Sorry I didn't post last night (for anyone who actually reads this). It got late, and I was tired, and I decided I'd just wait and post this morning.
So yesterday, we got up around 9 and headed over to Jerrilyn's office. She drove us out to Marietta to look at a few townhouses. One of them I had actually found online and sent to her. That was the first one we went to. We found out that it was actually a foreclosure, which is why the price was so low (although it hadn't mentioned anything about that on the listing, Jerrilyn just found out by talking to the selling agent. I kind of felt like that wasn't right, they should be required to include that information in the listing!), but we really liked it. Very cute house, and there are only a couple of minor, inexpensive repairs that it needs. We then went to look at another townhouse in the same subdivision. This was the first house we went to where the owner was actually there. He was an older man who has lived in the house for 15 years. He had SO. MANY. TCHOTCHKES. It was hard to get a good idea of what the house would look like without all the random stuff! It also had a slightly different floorplan from anything else we had seen. We weren't super impressed. Then we headed over to a different part of Marietta to look at another townhouse, which actually ended up being in the same little area as one of the Gables apartment complexes we had looked in a couple of months ago! This was a newer townhouse, it was very nice and well-maintained, but felt very tall and skinny. Even though it had some really nice amenities (new kitchen appliances, refrigerator included, etc.), we ultimately decided that we still liked the first one we had seen (the foreclosure) the best. After we got home, I sent Jerrilyn a list of the single family houses I had found in the Marietta area, so that will probably be the next thing we go look at.
When we got home, I did my laundry while we watched the Braves game. Then we went grocery shopping, came home and ate dinner. We decided to watch a movie on Netflix, and ended up watching a movie called Strictly Sexual, which had been in our instant queue for a while. It was a decent movie, but it made me really upset afterwards. Marcus and I had a long talk about why I was upset, where we both concluded that somewhere along the way, I lost my "mojo" (for lack of a better word). I should add here that "mojo" in this case is not sexual necessarily (I am not Austin Powers!), but more just a general like...passion, and driving force in my life. I'm frustrated, because I remember what it felt like to feel the way the characters did in the movie, and I want that back, but it's like I don't remember how. Talking to Marcus helped a little, I guess, at least to ease some of the frustration, but I still need to figure out how to get my mojo back!
We ended up showering and going to bed right around midnight, so I could watch the new episode of Food Truck Race, since I missed the original airing at 9 (while we were watching the movie).
This is looking to be a really busy week, with the exception of today. I'm just hoping that I somehow have SOME store of energy left at the end of it, because next weekend is going to be crazy.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
A Busy Saturday
Today was a very busy Saturday, but productive and also fun! We got up on the early side (for a Saturday), around 9:30, and headed over to meet Jerrilyn at her office. She drove us out to look at some houses. We had a little adventure getting there - due to the construction on 285, we ended up taking an alternate route, STILL getting caught in the construction zone, but eventually making it to the first house with plenty of time to spare (she had told them we were coming between 11 and 12, and we made it there around 11:30). We looked at SIX houses today! The first two were built in the late 1960s, and we weren't thrilled with either of them. The third one was built in the late 1970s, and we liked it a little better, but still not great. The last three were all in the same two subdivisions. Ironically, they were the same subdivisions that Marcus and I had driven through a few weeks ago, and were a little concerned by the fact that across the main road was a not-so-good looking area. However, Jerrilyn assured us that this wasn't something we needed to worry about, especially since the houses we looked at were pretty deep into the subdivisions.
All of these houses were built in 1999-2000, and we liked them MUCH better than the other ones we had seen. They were very compact, but really cute, and very nice and bright and open. One of them I really liked because it had a HUGE kitchen, with lots of cabinet space and TWO pantries! Marcus really liked another house which had basically an entire apartment in the basement (a bedroom, dining room, full bath, and a kitchen with stove and other appliances, and an entrance to the backyard). We concluded from the day's outing that we definitely prefer newer houses over older ones, but that we haven't really seen anything in the middle (built in the 1980s and 1990s). Tomorrow we are going out to look at some more houses, this time out in Marietta! Today's houses were all in Dunwoody.
We got back to Jerrilyn's office around 1:45, and headed straight over to Panera for the APO Metro Atlanta Alumni Association gathering at 2 pm. It ended up being the same 5-6 people as usual, but it was still fun. Paulabeth brought her baby (3 months old), who we hadn't gotten to meet yet, so that was exciting! He's a real cutie, and he was very well-behaved for the most part.
