Life Lately

The blog seems to have fallen to the wayside as life has gotten a bit hectic around here lately.  This past weekend Josh and I spent a lot of time exploring downtown Fayetteville.  We went out to eat Friday night to celebrate my birthday at Husky's Hardware House, a great little brewery.  The food was excellent or so Josh says.  I unfortunately had a slight cold and wasn't really able to taste the food.  We also got to walk around a bit before dinner.  The downtown area has some great little shops and it was fun to pop in and out of them.  We got Buddy new food and water dishes at a local pottery place and Josh got some diving booties at a dive shop.  My favorite store was probably the cloth diaper/baby store.  So much to choose from!  I will definitely be going back and stocking up on a few goodies as our due date gets closer.

 Saturday we headed back downtown to scope out the local farmers market.  Both of us had expected something a bit larger and were slightly disappointed with the small number of stalls and lack of fresh veggies.  There seemed to be mainly craft dealers with a few small farmers here and there.  We did end up picking up some T-bone steaks to grill this weekend.  A yummy treat this 4th!  After exploring for a bit, we headed back to the house to grill some burgers and veggies as some good friends of ours came over for lunch.  It was so nice to finally have them over as they hosted us for ten days when we first moved to Fayetteville.  We are definitely looking forward to more dinners in the future!  Later Saturday afternoon, Josh's parents arrived and we spend the rest of the day visiting with them.  We were really excited that they could come up from Florida to visit and attend Josh's change of command ceremony.

Sunday morning we headed to church.  After service we went back downtown for a late lunch at Blue Moon Cafe, a quaint restaurant on the downtown strip.  They had delicious sandwiches and a brunch menu that looked really great.  We then headed to Best Buy.  Recently we bought a new bedroom set and with that came a gift certificate for a new TV.  We had full intentions of getting the TV until we got into the store and saw that it wasn't the great deal we originally thought it was.  SO we opted to purchase a baby monitor instead and save the rest of the gift certificate for another day.  Josh spent the rest of the evening setting it up and making sure it was running properly.  I love the live video feed and night time vision.  The best part was it was so much cheaper than buying a "baby" product.  Essentially its the same thing minus the hefty price tag!

Monday we laid low as Josh had to go into work.  I'm so thankful for a mother-in-law that doesn't mind getting her hands dirty.  We scrubbed down the patio and washed most of the kitchen windows.  After tackling the outside for a bit we changed out the air condition filters and cleaned the panels.  They were so disgusting!  I'm pretty sure the previous tenants never changed them.  I can already feel the air working better and hope it cuts back on our electric costs a bit this month!

All in all it was a fun weekend packed with shopping, good food, family and friends! The first of many I'm sure here in Fayetteville.  It finally feels like we are getting more settled (lets forget the half a dozen boxes left unpacked) and transitioning into our new normal here.