Tuesday, October 28

Yes, we're alive. We moved this weekend. Craziness. Actually the packers and the movers did a great job. We couldn't be happier with them. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find the camera cord that will enable me to upload the photos from my camera onto my computer. So you will have to wait until this weekend to see all the pics from this past weekend. Sorry! Stay tuned...

Monday, October 20

Well, Chem Dry did a fabulous job with the carpets upstairs. They look amazing. I'm so glad we chose to have them cleaned and we didn't replace them. I hope we saved a ton of money and some of our sanity.

Aubrey painted the guest room last week. He took a couple of pictures of his progress to share with me while I was in Greenville. I finally saw it yesterday and it looks great.

This weekend was crazy. We went to dinner on Friday night at Lemongrass and prepared some goodies for the Clemson tailgate on Saturday. We had a good time at the game but are ready for some later kick-off times and some victories.

Sunday, we drove up to Charlotte to go to the Carolina Panthers game with Michelin. Yes, I know, two football games in one weekend is CRAZY. Here's us in the train (LYNX) on the way to the stadium. I'm such a fan of public transportation. Save on gas/environment, no traffic, what could be better?
The tailgate was nice and the game was interesting. I will have to say I had more fun people-watching than game-watching. Our seats were pretty high up and it was really hot in the direct sunlight. It was freezing down at the tailgate and then we got hotter the farther up into the stadium. Layers would have been a smart thing.

I was a little delirious when we left. Here I am with the panther. Please note the ginormous bucket of popcorn in the lower left corner. I asked Aubrey not to put the bucket in the pic... oh well. I love carbs!

We ended up leaving at half-time and did some "adult" errands. We found a new shopping center right near our house. They have all kinds of "big box" stores and some great boutiques. I spent way too much money at Target- thank goodness I had a gift card from my birthday (Thank you Debbie and Rick!).

Monday, October 13

Well, it's official. We're homeowners! We signed the papers on Friday morning and are happily burdened with tons of debt. Nice. Below is a picture of us on the way to the signing. My nose is not really this large in real life... Please see the large amount of junk in the backseat. Tammy (the Camry) was stuffed to the brim.

With our new keys!

First time unlocking OUR door!

That's where the silliness ended. Now, it was time to get to work!

Well, not exactly. First a toast to celebrate our new house!

Then we had to celebrate with our new TV!

At the paint store.... I got to be really good friends with the guys here. They even gave me a discount because I was there so much this weekend. It's hard picking colors you have to look at every day.

The painting begins...

Mom's attempt at painting the powder room....

The finished powder room!

The finished living room...

Camping in the lap of luxury.... after Mom and Steve left, we brought the other air mattress into our room. Two adults on one mattress- not so comfortable. One adult on one air mattress- heaven.

Well, that's all I have today. Aubrey is in Charlotte today meeting the carpet cleaners. More details to come soon. Talk to everyone soon!

October 9, 2008

Well, it all started with The Mercer's blog celebrating their new baby, Beau. Then I signed up for Facebook. Now, with the purchase of our first house, I've decided it might be fun to "blog" about this experience for all our friends and family to see.

We're closing on our house tomorrow (Friday 10/10) at 10 a.m. I'm excited but nervous at the same time. I mean, this is it. We've been waiting for this moment for almost 4 years now. It's hard to believe we're finally here. Our new address will be 11147 Dundarrach Lane Charlotte, NC 28277. Yep, we're moving to NC!

Michelin is relocating us and I'm pretty excited. I'm still working in Greenville so we'll see how this is going to work. I'll post pictures nect week of all that happens this weekend.