Week in review..

So as some of you may know last tuesday I was laid off from my job and I have been spending the past week looking for jobs. Fortunately I had a fun weekend to break things up and get my mind off things. I went to Dataw Island (Beaufort) for my friend Carol's bachelorette weekend. We had a lot of fun. Drank LOTS of wine. Flipped over a golf cart. Broke my camera :( tried to fix my camera and shocked myself. NOTE: do not try to fix your own camera after drinking lots of wine by unscrewing every screw and thinking you know what you are doing. I took a couple of picture before the camera broke, however since the camera is broken I cannot upload the pictures. It was a nice weekend and we had Beautiful weather and it had been a while since I had seen the beach or the sun. Then last night Mike finally bit the bullet and bought a new car. Well not completely new but a 2004 Ford F-150 Lariat. It is very big, grey/blue in color, leather interior, extended cab with all the bells and wistles. Needless to say it's a lot more comfortable than the Danger Ranger. And the best part about the truck was that I got to drive it home because I could not drive the Ranger home because I do not know how to drive a stick shift. At one point on the drive home (from Two Notch rd. so like a 25 min drive) Mike was in front of me and and called him on the phone and said "Beep Beep move out the way I am going to run over your little peanut truck." It was funny I felt so high and big up in that truck. It may be a while before there are pictures on here, but we will see I don't know how long I can live without a camera. But then again, I don't have a job to afford it. If anyone knows any leads for jobs in columbia please let me know.

Thanks!!!

The Chicken Man and the Flea Market

Over the past few weeks Mike and I have been (cheaply) looking for art to put on our walls.




Yesterday we made a stop by Ernest Lee "The Chickenman" to see if he would paint a picture of Tank. Not only did he paint the picture....












he gave us these 3 for free! We were extremely excited and it was well worth it!












A couple of weekends ago we went to the Barnyard Flea Market to see if they had any pictures. When we were arrived we were very excited to see everything was half off so we got two pictures for our bedroom, which was pretty bare. One is of the Battery in Charleston at night.








The other is a picture of a marsh and sunset. It was hard to show these pictures because my flash was bouncing off the glass and then when i turned my flash off you could still see the ceiling fan lights. Wish they were better.







Needless to say I think we did pretty well. We still have some bare walls, but they are coming along!!

updated house pics

So I was informed that I needed to update the blog with pictures of our house with our stuff moved in so here you go.....





Den/family room - whatever you want to call it

Dinning room













Guest bathroom













What is going to be the "man's room" waiting on another couch since my old one wouldn't fit through the hallway

Kitchen and tank :)













Master bedroom. My comforter does not match the green. however, we have registerd for one that does!








Other side of the bedroom, with my old yellow couch that wouldn't fit in the other room. I am giving it to matt when he moves...and tank again!










Master bath, with the shower curtain and curtains they left us













they also left us a sconce (I dont know if i spelled that right)









We have one other bedroom but it is filled with mike's brothers stuff right now. its kind of a mess, we keep the door shut. Hopefully we will have a house warming sometime soon!

Moving on up .. to the L-town

Mike and I bought a house!!! We are very excited!! We are set to close on the 27th and I can't wait!!


This is a picture of the front of our 3 bedroom 2 bath house in Lexington, in the Whiteford neighborhood.







We have a HUGE FENCED! backyard, and they are leaving the litte shed!













A very nice porch, unfortunately the man didn't want to give us his grill :(















Open floor plan, living room - dining room













More living room, its hard to tell by the pictures














Master bedroom, they haven't moved their bed yet.













Master bath! We LOVE the red!!















View of part of the kitchen, behind the door in the washer and dryer that they are leaving for us also!!!







We can't wait till we move in and everyone can come visit us!!

Engaged!

Yes that is right, Mike and I got engaged last Saturday. February 9, 2008. We had gone back to richmond for a funeral. Saturday afternoon Mike asked me if I wanted to go to the park. Sunday Park is about 10 minutes from my house down on the Swift Creek Resevoir. We walked around the park and went down by the water. This is a picture of the exact spot. Luckily I had my camera with me!!!







Trying to take a picture of us with the ring. Sorry the picture is sideways. I love my ring it is a solitaire princess cut diamond on a yellow gold band. He did great!! Classic and simple, just like I wanted, and it fit perfectly!!










Sitting on the bench enjoying the view and excited about the day!! It was a little windy, so we look a little rough.










Sorry it took me so long to post. It has been a hectic week at work. Holly got to it before I did. We appreciate it Holly!!

