My kid learned how to fly a helicopter this weekend. Sort of.October 1st, 2007 @ 7:01 am
Friday night, before heading out to have dinner with friends, Babboo and I stopped over at our new house to check on the latest going-ons.
Behold, we have a concrete driveway:
While this may seem rather boring and not really blog worthy, it is, in fact, very exciting. Of course it doesn’t mean we’ll be moving into the house anytime soon. But it does mean that when we do move in we’ll be able to park in our garage.
And that, my friends, is what we call progress. And progress is good.
I’m constantly getting asked, “when do you think the new house will be finished?” To which I reply, “I’m not sure. The King is working as fast as he can.” It’s true, he is. The poor man could not work any harder or faster then he is. The next question is “what do you left to finish?” My reply? “The drywall is completely done and one bathroom has been painted (deep, deep purple). What’s left is everything else in the entire house; flooring, cabinets, appliances. Everything.”
Today we signed a new lease on our one-bedroom apartment. We’ve got five more months before we have to resign another lease, and pay an ever higher rent, or move into our new house.
Come the first of the year it looks like there will be a lot of new things for my little family. Screw the Holidays, we’ll be moving. Now that’s something to look forward to.
Even though we’re not looking to rent moving vans quite yet, Janet is. I will live vicariously through her and her awesome new house in DC with it’s beautiful colors and big plans.
Enough house talk, let’s talk about what a fun weekend we had.
As I mentioned at the start of this post, we met some friends for dinner on Friday night. We took them to the restaurant where The King and I had our first date. It had been quite a few months since we’d been there, but the food was just as good as we’d remembered and the parking was even worse.
(Note to The King: next time, let’s take the bus.)
We almost got beat up by the couple sitting next to us in the restaurant. Apparently they wanted to enjoy a lovely evening out and not have rice thrown at them by Babboo. While he may be cute, he’s not cute enough to get away with rice throwing in a restaurant.
Thanks to Vesper for giving us the heads up on (FREE!) Museum Day on Saturday. Babboo and I took advantage of not having to pay to hang out in a museum that we’ve already been to. We even took the bus, and you can read all about that over at my other blog.
Babboo liked the museum enough. He thought it was fun to pretend to fly the planes and helicopters. He didn’t think having older (and bigger) kids bully him out of his turn on the helicopter was much fun. I swear every picture I have our of trip looks like this one, Babboo just sitting there while some other kid has a grand time.
And since I haven’t given you enough links with this post, here is one more link for you to click on. Remember how Carrisa and I had that little blog about our love for Veronica Mars and then it got canceled and we didn’t know what to do with the little blog?
Um yeah, we figured out what to do with it.
My Sweet Babboo · The new house · I have a slight TV addiction · The King · Apartment living · City living
Carrisa
said,
October 1, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Could you guys be any cuter? I think not.
And yay for concrete! And blogs about tv. Life is good.
Anna
said,
October 1, 2007 at 7:37 pm
I never understood the awesomeness that is a concrete driveway until we bought a house that had asphalt. That needs to be sealed over and over again. And the crack filler? Not kind to my skinny-heeled shoes. The next house - definitely concrete.
In that last picture it looks like Babboo is trying to determine how to fly that helicopter home so you don’t have to take the bus.
janet
said,
October 1, 2007 at 8:34 pm
thanks for the shoutouts, sista. Too bad my blog is running on snails pace today. wtf yahoo?
Your weekend sounds great! Babboo still retains his rights to being the cutest kid wherever he goes, including the museum.
SJ
said,
October 1, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Yay for concrete! Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend - you guys and all your cuteness!
loralee
said,
October 1, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Pouring a driveway is a huge deal. Just make sure your neighbor kids don’t draw all over yours. GRRRRRRR….
Jihan
said,
October 1, 2007 at 11:49 pm
oh. you didn’t mention that your child wanted to leave YOU for a new mother: me.
haa haaa haa!
Molly
said,
October 2, 2007 at 1:12 am
Great news on the driveway! Maybe you can get Santa and his elves to move you, eh?
Looks like a great weekend.
MK
said,
October 2, 2007 at 1:52 am
I like what you have done with teh new page! i will come visit lots!
Yeah for the house coming along! Progress is progress - period! That is exciting!
Sorry I have been mia still. I have missed you so much. My butt is just kicked between Abbie and this pg.
Operation Pink Herring
said,
October 2, 2007 at 3:21 pm
CONCRETE RULZ. I also love the TV blog!!
Durga
said,
October 2, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hey, im so jealous u guys got to hang out together…and watch throw rice.
I’m happy the house is getting there…
Mike and I are un-sure where/if we should buy one yet…
the whole moving to Asia for a few years plan is still hanging over our heads….so we’ve given ourselves a year to work it all out….so 2009 will be a n interesting year.
don’t quote me on the above when in a week i tell u something completely different.. umm hmm.
Rachel
said,
October 9, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Love the pic of all of you guys!!
One of these days, Babboo is gonna kick some serious ass! Those big kids had better watch it!