On vacation!

Apparently my triumphant return I heralded in my last post wasn't all that triumphant since almost a month has past without another post. However, it is now August, we are officially out of the apartment, and I am on vacation. July was a pretty crazy month. After we finished the painting, wallpapering and floors at the house we moved the minimum amount of stuff we needed into the house and really started to feel settled. I genuinely forgot how much stuff we had left in the apartment. After a couple weeks of taking it easy at the house, we finally got back to work at the apartment. The past week was really intense, with both Paul-John and I working full time and then spending a solid four or five hours packing, moving, or painting at the apartment. It was exhausting, but it feels so good to be finally done.

My vacation starting at 8:30pm EST on Saturday when I left work. Koncewicz is in town for the week, so we met up with him, Mike and Tim at the Dugout. Yesterday, my first full day of vacation, got off to a slow start. Paul-John and I slept in pretty late after hanging with the guys until 3am and spent most of the day running errands. I finally bought a good pair of shoes for our camping trip later this week, did some grocery shopping, and went to Sears Outlet to look for a microwave but didn't buy anything. We had a great lunch in downtown Newington at Goldburger - I had a burger with lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, cheddar cheese, bacon, and ranch dressing for under $5.

At night, Tess and Koncewicz came over. Paul-John had bought some Powers Gold Label as a housewarming gift to ourselves and since we are now 100% here, we cracked it open. Not being much of a whiskey gal myself, I made sour mix for the first time which was super delicious and easy, which are the two main qualifications for anything I do in the kitchen. With a little convincing, we were able to get Paul-John to join us for some Scattegories.

My project for the rest of the week?

My triumphant return

I once again return from another absence from my wily blogging ways.  This occasion was much happier - busy due to painting, cleaning, packing, and having our first official party at the homestead.  In addition to being busy with house-stuffs, I don't really enjoy posts without photos, and the thing we used to load photos onto our computer got stolen along with all that other stuff that got stolen.  We just brought the computer over the house last night, and here is a photo of our dining room wallpaper (and me!):

OK, you can't see the pattern as much as I hoped, but it is great.  

Anyways, back to the first official party.  Although it was not the first time we had guests, it was our first real event and it was amazing.  As we suspected, our house is perfect for entertaining.  The menu was pretty simple - a couple grill choices, fruit salad, and beer from us; chips and brownies from some guests.  We just sat around the back patio until the fireworks started and then we sat at the edge of our driveway where we had a terrific view.  Here is a crappy photo from my cell phone:  

Not bad, eh?  I have already declared ownership of this holiday for the rest of the years we live in this house.