Wow. I really haven't posted since July 3? And no wordy updates in who knows how long?
My mom came to visit at the beginning of July and Chris's brother Matt and his wife Carrie came to stay with us around the same time while they looked for a place to live. So we have had a very full house for all of July, but that's really the way I prefer it. For Independence Day we all biked from Mountain View over to the fireworks at Shoreline and Geneva got to stay up until 11pm, which of course she loved.
Chris and I took advantage of all the babysitters around and went to a midnight showing of Harry Potter in IMAX 3D. It was so awesome!!! I love the way whenever something loud happened it shook my seat.
Other than that things have been pretty run of the mill... I was given a promotion at work to manager, and also our stock has been doing pretty well, so I've actually been able to make money off of some of my options. While my mom was visiting we knitted a shawl together - she did all the boring rows and I did all the hard rows. I've been continuing my running, by going 3 miles once every 3 days. My mom biked alongside me once when she was here and I guess I was inspired because I ran it at 11:15 mins per mile. I know that won't impress anyone who is actually a good runner, but it is a personal best.
I've made one of these cut chenille baby blankets and am most of the way through a second one. I'll show pics at some point. I've also been making some of the recipes I keep sharing from google reader, including the cupcake size cherry pies (yum!) and the cake batter pancakes (um... edible but way too sweet, even for this sweetatarian).
We've mostly unpacked all the boxes and are starting to think about modifications we want to make to the house. Everything from fixing screens, to remodeling the kitchen. We've already fixed one broken part of the sprinkler system, unstuck a lot of windows, pulled dish antennas off the roof, and so on. I think the next major thing will be to get people out to remove the asbestos from the pipes in the basement... we just don't want any of that stuff in the house no matter how well it insulates.
So... just small things going on around here. It's been a nice summer so far though!
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