First Seating at Kincaid's
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
On my drive to work this morning, I heard the funniest comeback to the question (which is oh-so-popular in my life right now) "So, when are you guys going to have a baby?".
At bridal showers, baby showers and pretty much any social event I can guarantee being asked that at least once. Sometimes, it's a person I hardly know, and sometimes, it's a fairly well known friend. I guess once you've been married a couple of years and the kiddos haven't come along, people get curious.
From now on, my answer to this will be, "You know, I was at a funeral last week and ran into an old friend. I asked her a similar question: 'When do you plan on dying?'".
That ought to shut people up.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Voice of an angel...
Rachel's junior year is coming to an end (sigh). She's taking college entrance exams, and trying to decide where she wants to go to school. I missed her junior concert because I didn't know when it was, but luckily, one of her friends got a video of her solo piece. I got to see her perform the piece she's been working on for a couple of months.
Yes, I'm biased. But, I've never heard anything more beautiful. And, that's my mom at the piano.
Rachel singing "Care Selve".
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
You know you married a thoughtful guy...
when an email like this pops up in the middle of a working afternoon:
"Why don’t you call Khara Spa (317.844.7706) and see when you can get an appointment to have a 30 minute classic/basic pedicure? It is $35, treat yourself."
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
It's still official...
Our place is a war zone, it's just a different place now. We really love this new home, but we're very anxious to get everything out of boxes and into a designated place. It's starting to come together, though. We love our new furniture. It's amazing how warm and inviting a space can be with the right furniture and, I will never tire of smell of a leather sofa!
On Monday we drove back down to the south side to finish cleaning our old apartment and do our walk-through. On the way home we stopped at Martin Furniture to set up a delivery time for Eric's chair, and to inquire about a spare part for my old bed. I can hardly believe that my bed from my growing up years is 15 years old! I guess that explains why parts aren't working anymore! While there, we came across a piece that we'd seen on a previous visit. It had been marked down and was just too pretty to pass up. So now, I have a beautiful storage/hallway bench! Next purchase is a bookcase, and a small desk. I think we are the only people I know who can fill a quarter of a moving truck with boxes full of books. So a bookcase (or two) is definitely on our list. Or, next time, we'll buy a house with a library and sell memberships!
I'll post pictures soon.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Exhaustion is just the beginning...
Well, it's official. Our apartment looks like a war zone. Boxes stacked 6 feet high, trash bags full of all kinds of stuff, and dust bunnies are appearing everywhere! It's funny how the dust multiplies and make you look like a lazy housekeeper. I suppose that's just part of the deal.
Eric and I spent about 5 hours getting things packed up last night. I'm pretty sure he wanted to wait until Thursday afternoon, but I was getting nervous about having everything done by Saturday morning. Around 11pm, we needed a break, so we watched an episode of Seinfeld and headed to bed. Thank goodness we only live in a one-bedroom apartment, otherwise, I'd be hyperventilating about now. It doesn't seem like much, but we really made a lot of progress last night. The entire kitchen is packed up, which means food is hard to come by, but the kitchen was a major task that I'm glad we got out of the way. The only thing left is our gigantic closet (I'm sure I need to send about 4 bags to Goodwill), and the things we need to use until we move.
I woke up this morning with muscle pain like never before. I'm really bad at lifting with my legs, so I'm sure I do all kinds of damage when I lift things from the floor. I treated myself to a Chai Tea this morning, so that's helping a little bit. Tomorrow we do a walk-through at 2pm. After that, the keys are ours! Moving is a pain, but we're so excited that we have yet to notice.
By the way, if anyone is aware of someone in need of a couch and loveseat, we're giving ours away to someone who needs them. They're definitely hideous, but we use a very nice neutral slipcover on both. They're in fantastic shape, they're just very hard to look at if they aren't covered.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
All set...
Another weekend has flown by, but boy did we accomplish a lot! We finally settled on a sofa, and got around to purchasing our new bed (we settled on it a while ago). Eric is now trying to convince me that we need a flat screen TV. He does have a birthday coming up and we've saved for a long time for these things, so I'm almost there.
Our new sofa:
Our new bed (which will be decorated very differently than this stock photo):
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Meet Ruby...
It's funny how days like this are begun with the intention of accomplishing one thing, and the outcome of something totally different.
We got up early this morning, with a good sized to-do list. We had our Saturday morning "breakfast date" at Panera, then drove up to Carmel to do our couch shopping. We finally settled on what we wanted, and were thrilled to find a 15% off of the entire store sale at Godby's. On the way there, we passed a Mitsubishi dealership in Fishers, and I exclaimed (rather excitedly) that they had LOTS of Outlanders in stock. If you know me well, you know that the past two weeks of our life have been consumed with trying to find one of these in our price range. People are so pleased with these cars, that there are no 2007 or 2008 pre-owned models available!
As we left the furniture store, Eric said that we should at least go look at the selection at the dealership. At 4:00 in the afternoon, we left the dealership with the keys to this:
We are so excited about this car. We never intended to buy a brand new vehicle, or a cherry red one at that, but it was a deal we couldn't pass up. It's exactly what we wanted, and it will be the perfect car for our dog, our lifestyle and the transition (eventually) into kiddos.
We're naming her Ruby and we still don't have a couch.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Marathons...
Marathon shopping, that is. I feel like all I have done all day is sit on sofa after sofa, and compare price after price! And, in reality, that really is all we've done since about 11am today!
We visited 8 stores today and finally came back to what we orginally found in a store nearby on Friday night after dinner with friends. We're on the move again, and figured now would be the perfect time to replace my old college apartment furniture. It's served me/us well, but it's definitely time to move on! We've found some beautiful pieces at some unbeatable prices, so we're just relaxing at home now, happy that we spent so much time searching today.
We're also car shopping, and that is more of a headache than the furniture. But, I'm sure that very soon, we'll be even more glad that we spent the time searching for the best thing for the best price. I just wish it weren't so exhausting! But the upside is that the weather was gorgeous all day.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
You know you're on a tight budget when...
A little boy and his sister were discussing the tooth fairy one evening, after the little sister had lost her first tooth.
"You should put that under your pillow so the tooth fairy will bring you a coupon!"
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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