Okay so it has been almost a month since I last posted, but it has been a hectic one. Here are some of the things we have been working on...
We finally picked a date for our housewarming party, and I made the invitations in Photo Shop. They turned out really nice, but I am afraid that our friends will mistake them for junk mail since I made them as post cards. Lets hope our invitations don’t get lost amongst the sea of junk mail. There has been a total of 58 invited, so far we have 17 confirmed attendees. Now we just need to get the food figured out which shouldn't be too hard. We have thought of having it catered by a sub shop so we don’t have to hassle with cooking anything.
Another major task we have been working on is shopping for a new car, one that will get us to the mountains safely. We had already test drove a 2004 Lexus RX and the 2005 VW Toureg and this weekend we looked at the 2008 Mazda CX7 and a 2009 Nissan Murano. Out of all of them I really liked the Murano, but it was a little pricey. The packages that include AWD or 4 wheel drive seem to hike up the price. The Mazda in my opinion is the most practical because we can afford a brand new, where as the Lexus we would have to buy used and you never know what kind of problems you are getting when you buy a used car. But after all is said and done we have decided to wait on buying a car because of other reasons due to Jeff's current work situation, which I don't want to get into. That is a whole another post or blog for that matter.
Jeff and I, well mostly Jeff, installed 4 ceiling hung storage shelves in the garage. The hardest part was finding a Lowes that carried 4 shelves. I guess ceiling storage is a hot thing around here. We tried 4 Loews locations and finally got the 3rd and 4th shelf. I can’t believe every other place was sold out. Incredible!
I finally bought an accent table to place in a niche at the top of our stairs, which really helps finish off the entry to the main living space. Now Jeff has to paint the niche the accent paint color, and I am still searching for the perfect side tables for the living room.
The month of April and May are not going to slow down any. We will have house guests for about two weeks. Then we have my nephew’s 1st birthday one weekend, and then the housewarming party in May. Our first house guests EVER will be my girlfriends, Jordana, Megan, Gina and Stephanie, from the bay area. They all get here a week from Friday and stay until Sunday. After they depart we have to get ready for our next houseguest, because Tuesday afternoon we have a much needed visitor from Ohio. We have been trying to get Trevor, Jeff’s friend, out here for over a year. Jeff finally booked him a plane ticket, and we are kidnapping him for the week. I'm taking a couple days off work, as is Jeff, so we can relax and spend time with Trevor. He will be in town until the following Monday so that gives us plenty of time to show him around. We plan to go to Six Flags, and maybe teach him how to snowboard in the local mountains.
I am certainly looking forward to the end of May beginning of June my best friend Tiffany, whom I have known since 5th grade, is finally moving back to California. Her husband has been stationed in Japan for the past 3 or so years and they are finally getting stationed back here in San Diego. She has two sons which are little beautiful angles from heaven, which I can’t wait to spend time with. I have met Christian her oldest son but I have not yet met her newest addition Luke, which I’m sure is a young man like his older brother Christian, by now. OHHH I cannot wait!!!
Oh and I forgot to mention in my previous post, another task we accomplished was getting the picture above the sofa re-matted because it had a green mat which looked horrible against the soft green wall.
