New improvements...

Not that anyone reads this, but if you do....
My parents have come and gone. New improvements include: new counter top, sink, faucet, new floor in laundry room along with baseboard, new mirror installed.... hmmm, is that it? Pictures coming soon, promise.
Saturday night the Andresens met the Barbers for the first time over dinner. It was a wonderful and we all had a great time.
My parents were able to spend an extra night thanks to a security false alarm at Dulles. They ended up leaving Monday morning at 6:30 am from National.
Not much else happening...

Where did the weekend go?

Not much to say... the swim season is off and running with a double loss by GMU. Sunday was project GET STUFF DONE BEFORE MY PARENTS GET HERE SO THEY DON'T THINK WE DON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY ARE HERE. We sanded all the top cabinets and applied two coats of stain on them. Tonight we will finish them off with new handles..woo hoo! Chris got handy over the weekend and changed out all the handles in the house to silver instead of gold. It does make a huge difference.
Count Down THREE DAYS till the parents come!

Thanksgiving in October?

Chris and I flew into Indianapolis last Thursday night and enjoyed a tour at Caterpillar on Friday. Friday evening, we drove down to New Castle and met the entire Armstrong family at Pizza Hut for dinner. Saturday morning we enjoyed Jack's Donuts and then headed to Grandma's to enjoy Thanksgiving in October. There were 44 people in attendance, every year it gets bigger and bigger, and we all ate ourselves into a turkey coma. Sunday, you would think we were all full, but 22 of us decided to go to breakfast at a local Stack's in NC. We flew home Sunday to find Chase very very happy to see us.... stay tuned, pictures coming.

Saturday- Oktoberfest in Shirlington

Saturday- Oktoberfest in Shirlington

12:00pm... After finding parking finally, we strolled up to Oktoberfest in Shirlington. It was HOT!! We had a lot of friends come and join us, but they all showed up at completely different times, so by 5pm, we were still there, still drinking... ugh! Anyway, the night ended around six with dinner at Guapo's with Jane and Dead Fish Jeff (long story). We headed home to find Chase very happy to see us, and me falling asleep around 8:30pm.

Sunday morning went went to the dog park, and then hit up Target to get a new TV stand... pictures included!

Mt. Vernon Wine Festival with GW

The weekend started with a night with George Washington at his wonderful home in Mount Vernon. Chris, Becca, her parents, and I arrived at Mount Vernon around 6:30 and started sipping wine. It was a beautiful night next to the Potomac and after many tastings, we bought a bottle and sat on a blanket and enjoyed the music and scenary. We left after buying another five bottles of wine...oops.

It has been a tough week already... Chris and I "thought" we wanted another dog in the family. We thought that maybe Chase missed Falkor and she needed a buddy. We met Shooter McGee last night, 3-5yrs old, white and beige beautiful cocker spaniel. He was a stray and he had been living with a foster family for the last couple weeks, unfortunately before that he was living his life in a kennel. Of course I fell in love with him immediately, but soon my rational side took over and I realized that bringing in a dog that is set in his ways, was not what we needed, and definitely not what Chase wanted... she didn't like that he was taking HER toys. I think for now, we will stay a one dog family and maybe in the future we will adopt from a shelter and let Chase raise the dog. Chase is so sweet, gentle and well behaved, we would be extremely happy to have another dog just like her.

This weekend will be a lot of fun. Friday night, Chris and I are joining Becca and her parents at a wine festival at Mount Vernon. On Saturday we are going to Oktoberfest in Shirlington to try beer. Beer before wine, you're fine? ut oh... anyway, we will definitely take some pictures and share our weekend!!