Miscellany Monday

1. Le Sigh. Here are the requested pictures of the new home--with one major caveat: if any one buys this home out from under me, I will hunt you down. Seriously.  If it sells, I will stalk the PVA to figure out who ruined my dream. 

I know it's a long shot that our house will sell in time for us to buy this one, but it's worth the try, right?  Again, if anyone wants to buy our house (or pass our house details on to friends who are looking to buy), you would make my (and hubby's) year :) 

Without further ado, here are pictures of the home we are lusting after: 

 

It's on a half of an acre in the neighborhood my husband grew up in.  We love the outside; but, the inside cosmetically could use a little work (which is right up our alley).  It would be a forever home--if we get it, we plan on staying put and making it exactly what we want.  I love all the windows and the natural light and the bones of the house are great (detailed crown moulding, cherry built-ins, roughed-in basement, hardwood floors).  That said, I should point out the bathroom, upstairs carpet, kitchen, and color scheme need some updating. 

Fingers crossed that someone comes and looks at our house soon so we can hurry up, move in, and start sprucing it up!

2. Weekend.  Although neither of us would admit it, we were both hoping to at least show our house once this weekend since it went on the market Friday.  No such luck.  But, we spent a significant portion of the weekend cleaning up the house and the yard.  Saturday we watched the game and went to Panera for a quick dinner.  First of all, when did Panera start putting calories on their menu? It is an ingenious idea, but it definitely changed around what I order.  Clearly, I hadn't been to Panera in a while.  

 We wanted to try out Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, but my gosh I see now why they are opening up three more locations.  There was a zig-zag line throughout the store and literally out the door around the sidewalk.  It was so crazy we decided to immediately turn around and just go get a Blizzard from DQ.  Not froyo, but still delicious. 

After polishing off our blizzards, we headed to the Beer Trappe. 

We had never been and were very pleasantly surprised at what a fun place it was.  We went with another couple (he's in my law class and she's in Jr. League with me)--it was great to just have a relaxing night enjoying good beer.  The most interesting beer I tried was the Three Floyds Gumballhead. It had a lot of hop to it and is a great spring/summer beer (i.e., it got me prepared for this wonderful 50 degree weather we are supposed to have this week). 

On Sunday after church  I came home and napped (I'm still recovering from my extra long week) while Cam cleaned up the yard and washed the cars. Does he win the award for best hubby ever?  Cam's brother hosted family dinner night and it was good for the 4 of us to get together. Hope you all had a good weekend!

3. Be mine?  Cam and I never really all out celebrate Valentine's day. Between Christmas and both of our birthdays, it kind of gets lost in the shuffle.  We generally have a $25 policy and cook a nicer dinner together.  Tonight I have night class, so we will keep it even more low key than usual.  What V-Day traditions do you have? What are ya'll doing to celebrate?

Have a great Monday and Happy Love Day! :)