They Did It!

I don't know all the details (or even the correct spelling of his name) but Baby Statman is here! They left for the hospital at 4pm, the water broke en-route and he was born by 5pm! Such miracles eh? So much for the doc telling her she'd be late...but then again, you tell us gals one thing and being stubborn, we'll do the other.

We tried some new eateries this weekend. Carrabba's last night, which was delicious, but we ate too late and had hurting bellies this morning. But I got the advice from others it's the best steak in town and I must say, it could very well be. Pretty sad that a chain wins that in this town of originals. Now today for lunch we had Chick-fil-a. Just chicken all the time. And the shake was good too! But it's real chicken, not McDonald's processed ground up pressed into fun shapes chicken. Ew. Have you seen Super Size Me? Tonight we went on an adventure to Richmond Hills to try Augie's Pub where the pizza is supposed to be the best. The owner is from Chicago so we felt right at home and they even had one Packer Pennant flag! My review of the pizza...alright, a little blah, not the best I've had actually. Greg thought it was awesome. I think mostly because it's the only thin crust pizza we've seen around here! But I believe it was Grande Cheese on the pizza, so that made up for the blahness somewhat.

Tomorrow we're going to see Clerks II! We'll see if the magic still exists in Kevin Smith.

Oh yes...we accidentally found a house we want. :) We were just nosing around last weekend and decided to look at this place since it's vacant. It needs a lot of sweat equity and some polishing, but it's something we NEVER thought we could get ourselves into. It's not for sure yet, just in the beginning phase of seeing what we can do. But here are a couple pictures, and mind you, it has been vacant for some time and whoever painted it must've been color blind, but it has HUGE potential and is possibly a dream come true. And hopefully I'm not jinxing it by showing ya'll a preview!

Here's a map so you might get a general idea of where it is. Daffin Park is the other huge park in town (there's actually quite a few I guess). Oh, can you see the red star? I think it disappeared, but it's on the corner of 50th & Waters, 2 blocks south of the park.

This is the kitchen...see what I mean by color blind? The cabinets, counter tops and tile back splash seem to be recent additions. Will we keep the checkerboard floor?
And what is the deal with Red Living Rooms? It is our curse I think. There is also a sun porch behind the fireplace that is red too. The floor is brand new, I love the inlaid details, and the fireplace is gas.
Master Suite. It's huge with an attached bathroom. that pole thing is someone's left-over clothes rack. I'm kind-of at a loss for what some of the items are doing in the house since it has been vacant for so long and the current owner never lived there. And shh...there's a neon beer sign in the attic...hopefully a treasure they leave for us. :)
And here is the front. The azalea bushes are a tad overgrown (tad? I mean exTREEEEEmly overgrown, there's more in the back and along the side) and if we do get this house our first purchase after closing will be a hedge trimmer. Start the recommendations now! Oh yeah, and an exterminator. Ew.
Can you picture what it'll be like once it's restored to all it's grandeur? A true southern belle...not quite the beauties dating back 100 years that you find downtown (nor the millions of dollars), but safer 60 years with brick! Haha!

Alright, I think I've caught everyone up! There hasn't been much going on lately...we eat, sleep and work. Greg had an excellent time back home for the weekend...had a good birthday...and now we have a new nephew. :) We can rest easy tonight. Night ya'll.