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new house

brad paisley + andy griffith = good times

check out brad paisley's new video, "waitin' on a woman" featuring andy griffith. it's a sweet piece, and satisfies my obsession with both country and little old men.

at paisley's request, the video can't be embedded, but you can view it at youtube here.

and the award goes to...

ncmpr update: just received word that out of the six entries we submitted to district competition, five have placed. we won't find out which place until the medallion award dinner in october, but as you can imagine, we were dancing around the office with excitement.

we're very proud of the work we've done this past year. and this just goes to show that we're doing our jobs the right way. at least in the eyes of our peers.

walking the walk

On Sunday, September 21, some friends and I will be walking 26.2 miles in support of the Jimmy Fund. Help me by donating whatever you can. You can do it online at my page here, with a credit card, or by mailing in a check.

We spend so much on drinks and dinners and clothes, why not put some of it to a good cause?

Even if you just wander your way to this blog, even if you don't know me, or we haven't spoken in years, you know this is worth it.

Thanks guys.

my life is one big "to do" list

we knew we had quite a few things to do for the relatively short time that eamon was home on leave.

1. find/buy a house
2. talk to priest and confirm church
3. decide menu for wedding
4. eat seafood

of course, number one was a lot more complicated that it sounds. we had to find a place (no easy task), put an offer, get it accepted, get house inspected, get a power of attorney for maryland, set up mortgage, house insurance, etc. looking back, we were really, really fortunate. by the time i had to come back to massachusetts, we had enough settled with the house that eamon could come home with me. i would have gotten to spend significantly less time with him if not. but our realtor is great, and the lender we're using is easy to work with (knock on wood). so i'm able to trust them to get their parts done before i go down to close on September 15.


wedding stuff is coming together as well. my sister (my matron of honor) found a dress. now i just need a couple of bridesmaids to get ,easured so that they can all be ordered together. we went for a tasting at the venus de milo (which is where we are having the reception) and decided on what we would like to serve. a family friend is the owner, and he gave us some good advice and will take good care of us. he even said he would get us a shuttle for the guests from the hotel to the reception. which i think is pretty great.

i finally got the priest on the phone today. he wouldn't confirm anything until he speaks (in person) to both me and eamon. which, given the circumstances, is hard to do. but we have a meeting with him tuesday, so hopefully we can get that straightened out. and somehow mention that we would prefer to use his church, but bring in a different priest...