And its been...Its been a little while...

Once again, the everyday busyness of our lives has left this blog neglected.

This past weekend, Josh's father and Grandmother made the trip out from Michigan to visit us. We all had an excellent time exploring Vermont at one of our favorite wineries, the best cheese factory in the world, a cider mill, and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream factory this past Friday. On Saturday, Josh, his father, Lee, and I all went down to Philadelphia to watch a Phillys baseball game! We had a great time with his father and grandmother and we can't wait to see them again!

The weekend before, Josh, Lola, and I went up to Caribou, Maine (about a 10 hour car trip, each way) to look at a movie theatre that is currently for sale. Although at this time, we are still unsure of what we are going to do, and where this will lead us in the near future, it was a nice little trip. Lola, however, is not a big fan of long car rides. She was a very happy passenger in the car until about an hour and a half into the trip. After that, she just laid in the backseat looking very depressed and she became very anti-social. She was happy to get out of the car at a rest stop in Maine, but unhappy to get back in the car. She VERY much enjoyed the hotel and going out on the hotels property the next morning. She seemed to be rather impressed by all of the scenery around her, causing her just to lay down in the middle of the parking lot so she could look around more. When it was finally time to leave, she was rather unwilling to get back in the car, prompting Josh to pick her up and toss her in the backseat. The anti-socialness started up right away for the entire ride home!

This coming weekend will be a lot of fun! We have the first annual Chiari Awareness Walk in Washington Park. Josh and I are VERY excited to be able to participate. I'm happy to announce that Faith and Jesse will be attending the walk, as well as Kristin, Casey, and Marissa are all going to try and make it up in time to walk, as well! I have also given fliers to all of my co-workers and most have them have made some generous donations! I believe a co-worker or two may even show up at the walk! Rumor has it, the Mayor of Albany is planning to attend this walk!

After the Chiari Walk, we will be attending Larkfest. Larkfest is pretty much a street festival, on Lark Street in Albany. From what I have heard, it's pretty much just a LOT of loud music, lots of food, booze and entertainment! We have pretty much agreed to attend Larkfest, for a couple of reasons. One being, if we move our cars that day, we will probably have a NICE long hike back home, since we live right off of Lark Street. Another reason being that neither of us have attended Larkfest before, and since we may be moving to Maine, this may be our first and last chance.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a visitor from Texas! Josh's good friend, Lennie, came to visit us. We had a great time showing him around Albany. hitting up happy hour, drinking Chinese wine, and hitting up some of the local hot spots! It was a great time!

Come this time next week, Josh will be back in Texas! (Lucky boy!) He has to go for two days of work, and then he will have three days to go visit friends. Boy, will Lola (ok, and me too) miss him! It's going to be so quiet at home! Atleast I know I will be able to watch the season premire of Survivor next Thursday night!

Sorry, no pictures today! Hopefully, when Josh is out of town, I will be able to update the blog, and add some pictures!