city we love, we will not be able to afford one anytime soon. If I have my way we will move someplace else cool before settling into family life but we'll see.

We tried to see a Tribeca film fest film. Sadly, it was sold out. But we're determined to catch it next year. We wanted to see this film called "The Infidel".http://www.tribecafilm.com/tribecafilm/Infidel.html

Well, now that we have done the grocery shopping at 4 different stores, taken our laundry to be done, cooked dinner and lunch for a week, and cleaned the house I think I will finally sit down and enjoy some TV or something.

XoXo!
M

The Flair

The Flair is the name of our new Hoover vacuum cleaner. Jonah went to Mr. Vacuum to make this purchase, came home and put it together. We then prepared to turn it on with childlike excitement. It worked, of course.

This may seem like an everyday, mundane event but to us it was thrilling. We don't generally buy new, expensive things. Most things we buy are used or on sale so to get something new that was costly was such a wonderful feeling.

For Jonah he admitted that he was slightly embarrassed at how excited he was over this event. He always thought that people that got excited about these things were old and lame and now... he's one of them. He has graduated into a new phase in life. The Flair phase, as I have chosen to lovingly name it.

Ah to be an adult.

XoXo!
M

A leak isnt the only thing the neighbor knows about

The sun is out and bright. We were all geared up to take a walk next to the water again. Our favorite super calls and says there is a leak and needs into our place. So we scurry to clean up and I take the trash out. When I go downstairs I run into this older gentleman that asks me if we have a leak. He must be the one living under us, I figure.



Bernie, our downstairs neighbor invites me to his apartment to show me the leaks. Its true he does have a leak. We chat a little and I start to leave. As I'm leaving he grabs a handful of cough drops and tells me, "I hear you coughing a lot". Ah... so much for privacy. Just think about it. If he can hear me coughing, what else can he hear? Ek. Fantastic.


Oh by the way, the leak is not coming from our apartment...

Some Easter pictures

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. - Audrey Hepburn

On the couch with my pink throw and princess at my side listening to collaboration between childhood friends. A musical collaboration. Ben and Jonah are trying to write music. As Ben is playing something beautiful my Jonah breaks in with something that just pulls at the very core of my heart and I look up at him and wonder how in the world I got so blessed. This man holds my heart for all the right reason and even the wrong ones.

I am naturally drawn to my very best friend and I truly could not be happier. Not to say that we arent a normal couple with our mundane annoyances with one another. But my goodness if Im not the luckiest, and most of the time the happiest, darn girl in the whole world I wouldnt know what it even looked like.

This morning we woke up, had our protein smoothies, and took a long walk near the water and talked. We had a fantastic time this morning. We came home and cleaned the house and I went to get my hair washed and blown while the boys worked with guitars.

Tomorrow at the Dvorak-Quiah house we will be celebrating Easter by church and going to an Easter dinner party. We are really looking forward to it. God is so wonderful to us.

XoXo!
M

Weekend Update

Just sitting here on the couch listening to Boy discuss wrestling, "that's what I look forward to most this year", he says while talking about Wrestlemania.

We had a nice weekend. We went out with friends, went grocery shopping, took the laundry to the laundrymat, went to 14th and Union Square, went to Barnes and Nobel, and drempt.

New York is an amazing place where you can be surrounded by hundreds of people and still feel like you doing things alone. Doing things alone, together.

I needed something to look forward to 'this year' and now I have something as well I guess. Details to follow, eventually.

Match making is not for us. Too complicated. Eh! We were trying to hook up two of my coworkers, its all there. Can lead a horse to water but ya cant make it drink. True statement.

Could this weekend have been any prettier?

Alright, bedtime. I doubt it! Perfect! Thank God!!

When it rains it pours

This weekend was fantastic! We spent the entire weekend enjoying the rain, the couch, and a clean home.

There is nothing better than staying home on a rainy day and watching movies on the couch with the one ya love. We spent the entire day watching TBS movies and cuddling. Very relaxing, something we dont know much about.

