All Because of a Door

With the new owners on their way to our home we decided to get one last picture with my old car. It is because of this door handle that we met 4 yrs ago this June.

Most of you know the story but for those of you who don't here it is.

I was living in Ann Arbor sharing a place with my brother Ryan. Ry was going to car meets in Ann Arbor and became friends with Pat. He had told Pat about me and my car issues. At the time my drivers side door handle broke and I could only open my car door from the inside. Talk about embarrassing, having to climb across the front seats from the passenger side! Ryan was sick of me bugging him (3 months) to contact Pat so he could fix my car. In the mean time Pat was bugging him to introduce us.

It was June 6th in the afternoon when Ryan called me. All he said was: "Do you have a piece of paper, write this down!" Of course I had to question why he was so pissy and why did I have to write something down! He finally blurted out that he was giving his sister his friends phone number and made it clear it was just to have my car door fixed!

I wrote down the number, paced a few times and called Pat. He answered and asked me if he could call me back, he had just gotten out of the shower. WHAT! Call me back! What ever!

So I waited, and he called me back about 20 min later and we arranged for me to come over within the hour so he could take a look at the door.

It was a nasty hot and humid day and I had a fluorescent green cast on my arm from Lou. (RIP Lou Dog). To make a long story short Lou (my dog) broke my arm. I knocked on the door at Foster Street and Pat answered. I knew the second I saw him I was going to marry him. (I even went to work the next day and told the ladies I work with!)

Well Pat fixed the door and it broke a week later. 2 months later he fixed it and it never gave me a problem after that. He only fixed it because I told him I was going to go to Howard Cooper (Fischer Honda's enemy) and I was going to have them fix it! It was fixed that same day.

So to sum up our love story, we can thank that car door for bringing us together!

Good Bye Old Friend

I first found you in the Ann Arbor News for sale with 71,000 miles in 2001. How ironic I see you leave at 171,000 miles. So many memories. Old friend, you were the reason Pat and I met. All because of your broken driver's side door I found the love of my life. I hope you will have a good home. I am so sad to see you leave. I haven't been this upset since my parents sold their pinto.


Goodbye old friend

HELLO NEW FRIEND

Lazy Sunday

Today has been pretty cold and dreary out. It's the perfect weather to take a nap! I think Turbo and Emma have the right idea...it's a day to be lazy!!

Fred & Ethel

Over night we got quite a bit of rain and when ever that happens we will get a mini pond in the back yard. We would love to have a pond in the back to float around in, watch ducks play in the water and let Emma & Turbo swim when ever they wanted. Something to enjoy during the summer. Well this morning we woke up and saw our dream had come true. We have an active mini pond and it even came with 2 ducks! We named them Fred & Ethel.

Pat went out and threw some bread so they could snack a little while relaxing in the water. They were so cute. After their little swim they went for a walk around the driveway and front yard. The cars driving down the road scared them so they flew off but hopefully they will come back soon...Emma loves to watch them.

We Went Green...

While I was at work I got an email from Pat. He was asking what color I liked, Silver or Charcoal. I replied back that I liked Silver much better than Charcoal. As I left work and was walking up to my car my phone started to ring. It was Pat. I answered and heard, "Congratulations, you are the proud new owner of a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid!" What? Who? Are you joking? All of these thoughts went racing through my head. Pat told me to stop by his work on my way home to pick up my new car!!!! I have never owned a brand new car in my life. My past cars were bought slightly used. Ahhh, that new car smell. Can I buy it in a bottle?



Pat said this is the most important picture of the car. We are officially helping the environment. I feel so green.

The inside, the cleanest it will ever be! Had to take a picture to remember!

It looks so nice in the driveway, fits perfect in the garage.

Coldplay

Today I bought us tickets to go see Coldplay! They are coming to town on their Viva La Vida Tour and are playing at the DTE Energy Music Theatre.

There were 2 bands Pat would always say he wanted to go see if they ever came to town...U2 & Coldplay.

Last week on my way into work I heard on the radio Coldplay was going on tour, I checked out Ticketmaster and saw that the tickets were going on sale today. I set up a reminder on my phone and at 10 am the tickets went on sale. By 10:03 I was printing them off :)

We are really excited. We bought lawn tickets and get to go June 2nd.

This is What Happens When I Wake Up At 5:30am

I got to see the sun rise.

I woke up this morning at 5:30am and could not fall back to sleep. So instead of tossing and turning in bed I decided to get up and start my weekend. I watched the sunrise, cleaned the house and did all the laundry by the time Pat got up at 8am.

I thought for sure I would be napping by 10 but my energy kept flowing! I made brownies and homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch.

Im sure the energy will end soon and I'll be sound asleep by 6pm tonight! Hopefully I only watch one sunrise this weekend!

Just Curious

I have to admit the following to all of you who follow our blog:

• I log in every day and check on all the blogs I follow.
• I sometimes click on others I dont follow through my friends follower's list's.
• I love to see new updates and pictures of old friends and family.
• I love comments on our posts.
• I wish everyone could update their blog daily.
• Im trying to update our blog more often.

When I update our blog I often wonder how many of you actually follow our blog. Is it enjoyable? Does it make you smile? Does it make you wonder what's next? I feel like Im writing a journal of our lives but Im not sure who's found it and who had the guts to open it and read it.

This post is to see who does follow us, who does read our posts, and who does enjoy it! Leave a comment please! Dont be afraid!

St. Patricks Day & A Limo

Happy St. Patrick's Day!



So our evening was pretty quiet to start off with. I cleaned up some broken branches in the front yard. Played frisbee with the dogs and once Pat got home he turned on the hockey game. Soon his phone started to ring and it was his old co-worker Art. All of a sudden we see a Hummer Limo pull up in the front yard. Let the party begin!

Art had the driver pick us up and take us up the road to Aubree's. Never in my life did I ever think that Pat and I would take a limo 1 mile down the road to the local restaurant! We had a blast riding in style!

Thanks Art! We had a great St. Patrick's Day! It started off quiet and dull and ended full of new memories!!!!

My Vinyl Additions

So in my previous post about Vinyl wall art I put the stock photo up for the Birds on a Wire, and Laundry. Here it is! I thought putting it with BB & Lucielle would be the perfect area.



I guess I should have knocked down the cobwebs before taking the picture :) Oh well! I love this one, I read it every time I do laundry. My favorite line is...."Please help with the laundry"