Catch-Up Time

Hi to all my friends and family. I am so sorry it has been sometime since I have posted anything. Let’s see what has been going on in our lives since our last posting of the Re-Painted Sunroom…

Tuesday, February 12th, Ryan and I voted! Yeah!!! And we got our taxes done! Yea for us!!!

Thursday, February 14th, Valentine’s Day!!! Ryan took me to a nice dinner at Cassis downtown. We enjoyed ourselves and had great conversations; I love it when we take the time to talk to one another! Ryan got a card, some chocolate bon bons and a light for the grill, so he can see the food he’s grilling. I got a nice dark wood jewelry box, and a card with snoopy. Abby likes snoopy, but she cannot have him. He is mine for now and another great pillow to sleep with. Ryan thinks I sleep with enough pillows already but this is a nice soft addition to hold.

Friday, February 15th, we had Katie & Michael over for dinner. We didn’t have anything fancy, just spaghetti with tri-colored noodles and my own sauce, garlic bread and a salad. It was nice to just hang at home with friends. We didn’t go out that night just sat in our living room and chatted for a few hours before they headed back to Gordonsville Gates. Ryan and I hit the bed at a decent hour.

Saturday, February 16th, we woke up at a good hour and got ready to head to Richmond. Our goal was to finish using up all our wedding gift cards we have received and we did accomplish that! We got some more silverware from Macy’s and a few items from Restoration Hardware for our home. We also bought some other little things here and there. Ryan did end up getting a very nice brown pinstripe suite which will match so nicely for Sara’s wedding. The bridesmaid dress I am wearing is a fudge/chocolate brown color, so Ryan and I will hopefully compliment each other. I know I think far ahead, as the wedding is not until September 27th. Oh also, on this day we did bring Abby with us; it was nice out and one of the malls is dog friendly. They have treats in their stores and water bowls scattered throughout the mall. Abby was very well behaved. Then we had Chipotle for dinner and headed back to Charlottesville! We put our things away and hit the bed.

Wednesday thru Friday, February 20th thru 22nd, I got sick at about 2AM and stayed home from work and slept on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday I went into work to play some catch-up and then just took it easy on Friday night. I rested and watched Ryan put a new TV stand together for our new HD LCD TV we were planning on purchasing. We saw it the previous weekend, but waited and didn’t pull the trigger. Then Sam’s in Charlottesville was out of stock this whole week and we were just waiting for it to come in; they kept saying 15 more were on order, but had no date of when they might be received.

Saturday, February 23rd, Ryan of course wanted the TV now, so since Charlottesville still hadn’t received any new ones in, we drove to Richmond spur of the moment. Buying the TV was not as easy as it sounds. It took some time and then of course it didn’t fit in Ryan’s car, so we had to go to Lowes and buy string to make sure the trunk was tied down as far as it could go. We grabbed a late dinner and traveled back to Charlottesville on I-64 with our 47” sticking out of our backside. We arrived home safely where we find Jay taking care of and hanging with Abby. Thank goodness Jay was there because he helped Ryan carry the TV in and then helped him to also set it up.

Sunday, February, 24th, Ryan, Jay and I went to church, then Jay treated us to brunch and we went home to rest up and let our food digest. Next we headed out to pick up Grammie/Nuns and went to the NC State vs. UVA basketball game. After the game we met up with Ken, Krista and the girls. Ryan and I took Grammie/Nuns home as she wasn’t feeling well and preferred to get some rest. Ryan and I then met up with Jay, Ken, Krista and the girls at Applebee’s. Thanks to Ken and Krista we were treated to dinner. Jay, Ryan and I headed home and hung out for a bit then hit the beds. Jay left about the same time Ryan did the next morning for work.

Which brings us to Monday, February, 25th, Ryan and I met with our home inspector. He was great and hopefully some things will be taken care of during our 10 month warranty walk-thru with Ryan Homes which is in mid March. Our home inspector gave us a detailed write-up/summary of items which Ryan Homes will need to take care of prior to our warranty being up and for them to be up to national builder’s standards. This is all to make sure our home lasts as long as possible along with helping for resale value. Just making sure all things are working properly. We’ll see now how our meeting with Ryan Homes will go on March 15th.

Now this finally brings us to today Tuesday, 2/26/08!

Today is Jay’s Birthday, Happy Birthday Jay! Today Comcast came to take a look at our DVR/HD connection to our new TV. We were having some issues getting a picture. Ryan met with the Comcast guy. And now Ryan says it looks great, so I cannot wait to see it when I get home; I am excited about the new TV too (I will take a picture to post tonight). Kyle took our old stand and my old Toshiba for him and his roommates, so getting rid of that was no problem. Thank you Kyle! Tonight we have our first HOA meeting for Cherry Hill and we are interested to see how everything will transpire. It’s difficult being the first to live in a community. Hopefully Cherry Hill will end up being a great neighborhood; we just need more places built and more people to buy.

Enough for now. More blogging on a later date…