Toadfrogs & Elephants

I was supposed to fly to San Jose, CA today to visit Cisco (the company that bought SA). Wade and I got up really early to reach the Greenville, SC airport in time for my 7:25 am flight. The idiot that I am, I directed us to the wrong airport so by the time we reached the right one, I wasn’t sure they would let me get on the plane (I was cutting it close). I made it on the plane but the plane didn’t make it into the air. The captain started the engine and there was a popping sound. They had to call a maintenance man from his home to come look at the engine. Now I am sitting in the Greenville airport, where they have free wireless Internet (Yeah!). I am leaving for Atlanta shortly (around 9:30 am) and will sit in the Atlanta airport till 5:45 pm. Oh well, I miss a half a day of meetings. Another girl, Shelley, is in the same boat so we can hang out in the airport together.

Update: It is now 1:45 am Atlanta time and I have just reached San Jose, CA. I was supposed to be here at noon and attend a bunch of meetings. Fourteen hours late isn’t too bad, right? As an added bonus, the hotel says there are no non-smoking rooms after 10 pm so we can’t get one until tomorrow. It’s a good thing my sense of smell isn’t very developed.

I think it is a well known fact that I love chocolate – all chocolate – with the exception of white chocolate. I love very chewy chocolate carmel candies – like Milk Duds and turtles. My current favorite candy is Rolos, but Rolos can vary from the very chewy to the very gooey. I buy two rolls every time we are in a gas station or the grocery store always hoping to find the perfect Rolo that is super chewy.

My research has led to a few discoveries: Putting Rolos in the fridge makes them chewier. The individual wrapped ones in the big bags are chewier than the ones you get at the checkout line.

Wade and I spent our weekend furniture shopping. All day Saturday we shopped in Greenville and even looked for antiques too. At the end of the day we were rather disappointed. We weren’t excited about anything we saw and had bought nothing. (We won’t even discuss the fact that Wade and I’s taste are not at all alike.)

Sunday we decided to drive to Atlanta and just look around. I had gone to a huge store with Jamie and wanted to go back there. In Brownlee’s we found furniture we both liked! It was amazing. There were even numerous sets we liked. We decided on a bed, a chest, and were debating about an entertainment center. We got prices, the assurance that they would deliver to Anderson, and a page of measurements to take home with us. (All the pictures below show black furniture, but ours will be the stain color.)

Wade and I wanted to actually see the entertainment center before we bought it, so I looked to see if anyone in Greenville happened to have it. Wouldn’t you know there was a Kincaid dealer who carried the entire line we liked. I called and they had the entertainment center in stock. We got there tonight and they even agreed to match the prices from Atlanta (which were a lot cheaper)! Yippee! Now we just have to wait the 4-6 weeks for our new furniture.

Last summer, Wade and I finally found a church we really liked – Buckhead Church, a satellite church of North Point. I had been a few times, but never thought Wade would enjoy the extremely contemporary atmosphere. We walked out our first Sunday and Wade couldn’t stop talking about how great it was. The only bad part of this is we realized shortly thereafter that we would be leaving the area. On our last Sunday at Buckhead Church, I ran into an old friend from Tech who happened to be on staff. She told me a strategic partner church was opening up in Greenville. Wade and I couldn’t have been more excited. Wade immediately emailed the people and we attended our first meeting tonight. This is awesome. It’s a small group, which should make it easier to get involved with, but has the same feeling as Buckhead Church. Now we just have to wait till the first service on April 16th.

Before Wade got his internship with Ryobi, I had never heard of Anderson, SC. It’s not a large city. The population is probably about 40,000. All of a sudden, Anderson is the place to be. My mom called to tell me that a Paducah family I know is moving to Anderson. Wade’s Aunt and Uncle are moving to Greenville (20 minutes away).

Then I got a call on Friday from Gloria Kohler. I babysat for the Kohler family for years growing up and they were definitely one of my favorite families. They have four children – Kelly, Rusty, Andrew, and Becky. When I was in high school, they moved to Florida. Rusty chose GaTech as his college so I have seen him a few times in the last couple of years. It turns out Jim has gotten a job in Piedmont, SC and the family is moving to Anderson. Who knew that I would move here knowing no one and people I know would move to town?

I received this email the other day from a friend and cracked up!
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Etta Bath time. Boy was Keefe not happy. WHATEVER??!
Just in case does anyone know an expert in parental custody rights?
-Ryan

So for the first time in our year and a half of marriage, Wade and I are both sick. I got it first and he got it worse. We’re going to blame it on either Dad or my brother-in-law because those are the only people (at all) that I have been around. Working at home, I don’t get out much.

We had another Madison incident tonight. Around midnight, Wade was watching TV in the living room and I was messing with my computer in the bedroom. I suddenly realized Madison wasn’t in the room with me – she normally follows me everywhere. I started calling her and she didn’t come. Wade had been doing some work up in the attic and in the basement so we looked there thinking she might have gotten trapped behind a door. No luck. All that we could figure is she got outside when I was taking some boxes out. I went outside and tried to “quietly” yell for Madison – it was midnight. And wouldn’t you know, after a few minutes she comes running down the street. She was even coming from the street with less traffic. This also happens to be the one time she didn’t have her collar on. It was being washed. Oh well, she is safely home now.