Then we did the spring cleaning on Sunday! It was fantastic! It didn't take too long but it was way overdue. The whole house smelled of bleach, which I love. I feel like its really clean when its smells like bleach. Then when we were done we took a nap. Sadly when Jonah woke up he discovered that he may have caught a cold!

Boy did he ever catch a cold. Its a pretty icky one. I have loved taking care of him, returning the favor from when I had the flu. We arent sure that it isnt the flu yet. He is only on day one and a half. But we are resting, drinking plenty of water, vitamin C, and some cold meds. He'll be better in no time.

We have been making some "plans" lately. The details will be announced after its official. But we are both really excited!!!

XoXo!
M

We havent updated this in a while

Wow, February 1st was the last time I had time to post a thought. City life is busy and unpredictable. Let me give ya some highlights and give ya a quick update.

Life has been fantastic, aside from the flu I had last week. I found a crappy student doctor at a hospital that I still have no idea where it is. Lets work backwards, shall we?

So today we saw Alice in Wonderland. We have become avid movie goers. We probably see one movie a weekend. It is something we love to do. May sound boring but from two true appreciator's of the arts, movies are a fantastic creative inspiration. Here in NYC we spend $25 for two movie tickets unless they are 3D then we spend $30. We want to start going to more theatre based things. We are looking to join or make a group/ club for it. We are in the the most creative city, we need to start taking advantage of it.

The flu was fun. Finding a hospital that would take someone without insurance was even more fun. So I realized I was really sick last Sunday night/ Monday morning. I decided that I needed to go to the hospital when I started to cough up blood as well as all the other gross stuff. I knew it was because I had been coughing so much but blood is never good. Plus I was welcoming the end of the world.

So I had to look up clinics because I don't have health insurance yet. The health insurance through work is so expensive, really at odds. So I found one that would MAYBE take me and I headed out. I left my apartment at 10:30am and came home at 6:30pm. The place was nearly 20 blocks from the subway station, the doctor may have been a student, and I paid almost $100.

The doctor originally said it was asthma. I said, Ive had that for years and I don't normally have low grade fevers and body aches. So she ASKED ME if I have ever had a sinus infection and if it felt like that!?!?!? Yeah, eventually she said it was the flu. This determination was only made after I said I hadn't had a flu shot. She gave me two prescriptions, one that doesn't work and one that wasn't strong enough. Both of these were for my asthma.

The flu has done a number on my asthma.

The most wonderful thing about being sick is that Jonah took AMAZING care of me. He made sure that I stayed hydrated, had a bedtime, called out two days to rest, I took all the meds that he went and got. Fed me, waited on me, loved me. So sweet. Thank GOD for Jonah. He has been amazing.

We had a lovely valentines day! He took me ring shopping in Manhattan. He got me Tiffanys! He was romantic and more than I could ever imagine. I got him John Mayer tickets. First time Ive enjoyed Valentine Day, ever.

John Mayer concert was very exciting. We had horrible tickets until one of John Mayers staff came around and asked Jonah some JM trivia and HE WON! He got moved down to fifth row!! Unbelievable! The show was super. I was so happy to see Jonah so happy.

Those were the big events really.

Other than that... Work has been stressful. My body has been working against me due to the stress. Not sure why I'm letting it get to me. I wish I were able to just let it be what it is. I need to start saving for the rest of schooling, makeup or psych. I'm ready for a career and I don't see the current place having enough faith in me to move me along the ladder. I'm so glad that that they gave me the chance to move and live in the city I love. I want to do what I love and theres nothing wrong with wanting that.

We have been talking weddings a lot more now. We thought it was gunna be a cruise wedding and now we might be having a Central Park wedding. I don't know. We'll see. LOTS OF TIME! Not even engaged yet. But its what we're looking forward to. We want our dream wedding. So its going to take some time.

Eddie and Beth plus babies are coming next month and we are VERY excited!! More details to follow.

Off to bed.

Lots of Love,
XoXo!
M