We finally made it home around 4:30. We kind of just hung out for a little while, and then Marcus left to go chaperone his cousin's AZA youth group event (he sort of got roped into doing it, haha). I made myself some pasta for dinner (an old standby recipe - Marcus doesn't like it that much, so I really only make it when we're not eating together), and watched the Braves game until he got home. At some point before he got home, my mom called, so I spent a good 45 minutes or so talking to her and my dad about our house-hunting today, family trees/reunions, and other fun stuff.
So that was our crazy busy Saturday. Tomorrow is suddenly looking much busier than I was anticipating too, now that we're going out house-hunting again. I also need to do laundry, and we need to go grocery shopping, so the day is filling up very quickly! And we have to get up even earlier than today for the house-hunting, because we're meeting Jerrilyn at 10 instead of 10:30 :-P
In case anyone's interested, here is the pasta recipe that I made for dinner tonight! I found it on the ajc.com's recipe pages several years back.
Summer Penne Pasta
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
8 ounces mini penne pasta
1 (14.5 oz) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes or 2 cups fresh tomatoes, mostly drained
1 (12 oz) jar marinated artichoke hearts, cut in bite-size pieces and mostly drained
1 (2.5 oz) can sliced black olives, drained, or 1/2 cup sliced pitted kalamata or other olives
1/4 cup freshly shaved Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Prepare pasta according to package directions.
In a bowl, combine tomatoes, artichoke hearts and black olives. Add pasta and toss to combine. Add additional oil from the artichoke hearts, if necessary.
Grate Parmesan (or use a veggie peeler) on top. (If you wish to add a sixth ingredient, this dish can be served over a bed of baby spinach.)
Notes:
This dish tastes equally good warm or chilled.
To reduce the sodium further, here are a few options: Substitute frozen or water-packed canned artichoke hearts and add olive oil to moisten the salad or cut down slightly on the olives and/or cheese.
Nutrition (per serving):
350 calories (percent of calories from fat, 21), 3 grams protein, 56 grams carbohydrates, 7 grams fiber, 8 grams fat (1 gram saturated), 4 milligrams cholesterol, 448 milligrams sodium.
My additional notes:
You can use any shape of pasta, I usually use penne or something similar.
The cheese is optional - I make it without since I don't like Parmesan and don't need the cheese anyway.
I use artichoke hearts that have already been quartered, and I don't cut them down smaller.
I prefer to eat this dish warm (I don't like cold pasta), but I've tried it cold and it's actually not bad.
All of these houses were built in 1999-2000, and we liked them MUCH better than the other ones we had seen. They were very compact, but really cute, and very nice and bright and open. One of them I really liked because it had a HUGE kitchen, with lots of cabinet space and TWO pantries! Marcus really liked another house which had basically an entire apartment in the basement (a bedroom, dining room, full bath, and a kitchen with stove and other appliances, and an entrance to the backyard). We concluded from the day's outing that we definitely prefer newer houses over older ones, but that we haven't really seen anything in the middle (built in the 1980s and 1990s). Tomorrow we are going out to look at some more houses, this time out in Marietta! Today's houses were all in Dunwoody.
We got back to Jerrilyn's office around 1:45, and headed straight over to Panera for the APO Metro Atlanta Alumni Association gathering at 2 pm. It ended up being the same 5-6 people as usual, but it was still fun. Paulabeth brought her baby (3 months old), who we hadn't gotten to meet yet, so that was exciting! He's a real cutie, and he was very well-behaved for the most part.
We finally made it home around 4:30. We kind of just hung out for a little while, and then Marcus left to go chaperone his cousin's AZA youth group event (he sort of got roped into doing it, haha). I made myself some pasta for dinner (an old standby recipe - Marcus doesn't like it that much, so I really only make it when we're not eating together), and watched the Braves game until he got home. At some point before he got home, my mom called, so I spent a good 45 minutes or so talking to her and my dad about our house-hunting today, family trees/reunions, and other fun stuff.
So that was our crazy busy Saturday. Tomorrow is suddenly looking much busier than I was anticipating too, now that we're going out house-hunting again. I also need to do laundry, and we need to go grocery shopping, so the day is filling up very quickly! And we have to get up even earlier than today for the house-hunting, because we're meeting Jerrilyn at 10 instead of 10:30 :-P
In case anyone's interested, here is the pasta recipe that I made for dinner tonight! I found it on the ajc.com's recipe pages several years back.
Summer Penne Pasta
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
8 ounces mini penne pasta
1 (14.5 oz) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes or 2 cups fresh tomatoes, mostly drained
1 (12 oz) jar marinated artichoke hearts, cut in bite-size pieces and mostly drained
1 (2.5 oz) can sliced black olives, drained, or 1/2 cup sliced pitted kalamata or other olives
1/4 cup freshly shaved Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Prepare pasta according to package directions.
