Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hahn Family Reunion
Joe and I made it back to Pittsburgh around 2 o'clock this afternoon. We unpacked, did laundry and started to re-pack in preparation for our vacation. Although we do not look forward to our early morning flight tomorrow, we are very excited to be heading south!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Merry Christmas Part II
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This morning my family celebrated a late Christmas. It was nice to have the holiday together though. Tomorrow we are heading to Wooster for some more family fun with my mom's side of the family.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas Day...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tis the night before Christmas!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Ole Ole Ole!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Just fix it already!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
New Header
Suzi, you can have no complaints - you took this picture.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Real or Fake?
There are a lot of pros to an artificial tree so I have been leaning towards that option. It is hard to let go of the real tree though...
Friday, December 12, 2008
Christmas Present...
He was able to borrow drills when he made repairs at our work properties and such. However, a problem occurred when we tried to hang our curtain rods. His 7.5 baby drill could barely make it through the drywall and would cry to a stop when it hit a 2x4. We wanted to get curtains up sooner than later so Joe got his drill early.
This happened about two weeks ago and I have been trying to think of a good gift since then. Any ideas...? Email them rather than post a comment...Joe occasionally reads the blog.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
MarathonFoto
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Home again.
Here is a picture of the sunset over Lake Las Vegas last night. It was gorgeous!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
We did it!
It was incredibly difficult and while running, I promised myself never to repeat such an agonizing event. In the end it was a great experience but I think I would prefer to just stick to the half marathons from now on.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Airport Taxi
Yesterday, Joe and I were up at 5:30 AM and ready to seize the day. Usually we might adjust to the 3 hour time change, but this time the trip is short and it is advantageous to be on an early schedule since the marathon will start at 6:07 AM tomorrow. We met up with Suzi and Jon who had arrived the previous evening and then we started our tour of the course (we want to be mentally prepared). After the 26 mile loop, we picked up our race bags and bib numbers and then enjoyed a Sushi lunch before picking up my Mom at the airport.
After she checked in to her hotel, we toured the strip as we walked from the Monte Carlo to Treasure Island. After dinner, we headed back to the airport to pick up Katie and Joe's parents. With it being 8:30 PM, I was exhausted and was finally happy to get in bed.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
To Vegas!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mini Closets
Monday, December 1, 2008
sEWWWage.
A week or two ago, our garage started to smell horrible. I thought I had a dead, rotting pigeon on the bottom of my tire - that's how unpleasant the stench was. However, we discovered that the culprit of the putrid odor was the sewage backing up into our garage...ewww, gross.
After further investigation, we found that the plumber had messed up and caused this issue. Therefore, we will continue to have construction going on at our house. Does this kind of thing happen with all new homes? Always a few kinks to be worked out before all is well?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
I'm back!
Here are a few house/life updates from the past few weeks:
- Our blinds were installed and we finally took down our functional but not so aesthetically pleasing paper blinds.
- Darn the refrigerator - it broke again. The service technician got it working again for the time being. If it breaks again, I am going to raise even more hell for GE.
- Sadly, my grandma passed away right before Thanksgiving. I'm going to miss her.
- Joe and I spent Thanksgiving at my house. It was very nice to see my family and we had a good time!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
An exciting purchase!
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Also, I purchased a white pea coat. I wonder how many days I will wear it until I get it dirty - I am accepting wagers for the over/under of one week.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Poker, Football, Beer...
Otherwise, there hasn't been anything too exciting happening in our lives. Our blinds have been delivered - now we just have to wait for the Lowe's employee to install them. We look forward to getting rid of our paper blinds. Our goal for this weekend is to possibly purchase some panel curtains for our sliding glass doors.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wedding Photos
The next step will be to go through the list a few more times, with the objectives to weed out a few more as well as decide on the sizes. Hopefully the order should be officially placed by the end of this week. I look forward to putting them around the house!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween
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This afternoon, we prepared for our Halloween Housewarming party. It really will be a small gathering of Joe's friends and their significant others but it still feels like a party to us. Our neighbors are having a 300 person party tonight that will put our party to shame.
Trick-or-treaters started coming by at 5:30. Joe and I thought our 200 some pieces of candy would suffice, we were severely wrong. Those little munchkins must have been taking more than one piece because we were all out of candy in a little over an hour. We shut off the lights and hid upstairs...ashamed. It was our first time being on this "side of the bag" - meaning it was our first time handing out candy and that is our excuse for why were ill prepared. Next year we will stock up!
Answer:
Joe's Pumpkin: left
Lauren's Pumpkin: right
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Just a picture...
Monday, October 27, 2008
Victorious Weekend!
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Friday night we went to (a second) dinner with Joe's friends who had made the trek from New Castle. Together there were 15 of us. We ate at an Italian place called Martini's and we didn't finish up there until close to midnight.
On Saturday, Joe and I walked around Easton (a very nice indoor/outdoor mall area) before heading to the tailgate. We had hamburgers, hotdogs and normal tailgate fare. We tossed the football a bit and walked around the other tailgates. Around 4 o'clock, we packed up and got ready to watch the big game at GameWorks. It was a very low scoring and evenly matched game. Penn State managed to pull off the win in the end with a score of 13-6!
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Joe and I had a surprise when we got home on Sunday - our shower glass had been installed! At last, we don't have to walk up to the third floor to take a shower. It looks great as well.
Friday, October 24, 2008
PSU v. OSU
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Workin It!
