I should win the award for most inconsistent blogger and since even Sam has to hear about it from those peeps over at AOA I better start writing!
Here are important things you missed I forgot to mention:
1. We had to put our kitty Jasper to sleep.
2. We finally bought a house!
3. We are getting married!
More to come…
Remember when I posted about how Sam’s BMW got crushed by a building in Albany this past winter, and I asked if anyone wanted to buy an engine?
Well it’s taken. He found the same exact car with a blown engine. Purchase price $1,900.
For the past few months Sam and his friend Jason (and some other friends) have been transplanting the engine from the flattened BMW into his new purchase. It’s been quite a production and I’ve spent many lonely weekends while he’s off tinkering, but in the end it was worth it.
The chore was a huge project but thanks to his friend Jason he learned a lot throughout the past few months. They both have way more patience than me. Not to mention Sam has two cars parked in his driveway and one is taking up most of the space in Jason’s one-car garage! (God bless his wife because those aren’t the only toys he has parked in the driveway).
This past weekend they actually started it up and took it for a test drive. It needs a few tweaks before he can drive it home, like apparently the steering wheel isn’t on straight (oops).
More photos after the jump.
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We still haven’t closed on our house yet but we’re getting closer. Tomorrow marks the first day of summer and the grass has yet to see a lawn mower this spring, so Sam made sure he will be prepared for the jungle when we do close on the house. Of course he had to buy the biggest tractor he could find to mow the three acres we will have. It’s a John Deere and it came with a bunch of different attachments for mowing and plowing. That’s about all I know and it’s green and very big.
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Happy father’s day to the greatest man who ever lived, my dad! He has put up with a lot over the years, especially having three daughters and a wife. Thank you for always being there for me when I need you and thank you for being my support when times are tough. Thank you for giving me my OCD and neurotic behavior. Thank you for always letting me bring home stray animals and thanks for continuing to take care of them. Thank you for letting me live with you now because I wasn’t able to move into my house (even though I’m 26 and well over the age that one should be dependent on a parent). Thank you for all those times you made my bed and washed and folded my clothes. Thank you for all the lunches, dinners, and vacations. Thank you for always keeping me in your prayers and thoughts. Thanks for all the tears and laughs.
And thank you for all the other times I forgot to mention it. There are a hundred reasons why I’m grateful that God made you my father. Everything I have in my life is because of you and mom, and I thank you for giving me so many things that other kids only dream of. Thank you for working so hard to provide for your family. You and mom are so special to me and I love you with everything that I have. Happy Father’s Day!
Today I’m selling Denmark and Sweden! Most people don’t think of these two countries when visiting Europe, but after spending a week in each this past month they are definitely worth a visit.
Meet ZaZa (pronounced ce-sa). She was born in Greenland and moved to Denmark when she was a teenager. She happens to be one of my co-workers siblings and is a very cool chick. We spent our first week with ZaZa as our tour guide, learning Danish and eating lots of pickled herring.
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Two of my girlfriends and I leave for Scandinavia in less than a month. We’re hitting Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen and a few places in Sweden. Today I went to AAA and purchased some of their currency, and I’m very excited to go to Europe for the first time. I have been day dreaming about my trip for eight months now.
It’s about 3 o’clock on a Friday afternoon and I’m at work, which means I’m hardly working. It also means I’m hungry and sleepy.
I found this on Sweden’s tourist website Sweden.se and I want one. How delicious goes this look?
Semla with almond paste and whipped cream dates back to the 16th century
This past weekend I took a few steps toward adult hood by moving out of my apartment in downtown Albany and into to my parent’s house in Columbia County. I’m sure many of you are thinking …well that’s two steps backward, right? However six months ago Sam and I submitted an offer on a house.
Just one problem the house was listed as “third party approval” – a short sale. Unlink the title suggests the sale is by no means “short.”
Sam and I did our research on short sales and knew what we were getting into. We found the perfect home (at half the price) in the quiet country setting of Averill Park. When we thought the coast was clear we told our landlord that after five years we were moving out – we gave him two months notice. Well my friends those two months have come and gone and we are still without a closing date.
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I’m sure you’ve been on the roads in Albany and know that there are pot holes out there that could swallow your car whole and can do some serious damage.
But that is not what the post is about…
Sam was storing his BMW in a garage around the corner from us on Jefferson, and a few weeks ago the roof collapsed from the snow (a recurring theme this winter). Good thing he kept the insurance on it. The garage owner didn’t have the same luck.
To add salt to his wounds the building was deemed “unsafe” by the Albany Police and fire department, so Sam and I had to stand and watch as the building was demolished with his car inside.
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