Happy 30th!

30 years ago on August 10th at 6:19pm I was born. Happy Birthday to me! We celebrated my birthday with a small party. We had my parents, Brian's parents, Brian's sister, brother-in-law and nephew, and my friend Christine and her son Jackson. My parents were able came into town to help celebrate. We went to the beach and the zoo. I was also finally able to have my chocolate cake and seven minute icing for the first time in about 5 years. Overall it was fun and I'm glad my parents were able to come down. I miss them already. So far 30 isn't so bad.

Felix Update

So we have everything, now we just need the dog. Here is the update with Felix. We talked to the woman who is fostering him and they are located in South Carolina. She was able to answer all of our questions before we had the chance to ask them. This is what she had to say about Felix:

• he is house trained
• playful with other dogs
• passive
• doesn't like loud noises
• hand shy (probably been abused)
• doesn't jump (fences or people)
• good on leash
• doesn't know how to play with toys by himself (nobody probably played with him)
• no aggression
• knows sit and down

He goes to the vet this week, he gets neutered next week and if everything goes okay with the vet, then she will bring him to Wilmington in three weeks for us to have over the weekend. Overall she said he is a really good dog that likes to lay on the couch and be petted and loved.

Carolina Boxer Rescue

I have good news. We've been approved to adopt a boxer from Carolina Boxer Rescue. I figured it would take a couple of weeks for them to check references, but in 4 days we were approved. Now we just have to decide which one we think would be a good fit for us. We have decided that we like Felix the best, but of course that all depends on if he is still available and if CBR feels that we are compatible. I would like to thank Christine, Josh and Kelly for giving Brian and me a good reference. I'll post pictures as soon as we have one.

Happy 4th of July

Our 4th of July was spent the same as last weekend. At the beach. Last weekend it was about building sand castles and playing bocci ball and the 4th was about kayaking. The key to going to the beach is early. You miss the crowds and you are able to find good parking spots. With us going to the beach almost every weekend, I'm starting to get a pretty good tan. Thanks to Brian for making sure I put sunscreen on before we leave the house, I'm no longer getting burnt.

Bye Bye Green!

The bathroom is no longer green. It is now a nice shade of blue. I say Carolina Blue, but Brian says it is not dark enough. That is pretty much what we worked on last weekend. It is not finished. We still have to put up towel racks and I want to put decorative aka girly things up.

Before and After

Now that the roommates are gone we are trying to get the house the way we want it. We've already painted one bedroom and have made that into a spare bedroom. The other bedroom we just finished, well mostly finished, this weekend. We've made it into an office. We have a couple of things on the wall, but we want to get another one. We are looking at getting some type of Johnny Cash painting. The next project will be painting the neon green bathroom. Other than that nothing really to exciting is going on. Just counting down the days till I can take another vacation.

Grove City

Last week Brian and I went home to Grove City, Ohio. It was a packed week. We went to the new water park at the Columbus Zoo called Zoombezi Bay Waterpark. I took Brian downtown to see the replica of the Santa Maria and then took a small tour through OSU campus. He got to see The Horseshoe, St. John Arena and Schottenstein Center. In the middle of the week we went to Commercial Point's Homecoming. We got to have their famous fish sandwich (well famous to me), ride rides, ate cotton candy and an elephant ear. Our last day we went to the shooting range. That has become one of the things I like to do when I go home. As always the week went by fast and I can't wait to go back. But I'm not worried, I'll get to see Mommy and Daddy again soon. They will be coming down in August for my birthday.

Oh I almost forgot...I'm going to be an aunt! The little bundle of joy will be here sometime around the beginning of February.