"You say goodbye, and I say hello..."

Hello, hell-OOO HOT-LANTA! Well it's as official as it possibly could be. Last week I officially left behind my job at Target (aka Tarzhay) and the land of kitchsy stuffed Bullseye's and marketing jingles you just can't get out of your head and have landed in the world of orange aprons. After 11 wonderful years at Target Corp and chilly Minnesota winters, we decided it was time to try something new. Today I began my new journey with The Home Depot as a buyer for THD.com in their kitchen world. The decision was difficult to say the least and not made (or upheld) without many a tear shed and some very hard goodbyes. We have so many wonderful friends that have made the last 11 years feel like they have just flown by. Milestones shared by others and memories that we will treasure for a lifetime.

We began our journey last Tuesday and made the trek from Minnesota to Georgia with the boys and Molly in tow. The 2 day trip definitely had it's moments, but we all made it in one piece - not counting frayed nerves. We are currently living in a 2 bedroom apartment courtesy of THD and intend to buy a house in the next month or 2. It will be impossible to replicate the wonderful home we designed and built in Maple Grove, but a house is a house, it's the life you live inside that makes it a home, so we are optimistic that we will find another great neighborhood to begin our life here in Atlanta. Though we will never find cooler neighbors than our WC friends!

We were fortunate that Kurt and US Bank were able to work out an arrangement that enabled him to keep his current position and therefore he didn't have to find a new job...and he managed to get a promotion out of it! He also "started" today and has a very nice office complex in Sandy Springs to work from.

The boys started their new school today and day one went pretty well. Luke had a little trouble with drop-off, but was fine this evening. They are both pretty resilient. After going through a daycare change up/transition last summer I have faith that these boys can handle this change too. They have been troopers through all of this. They were able to see and play with most all of their buddies before we hit the road and made some fun memories. As did we...our friends sure know how to send someone off!

Once we are more settled I'll break out the camera. We miss you all our wonderful Minnesota friends but we know we will see you again...you can't get rid of us that easily!!