OK, OK, I really went to visit with Ruth, but the bonus was that she brought Hannah with her. My gosh, she is tooooooooooooo cute!
Here’s Hannah looking at me. 
Here’s Hannah looking at her Mommy. 
May 26, 2007
Thursday Night at the Rockford
Yummy dinner at the Rockford, and drinks at the Hibernian afterwards. 
May 24, 2007
YAY!
Eric and Amber are here! I picked them up at 1, and we went to lunch at Chipotle. (Yum, by the way!)
They spent the afternoon drinking beer and chilling out on the back porch. Amber caught a nap and got some QFT with the kitties.
We’re getting ready to head to the Rockford for dinner.
I took this photo of Dave and Eric having beers on the back porch. I have no friggin’ idea what happened, but it’s cool so here it is. 
May 23, 2007
Steamed!
I’ve been cleaning.
I decided to steam clean the bonus and the living room in preparation for Eric and Amber’s visit. E&A have never been to visit us before, so this is exciting stuff! I want the house to look nice when they arrive. Besides that, the carpet really needed some love.
I steam cleaned the bonus and part of the living room on Sunday. I did the rest of the living room tonight, after Dave and I rearranged the furniture. I also vacuumed the furniture and the stairs.
Dave was productive on Sunday as well. He re-sisal-ed the cat tree and the scratching post, and gave the cat tree a most thorough vacuuming. 
May 21, 2007
Artsplosure
Saturday afternoon we went to Artsplosure! It was a cute little art festival held in downtown Raleigh. I bought some earrings from a guy who makes them out of spoons, knives and forks. Fun!
And we saw this cool owl and hawk.
Then to the Flying Saucer for dinner, and to continue drinking.
And yeah, there were some Civil War reenactors there, so we got their picture with KerBear. 🙂
Busy Saturday Morning
Saturday morning we went to the Farmer’s Market, and returned home with two 1-gal. Jasmines, some assorted plants for front-porch pots, and two large hanging plants for the front porch. So pretty! We also got fresh tomatoes, white “Jersey” sweet potatoes and strawberries. We got the front-porch pots and the jasmines planted on Saturday before heading downtown to Artsplosure at 4. 
I also stopped by Expressions and picked out the fabric for my chair. This is not, I repeat, not my chair, but it does give a good idea of how my chair will look. Except my chair will have pink welt cord!! I’m so excited. It surprised me how much I like this fabric, but it’s a perfect match for the colors in the rug, and it won’t compete with the florals in the rug, and it’s not solid which is boring. I am very excited and hope to see my new chair in about 45 days. 
May 18, 2007
Scrubs
We’ve been watching Scrubs for a while, and decided to start DVRing it a few weeks ago. It’s in heavy syndication so now we’re up to our eyeballs on the DVR and trying to watch every episode before they get deleted. It’s really such a great show. Is it bad that at the end of every episode, I end up crying?
Second Clutch
Our birds have started their second nest! Indeed, I’ve been remiss in posting pictures and keeping you updated. We have five eggs in the nest now!!
May 17, 2007
Blogger Note
A note to everyone who’s got a Blogger account: Read Cristin’s cautionary tale.
Formal Living Room
We’re redoing our formal living room. Actually, that’s not really accurate since there’s never been anything in it since we moved in. I am so excited we’ve started decorating this room. It’s on the front of the house and gets very wonderful sunlight in the mornings, so we wanted a place where we could take advantage of the light for reading and doing jigsaw puzzles.
Last weekend we ordered Dave’s chair. It’s an extremely comfortable swivel glider recliner. I don’t think this picture does it justice but here it is. We got it from Norwalk Furniture Idea which makes Dave happy because that means it’s being built in Ohio!
Tonight I ordered the rug. I had found it at Norwalk and fell in love with it, and was very surprised to see it for 75% of their price online. I got it from www.RugSale.com.
Sometime soon, I’ll go pick out the fabric for my chair. I am getting my chair from Expressions Furniture. It is a swivel glider and I’ll get the ottoman to match. I can’t wait!! I’m still deciding on the fabric I want to match with the other pieces in the room.
Oh, we also got the coffee table at Ikea a few weekends ago. 
I can’t wait until we have actual pictures to show you!!