A New Addition to the Fam!!!

Meet Gail:

So, we decided to sell both of our cars before we moved. I mean, what a great idea... Drive around town for a few days in a rental and then find the car of you dreams for dirt cheap. Sure.

Well, although she might not be the car of my dreams, I do love her with all of my heart!

Pros:

Smells like crayons

she purrs (guess she likes me)

I smile every time I see her!!! :)

Fits 5 adults comfortably, and I could easily fit 2 more in the trunk (although it may not be legal)

Has a sun roof

6 disc CD player (not sure if I even own Cd's)

leather seats

peeled out in her this morning on the way to the dry cleaners, and I'm still alive

made it to the beach and back

Did I mention SEAT WARMERS?!?!

Cons:

Smells like crayons

she purrs

stereo speakers are blown

Rear light failure started on day 3

Key less remote stopped working after the first week

The check engine light comes and goes as she pleases...

Overall, I'm quite happy with Gail. Lets just home she can make it until June 2011!!!

P.S. I accidentally failed the NC written drivers test. I guess that's what happens when you get cocky and decide you do not need to read the book because you've been driving for 14 years... I downloaded the book last night, so I'm sure I'll pass this time!

Wish me luck with the test and Gail!

Durham Bulls

Chad started school today! He seems to really being enjoying it and has met some really cool people. Tonight, Fuqua's Health Sector Management had an event at the Durham Bulls' Stadium. It was fun to meet some of his classmates and their girlfriends/wives and watch some minor league baseball. As always, it was a super hot night (everyone was sweating), but we had a great time. The ladies: Lia (she is 7 months pregnant), me, and Marie. The gentlemen: Aris, Trey, Chad, and Steve

The NC Pad

We are pretty much settled into our apartment in Durham. It is is an adorable complex with so many nice people. We are so glad we found it!
Here are some pictures (sorry about the lighting):

Walking into the apartment.The kitchen.
The living room from the kitchen.

The family room.

The guest room and den.

Our bedroom.

My Wonderful Family

We stayed at my parents house for 2 and a half weeks before we moved to NC. Although it flew by faster than I hoped it would, I feel so lucky to have been so close to them. They are such kind, loving, generous, thoughtful parents, and I LOVE them so much! It is going to be very hard to be away from them, but at least I'll have our daily phone calls. It was so wonderful to be able to spend that time with them! Plus, we were truly treated like royalty!!! My mom cooked, cleaned, did laundry. My parents are so amazing!

My dad and I both have July birthdays, so we always have a birthday party together. This year we went to dinner at Benihana's...delicious! My dad and me before we blew out the candles.

Us at dinner.

My gorgeous niece! I can't believe that she is turning 12 next month!

Thanks for letting us stay! We love you and we miss you!

We did it!

Good news! I got 700th place!!!! I'm not kidding.
I am quite impressed that the four of us lovely ladies ran the whole 10k. I was only up to 4 miles before the race, but I somehow mustered up the capacity to run the whole thing. I'm sure that it was a lot easier with the gorgeous view of the ocean and chatting with friends.
After the race, we headed to Melissa's beautiful house which over looks the ocean. We celebrated with some mimosas and yummy yogurt. We kept talking about how we cannot wait to do out next race, so hopefully we'll find another one soon (Bay to Breakers is just around the corner).

Later that day, we headed to downtown Santa Cruz to do some shopping and grab lunch.

All in all it was way more than I could have ever asked for. Thanks for hosting Melis!

Skips

'Tis the season for outside dinners. I love that the weather is getting warmer and we can head to Skips with friends for a fun dinner out. The weather was perfect last night, so we had a blast watching the McGee and Willis kids run around and play on the jungle gym. Cheryl, Ellie, Paris, me

Ellie is such a model baby. Everytime the camera was in her face, she would put on a huge smile; too cute!

Elizabeth, Justin, Ian, Emily

Wick and meJamie and Anthony

Cooking Club

Well, last night was a big night for cooking club.
In a nutshell:
I did slim to no chopping, cutting or cooking. We went on a wine run. We ate some yummy chicken curry. We had a candle passing. There were tears. I got home a little after midnight (a cooking club first for me).

I believe that we need to change our name to wine club.

CHEERS!