In a bowl, combine tomatoes, artichoke hearts and black olives. Add pasta and toss to combine. Add additional oil from the artichoke hearts, if necessary.
Grate Parmesan (or use a veggie peeler) on top. (If you wish to add a sixth ingredient, this dish can be served over a bed of baby spinach.)
Notes:
This dish tastes equally good warm or chilled.
To reduce the sodium further, here are a few options: Substitute frozen or water-packed canned artichoke hearts and add olive oil to moisten the salad or cut down slightly on the olives and/or cheese.
Nutrition (per serving):
350 calories (percent of calories from fat, 21), 3 grams protein, 56 grams carbohydrates, 7 grams fiber, 8 grams fat (1 gram saturated), 4 milligrams cholesterol, 448 milligrams sodium.
My additional notes:
You can use any shape of pasta, I usually use penne or something similar.
The cheese is optional - I make it without since I don't like Parmesan and don't need the cheese anyway.
I use artichoke hearts that have already been quartered, and I don't cut them down smaller.
I prefer to eat this dish warm (I don't like cold pasta), but I've tried it cold and it's actually not bad.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Steps in the right direction
I feel like my life finally took a couple of steps in some right directions today. This is exciting!
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
An Interesting Day
As predicted, today turned out to be a very interesting day. The morning was pretty slow, I didn't really do much until around 11:30. Then I ate an early lunch before heading out to Duluth (about a 45 minute drive) to take the "teacher's test" SAT. When I got there, they first had me fill out an application, which took a while since I had to look up people's addresses and phone numbers. Finally, I finished, and they led me back into the testing area. It was a row of little cubicles against a wall. They gave me a calculator (non-graphing), pencils, an eraser, and scrap paper. They didn't make me leave any of my stuff outside, so I had my phone, my purse, and even my notebook that I had brought where I had written directions of how to get there. Also in the notebook happened to be my study notes from when I took the GRE, and there were several points during the test when I could easily have cheated and looked up certain formulas in my notebook - but I didn't. Anyway, the test was REALLY easy. I don't remember the SAT being that easy, and I didn't find it super hard in high school. There was only ONE question on which I completely guessed, and only about 4-5 others where I wasn't completely sure of my answer. So yeah, I'm pretty sure I aced it, but we'll see. They said they'd get back to me within the next week or so.
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Oh, hello fall!
All I have to say about the weather the past two days is that I wish it wasn't raining so that I could spend the day outside and enjoy the nice, cool weather! It was in the 60s most of the day today - PERFECTION <3
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The parents are coming!
My parents are here visiting this weekend, so we have been super busy. They got here around 11 this morning, and we unloaded the stuff they brought down for us out of the car. Then we headed off to the bank, where we were able to get everything done that we needed to in short order. So we set off to downtown Decatur for lunch at Raging Burrito. Over lunch, we had a nice talk about the options that Marcus and I have when our lease is up in January. We are starting to think more seriously about trying to buy a house, so my parents gave us some really helpful tips and advice. We also briefly discussed car insurance options.
After lunch, we went to Whole Foods to get my mom her peach salsa. Usually they get a case of 12 jars, but the store only had 11 jars in stock. Luckily, when we explained this to the person at checkout, he was able to give us the case discount even though we only had 11 jars instead of 12.
Then we came back to the apartment and loaded all the stuff my parents are taking back with them to store at their house into the car. After that, we were all tired, so my parents went to check into their hotel and relax for a few hours. Marcus and I also spent that time resting.
My parents came back over around 5, and we headed out to the Braves game! We took MARTA so we wouldn't have to deal with traffic and parking. It was my mom's first time on MARTA, and she kept making comparisons to the NY and DC public transportation systems. We got to the game a little early, so we first walked all the way around to the other side of the stadium to get food for my mom at the gluten free concession stand. We passed a Chik-Fil-A on the way, where Marcus got food. Then we went back up to our section (413), and my dad and I got food. We decided to sit in a shady spot and eat our food before going to our seats, since it was really hot and sunny outside. This was a good choice, as the sun went behind some clouds by the time we made it to our seats.
The game was great, the Braves kicked some Diamondback butt, and Marcus made friends with an 18-month-old boy who was sitting next to us with his grandpa. He was really cute, his grandpa was showing him how to do the chop, and he also enjoyed clapping along with the crowd and pointing up at every airplane, bird, and bug that flew by overhead.
