New Home

Well it has been a long time since I posted anything. We sold our house pretty quickly (just under 3 weeks) and purchased a new one. Our closing date is June 15th. I thought I would have to wait until then to post pictures, but I was able to download some of the pictures off of the MLS. So enjoy. A nice 12 X 12 deck out back to relax on. We purchased some nice patio furniture that we can hardly wait to put out here.

This is view one of the livingroom. Complete with surround sound.

Another livingroom view.

Nice updated kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances.

We even have a family room. This is a gas fireplace but it will still be nice in the winter. There is also a half bath off the family room.

There is also surround sound wired in the family room but they are taking the equipment with them. I do have another one to put down here.

Hopefully we will have many years of enjoyment here. After we move in I will take more pictures. One of the things I like is all the flowers already coming up, although I plan to plant many more.

House on the market

Well we finally decided to put our house on the market. Our realtor hired a professional photographer to take the pictures. We think they came out awesome. All we need now is a willing buyer. Open house this Sunday (3/7) 1 - 3.

The outside (ours is on the left). Waiting for the snow to go away. I have some nice perenials that will dress up the place a little. Although it wouldn't hurt my feelings if it sold before they have a chance to come up. Living room.

Downstairs half bath.

Kitchen - doesn't it look like it is brand new?

Dining room from Kitchen.

Dining room from living room.

Our bedroom.

Upstairs full bath - no jacuzzi :(

Andrea's room - view 1

Andrea's room - view 2

Matt's room

Anyone interested?

Dexter and the Hand!

We thought we would see how Dexter would react to the halloween candy dish, The hand is motion activated.

Pumpkin People, foliage and birthday

This is the 4th year that Deb and I have been going to the North Conway area to celebrate my birthday. This year we stayed at 2 different B&B's. It was also the first time that we ran into some snow along the Kangamangus highway. Here are some of our favorite pumpkin people along with some of the beautiful New England foliage. This first picture I just thought was cute since we both like moose.I couldn't get this picture where I wanted it. But that is Mount Washington in the distance. Notice it is completely covered in snow. Here are some baby pumpkins.

A tribute to Michael Jackson. Shall we go dancing?

Only you can prevent forest fires!

Then there was the King of Rock and Roll - Elvis
Two interpretations of Blue Man Group. The second one actually won for most colorful.


A nice tribute to our men in the armed forces.

Then there was Austin Powers.

And one of our favorites - The Addams Family.

And now for some foliage shots. Although it was somewhat late in the season for this area, there was still some beautiful color. My camera didn't really do it any justice.



This was taken along the Kangamangus highway. Notice the snow on the high mountains.

This was an interesting tree. Wish the picture had come out better.

At least this shows some of the magnificent colors.

Vacation

Recently Deb and I went on a short vacation to Williamsburg, DC, Amish Country and the Poconos. Here are a few of the pictures. One of the first places we visited was Presidents Park. They have these huge statues of all the presidents. There is also a little biography of each one. In addition there are several boards with significant moments in American History. It was pretty cool.


I am not a crook!!!

Then we went to Busch Gardens. Here is one of the Budweiser Clydesdales.

And a couple of the roller coasters. This one is called Loch Ness Monster. Having Scottish ancestry and also been to Scotland, I had to go on it. It was cool.

After Williamsburg, we drove up to Haymarket, Va to stay with my cousin. Deb and I went into DC and visited the American History museum followed by a scenic bus ride around DC. Here are a couple pics from the museum. (didn't take that many)

After our wonderful visit with Dickie and Scott, we headed to Amish Country. On the way there, we stopped at a wine shop for a sampling and then the Lancaster Brewery.

While in Amish Country, we visited a pretzel factory and got a chance to make our own pretzel. I don't think these ones made it to the sales table.

We did a lot of driving around but again not many pictures. There are still a lot of horse and buggies in Amish Country. You can even take a ride on one if you want. We chose not to.

Unfortunately, we did not take any pictures in the Pocono's. Didn't see all that much to take pictures of.

HR Block Cookout

Just a few pics from our annual HR Block Cookout. I started organizing this about 5 or 6 years ago. Unfortunately the turnout isn't that great but those that go have a great time.
Paula, Dottie and Dottie's friend Wilma. Andy Hamelin and Dottie Baker.

Linda Pendleton and her boyfriend Wade.

Although I have been coordinating the cookout, Tracie lets us have it at her house. Her new boyfriend Todd did the cooking this year. Yeah!! I don't have to do that any more.

Amber, Tracie and Paula Hamelin. This is Ambers first time to our cookouts. And now she is moving to Maine.