The Big Move

Well, the big move came and went. We are here in Cornwall, NY and all settled in. Cornwall was established in 1788, so it has been around for a while. We are not far from the final encampment of the revolutionary army. This next year I will be doing an optometry residency at West Point. As part of the residency program, I get to go downtown to Manhattan to attend labs and lectures every Friday. Every time I walk through grand Central Station or past the Empire State Building I get taken back because I never expected to be living this close to the Big Apple! It is a two hour trip from here on the metro train but I enjoy the relaxation

Elizabeth is doing well. She isn't sure if she will be going back to work during the year we are here or if she will stay home with our baby girl everyday. I think the latter requires more work! She would like to work a day here and there to keep her skills up, but we will see how everything goes with the baby and our budget. In the meantime she has been catching up on scrapbooking and getting our house organized.

We love our little townhouse. We aren't too thrilled; however, that rent is $1000 more here than in Memphis!! What is also crazy is here many places charge one months rent as a realtor's fee even for rental properties! I have never heard of that before. Some of the houses I looked at would have cost over $5000 just to move in! Anyway, we like where we are and look forward to a great year this year!

Here are a few pictures of our townhouse in Cornwall, NY.