And we're back! Sorry for the temporary hiatus - it turns out that Huntsville is actually "South Lite" and we haven't encountered nearly enough oddities to blog about. So, now we're just going to talk about two things we really like: food and our new house!
We recently bought a house, and are currently in the process of unpacking and moving in. Although we managed to purge (see: toss or donate) many things that had come across from California, we still have way more stuff than we thought. So the unpacking is a slower process than expected. Yet amidst the boxes we are discovering all the joys of home ownership already (see: cockroaches), and Addison is working on mastering this walking business.
Seeing as how all of this walking and unpacking is a lot of work, we decided to sit back and relax the other night. As Addison slumbered, Derek and I sat in our new living room sipping on Manhattans and surveyed our boxes. We noticed that the living room has giant windows on the front, athough they have been partially abscured by wooden plantation shutters. I made the off-handed comment that we could enjoy their size better if the shutters weren't there - and off we went! Out came screw drivers, and in no time we had removed most of the shutters from the windows. It has opened up the windows a lot (I'm sitting here watching a cardinal in the bushes at the moment), but now with added light we can see how they are badly in need of a new paint job. I guess each project begets another.... Something I'm sure we'll have to get used to.
Manhattan Cocktail (Courtney style):
1 part Makers Mark (or Basil Hayden)
1 part Sweet Vermouth
2 Maraschino cherries, plus a splash of juice
Mix in a glass with ice... Enjoy!
We recently bought a house, and are currently in the process of unpacking and moving in. Although we managed to purge (see: toss or donate) many things that had come across from California, we still have way more stuff than we thought. So the unpacking is a slower process than expected. Yet amidst the boxes we are discovering all the joys of home ownership already (see: cockroaches), and Addison is working on mastering this walking business.
Seeing as how all of this walking and unpacking is a lot of work, we decided to sit back and relax the other night. As Addison slumbered, Derek and I sat in our new living room sipping on Manhattans and surveyed our boxes. We noticed that the living room has giant windows on the front, athough they have been partially abscured by wooden plantation shutters. I made the off-handed comment that we could enjoy their size better if the shutters weren't there - and off we went! Out came screw drivers, and in no time we had removed most of the shutters from the windows. It has opened up the windows a lot (I'm sitting here watching a cardinal in the bushes at the moment), but now with added light we can see how they are badly in need of a new paint job. I guess each project begets another.... Something I'm sure we'll have to get used to.
Manhattan Cocktail (Courtney style):
1 part Makers Mark (or Basil Hayden)
1 part Sweet Vermouth
2 Maraschino cherries, plus a splash of juice
Mix in a glass with ice... Enjoy!
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