Mom and I arrived at Dabney’s house around 8 and we all piled into the car to start our drive to Charleston. We were planning to stop in Dawsonville, GA at the outlets and then drive a few more hours before finding a hotel room for the night. We got to the outlets at 3 pm and closed them down at 9pm. We ended up spending most of our time in Restoration Hardware and my favorite buy is below:
We started looking for a hotel room at 11:30, but didn’t end up finding one till 1 am. But at least we are very close to Charleston now.
Lunch today was a family affair. Aunt Beverly and Uncle Tommy brought Grandma into town for lunch. Mom cooked and we sat around the table talking long after we finished the meal. At one point Grandma pipes up and says, “Are you all whispering or am I having trouble hearing?” We all laughed and then mom told her she had an appointment with a doctor for her hearing in two weeks. Grandma looks at her and says in all seriousness, “Why?” That set all of us laughing again. Evidently her hearing has gotten pretty bad after a cold she had a few months ago.
I took my first train ride in the US today. Wade dropped me off at the station very early and I spent all day riding to Carbondale. It was great. I slept, read, watched movies, and didn’t have to deal with traffic. If you don’t hit traffic in Chicago, it takes about 7.5 hours to drive to Paducah. The train takes 7 hours to Carbondale and then a 1.5 hour drive to Paducah.
The best part – there is power at every seat. I could have watched movies the entire way!
I have been waiting and waiting and today Wanted came out. Wade taunted me with going while I was with my mom in Charleston, but then he suggested we go. We found a theater (The Rosebud Cinema) a few blocks from our house that has a new take on movies. The theater doesn’t have regular chairs, but numerous love seats. You can order dinner, drinks, etc. and have it delivered to your seat. Wade and I shared a pizza while watching the movie.
The movie – it wasn’t what I was expecting. I enjoyed it and loved the shooting and fighting, but somehow I had other ideas in my head. And as a note for anyone going to see it – it’s rather gory and bloody.
I spent all last weekend painting the walls and trim in the hallway. Then I spent every evening this week painting. Covering up stained trim is hard work and I’ll never buy a house with stained trim again, but it’s looking good. Wade was awesome and helped with the sanding and painting too. I haven’t done the doors or windows, but I wouldn’t want to finish my projects too quickly…
Milwaukee has been having awesome thunderstorms so Madison has spent a lot of time indoors. I think she’s rather bored..
When Wade and I first moved to Milwaukee we didn’t like the water in our apartment. We knew we’d only be there a short time so we didn’t buy a filter – we discovered Crystal Light. Wade’s drink of choice is lemonade and mine is strawberry. Then we realized the plastic tumblers Uncle John and Aunt Louise gave us for Christmas were the perfect size for our single servings of Crystal Light. I got frog glasses for my birthday so we now have his and hers.
Wade and I seem to spend most of our time in work clothes and respirators. Cute aren’t we?
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