Easter festivities

Well after Blogger decided to investigate our blog for potential spamming, therefore blocking our access, we are back online. Taking advantage of our proximity to my parents, Mommy and Daddy came down for easter, and my younger sister Mary came up from ECU. My parents brought us all easter baskets, although I still argue that Mary's should have been docked gifts for every 15 minutes she was late... But that must be the older sister in me! We had a great afternoon filled with ham and asparagus and dinner rolls. Mary brought her boxer, Baci, so Slider really enjoyed having a playmate.

Dave classed-up with his first day of school on Monday. There were lectures and computer based training (CBT) for the week. He had his first sim on Wednesday and a second on Thursday. His week was filled with 6am mornings and 5pm returns. Saturday was a welcome opportunity to sleep in. I had a a job interview on Wednesday at Abbey Animal Hospital, just 3 miles from where we live! It would be for reception and tech assistance: answering phones, scheduling appointments, restraining dogs during anesthesia, microscope work with in-house bloodwork... Sounds like fun, and more interesting than "Admin Asst." I feel like the interview went well and should hear back in the middle of this week.

Dave filed our taxes last week and the government was pretty snappy about getting our money to us. As a result we bought Rockband - a "video game" for up to 4 players, where you create your character, band name, and can have vocals, bass guitar, lead guitar and drums -- a good teamwork exercise!

Dave and i are making plans to travel out to Washington state for Clif and Meg's wedding at the end of May, and for me to go to Phi Mu National Convention in June. Let's hope so!

St. Patrick's Day

To celebrate the feast of the irish, and to celebrate being in VA within driving distance of family, Dave and I drove up to Nova for the weekend. We went to ShamrockFest with Mary to watch my Dad play at the festival. Although his traditional irish music wasn't centerstage, the music was great! Mary acted as a roadie, lugging equipment in and out, and then spent the rest of the afternoon with us cool kids. We saw Mr. Greengenes do an awesome rendition of Bono/U2 complete with sunglasses, Burnt Sienna, and Carbon Leaf, along with several smaller groups. We made it home around 9pm for home-made lasagna, which was deeeeelish. After spending some time talking to Diane and Scott on the phone, we packed up the car with more knick-knacks from my room and headed back down to SoVa. The actual day of Saint Patrick was spent exploring Naval Base Norfolk. Dave impressed me with his knowledge of naval ships, or "boats" as he now calls them, cause he's too cool for school. We spent the evening playing Cranium with neighbors Greg and Becca Valdez (and Ava!) and visiting friend Jen Brown. It was boys vs. girls and I am happy to report the girls won the series 2-1. Woot! I think the boys are clamoring for a rematch in the future.

In other news, Dave classes up (aka starts school) on Monday. No more lazy days for him! I'm continuing the job search and still holding out for the right one... Becca and I have made it a routine almost to walk 2miles or more around Mt. Trashmore. If there's an extra pair of hands Penny Lane comes along too. We make quite the team, Becca with Ava, myself with booboo, and someone with Penny. It's great socializing for Slider, although I think he's gonna need a jump/pull harness because it's not as fun for me if I'm spending the whole time pulling him in!

Our bandwagon, i mean blog.

Much to Dave's chagrin, I signed up for a blog page. He's rolling his eyes a me right now. But I made him cookies so he'll get over it. We thought it'd be nice to get computer literate while keeping our friends and family, and extended family up to date on what's going on in our lives because as Alexis said, getting together once ever 10 years just won't cut it!

Wouldn't a blog have been great to do in Advanced when Winging dates were changing weekly?! Well now you can stalk us! Find out what Dave's doing in the RAG, if Annie's found a job, what trouble has Slider gotten into, and IS Mav actually more friendly!?

Stay tuned!