Friday, April 15, 2011

What I Love About Madison




My husband, daughter, 2 beagles and I moved to Madison, WI in September.  We moved here from San Francisco where both my husband and I where born and raised and where we always planned on raising our kids.  But you know what...life happens and when my husband found a great job opportunity in Madison we sold our house, packed our bags and hit the road.  We have been here just over 6 months and survived our first winter (Barely!  Man it is cold here!).  I knew I would appreciate the lifestyle change moving to Madison (bigger house, going from full time to part time work, being closer to my brother and his family) but honestly I never imagined loving it this much!  So here are a few things I love about Madison...













~ Madison is a political, creative, interesting, busy town that is surrounded by corn fields.  If I leave my house and drive 10 minutes in one direction I am in the heart of downtown Madison, at the Capital Square surrounded by protesters (especially these days).  If I leave my house and drive 2 minutes in the other direction I am in the middle of a dairy farm. And I love this fact!

~ Madison has THE BEST farmers market I have ever been to.  Starting back up this Saturday, the Capital Square Farmers Market is the place to be on Saturday mornings.  The amazing produce, eggs, cheese, bread and even better cheesebread is beat by no other.  The San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market has been on the Food Network a zillion times, but I am telling you it has nothing on this farmers market.  And the best part...it is CHEAP!  Ahhh, music to my ears.

~ What they say about people in the Midwest is true...they are the nicest people in the world!  The friends we have made here are generous, thoughtful and truely genuine people.  Thanks guys for making us feel so welcome!

~ I breezed by the fact that by moving here I was able to change my working life but I want to revisit this.  For those of you who don't know me personally, my real career is in the Fitness Industry.  I have worked as a Personal Trainer, Instructor & Fitness Manager for years.  I have worked long hours from sun up to sun down but honestly I have loved the business every step of the way.  I always said that someday I would love to work part time, just teaching classes and training clients.  But honestly I thought that was someday way off in the future if ever.  Moving to Madison has allowed that someday to be today.  I get to raise my wonderful daughter and still do what I love.  It just doesn't get any better then that!  I am so thankful to my husband for making this happen.  Babe you ROCK!

And the best part is everyone says that summer is the best part of living here so it is only going to get better!
So I know this post has nothing to do with decorating or the house or anything you might care about.  But I woke up this morning feeling really grateful and I wanted to share it with you so I hope you don't mind. 
And P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!  I LOVE YOU!