This and That

I apologize for the long pause...
The last week has been very busy! 

This past weekend we headed south to visit friends in Richmond, VA.  I'll call them...the "ELPG family."  We'll likely make many trips down to Richmond, as I have a few friends that live in that area.  We had a wonderful time hanging out with the ELPG's!  This was our first trip to Richmond so we took a driving tour of some of the sites.  We drove down Monument Avenue which is the only street in the nation to be named a national historic site.  After the Civil War, statues were erected to honor Confederate heroes such as President Jefferson David, Robert E. Lee, and General Stonewall Jackson.

Then it was on to Maymont Park to enjoy some time outdoors since the weather was so nice.  The park contains the elaborate Gilded Age mansion that was home to James and Sallie Dooley.  The Dooley's bequeathed their home and 100 acres to the city of Richmond and it has been developed into an beautiful park.  The property contains several different gardens, walking trails, a nature center and a petting zoo.  For a small fee the mansion and other historical buildings can be toured.  If you would like to read more about Maymont - visit www.maymont.org. I'm looking forward to visiting the park again in the summer to see all of the flower gardens!

Checking out the Italian garden at Maymont

I need to give Josh props for assembling our new office desk this weekend.  It would have taken me 15 hours to put that thing together, but he put the entire desk together in just 3 hours!  Now that we finally have a desk I was able to unpack the last of our boxes!  

I'm very thankful to have the desk put together because for the next 8 weeks I will be doing some serious studying to obtain the first of 2 FINRA licenses I need for my job.  No more leisurely evenings watching TV and going out to explore the city...I will spend every minute of my free time with my nose in this behemoth of a book.  (Even Alex is scared of it.)

I'm hoping that Josh will take over blogging for awhile.  So if you don't see a new post for over a week, be sure to pester him! :)