<h2>Weekend Happenings</h2>

Food + Family + Football = Fun
Yes, I came up with that all by myself.


I originally started typing this Saturday evening, but we got busy unpacking some things in the bonus room and getting ready for the yard sale. By then I was too tired to finish. So I incorporated it into my weekend happenings post.


We watched the GT game Saturday. I'm very happy that we pulled out a great win against a stout Boston College team. I really think BC will be better than most people think and they have the best defensive front 7 we will face all year. Hopefully we will be able to keep this good play up and carry it throughout the season. I think we can surprise some people this year. We didn't play great, but we kept fighting and pulled it out in the end. We would not have won this game last year. I really like our new coach and know that in a few years we are going to be VERY successful.


Before the game I had a pre-game cookout at our house. It wasn't anything extravagant, just hamburgers and hotdogs. We also had chips, dip, and turtle cookies. I've always wanted to have my own tailgate parties and since we don't have season tickets (yet) I'm going to start cooking out here and inviting people over. Saturday, it was Christi, her parents, and her brother. Next time I think we may try to expand the group, although the number of GT fans is limited in my family. Everyone else is a UGA fan. I know, what are they thinking, right?


As mentioned in the beginning of the post, we also worked on the bonus room. That has been the place where we put a lot of out unpacked boxes. Well, after Saturday that is no longer the case. All of the boxes have how been sorted and we taken a lot of our older items into the garage, which will be sold in the yard sale. We're in the process of putting our seasonal decorations into the attic and then most of our boxes will be put up.


Phase 2
Since we're so close to having most of our things unpacked, we started Phase 2 of our remodeling plan. You're probably wondering what Phase 1 was, right? That included redoing the guest room, repainting the master bedroom, and getting all the furniture for the office, living room, and master bedroom. We've essentially done all of that. Our goal is to have most of our remodeling plans done by Christmas, so we have to keep working hard to meet that goal.


Phase 2 is redoing the guest bathroom and bonus room. The guest bathroom has wall paper throughout. I hate wall paper. If you're thinking of putting up wall paper, consider these 2 points:


1. Don't do it
2. See #1


It's really annoying and time consuming to take wall paper down. I do think it does look good, though, so if you're thinking about putting it up I'm sure it will look good - just don't call me to take it down, please. If you do put it up, make sure to prime the wall. In pictures I will post once the wall paper is down, putting wall paper up on sheet rock is NOT a good idea. That's what the previous owners did. For whatever reason, it's infinitely harder to take it down if the wall hasn't be primed properly.


We (me and Mike) started Sunday afternoon, around 4pm after we watched the Falcons surprisingly dominated the Lions (note Falcons fans - Detroit's defense is really bad, so let's not get too excited.) We worked for about 5 hours Sunday and another 3.5 hours tonight. We're about halfway done. The bathroom is not that big. However, we did pick up a new wall scraper and should be done by tomorrow evening. Wednesday we'll probably get the paint and hopefully by Friday everything with the paint will be done. We're also planning on taking down the popcorn ceiling and replacing the mirror and possibly light fixtures. We're excited about the possibilities.


Also, I forgot to mention on Sunday we went to Smiley's Flea Market - a local place that is always packed. Definitely not a place we will be frequenting. They had animals for sale and it was horrible. The breeders obviously didn't care about them - they all had mange, fleas, and malnutrition. It was very sad. Basically a puppy mill. A lot of the items for sale were questionable. Some of it appeared to be stolen, most of it was obviously fake - unless Gucci started making a $2 line of purses. There were a few booths/vendors with some decent stuff, but overall it was like a really bad yard sale.


Well, that's enough for tonight. It's getting late and I need to get some sleep. Have a good week everyone.