Two Weeks Notice!

Not only is it the title of one of our favorite movies (that we saw twice in the theater on our honeymoon) but Andrew just gave his Two Week Notice!

Andrew lost his job in residential construction three years ago (within a week of starting grad school and having Benjamin... so much for the "only-do-one-major-life-event-each-year" we went for three in less than a month.) Since then he has had different jobs in a range of different areas but nothing that has met our needs and been something he really enjoyed.

After he graduated with his MBA last January we really started looking for a job, ideally in Asheville since our family is here, but understanding that we would probably need to move to find a suitable job. After interviews for jobs from New Orleans to Pennsylvania and Texas to Suriname... God provided us a job RIGHT HERE AT HOME!!!!! Literally... Andrew will be working for The Novak Consulting Group. They do local government and non-profit consulting, so it will be about 25% travel, but the rest of the time he will be working from home!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited we are! So thankful that we get to stay in this place that we love, close to friends and family. So thankful for Andrew to be using his undergrad, graduate and previous work experience in something that he is really interested in, and his personality is perfectly suited for...finding efficiencies... hopefully he will direct his energy toward his work and stop trying to make my kitchen more efficient through elimination of appliances and utensils!

He starts work at the end of the month and will be jumping in with both feet. The company was just given the contract to do the restructuring for the City of Harrisburg, PA, which recently declared bankruptcy.

It is only 10:15am

And already we have had 3 visitors in our office:

1. A sketchy looking man saying that he couldn't make his delivery and had a truck full of Thomasville Furniture to sell. Did we want any?

2. A woman looking for a reference on an old employee who no longer works for us for good reason.

3. A mute man, who came in signaling for paper and "asked" (via writing) if we had any apartments to rent.

Can't wait to see what the rest of the day holds!!

Yellow

I love this house, and yes it was me who picked the color. Tell me honestly, it is ugly or do you like it?? Keep in mind, there will be big black shutters on all the front square windows.