THE NAME CHANGE & HOLIDAY EXCITEMENT
- By Lora
- 27 November, 2012
- 12 Comments
Yesterday was a very exciting day…
We finally received our marriage certificate! That means that the official name change can finally begin.
Which is kind of interesting. I booked our flights for Christmas under my new last name and it’s going to be a tight squeeze if I actually have my new ID in time for our flight.
I am hitting up the social security office this morning and while most people say they can do both social security and DMV at the same time, NY State doesn’t recognize international marriage certificates so I can’t have that as “proof” of name change. You are required to have “6 points” of proof… and social security card only counts as 2 points. I’m not sure if I can get a new passport back in three weeks or so.
So let the journey begin…
…and it was also exciting because I got our Christmas decorations up!
Since our apartment is so tiny, it took me all of seven minutes. Nothing compared to a whole day that it would take to set up my parents’ Christmas tree. Two of those minutes were spent yelling at our cats for chewing on the tree.
Oh and speaking of the holidays, last night I stumbled across Elf4Health!
Elle from Nutritionella and Lindsay from the Lean Green Bean are hosting it as a way to provide support for people’s holiday health goals. You are assigned an “Elf” who gives you extra support and love so you aren’t tempted to overindulge (more about how I’m preventing this tomorrow!). Such a cool idea and sounds so fun.
I missed the first round, but am signed up to join the second round. Lindsay is also the genius behind Foodie Pen Pals so this is sure to be a good time.
How much time do you spend decorating for the holidays? What are your holiday health goals? Anyone doing Runner’s World Run Streak?
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we decorated sunday and it took all morning! I want to put our outside stuff up today but it’s raining
You must have some awesome decorations!! Boo to rain… it would be more fitting if it was snow!
So happy you’ll be joining for the 2nd round! I’m excited to change my last name too but not so much having to deal with the paperwork!
Thanks for hosting!! It sounds so fun
I'm actually surprised — I was in and out of the social security office in 10 minutes this morning!
It didn’t take us very long to set up the Christmas tree either… *sigh* cant’ wait until we have room for a nice big real one!
Me too! And a real one!
Just in case you don’t get all the ID stuff squared away, I bet if you take your marriage certificate with you on the plane ride with your current ID, you’ll be able to get through. It seems like I had to do that at some point when I was transitioning.
Good to know!! Thanks for the tip!
Makes me a little less nervous about traveling 
AHHH official name change — how exciting!!!
I know, so crazy!!!
So glad you came across the Elf 4 Health Challenge! I have an early day tomorrow and hope to get some of my Christmas decorations up.
Hope you were able to put up your decorations!