After the game, we had a little adventure walking back to MARTA, as we came out an exit on the wrong side of the stadium! So we had to walk all the way around, and ended up getting caught in the mass exodus of people. Luckily, the vast majority of them had driven to the game, so they all disappeared into the parking lots by the time we were halfway to the MARTA station. We ended up getting home around 11, and my parents headed back to their hotel to sleep. Marcus and I are heading to sleep soon too, as we have another busy day planned tomorrow!
After lunch, we went to Whole Foods to get my mom her peach salsa. Usually they get a case of 12 jars, but the store only had 11 jars in stock. Luckily, when we explained this to the person at checkout, he was able to give us the case discount even though we only had 11 jars instead of 12.
Then we came back to the apartment and loaded all the stuff my parents are taking back with them to store at their house into the car. After that, we were all tired, so my parents went to check into their hotel and relax for a few hours. Marcus and I also spent that time resting.
My parents came back over around 5, and we headed out to the Braves game! We took MARTA so we wouldn't have to deal with traffic and parking. It was my mom's first time on MARTA, and she kept making comparisons to the NY and DC public transportation systems. We got to the game a little early, so we first walked all the way around to the other side of the stadium to get food for my mom at the gluten free concession stand. We passed a Chik-Fil-A on the way, where Marcus got food. Then we went back up to our section (413), and my dad and I got food. We decided to sit in a shady spot and eat our food before going to our seats, since it was really hot and sunny outside. This was a good choice, as the sun went behind some clouds by the time we made it to our seats.
The game was great, the Braves kicked some Diamondback butt, and Marcus made friends with an 18-month-old boy who was sitting next to us with his grandpa. He was really cute, his grandpa was showing him how to do the chop, and he also enjoyed clapping along with the crowd and pointing up at every airplane, bird, and bug that flew by overhead.
After the game, we had a little adventure walking back to MARTA, as we came out an exit on the wrong side of the stadium! So we had to walk all the way around, and ended up getting caught in the mass exodus of people. Luckily, the vast majority of them had driven to the game, so they all disappeared into the parking lots by the time we were halfway to the MARTA station. We ended up getting home around 11, and my parents headed back to their hotel to sleep. Marcus and I are heading to sleep soon too, as we have another busy day planned tomorrow!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Empty Weekends are Weird
As I think I mentioned yesterday, we have NOTHING on the calendar for this weekend. This is such a rare occurrence that when it does happen, we don't know what to do with ourselves!
Marcus got home REALLY late last night from his RPG. I was long since asleep when he got home, but he told me today that he didn't get home until around 3:30 am! Even though I had gone to bed earlier, we both slept in really late today. I got up around 12:30, and Marcus slept until 1:30 pm. This set the tone for a really weird day. I ate breakfast when I got up, so by the time I started getting hungry again, it was late enough that I decided to just skip lunch entirely and wait for dinner.
By the time we got ourselves together and got dressed and everything, it was around 3:30 pm. I really wanted to get out and go somewhere. I hadn't left the apartment since Thursday, so I was starting to get cabin fever! We eventually decided to drive out to Dunwoody and drive through a neighborhood where there are several houses for sale that would be in our price range if we decide to buy a house anytime soon. We had never been over there, although it's close to an area that we know fairly well, so we wanted to just drive through, see what the houses looked like in person (as opposed to pictures online), and try to get a sense of what the neighborhood is like. It was definitely interesting...the subdivision is all these cookie cutter houses, with varying colors, and the houses are very close together. It's a small subdivision, just one street, but the street sort of curves around so it's almost like two or three streets instead of one. It's a cute little subdivision! It's weird though, because these houses are fairly new (built around 2000), but on the other side of the main street from the subdivision, there are older ranch-style homes lining the street, and it doesn't look like the greatest part of town, if you know what I mean. But the subdivision itself seems fairly nice...so who knows. I figure if we start looking more seriously, that's something we could ask a realtor about. We also have friends who live on that side of town, so they might know more about the different neighborhoods over there.
While we were out that way, we decided to stop by the apartment complex we've been looking at to try to get a business card for the leasing agent we had talked to the last time we were there. I've been meaning to email her and follow up, but we didn't get her card, so didn't have her contact info. Luckily, we were able to get one even though she wasn't working today, so now I can email her on Monday and try to move forward a little in the process of finding our next home.
