12-31-09 Thursday (Under Estimation)

Jim and I worked hard at getting the guest room set up.  Carl and Tim are coming from Florida to spend a couple of days with us!  Our first house guests.  They were due into town early afternoon.  They actually beat us to the house.  I should have known Carl would beat the GPS’ estimated arrival time. 

Just as the boys arrived, we had rain.  We unloaded our vehicle and theirs, then made way into the house for the tour.  Tim and Carl had broken up their long drive by crashing at a rest area in southern Georgia.

 Above: One of the first things to unpack this morning was the coffee maker and my new Christmas gift mug from a friend.  Blogging: Never before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.

 Above: Jim’s mug.  Potential: Not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up.

 Above: Another step in the family room organizational process is complete.

  Above: A gift basket from my Aunt Donna.  The 4 of us enjoyed cheese and crackers!

Above: Dasher is so happy to have “his” red couch back.

Carl and Tim took showers and naps.  Later we all ventured to Walmart for breakfast supplies, snacks, and other items.  It was a newer Walmart.  The place was packed.  95% of the registers were open and had a line.  At 7pm on New Year’s Eve… who would have thunk it?

For dinner, we ate at Zio’s.  If you’ll remember, Jim and I went there with Mark and Tom a few weeks ago.  We all enjoyed our dinner.  On the way home, we drove around uptown Charlotte.  We’ll go again tomorrow.

To ring in the new year, we had champagne ready to go.  Well, we had it at 11pm and called it a night.  Happy New Year!