Settling In......

Well, it has been quite awhile since my last post and with good reason, I might add!
Bruce and I officially moved out of our condo on Saturday, February 23rd and not without some drama! The Friday before was "supposed" to be our closing on our condo and then we had the movers coming the next day to move all of our stuff into storage. BUT about an hour before the closing, I called our realtor to check in and make sure we were all set for 1 o'clock only to find out that we were in fact not going to close because the buying parties lenders had "lost the paperwork." WHAT?!?!?!?!?! How do you lose the lenders paperwork??? Was it handwritten - is there not a file saved on a computer somewhere? I don't understand! So, now we were going to reschedule for the following Monday. After a nervous breakdown, Bruce and I continued packing our lives into brown boxes and headed to my parents that evening to drop of our dog Mia. Around 6:30, I received another call from our realtor and this time the news was even worse! They hadn't lost any paperwork - there was NO PAPERWORK! The girl who was buying our place, we'll call her Susie, had tried to go through a brokers agency and it was a big fat scam! So, my realtor assured us that they had found a new lender that promised they could get it turned around in 1 - 2 days. So, let me just remind you that we were all set to close on our new home on Thursday afternoon (which we couldn't have done, had we not closed on our condo) and then board an airplane to take a vacation in Las Vegas. Needless to say, Bruce and I were both at our wit's end - not getting any sleep and worrying what would happen if we didn't close on the condo and we were living out of boxes for months.

SO, long story longer, they finally got the paperwork done we finally closed on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. - and Susie was a TREAT...no wonder we had so many issues. We proceeded to close on our beautiful new home on Thursday at 1:00 - celebrated with lunch and beers at Atkins Park. Headed to the airport and made our way to glorious Las Vegas, NV! The perfect ending to a truly maddening couple of weeks!
Vegas was great! We ate wonderful food, drank ourselves silly, lost some money and went to the Nascar Race too! It was a spectacular time!

Came home on the red eye (will never do again) on Tuesday morning and moved our things into the new house that Friday. Our house is outstanding...it is absolutely gorgeous! I am falling in love with it more and more everyday. I think we found the perfect place to begin the next phase of our lives together. Life couldn't be any better if I had written the story myself!

Another update - I am no longer having my knee surgery on March 24th as originally planned. Some changes have come down at my work and I am taking on a whole slew of new responsibilities, so we did not think it was in my best interest to take a month off of work. To be completely honest, I am relieved. I am so happy that I get to take some time and get settled into our new home and really enjoy it with Bruce. The surgery will happen eventually just not positive when! :)

I think that is about it for the moment! More updates coming soon!!
Carrie

Out with the Old....in with the New!!

Omigod, Omigod, Omigod....we have a contract on a new home! It is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G and I cannot wait for it to be all ours!!

Let me back up...first we close on our condo on February 22nd (Woo Hoo!) and then we have that weekend to get everything finalized and move out. We will be putting our stuff into storage and moving in with my parents for a week.

Then on February 28th we close on our new home!!! They have over the weekend to move out as well, but that is all good because our crazy ass selfs are getting on a plane that evening and going to the city of sin! Yep, Las Vegas! Talk about a celebration!

When we get back - we get to move into this beautiful house!!

It is 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths - and it is perfect!!!!

We couldn't be more thrilled if we tried! I will keep everyone updated on how the move goes and all the in between stuff!

Much love, Carrie

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

I want to send out all my love and heartfelt Congrats to our good friends, Joanna and Matt!!!
They got engaged last night!! WOO HOO! They are both wonderful people and we are lucky to have them in our lives!
CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH!! Love you!

So much stuff!!!!

So much has been going on since I last blogged after the New Year! I am not really sure where to begin?!?!?!?



First things first, my cutie pie hubby turned 30 on January 15th! I took him out to dinner the Saturday before to Dante's Down the Hatch...it was alright. Probably would not go there again, but it was an experience and we had a wonderful time together. We celebrated again on his actual birthday at home. And then we had a little party at our condo to really help him ring in the big 3-0! It turned out really nice! As usual, I went way overboard on the appetizers that I made, but Bruce had a wonderful time! He became best friends with a bottle of Jager and was not a pretty sight by the end of the night...but I have to tell you it was quite hysterical! :)

My knee surgery date has been moved back to March 24th - instead of March 10th. Which in a lot of ways is great news! I get to go to my friends Melissa and Brian's wedding on March 22nd and dance the night away - and I couldn't be more excited about it! And it will also help because............ (drumroll, please).............

WE HAVE A CONTRACT ON OUR CONDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can hardly believe it! It is so surreal! It JUST happened last night!! Now we just have to wait and hope that everything goes through! She has 10 days to secure her pre-approval and do her due dilligence and then after that it is officially "Under Contract". We are so excited and so nervous at the same time! It is a HUGE step in anyone's life and we are no exception!

We are going this Saturday to start looking at houses!! I am still in Shock! We get to look for our dream house!!!!!!

Everyone keep your fingers crossed! I will keep everyone posted!!!!!

Much love to all!

The New Year is off and running!

Where do I begin?!?! So much has been going on...it is craziness!

Well, first off, Christmas was FABULOUS. We had the best time here in Atlanta and in Michigan over the holidays! It was so nice to spend time with everyone...I am just sad it is over so quickly!

New Year's Eve was a huge success too! We went out to dinner with friends and family to 2 Urban Licks. I am telling you...if you live in Atlanta and have never been there, you are missing something that is AMAZING! Yum! We had the best time and it was probably one of the best NYE's I've had in a LOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGG time! So fun!!

