Social life is picking up!

Hello, everyone! Well, we are starting to get to know more and more neighbors and had a fun time hanging out the last two weekends. I met a nice new woman who is a traveling nurse and will be here until May. She seems really sweet and I look forward to getting to know her more. We also went out to dinner and drinks the weekend before last on Saturday night with some neighbors and then on Sunday, Chris and I provided bbq and fixin’s at the pool for the same neighbors and another couple. Then, that other couple invited us to a pork dinner at their place the next night. Yes- pork roast. And I ate it. And I liked it. It will take a while for me to make that a norm in my dinners, but it was good. We played Cranium and had a great time and Chris even ended up with a guitar, since our neighbor never used it and was planning on getting rid of it. Win/win! This past weekend, we socialized some more. We went on over to Iggy’s on Saturday night with a few of the same people from the weekend before and then on Sunday, we had some chicken wings smoked up for us from one of our (tall) friend’s special southern recipe. It was delicious!

Getting to know people here makes a world of difference, as well as being 99.9% complete with the condo. Woo-hoo!!!! All we need is to get the tile backsplash for the kitchen and we are GOOD TO GO! I have been cookin’ some yummy food up and just thriving on not living in clutter. Even if the tile is not here for when our first visitors come, we can fully function comfortably without it.

This weekend we are taking a weekend to ourselves and heading on over to St. John for a hike, some beach and a new Mexican restaurant we’ve heard about and then perhaps some diving on Sunday. A full weekend!

On a more somber note, we would like you to put in your thoughts and prayers for Chris’ grandmother, Lillian, and my nana, Barbara. While they have both proved themselves tough cookies and pretty resilient in the past, it now looks as though they both may be ready for the end (or a brand new beginning- depending on how you look at it). Every person’s time must come and we can be very grateful that they have both lived very long and full lives. Of course, it’s not over yet for either of them- both have pulled through some rough patches in the past, but we just can’t be too sure. I think of them often.

So, as not to end on a sad note, I will post some pictures. Sorry- none of the kitchen. Not until it’s done. Be patient, my friends!


Love you!

LIVING ROOM BEFORE:



Wow- I sure miss that safari-themed painting!



LIVING ROOM AFTER:



"Holmes on Homes" on in the background- Chris' favorite show besides American Idol and Cake Boss. He's a multi-dimensional man, that love of mine!






Look at how happy Chris is now that he's got a guitar!!! I get serenaded often. It's quite nice. :)