october / november update

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since we've posted. October was a busy month--at least socially--although we didn't spend much time working on the house. The first weekend in October was spent at B's parents' house on Lake Rabun. They held a bluegrass pickin' for B's dad's guitar friends, and my parents drove up to go with us. Mom wasn't feeling too well, and it was a three hour drive total for them, but Dad thoroughly enjoyed the visit, I think. It was their first trip to the former "cabin," now a huge and gorgeous lake house designed by B's sister, Brooke.

In mid-October, we headed south to Meriwether County, for B's grandfather's 80th birthday party. His grandparents have a big piece of land there, complete with pond and woods. B's grandfather seemed to enjoy the day, even though he got fussed at for stealing a piece of his birthday cake before anyone could even put candles on it. I got to meet lots of relatives that I hadn't met before, which was fun. The party ended with guitar playing and singing. We talked to some of the family that used to live our very own street in East Point many years ago. Turns out B's grandfather used to drive a cab in EP once upon a time. What a coincidence that we ended up on the same street after all these years, when we didn't even realize there was a family connection to EP. After the festivities, B and I took the golf cart down to the lake and gathered up cart-load after cart-load of rocks to take home for landscaping our flower beds. (Look for photos coming soon!)

Also in October, we got a visit from B's grandparents, along with his Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Dave from Florida. They got a tour of the house, and we had a nice little dinner at Fina Italian Bistro in College Park.

In late October, we managed to pull together a game night party for a few friends. Old-school style video games (Atari and Nintendo) and finished the night off by playing Cranium.

November began with a girls' weekend at the lake. Normally the weekend is just for B's mom, Patrice, and her sisters and cousins. No kids or menfolk allowed! Well, this once they made an exception (at our request)...of course, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and I doubt we'll ever be invited back! Everyone's babysitter bailed, Brittney was in a car accident, Brooke ended up at the wrong restaurant to meet us (half an hour away in the mountains)...I can't even remember everything that went wrong. We had a lot of fun, though, took a looong walk with the kids, and even managed to relax a bit.