Money Never Sleeps

Hello, everyone!

We had a good week and are finishing up a weekend of relaxation. On Monday, we took Clark to Sunny Skies for some ice cream. We saw a couple of guys sample the Cold Sweat. They made a big to-do about it. I doubt either of us will be trying it anytime soon. Tuesday was Clark's last day in town, and I called in at work because I wasn't feeling up to par(this is J). We spent the day playing video games and what not. It was a really good visit. He was able to fix a few things for us while he was here, too.

The rest of the week was pretty mundane. C has been very tired from having to leave for work so much earlier. She is enjoying the opportunity to sign more, though. Hopefully she'll still remember how to sign when she gets a job at a deaf school :)

The title of the post comes from the fact that we started our free trial with NetFlix. We can now stream movies straight to our tv (for this month at least). We got it originally so we could watch the movie "Wall Street" before we see the sequel, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" Today, we watched three movies since it has been raining all day. We went back to the Cary church and met some nice people. We plan on continuing to go there and hope it will be our new church home.

Also, I am very excited that we beat UGA. One of the advisory board members at the credit union played for UGA as a tight end back when Herschel Walker was there. Needless to say, I am looking forward to mentioning the game to him next time he comes in.

I will be mortgage class on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the rest of the week will be the usual. C has a busy week planned with 5 meetings scheduled. Hope ya'll have a great week!

DUMA

This week, I saw students for the first time this semester. Between co-teaching the 7:45 class everyday and sorting our schedule troubles, I was so ready for this week to be over!

Friday, we rented The Ghost Writer from the redbox. I don't remember hearing about it, but it was actually pretty good! We woke up Saturday and headed to RDU to pick up Clark. After we got him, we headed to Durham for the Duke/Bama game. We ate at a shopping center area... J and I had pizza, and C had Mediterranean. Then we headed to campus, which was a mad house. There were probably more Bama fans than Duke fans! We saw a couple of guys who had cut a BAMA shirt and a DUKE shirt in half and had sewn them back together as BAKE and DUMA. We found a bookstore and I got a blue shirt, and so did C. Then we took a quick look at Duke's Basketball Court. We headed into the game about 1.5 hours early, figuring it would be full... we were wrong, so we baked in the sun for an extra hour. :) We all have 1/2 red bodies. :)

Today, we went to church in Raleigh with Anna again. Her parents and brother were visiting, so we went to eat at Cafe Carolina with them. When they left, we headed to Goodberry's for frozen custard, then hung out with Anna for a while. Now we are waiting for Swamp People to come on!


Ultimate Chicken Pizza from Enzo's in Durham



Duke Chapel- we saw a bride and group taking pictures!


J at Cameron



Bubba and me



Before Bama scored



J sweating it out

Fall is almost here!

The weather this week has been great! We had one hot day, but the rest were low 80s. The mornings were amazing. Just can't wait for the leaves to change!

This week, J had class Tuesday and Wednesday. I had a workshop Wednesday - Friday. So it was a slow week, but it was good! I will start seeing students tomorrow. I have 11 students this semester, but I see them for longer periods of time than last semester, so I will be much busier!

Friday, I went to Fayetteville for a girls' night with the other 2 itinerant teachers and one of our specialists. We played Taboo, Catch Phrase, and Mad Gab while we snacked. So much fun.

Saturday, we went to Cary to watch the Alabama game with some people from Anna's church. We are trying to be more social. :)

This morning, as we were leaving for church, we decided to go to the church Anna goes to. It is only 5 more minutes than the one we were planning on anyway. We ate lunch with a group, then went to Harris Teeter. We got home at 3! and took a much needed nap.

This week, Clark is flying in, and we are going to the Duke game. Getting excited!

Breaking news!

We both got haircuts!
We are still working on styling J's.
My haircut looks much better in person. The picture didn't do a good job showing how it looks.

We're back!

Sorry if you were bored last week with nothing to read. :)

J's parents came to visit the last weekend in August. They got here Thursday night. J had a work meeting at the steakhouse (poor thing), so the rest of us went to Andy's. J brought home some amazing bread and some cheesecake from the steakhouse. That Friday, J's parents took him out to lunch while I worked. After work, we did a little shopping in the area. I got a cute fall wreath for the door, some lawn chairs, and some halloween window decals. I love fall! We grilled out and went to Sunni Sky's for ice cream. I know I had Apple Pie, but I forgot what everyone else got. They gave us samples of pumpkin pie, which was good! J said it tasted just like the ice cream. Crazy!

Saturday, we went into Raleigh for the day. We started off at The Flying Biscuit for brunch. It was SO good, of course. We then headed to a kitchen showroom to look at cabinets, floors, etc for the big remodel in MS. (It's a good thing we don't have anything to remodel here- too many choices!!!) We also met the guy that sold us Duke/Bama tickets. Money and tickets were exchanged, and we are so excited to get to go! We then went to Apex to see The Other Guys, which was surprisingly funnier than I thought it would be. After a quick trip to TJMaxx and a stop at Rita's, we headed home.

My favorite purchase at TJMaxx

Sunday, we went to church in Cary. They have a brand new building, and man, it is crazy nice! I read this week it was a $2 million addition! The service was good, and it definitely more in our comfort zone. We will go a few more times, then check out another near-by church. The only thing we didn't really like about it is that it is 45 minutes away, which makes it hard to be involved. After church, we ate at Lucky 32, which wasn't really that good. :( J's parents left that afternoon.

Last week was the first full week for students. I still am not seeing them until next week though. I have been busy getting everything ready though! This week I am going to a workshop here in town.

This past Friday, after a trip to the store, we rented Book of Eli in Blu-Ray from redbox. So excited they have blu-rays now.. even if the selection is limited. The movie was pretty good! Saturday, we went to Fuquay for lunch. We just relaxed the rest of the day... and watched some football! And oh, what a glorious day it was. Ole Miss got beat by an out of conference team, and we won! Great day to be a Bulldog! (I definitely got some great use out of my cowbell!)

Yesterday, we went to Morrow Mountain State Park in the Uwharrie Mountains, which are really just hills. We ate a picnic lunch and hiked around some. Then we headed into Charlotte. We hadn't really planned on it, but there weren't many trails the hike, so we went. We drove downtown and through where all the rich people live. (We looked up online how much the houses there were selling for.. and wow!) We went to South Park Mall. It was SO nice. And here we are in hiking clothes! The mall had Tiffany & Co., Coach, Louis Vuitton, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and the list goes on. It was huge! After that, we drove around some more and headed home. The weather was perfect all day!

Today, we will just relax and enjoy the day off! Well, I might get J's help to clean up a little ;)

Pics in next post!

Labor Day pics!

Crazy church in Charlotte

Our first glimpse of Charlotte

The hiking trail

View from the top

J overlooking where we had lunch