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Monday, May 26, 2008
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This week things at work have been pretty crazy. Monday through Wednesday were pretty crazy days. I was rushing around all over the place to get stuff done. By thursday things calmed down a little better though. That was nice too because I was able to get off work a little early that day to head down to North Carolina to watch Allie's Brothers play baseball games. Both of them had games that night. Also during that day Allie and I went to the aviary where our wedding will take place and brought some of the people helping us out with the wedding so they could see what it was like and get an idea of what to do. Anyway, the trip down to NC went pretty smoothly but Allie's wheel alignment got really off about half way down. It was pulling to the right a lot. Her alignment has been off for awhile and she just hasn't had a chance to get it looked into yet. Anyway I was driving the trip down and we made it there safely in time to watch the boy's games. Both of them lost thier games but it was still fun to watch them be able to play. We ended up leaving the ball fields around 9:00 and headed back home. I was going to let Allie drive the way back because I was already pretty sleepy and afraid I would doze off driving. So on home we went. About 15 minutes into driving the car shutters and shakes and makes a really loud noise near the front drivers side. I was just telling Allie about how if the alignment was off that bad it could also be a bent axle or something and we wouldn't want to wait any longer to have it looked into and needed to do that the next day. So when this happend Allie thought her axle had broke or something and kind of froze at the wheel. I had to grab the wheel and kind of direct the car over to the shoulder to get off the road. Turns out that the front driver side wheel had blown out. It wasn't just flat either.. it was shredded. It also took the wheel well plastic off some too and it was all torn up also. I tried to check to see if she had all the stuff required to change her tire but it was 10:00 at night and it was really dark. I wasn't sure where to look either. I tried under the car and in the trunk but couldn't find it. So we actually were just going to call Triple A and have them tow us. But since it was so late at night on a weekend AAA wasn't able to find any drivers that could take us back to Lynchburg. The lady told us she would look around to see if she could find someone outside of the normal network that could take us. Meanwhile we waited for her to call back I decided to make another attempt at looking. After sitting in the dark for awhile my eye may have adjusted a little better and I ended up finding a little string coming from the floor of her car's trunk. So I pulled on it and the floor came up and there was a spare tire under it. I dug around a little more and found a jack and the lug nut wrench also. So Here it was now around 10:30 at night by now and I'm out on the side of the road trying to change a tire in the dark. I also had to try to rip off the torn up wheel well plastic because it was hanging around and would fall on the tire and stuff. I was able to get the top peice off so it wasn't on the tire at least but the edge peices I wasn't able to get off right there in the dark. But anyway, It was a pretty rough chore but we finally got it done and were on our way back. The spare tire was really low on air though so we had to find a gas station with an air pump available at it. It was like 10 minutes of driving before we actually came to one though. It felt like forever though. At the gas station I was able to pull into the lighted area and check otu the wheel well part. Turns out there were two bolts holding the remainder parts on and I didn't have any tools to take it off with. But Turns out there was a couple there getting gas and I asked if he happend to have any plyers I could try to work the bolts off with. He actually had a socket wrench with the right size socket so I was able to get the bots off in just a minute or two with that. It was great to come across those people. They were really nice too. We also pumped up the tire to a good level and headed the rest of the way home. I had to drive somewhere between 45-50ish the whole way back though because it was just a spare tire and we weren't sure if there was a problem with her axle still. By the time we finally got home it was around 2:30 in the morning. I still had to be at work the next day also. So friday was a little bit of a rough day for me. We also had to get Allie's car looked at that day also. She was going to need a new tire for sure but we ended up trying to just replace all four. I called my regular car maintence place to get a quote on everything. Chuck also called around to try and find some used tires we could get her for cheaper. That guy is one good shopper too, I'll tell you what. He was able to find four almost new tires for her at about 1/3 the price of what they would have been new. And then he offered to buy all four tires for her as well! What a great future father in law! It was really great to be able to save some money with that. I was still at work while all that was going on but by the time my lunch break came they were finished with the tires and we still had to take her car to the shop to get the alignment fixed and have them check the axle also. So I left for lunch and met up with Allie at the Car shop so we could drop off her car. We then grabbed some food and I took her home and I went back to work for the rest of the day. It was good that it was a pretty slow day on friday because I was so tired that day. After work I picked up Allie again and we went back to pick up her car again. Turns out the axle was fine but both the front and rear alignment was off. Hopefully her car will be happy now and run great for us for awhile. So anyway the end of the week last week turned out be be pretty crazy for us.
On Saturday Allie and I went to work some more on the house. The chore for me that day was to get the office setup and arranged how I wanted it. That was no easy task though as we had a lot of desk stuff and furnature to get in that room. I was finally able to get it setup how I liked it and start bringing stuff into it. That turned out to be a full day project. On Sunday I went ot chruch in the morning as usual but then we were back at the house again that afternoon to continue the setup of the house. That afternoon we setup a new hutch in the dinning room and brought the peice that it replaced over to my apartment because it was something Becca was going to want to use. That went pretty smoothly for the most part. And opened up the kitchen at the house with some more space so we could finally move around again in there. I also spent part of the day getting the shed all cleaned up as well. I was again over at the house that day until late getting everythign organized best I could.