My title will be Project/Marketing Executive - sounds pretty important, doesn't it! The "executive" title is misleading. I will be working with the commercial real estate project(s), as well as maintaining the website.
Joe's title is VP Commercial Development - again the VP makes Joe feel very special! It's a small company. He will be dealing with the construction and commercial project(s).
Also, on a small note, I got my new social security card this week - I'm officially Lauren Christine Patrick! Please feel free to still call me Anson though - otherwise I'll miss it.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Ahhhh!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Let's go PSU!
On Saturday, my friend from Spain, Ashley, came to Penn State. We walked around the tailgates for a while before going into the the game. Besides, the loud and obnoxious father/son duo that sat directly behind us, the game was very exciting! Penn State started off slow - Michigan was leading 17 - 14 at half time but they dominated the second half and the final score of 46 - 17. The number 3 ranked Nittany Lions are having a very good year! It was a very fun weekend and made me miss Penn State.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Penguins Game!
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It's amazing how much faster it moves live in comparison to on TV. Within the first few minutes of play, a full fledged fight broke out - it was very entertaining! The Penguins scored two quick goals in the middle of the second period and then unfortunately, the Philadelphia Flyers scored two even quicker goals in the last minute of that period.
The score remained 2-2 through the third period and the game went to a 5 minute sudden death overtime. The Pens scored with 10 seconds to go for the victory! We were fortunate enough to see such a great game at our first ever Penguins game.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Weekend Update
We also purchased a coffee table/ottoman. It has a leather cushion top and has small side pullouts for drinks. We also assembled our bookshelves for the office. I'll post pictures later.
Today, we came back to Joe's parents house in New Castle. We brought our things from our freezer to put in their freezer since we are unplugging our fridge so it can be serviced and hopefully completely fixed tomorrow! What we have learned: don't take your refrigerator for granted.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Shredder
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Grillin'
In other news, we had a meeting with our photographers today to discuss album options. After deciding on a brown leather 10x10 album, we scrolled through the layouts. Joe and I are going to try to cut down the number of pages (which will be difficult) and tweak it so it's just right.
We also had a meeting to go over the plans for Cityzens (the real estate group Joe and I are joining). We talked about upcoming projects and how we will be involved.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Solon & Back
Monday I had a few doctors appointments and I packed up my clothes and other possessions. I filled most of the trunk of Joe's car - I hadn't realized I had accumulated so much stuff. We had dinner with my parents that night and then we headed back to Pittsburgh. The 2 days went very quickly.
Today, the GE repair man came to check out our warm fridge. He informed us that he is going to need to replace most of the parts in our brand new refrigerator. He will do this next Wednesday - he also informed us we need to empty out the freezer before he replaces the parts so that the appliance can be unplugged. We can't wait to have a functioning fridge.
After the GE man came, Joe and I went for a run. We ran to the Monongahela Incline and rode it down the hill and then continued our run to the Eliza Furnace Trail and then back. It was Joe's first time on the Incline and he thoroughly enjoyed his ride and is looking forward to riding it again.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Happy Birthday Pittsburgh!
It was a huge display of fireworks - they were shot off from 17 different locations! We walked down from our house to the edge of the mountain so that we could get a better and more panoramic view of the fireworks. They shot them over the rivers and off of buildings - it was very cool to see!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Mr. Fix It
Getting this fixed is priority one...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Chapter 121: No More Chapters
Exciting news in the Patrick household! We have assembled all of our office furniture:
Also, Joe and I picked up our (more like his) grill today and Joe grilled BBQ chicken for us. It was good!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Chapter 120: Housework
We then went back to Joe's house in New Castle so that he could pick up some of his things. We ate dinner with his parents and then watched the Steelers game. I visited Dorann and her family - which is always an enjoyable time! This morning Joe finished packing his clothes and in the meantime I made an exciting discovery. I had been waiting in anticipation for the wedding pictures to be ready and while browsing the brand studio site today...I found the pictures! (password is : anson) Mrs. Patrick, Joe and I looked at all 660 of them.
Joe and I then drove back to Pittsburgh and continued our organization and cleaning of the house. Also, I thought it would be nice to show why Joe gets to watch football all Sunday - the following pictures should explain it:
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Chapter 119: Back to the Real World
It's the start of the "real world" now. I got a bit a taste of how every Sunday will be this fall. The following pictures should fully describe it:
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Chapter 118: Last Day
A little before 5 o’clock, we headed over to the luau that was on the other side of the resort. We got front row seats – literally, we had to watch that our heads weren’t hit by props during the hula and fire dancing. We liked this luau better than the last. They showed us the ceremony of removing the Kalua pig from the imu (the underground oven the Hawaiian use to cook). We enjoyed the large buffet of food as the dancing began. It was a very nice way to finish the trip.
Now, we are going to enjoy the rest of our day on the Big Island by touring some coffee plantations and visiting the Kailua-Kona area. Our flight is at 10:45 tonight and we won’t be back in Pittsburgh until tomorrow afternoon around 4. It’s going to be a long night…and day.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Chapter 117: Sunset Cruise
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Chapter 116: Big Island Exploring
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Chapter 115: Sea Turtles
At the bar, we watched the sunset as we sipped our cocktails. The meal we were served at the Paniolo was very large and we left very full. Then we prepared our things for today’s big event…we are leaving the village! Our plan is to take the northern highway that will loop us to Volcano National Park. We hope to see some sites along the way and ultimately, some red slow-flowing lava…