A Summary of Summer

All of the sudden the summer is over. I am not quite sure when this happened, but yesterday it was pretty chilly outside, and it hit me that is was fall. I haven't posted must since we moved into our new apartment in July. But a lot has happened since then.

• We managed to build our Ikea furniture, and fill all of those shelves and ingenious space.
• We went to the beach
• Pete killed multiple centipedes in our apartment, and I learned to get over that they sometimes shared our space.
• I learned how to ignite the pilot light on our ancient stove.
• We continued to buy foods made from whole ingredients, although, I have to admit, we had our share of potato chips and burgers at some great summer barbecues.
• I learned the pros and cons of traveling for work.
• Pete learned how to break into our apartment when I locked him out.
• I bought a natural shampoo and conditioner that doesn't make my hair greasy
• I got lost in Boston at least twice.
• We both realized the importance of the little things and were reminded of the big things during some tough times.
• We also learned the importance of long lasting friendships during some great times.
• My mom took me to Higgins Beach where my Great Grandparents used to live.
• My sister made grilled Pizza (it is an amazing thing).
• We did our best to unplug our electronics when we were not home and we finally purchased no one but two microwaves, against my better judgement...although so far I have used it more than Pete has.
• I developed a budget and have stuck with it for half a week so far.
• Pete blew his budget buying me flowers and taking me to dinner, and then getting his car towed...oops.
• I taught the girls how to make homemade raviolis.
• We started watching The Event, and wished it was actually Lost instead of just pretending to be Lost.
  
• We walked all over the city on sunny Saturday afternoons
• We fell in love with Boston

We didn't always live up The E Standard. Sometimes we failed miserably. It is a lot harder to uphold The E Standard. But we tried our best this summer, and had a lot of fun doing so. I will keep at it and let you know how I do in the fall.