The happenings in the Quillon home :)

Wow, we have had quite a few things happen recently!

First of all, a little over a week ago, Paul and I decided it was time to trade in his Chevy Impala for something that would give us a little bit better mpg and was considered a "good" car. I am a big Toyota fan so we drove to the Toyota Dealership in Charlottesville and found exactly what we were looking for. We purchased a 2009 Toyota Corolla SE. It's silver and we love our new car. When we drove from Missouri to Virginia this past April after the STL airport was hit by the tornado, we go t amazing mpg and it was a comfortable car to ride in. What better test drive can you get then 850 miles of highway, city, flat landscape and mountains?!?!?! We are very happy with our puchase and feel we made the perfect decision for us.

Second of all, we decided to put our house ont he market the middle of July so it's been for sale for about 6 weeks now. Although we have not had anyone show interest as of yet, we are very prayerful and hopeful that something will come of our efforts. I have gone into this with no expectations. If it does not sell by January, we will take it off the market for 6 months and then try again... but if it does sell, I will be thrilled. People are wondering what our next step will be if the house sells.... we really don't know. We have a couple ideas rolling around in our family prayers, so until we feel impressed that the Lord is guiding us in one direction or the other, we will leave those ideas with the Lord :) I have decided to embrace this time in our life and know that "It's all good"

Third of all, as MOST of you already know... Virginia had an earthquake today :) It was a horrible/crazy experience. It terrified me and at one point I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Let me explain why though. We had put Harley outside to go potty and run around for a while before we left for work. Paul and I had been laying on the couch watching tv and not 2 minutes after getting up to start changing into my scrubs, the entire house started to shake. As soon as I realized it was an earthquake, I freaked out because Harley is TERRIFIED of everything and I knew he was outside all alone and probably going into cardiac arrest. I was worried he would try to jump the fence. All of these thoughts were running through my mind and Paul kept telling me he was fine. I was like "No, we have to go to the basement and get him, he's scared". Well... needless to say, he is just fine. He was a little freaked out when we finally let him and I'm sure he has forgiven us for letting him go through such a thing. Everyone at work was safe when I arrived and I am so thankful that Paul's night was not as terrible as I expected it to be when they announced on the radio that our 911 number was not working. I assumed he would be soo busy all night doing damage control.

Well, that's about all I have right now. Paul and I have both worked the last 6 days so I am ready for him to get home so we can go to bed. Although he has the next 4 days off, he is picking up overtime all 4 days and he has to be back at work for a 3 hour shift at 6 am. Not quite sure how he's going to get enough sleep... but the money is good so I'm sure he will work, come home and take a long nap!

I hope this find everyone well!!!

Love,
Us

August

Happy August everyone :)

It's finally here and all I can say is... I HOPE IT BRING'S COOLER WEATHER!!! I was reading a Yahoo News article today regarding the horrible heat wave that has hit the US this summer. They said that there were almost 3,000 heat records set in July alone all over the country. That's up from the 1,400 last year. Believe it or not, a little town in Minnesota was named "The hottest place in US recorded history" for a day. With the heat index (humidity plus the temp) it was 134 outside. I know Virginia has been insane the past month. Although several people we know insist on keeping their homes cool through this heat wave, we keep the house at aprox 80 deg. Yes, it get's warm from time to time so when I'm cleaning or working around the house, I turn it down to 77. Even at 77 though, when I hear the air kick on and I see is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It stresses me out. The only thing I hate about a warm house is when I'm trying to sleep and my feet get hot. I can't sleep when my feet are hot. Ok, enough about the hot weather :) May August bring us cooler weather so I can open my windows and let the summer funk out of my house!

I finally ran 1 mile last night (well, more like 0.9) but it's close enough so I'm guna go with the 1 mile idea. It was horribly difficult and I am kinda not looking forward to doing it again tonight... but I will never improve if I don't keep working at my goal. So, here in about 4 hours I will hit the pavement and run like the cops are chasing me.

I know I have been behind on posting pictures the past several post's so I promise as soon as my camera is back up and running, I will get some pictures on this thing. I have pictures of our new gutters and I want to get updated pictures our the house posted.

Happy Tuesday everyone!