In no particular order of importance, these are ten things that I have learned about moving in with Chad:

1.  We can and have survived… so far. ;)

2.  We will never run out of wine or Riedel glassware.

3.  Chad has a hemp necklace.

4.  Living together does not mean you get to have sex all the time.  Life also happens between romps… ;)

5.  Learning to pick my battles is something I need to work on.

6.  Living with a 37 year old man is much like living with a 13 year old boy.

7.  When our gas gets shut off because of lack of communication by our land lady and our water heater goes cold, Chad will boil water for a bath and cut a makeshift bathplug out of a Styrofoam box so that I can soak in a bath after the long drive from Ashland to Sellwood.

8.  Even if I am angry and frustrated, he knows how to make me smile.

9.  It doesn’t matter if the toaster stays on the counter or gets put away after each use.

10.  I absolutely love this man!

Hello to all my friends and readers!

Oh, how I have missed you all.

I know it has been a LONG time with absolutely no speak, but Gertrude is back in action with a whole new outlook on life!  That’s right ladies and gentlemen, I am once again fingering the keys with life lessons mother nature and the greater Portland area want to slap me around with.

This time around though, I have shelved the slutty pants for what seems like good for a handsome man that makes me laugh so hard I regularly have to change my pants- or would if I actually wore any ;)  His name is Chad but he is known to many as Lando.

Tomorrow morning we move into our first house together!

Wish us luck ;)

Love, Emily