You'll be missed Uncle Fred

Late Thursday night, my "Uncle" Fred passed away from a two year battle with Bladder Cancer. He was an amazing person who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. Although, he is not my real uncle, he has known me since the day I was born and I have always referred to him as my Uncle Fred. Fred and his wife Sig lived next door to my mom and dad in their first house. Although we moved out of that house when I was 2 we stayed in touch and got together as often as possible. Fred and Sig had one son, Freddy who passed away the summer before I went to 5th grade, also from cancer. I know we have millions of pictures at my house of them, but these are just a few I had here in South Carolina. My dad and Fred were very close, he was like a father to my dad, whenever he needed something, Fred usually had it, or would find a way to get it. After Freddy passed away Fred and Sig moved tot he River, and built a house that Fred designed.

(Dad and Fred, summer 2005)






(View of the house that Fred built from their pier) It's an amazing house with an amazing view. My family and I got to see Fred when I was home for Christmas, he was very sick and it was very sad. I didn't take any pictures because that is not how I wanted to remember him. Luckily I had a few older ones. The river they live on is connected to the Chesapeake Bay, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Every time I would go visit Fred and Sig after they moved to the river, Fred would take me looking for shark's teeth. We use to walk the banks of the river and fill up little film canisters with shark's teeth. I always thought it was sad that they never had a chance to have grandchildren , because he was so good with kids.



(Dad and Fred Summer 2004 )Fred loved being on the water. Fortunately, he got to go home from the hospital a few weeks ago and have hospice come to the house. He got to lay in his bed at home looking out the huge window in his bedroom and see the beautiful water for his last few days.








(Summer 2005 - me and Uncle Fred) This day I had forgot my sunglasses, and he was concerned about my eyes, so he pulled out an old pair of Aviators! He was the one that went and bought the stork and balloons for my parents yard when my mom had me. I was told he was so excited when he heard I was a girl!! He had had a son, my parents first born was a boy and the other neighbors all only had boys.







Some might call him a Yankee being from Jersey, but if not for his accent you would have thought he was a small town country boy.

It has been a hard day, when my mom called me this morning and she said she had some bad news, I knew it was him. I am so glad he no longer has to suffer. Cancer is such a terrible disease and I think it's hard because his wife had cancer too and she had to lose both her son and husband to the horrible disease. I know he is in a better place, and I will miss him so much.



(The obituarie from Richmond Times-Dispatch)

LANGSCHULTZ, Frederick Paul, of Cobbs Creek, Va., died peacefully at home following a lengthy illness the afternoon of January 31, 2008. Affectionately called "the Mayor" by friends, Fred was born to the late Elizabeth and Frederick Langschultz on September 23, 1933 in North Bergen, N.J. His son, Frederick G. Langschultz; and sister, Elizabeth Appuliese predeceased him. He leaves to mourn his wife, Signe; nephew, Michael Appuliese; niece, Debra Gallagher; four great-nieces, a great-nephew, extended families, and a host of friends. Fred was educated in New Jersey, spent four years in the Navy during the Korean Conflict, following which he attended RCA Technical Institute and attended Virginia Commonwealth University formerly RPI. Fred worked as a sales coordinator for Cardwell Machine Company, and later as Eastern Regional Manager for Food Engineering Corporation of Minneapolis, Minn. A former president of the North Side Lions for many years, he worked diligently to plan the Wild Fowl Art and Carving Show, a primary fundraising event for many years. He served as first chairman for Lion's State Hearing Program. An avid boater and fishing enthusiast, he served as Commodore for the Richmond Yacht Club. He taught Dale Carnegie classes for several years, was a registered Real Estate Broker and had many interests. Fred loved the outdoors and enjoyed working on his property, where he had designed his home, Cedar Ridge. Fred never met a stranger and was always ready to lend a helping hand when needed. A celebration of Fred's life will be held Saturday, February 9, at 11 a.m. in Philippi Christian Church, Deltaville, Va., with a reception to follow at the church. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to McGuire VA Hospice, Richmond, Va., Hospice of VA, Tappahannock, Va. or Philippi Christian Church. Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home and Cremation Service are in charge of the arrangements. Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on 2/2/2008.

It's Official!!!

Although I have been in South Carolina since July, today I made it official. I went to the DMV and got my driver's license then.....












I got my new license plate. My car looks weird with nothing on the front. In Virginia you have to have plates on the front and the back of your car.






Next stop...... a house?? Here's hoping!!!!