Changing temps

After sporting shorts in close to 90 degree weather these past couple of days, it dropped down in the 50's today after a chilling rain last night. We weren't complaining, however, because our AC went on the fritz yesterday, so today was quite pleasant. Thankfully, we were able to get somebody to come fix it today, so our warm Charlotte spring will be much more bearable.

Sean will be home any minute with some Chinese food for a later dinner. His work is going very well at this church, and he's really enjoying working with this church leadership.

Beautiful weekend

Man, it's been gorgeous in Charlotte this weekend. We took advantage of the weather and spent a lot of time outside. I planted and potted some things and did some general yard work, which I love and have missed terribly. Sean and I also took some time to paint an original Mitchell masterpiece, as well as throw a baseball around the backyard. I can't wait until spring rears its full head here and all of the blooms come out with a vengeance!

We also have updated our Charlotte home pictures on Flickr.

The madness continues...

March Madness is a permanent fixture in our home this time of year, and this one in Charlotte is no different. Sean and I both filled out our brackets, and we both have had a few mistakes, but I suppose that is to be expected.

The big news of the week is that the same couple who has been so generous with us in loaning us various and sundry furniture pieces while we're here brought over an unused elliptical machine they had stowed in their basement. We are so excited to have that in the house now, as it helps to burn off some excess energy on those days when the rain gets the best out of our efforts to get outside and exercise.

Bobcats defeat Magic

One of the members from the church gave Shannon and me tickets to the Charlotte Bobcats game tonight - great seats up in a suite. We got there right at tipoff and enjoyed the game--especially seeing a few players from UNC's 2005 championship season.

Charlotte had a great shooting night, as they made 14 3-pointers - a franchise record! They kept a good lead most of the game over their opponent--the Orlando Magic--and overall didn't much look like a team that had previously lost 8 straight. Whatever they did tonight worked and they need to do more of it.

Now's it back to college basketball. I filled out my bracket today and am predicting Kansas to win the tournament. I hope UNC proves me wrong and does more than I anticipate for them.

Pics from Charlotte

Our home, originally uploaded by Bamaluv.

Click here to view some more on flickr.

March Madness

This week was the beginning of my annual immersion in the college basketball world's March Madness. I have been spending a lot of my free time watching all of the tournaments that lead up to the NCAA tournament. And the greatest wife in the world has been in complete support of my indulgence, as she knows how much this time of the year means to me.

As I write, it is halftime of UNC's game against FSU. After the game I have told Shannon that we will go out and see more of the area, and maybe see a movie.

I implore those who don't like college basketball to give it a chance over the next four weeks and watch a game or two. If nothing else, watch it to pull for the Tarheels!

Weekend news

Well, we had a very eventful weekend. Sean's cousin, Lindsay, was driving through from Clemson, and she decided to spend a night with us. It's always nice having her around - a very sweet girl that's extremely easy to be around. We felt kind of bad, though, because it ended up being a very hectic weekend to be in this house. We had a great couple give us some furniture that was a little less than brand new, so we called to have someone come and steam it clean for us, and while that went well, it hampered our schedule a bit since we had to wait around for them on Saturday to get here. Oh well. We now have some real furniture in our living room - though we're still hoping for a nice big couch to put in there too.

We also had another couple who has continually gone above and beyond the call of duty and brought by a bunch of nice iron outdoor furniture and lounge chairs for our front porch and big back deck. They also brought some more stuff yesterday including an area rug, tv, futon, and a great old rustic buffet table of sorts that they said we could actually keep when we're done here. We have no idea if/how we're going to have room for it when we're leaving, but we like it all the same!

Now that the house is in some kind of order, we really will post pictures soon to give you a glimpse into our lives.

Birthday Get-together

My (Shannon's) Mother's birthday was yesterday, and we decided to meet halfway in Greenville, SC for a day of shopping with the family. Momma, Gram, Christine, and the kiddos got to come, so I thoroughly enjoyed getting to spend a lovely day with part of my family. We might just make exchanging gifts at the food court a tradition, as that is what we did at the Mall of Georgia for my birthday in August last year as well. And we realized just how close we are, as the trip only took each of us about an hour and a half or less. Not too bad for a day trip, especially when it means getting to see the family that has lived so far away for almost 9 years!