I came back to work after a very long and fantastic 13 days off of work, to find mine and my CEO's laptops stolen. UGH. Not good. All of the hard work I've done since February is gone. Yes, I know....I should have backed up and put everything on the shared drive. Well, lesson learned. Not only was my work gone, but all my photos and music...totally sucks. :(

Bruce and I are getting back into the swing of things of trying to sell our condo. It has been a rough market to say the least, but we are hoping better luck will come our way in 2008!

I think that is it for now! I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year!

Much love, Carrie

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Bruce and I will celebrate first here in Atlanta with the Mehok family and then on the 26th we jet out to Michigan to celebrate AGAIN with the Calkins! (Two Christmas'...not too shabby, huh!)

I will have updates after the holidays and let you know what Santa brought us this year! Also, we have super fun plans for New Year's Eve - so I will let you all know how that turns out too! :) PLUS....OHIO STATE IS IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN!!!!

GO BUCKEYES!!!! (Please do not blow it like last year, I don't think my heart can take it!)

Again, Merry Christmas from our home to yours!!

Updates!!!!

Well, Christmas is 14 days away....can you believe it? I can't! I am happy to say that I am almost completely done with my shopping though! I have never in my life been this organized at the holidays! I've got almost all the gifts wrapped and ready to go too! It is very exciting! We are here in Atlanta on Christmas day and then we fly out on the 26th to go to Carleton to visit the Calkins! It should be perfect!

Here is a picture of our tree and mantle....aren't they pretty?

We are hoping this will be the last Christmas in this house.....

In other news, I went back for my follow-up knee appointment and my surgery is all set and ready to go. It will be on March 10th, 2008 (I have a vacation planned the last week in Feb.) and I will need 6 months of recovery. Ugh. Could that be anymore depressing? I had my breakdown after the appointment last week...I am doing better now. I thought this was so hard when I was a child at 12 and 13 years old, but that was a piece of cake! I mean, I got to lay around all day watching TV while my parents took wonderful care of me and waited on me hand and foot. But now, I am 29 - I have a husband, a job, a dog....ugh. Don't get me wrong I know Bruce will take amazing care of me, like he always does - but I am going to go NUTS not being able to do anything!!! I am expected to be home and out of work for a month.....A MONTH! Thankfully, I have an incredible boss who is letting me work from home and I do not have to take out short term disability and I still get my paycheck! I am a lucky girl! Anyway, I will keep you updated as it gets closer to the day and I am sure I will be blogging a lot from my couch that month I'm out of work! :)

Well, I think that is it for the time being...I hope everyone is having a very wonderful week!

Much love, Carrie

It's been a minute....

since my last post, so I thought I'd get moving on it!


Thanksgiving was great as always! Mama Mehok can certainly cook some delicious food!! I was in the typical turkey coma afterwards, but no complaints here!! Thanks Mama!

Everything with work is going great! No complaints at all! I worked only on Monday the week of Thanksgiving and then my boss just said, go ahead and take the rest of the week off! You don't have to ask me twice! :) Bruce was able to take some time off too and it was wonderful to just be able to relax and unwind together.

In other news...I will have to have new surgery on my knees in the very near future. I went and had an MRI done on my left knee last week and I go back to my orthopaedic surgeon on Tuesday for him to tell me what they found. Either way, I will probably have surgery after the first of the year. :( The left knee will be done first and then the right knee after the left heals.

I had reconstructive surgery on both knees back when I was 12 & 13 years old....so over 17 years ago. And basically, the surgery has done all it can do up until this point. At first I was avoiding it like the plague, but now I am just ready to get it over with so I can spend the next 20 -30 years not having to deal with it and worry about it. I will give an update after I go back to the doctor on Tuesday!

Other than that, not too much going on! Jsut gearing up for the holidays and trying to get some Christmas shopping done before it begins to overwhelm me! Wish me luck!

Take care everyone!

29......

Well, today is the day...I turned 29. Man, I never thought that I'd really start to dread birthdays, but the closer I get to 30, the more I cringe at the thought.

Tonight we have big dinner plans! I am looking forward to it! Bruce and I have the best time trying new restaurants and just enjoying each other's company. I can't wait!

My sweet husband sent me a gift to my office - see below....

That sweet puppy, plays Happy Birthday to me! Isn't he precious?!?! (and by he, I mean Bruce!) Thanks baby! I love you - thatnks for making me feel special everyday!

Thanks to everyone who called or e-mailed me to say Happy Birthday! It means a lot to me!!

Love you all!

Random Stuff for a Monday!

Ok, so this weekend was good! Friday night we had Heather and Matt over for dinner! It turned out really good and as always, was wonderful to see them. :)

Saturday slightly sucked! BOOOOOO to Michigan and Ohio State for being big fat LOSERS this weekend! UGH! But we had people over and that was fun! Mom, Dad, Eric, Maria, Mac and Tiffany all came over for part or all of the festivities! It was fun, other then our teams sucking. And of course, it still was Bruce's fault just because he is a Michigan fan...as you can see from this picture!

Another random thing - is that we FINALLY got our wedding ALBUM!! I know - it's only a YEAR and 3 months later! It actually turned out really nice even though there was so much drama!

The pictures from my camera phone do not do it justice! So you'll just have to take my word for it!

Also, we lowered our asking price on our condo by $9,000.00 - YIKES. Hopefully it will get more people in the door and interested! We had an open house this Sunday and have 2 people that were really interested - one even more so than the other!! So keep your fingers crossed!

Other than that, not too much going on - just looking forward to Thankgsgiving...oh yeah, and I guess turning 29 too. Ick.

Here is a cute picture of my baby girl just for fun! Have a great week!!