After our little excursion, we got stuck in a downpour on the drive home. About 5 minutes after we made it home, there was a pretty intense storm going on, with lightning and a lot of wind. We waited it out for a little while, then Marcus decided he wanted to go out for dinner, so we went to Ruby Tuesday! I hadn't been there in a while, since the one we used to go to closed, and we didn't know where there was another one nearby. But when I went to lunch with Marsha the other day, we walked right past one in downtown Decatur, and I texted Marcus to let him know there was one there. So we got to go there, and it was good. They have a new thing on the menu - Veggie Trio + Salad Bar. Basically, you get the salad bar and three sides of your choice, and it only costs $1 more than the salad bar by itself! Since I always used to get the salad bar and a baked potato, I was all over this one - I got to get the salad bar and a baked potato PLUS two more sides! I picked broccoli and sugar snap peas. And it also came with a garlic cheese biscuit. YUM :-)
After dinner, we came back home. Marcus went out to run an errand for a friend, so I am sitting here watching the Braves game and playing Facebook Scrabble. I'm hoping to get to bed at a decent hour tonight (by which I mean around midnight) so that we can get a little bit of an earlier start tomorrow. I'd like to be up by 11 am tomorrow so that we'll have plenty of time to run errands and such, but we'll see. I'm not going to force it - if we need sleep, we need sleep! And our weekends get busy again starting next weekend, so this is an unusual chance to actually sleep in and relax both days of a weekend. I'm definitely taking full advantage of that!
Marcus got home REALLY late last night from his RPG. I was long since asleep when he got home, but he told me today that he didn't get home until around 3:30 am! Even though I had gone to bed earlier, we both slept in really late today. I got up around 12:30, and Marcus slept until 1:30 pm. This set the tone for a really weird day. I ate breakfast when I got up, so by the time I started getting hungry again, it was late enough that I decided to just skip lunch entirely and wait for dinner.
By the time we got ourselves together and got dressed and everything, it was around 3:30 pm. I really wanted to get out and go somewhere. I hadn't left the apartment since Thursday, so I was starting to get cabin fever! We eventually decided to drive out to Dunwoody and drive through a neighborhood where there are several houses for sale that would be in our price range if we decide to buy a house anytime soon. We had never been over there, although it's close to an area that we know fairly well, so we wanted to just drive through, see what the houses looked like in person (as opposed to pictures online), and try to get a sense of what the neighborhood is like. It was definitely interesting...the subdivision is all these cookie cutter houses, with varying colors, and the houses are very close together. It's a small subdivision, just one street, but the street sort of curves around so it's almost like two or three streets instead of one. It's a cute little subdivision! It's weird though, because these houses are fairly new (built around 2000), but on the other side of the main street from the subdivision, there are older ranch-style homes lining the street, and it doesn't look like the greatest part of town, if you know what I mean. But the subdivision itself seems fairly nice...so who knows. I figure if we start looking more seriously, that's something we could ask a realtor about. We also have friends who live on that side of town, so they might know more about the different neighborhoods over there.
While we were out that way, we decided to stop by the apartment complex we've been looking at to try to get a business card for the leasing agent we had talked to the last time we were there. I've been meaning to email her and follow up, but we didn't get her card, so didn't have her contact info. Luckily, we were able to get one even though she wasn't working today, so now I can email her on Monday and try to move forward a little in the process of finding our next home.
After our little excursion, we got stuck in a downpour on the drive home. About 5 minutes after we made it home, there was a pretty intense storm going on, with lightning and a lot of wind. We waited it out for a little while, then Marcus decided he wanted to go out for dinner, so we went to Ruby Tuesday! I hadn't been there in a while, since the one we used to go to closed, and we didn't know where there was another one nearby. But when I went to lunch with Marsha the other day, we walked right past one in downtown Decatur, and I texted Marcus to let him know there was one there. So we got to go there, and it was good. They have a new thing on the menu - Veggie Trio + Salad Bar. Basically, you get the salad bar and three sides of your choice, and it only costs $1 more than the salad bar by itself! Since I always used to get the salad bar and a baked potato, I was all over this one - I got to get the salad bar and a baked potato PLUS two more sides! I picked broccoli and sugar snap peas. And it also came with a garlic cheese biscuit. YUM :-)
After dinner, we came back home. Marcus went out to run an errand for a friend, so I am sitting here watching the Braves game and playing Facebook Scrabble. I'm hoping to get to bed at a decent hour tonight (by which I mean around midnight) so that we can get a little bit of an earlier start tomorrow. I'd like to be up by 11 am tomorrow so that we'll have plenty of time to run errands and such, but we'll see. I'm not going to force it - if we need sleep, we need sleep! And our weekends get busy again starting next weekend, so this is an unusual chance to actually sleep in and relax both days of a weekend. I'm definitely taking full advantage of that!
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