Tulip Table Arrived

If you need a great card game table, this is it!



It's called a tulip table because it was designed from the bottom up by designer Saarinen.  Then there is the 78" marble piece weighing in at about 200 pounds.  We had the white glove delivery because there was no way that Mat and I were going to be able to carry this thing upstairs to the loft.  That is also why we haven't finished putting on our railings, well AND that we were burned out. With three guys, they had to set it down to rest three times (kinda sorta denting our new wood floors, but that wasn't noticed until after).  They had to maneuver all sorts of ways to avoid the walls in the stairwell.



It looks fabulous and I can't wait to play the new card game I learned in Montenegro called Wizard.

Check out some new Art

We were so excited to find and create some fun art.


Cafe racer painted by Matty-O



Handsome astronaut.



Kitchen addition-must have




Supeeeeeeerman is what this one is called.



Hello Bill.



Man on the Moon



Final one



Welcome to our house art, hopefully you'll be happy.

Happy Halloween!

For Family time we went to a play, Annie and the Zombies by the Salty Dinner Theater.  They hold them in restaurants around town and I booked ours for Mimi's Cafe.  The place was packed and the kids had a lot of fun!





At the beginning, while they're taking your orders, the characters come around to your table and introduce themselves. Here's Rooster's wife and she had her accent nailed.  She was the best.





After the show, we took pictures with the cast who ALL ended up turning into Zombies.  (I think Becket has already turned!!)





Have fun out there! (We know sad Barbie won't)






The dude says, "Keep it Real."

Final Day in Montenegro

Thursday night we had dinner with Marge and Russ Westwood and our translator Rada and her Husband Srdgyn (Surgeon).  When Rada walked into the restaurant she said, "Srdgyn meet the doctor, doctor meet the Srdgyn." Clever isn't she? Rada and Srdgyn learned English in America.  They were refugees from Croatia and Serbia.  They met in America and got married and became citizens.  He actually works for a US Bank in Atlanta, so his work day starts about 12AM.  I actually instigated this little dinner because I was so curious about their culture.  I noticed that the people wear their wedding rings on the right hand.  They say because the left hand is the sinning hand.  "The right hand of God.." They also said how everyone pretty much knows each other because the country is so small.  You always have people to go have coffee or lunch with. Rada played professional basketball in Serbia, so she has a basketball group she goes and plays with too. The really missed that in America. The Montenegrins are competitive in a way and try to out do their neighbors.  You wouldn't know it.   They missed their culture and were afraid their boys were getting spoiled and losing their traditional values, language and culture. They decided to move back to Montenegro until their boys, 7 and 9 reached the age of high school and then they would move back. At times, their boys have asked to move back to America, but Rada is happy that their boys are leaning how to be tough and not come to expect everything at your fingertips.  Srdgyn actually makes a pretty nice salary since he has an American job so it allows them to travel and have a lot of amazing experiences with their little family.



Mat and I had finished  up our work here in Montenegro and we were to catch our flight home Friday afternoon.  We had a little time in the morning, so we packed up and winded down a tiny little canyon on tiny little roads, with BIG Ol' buses....






To discover Stari Most.  Stari=Old and Most=bridge. It looks like Brigadoon.



We had lunch at the restaurant the runs along the water.  We fed the birds, the ducks, and cats with scraps of bread and fish.



We flew to Paris that night and stayed over until our flight left the following morning.  I did have the chance to have French onion soup in Paris, but the Eiffel Tower will have to wait for another time.



We left for home, but not without a slight delay due to a coolant valve in the plane.  It added another 1 1/2 to our 11hr flight home.  Wah. Wah.  I was dying to see my kids!  Luckily, we did arrive home safely and we were able to squeeze the kids in no time.



Thank you! Thank you! Bob and Andrea for watching over our kids. If I could take them, I would, but because that is not an option, it is nice to know they were pleasantly happy at your house and loved spending time with their Grandma and Grandpa.  Andrea is ALWAYS so good to say, "No problem! We'd love to have them." Saints. Just saints is all I can say.