Squirrels, U-Turns, Family and Friends

Okay, so I came up with something I DON'T like about VA. First, I had to get my car inspected...most of us from SC remember what a pain that is. Thankfully the car didn't need any extra work. I'm not so sure about Brian's...his will probably need a good bit! :)

The other thing I must say that drives me crazy are all of the medians in the road which only allow you to turn in one direction. Therefore you have to drive down to the next light and make a U-Turn. I have made more U-Turns in the past 5 months than I have in my entire life! :0 I will say that the traffic does move pretty smoothly though!

What's up with this squirrel? He sat on our deck for at least five minutes sun bathing or something. After a while, he flipped and looked the other way...very odd!

On a good note, we have enjoyed spending time with some of our friends and family. Toby and Stacy Kirkland came up to visit two weekends ago. We had a good time watching football and eating!

We also went to Field Day of the Past. They had food, rides, tractor pulls. Ellie had fun riding the motorcycles! :) You should have seen her face when it started. She wasn't expecting it to start and she was very surprised!

I rode a ride with her, but those round and round rides make me feel sick, as you can see!

Jason's (Brian's brother) birthday was last week! So, this past weekend we went to Lynchburg, VA to see Jason and Bonnie. Brian's Mom and Dad came up from Columbia too. We also had a good time watching football and eating! Does it get any better than that? :) Ellie and Will were worn out by the end of the night.

On Thursday, Ellie's class is going on a field trip to a pumpkin patch. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures.

Friday is a big day for Brian's work. They will have the ground breaking for their first plant in Hopewell, VA. Brian said there might be a few protesters so that should be interesting! :) Maybe I should make my own "Pro-ethanol" sign to carry! :)

Ellie and Will

Ellie started preschool last week and she is really enjoying it. It is a little different from HABC Preschool, but she has adjusted well! Mrs. Piehl is her teacher. Ellie is the purple octopus in her class. This week her job is to check the weather in the morning. Last week she had the job of saying the blessing, which I'm sure no one heard since she is so quite in those situations! :)

Preschool is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Every morning I have to drop her off in a car line, so I don't get to walk her to her class. She is such a big girl walking in there all by herself. It is really cute to watch.

Will went to his first Kindermusik class today, which Brian thinks is a waste of money...it probably is, but we had fun anyway! He laughed and watched the teacher the entire time. It was too funny! He got a cute little toy, music car today to play with at home. Thankfully it is not too loud! We got to take his friend Luke a birthday present - he turned 1 last week! Happy Birthday, Luke!

Not too many exciting things to write about today. Our friends Toby and Stacy are coming to visit this weekend, so perhaps I'll have more to write about then! :)

Why I Hate Virginia...and my husband!

So all of you reading this probably know that Brian and I moved to Virginia in April of this year so that Brian could take a new job at Osage Bioenergy. Most of you think that Brian drug me here, and you would probably like to think that I am unhappy and want to come running home to South Carolina. That's why I have named this blog, "Why I Hate Virginia...and my husband." I figured it would get your attention! Did it work?

So I thought I would use this blog to let you know how things really happened and to keep you up to date on how things REALLY are in VA. The good, the bad, and the ugly...hopefully more good however. Now, I do not claim to be a writer, so please forgive all of my typos and grammatical errors. I do appologize in advance. I hope that you will check in every once in awhile to see what's going on in our little world.