I am really glad that Today was a holiday for me. We really got a lot of stuff done today at the house. Things are starting to come together now really well. I move almost everything of mine now out of the apartment and was able to get various shelves setup around the house. I setup a shelf for my books in the office and one in the laundry room. I worked on getting everything int he office a place for itself and that is just about done now too. Allie spent her day getting the living room and kitchen cleaned up and in order also. I had also picked up a window fan unit for the office because that room has started to get really hot during the day. I got that installed as well and it seemed to be helping a good bit. I also organized all the bins in the shed and everything is now labeled and stacked by category. By 6:00 or so it was cool enough outside to try to get some outside work done also. I got the lawn mowed and weed whipped some areas around the house. I also trimmed the bushes and some of the brush along the side of our yard. Becca was a huge help today in that area also as she pulled weeds and did some general yard cleanup. She also came behind and cleaned up all the brush I was cutting back. It was really nice to have her around to help today. I was going to try to get my car washed today but that didn't actually happen. Too much other stuff was going on. But man we got sooo much accomplished today. The house is looking like a home again now and there won't be too much more left to do now other then small little things. I might be able to finally get my car washed sometime this week.
Anyway it is really late now and I should really get ready for bed now. It has been a really long day and I'm pretty sore now. I was tired all day Friday at work and I will probalby still be tired at work tomorrow again. I hope things are still a little on the slow side so I can recoupe some. Ok, well thats it for now. Night!
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posted by Jeremy Dillinger @ 11:47 PM
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Monday, May 19, 2008
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Man a lot has happened around here since my last post. Allie had her graduation and was able to make the walk to get her diploma. Her family came up from NC for that day also to be there for her. After the graduation that day we had a private graduation party for Allie at our Mosaic Church. We had invited a decent number of people but not very many people were able to make it in the end. It was pretty sad. I think there were only about 15 people. I think she still managed to have a good time though. It was nice to just celebrate her and her accomplishments. I gave her a message in a bottle gift with a note inside of it for her she really seemed to like it. After her graduation the next big project was to help Becca find a place to stay when she moved out of the house. After a lot of looking on her part she just decided that she would go ahead and move in with me until the wedding and take over my lease afterwards. So the past couple of weeks have been filled with all the stuff related to her moving out. The girls had to spend a good long time cleaning the apartment after my roommate moved out so they could get it to feel like a home again. There was quite a bit of stuff that needed to be cleaned up, that’s for sure. So most of the first week was cleaning up the place. Then, Becca spent pretty much every evening last week packing and getting stuff moved over to my apartment. My apartment right now has boxes and random things all over the place. Its going to be a hard two weeks trying to figure out how to kind of move my stuff out but still having to live at the apartment until we get married. I’m not sure what I will need and what I should get rid of. Also during that time Becca can’t really unpack much of her stuff either because she will want to move everything and officially set up in the room I am in now. So its going to be a chore to get all this stuff worked out. Meanwhile things at work have picked up quite a bit. It seems like every single day last week was a full throttle day. I had so much stuff to get done and not enough day to do it in. This week is starting to look like its going to happen again. Allie also has a busy couple of weeks coming up. She has all of the final wedding plans to work out over these weeks as well as get the house setup like we want it to be. She want to be able to paint the bedroom, kitchen and living room as well so that will be done before we start organizing furniture and stuff. There is just a lot of stuff going on right now. It was kind of difficult to even find time to write this blog, I’ve been so far behind on it because of everything that has been going on I decided I really needed to make some time to do it. So anyway that is my quick update… I’m out of time though and need to get back to working on stuff. I’ll write more later!
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posted by Jeremy Dillinger @ 10:48 PM
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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This week has all kinds of excitement stuff in it. Over the weekend I was down in NC visiting Allie's family down there. It was her dad and brothers birthday so we made the trip down to celebrate with them. We had a pretty good time. We were going to try to get back in time for Allie to go to play with a friend sunday evening but that didn't end up working out and she was really disappointed about that. But there is another showing of it Tomorrow (Thursday) so I offered to take her then. I think she is excited about that. Monday night we had our second to last Pre-marital counceling session. We pretty much just went over logistic type stuff for the wedding as far as how the ceremony will flow and where to put what and stuff. It was pretty good. I think we got it Pinned down for the most part. Last night we met with our Wedding DJ and got all the songs organized and the when and wheres of everything as far as the music was concerned. That went pretty smoothly also. Allie also made some really great brownies {:o). Tonight I was on my own for the most part I had a bunch of errands to run and then went to a play that some girls in my church were a part of. That was fun, I had to leave a little early though to finish running the errands and stuff. This week at work has been really crazy too. I've been running around a lot with little projects and stuff this week. It is kind of nice to be busy though. Friday and Saturday we will be doing the Graduation celebration for Allie. That will be fun and I know she is glad to be done! Saturday after her cermony at the school we will have our own little private party for her with some of her freinds and family also. That should be a good time. So this is defanantly a pretty big week for her. Also today marks the One Month mark until our wedding. Now its pretty much countdown time. I can finally feel it a little bit closer. Thats it for now.. Its Me signing off.
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posted by Jeremy Dillinger @ 11:08 PM
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Friday, May 02, 2008
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Hey look another blog and it hasn't even been two weeks yet. Cool huh? Not too much has happend since my last post though. I did just want to let you know that there are some new pictures on my photo page. They are Allie and my Engagement pictures. They are pretty good. You can check them out at www.jerdill.com/photos Let me know what you think of them! Other then that I've pretty much just been working during the day and hanging out at night. Yesterday evening I went over to the Carson's house to fix a computer problem they were having, plus just have a meal with them and hang out some. I had a great time. The computer problem itself was an easy fix but it was worth going over there just for the fun times. They have a small chicken farm too so they sent me home with a box of fresh eggs. It was cool. This weekend I will be in North Carolina visiting Allie's Dad's house. It is her brother and Dad's birthday this weekend so we are celebrating that. It should be a pretty fun time. We will get back to Lynchburg sometime sunday afternoon. Ok, thats all for now, just wanted to write a quick update. Night!
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posted by Jeremy Dillinger @ 11:39 PM
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