OCTOBER 2002
- I mailed off the following item a few months back just to
see what would happen. Surprisingly, the envelope made it to its intended
destination and it also got rid of all my lonely small-value stamps.
I know this isn't
"stop the press" type of news for a diary, but I thought it was humorous
and I wanted to share it with everyone.
- We went to the
Design Center to finalize our choices for the new house. We got to choose
tile, carpet color, carpet padding, vinyl, paint, counter top material,
cabinets, etc. It took ~2 hours. We had a professional design consultant
help us with the process. We chose shades of gray and silver for our
colors, and made several upgrades to nicer materials. They should begin
on our house this week (if it quits raining!) and should be finished
around January. We are very excited!
- Earlier this month, we got
up in the morning like any normal Friday. Upon going downstairs, we
discovered an inch of standing water throughout the entire downstairs
(kitchen, living room, dining room, hall, closet, bedroom, bathroom!).
The water heater had sprung a leak during the night. Nathan stayed home
that day and moved everything we own either outside or upstairs into the
one bedroom. Maintenance came and pulled up the carpet padding, installed
a new water heater, and put blowers in the house. By Sunday it was dry,
and the carpet was put back into place. We spent the next 3 days moving
everything back downstairs and arranging. At least it happened in the
apartment and not the new house! (The water heater in the house will be
in the garage with a downward-sloping driveway!)
- During that
weekend, my parents came to visit. We went to Central Market, a gourmet
grocery store, we looked at the model home for our new house, we went to
some local stores. The restaurants where we ate over the weekend included
Scampi's Mediterranean Cafe, Jason's Deli, and Razzoo's Cajun Cafe.
Yum!!! It was lots of fun and really great to see them. All friends and
family are invited to visit and have lots of fun!!!
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