Stefani's Pictures 9-14-05 through 1-30-07

Dad and Ivy's Wedding - Updated Pictures

2007-08-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

Painting My Bedroom!

2007-01-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

Painting the grey primer:

Painting the "Cherry Cobbler" red over the grey primer:

Original neutral beige walls showing above doorways with grey primer painted over top and plastic covering all my furniture in the middle of the room:

The finished product!

I've had ENOUGH painting for now!

It was worth it! My bedroom looks lovely!! :-)

Old Teeth vs. New Teeth

2007-01-17T17:08:00.000-08:00

Old teeth - Sept. 2005 versus New Teeth - January 2007

Thank you Invisaligns!

sunday night stingrays, vocabulary, and more...

2007-01-15T17:22:00.000-08:00

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Berry Drinks 1-13-07

2007-01-13T19:45:00.000-08:00

Jesi created a gourmet meal of white sauce lasagne while Donovan mixed up some berry wine and berry beer. Their resulting creations were berry attractive and berry worthy of documentation. To experience the full berrylicious magnificence of these pictures, feel free to click on them to view them full size.

Jesi and the Fireplace 1-7-07

2007-01-07T19:35:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve 2006-2007

2007-01-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!

Christmas 2006 in Louisana

2006-12-27T18:49:00.000-08:00

This is my dad at the gazebo where he got married:

George, Becky, Dad, me, Suzyjo, Andy:

me, my Dad, my sister Becky, my brother Andy

Ivy and Dad getting married:

The wedding toast: Becky, me, Andy, Dad, Ivy, and Ivy's son and daughters on the right:

Wearing our new Tabasco sweatshirts on Christmas (the Tabasco factory is right down the road)

This was the lizard who lived with me in my hotel bathroom:

December 2006

2006-12-14T19:49:00.000-08:00

Kara and me:

Melissa, Adeline, Brad, Susan, and Kara:

me, Kara, Brian, Melissa, Adeline, and Brad:

My lovely Christmas decorations!

The new painting above the table, and the pretty flowers on the table!

These pictures are slightly out of order, but the picture below is my neighbor Jeremy who helped me get my tree (with his truck) and then helped me set it up!

Emily and Eric at the going away party for Em and Matt:

A close-up of the flowers:

Brad, Ajith, and Holly:

Emily and Matt:

Erin and Mark:

Brian and Susan with her pregnancy starting to show!!

The cute cake Melissa made for Matt and Emily:

The back patio with the drinks table set up:

Kara, Melissa, me in front of my tree:

The food and punch table (before it got filled up with food):

Halloween 2006

2006-10-29T08:37:00.000-08:00

Lucky B's 9-30-06

2006-10-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

cookies for workers

2006-09-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Jesi and I set up the folding table out in the parking lot the night before trash/recycling pickup.

We placed signs, containers filled with freshly baked cookies, and thankyou cards on the table

We didn't actually see the collectors when they came, but the cookies and cards were gone after the trash and recycling were gone, so they must have gotten them!

Chapel Hill 9-3-06

2006-09-04T11:29:00.000-07:00

cookout 8-27-06

2006-08-28T03:36:00.000-07:00

Matt, Mike, Ajith, Melissa, Emily:

Susan, Amy, Brian, Gordon, Mark, Matt:

Susan, Amy:

Melissa, Emily, Adeline:

Glenn, Brad:

Mike, Melissa, me, Denis:

Jessie throwing playing washerboard. Background: Mike, Kara, Glenn

Jeremy, Amy, Mike:

Matt, Denis, Emily, Adeline, Brad, Gordon:

Ajith, Melissa, Kara, Glenn:

Mike, Amy, me, Mark:

me, Mark, Jessie, Kara, Mike, Ajith, Glenn, Melissa, Denis:

Melissa playing washerboard. Background: Ajith, Gordon, Mark, Denis, Jessie

Jeremy:

Ajith (throwing washers), Jessie, Gordon, Mark, Melissa:

Ajith, Gordon, Mark, Melissa, Jessie, Denis (throwing washers):

toasting to my new job!

tradition

Gordon was nice enough to agree to lay on the ground to take these pictures!

Gordon, Mark, and Kara:

Gordon:

Kara, me:

Mark:

me:

new job: Sales Associate at Anderson Pointe Townhouses

2006-08-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

Here is the model townhome where I work:

Here I am sitting in the living room of the model home.

This is the view of the entrance. On the left is my desk area with my computer, to the right is the living room.

Another view of the living room:

Here is another view of my desk area with the kitchen in the background:

Upstairs on the second floor, in one bedroom we have the meeting area for meeting with potential home-buyers:

In the second bedroom on the second floor Denis has his office:

On the third floor is the master suite. Here is the third floor bathroom (there is also a full bathroom on the second floor along with a laundry room, and a half bath on the main floor):

Here is the bedroom in the third floor master suite:

Camping at Ocracoke Island 7-27 to 7-31 2006

2006-07-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

Melissa and Ajith in their kayak on Saturday afternoon:

Stefani and Kara in our kayaks:

Kara, Stefani, Ajith, and Melissa, ready to kayak:

Kara in kayak (in this picture, Melissa is in the process of losing her shoe forever into the muck at the bottom of the water. She had to go back to the campground with only one sandle!)

Melissa and Kara on the dunes at the beach at our campground:

Mark with his 56 mosquito bites on his back:

Glenn, Matt, Emily, and Kara at the Ocracoke lighthouse:

The beach at our campground:

Emily showing off her Ocracoke shorts:

Kara walking across the beach:

Glenn and I explored the island via bicycles on Sunday afternoon:

Me, riding my rented bike around the island, Sunday afternoon:

Glenn and I hiked down a nature path through some woods, and emerged to this view:

This is Matt in the sand on the beach near our campfire Friday night:

Mike and Ajith sitting by the campfire on the beach:

Melissa, Emily, and Kara with Glenn and Matt in the background, chilling at the campfire on the beach Friday night:

Mike, Tony, and Holly at our beach campfire on Saturday night:

Ajith:

Mike:

Me (sunburned!):

Mark:

Me, on the ferry ride back to the mainland Monday afternoon:

Holden Beach 7-22-06

2006-07-23T14:22:00.000-07:00

This is Kara at Holden Beach:

This is me at Holden Beach:

Beautiful beach, practically to ourselves!

The weather was perfect! High 80's, sunny, and windy so we didn't get too hot!

The water was almost as warm as bathwater...

This is me in front of Phil's beach-house where we stayed with him and his friend Dave

Just the house:

Kara in front of the house:

This is me, happy to be on the beach:

Me, Phil, Kara, and Dave at a rooftop bar in Wilmington

This is my artistic picture, I call it "Corona On Stool":

Phil, Kara, and Dave:

Phil, me, Kara:

This is Holden Beach, the view from the bridge as we drove onto the island. The water in the middle is the sound, and on the left is the ocean.

The sound:

First Grilling 7-18-06

2006-07-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

The First Grilling dinner couldn't have gone much better! Jesi and I had corn on the cob with kabobs. Our kabobs had: artichoke hearts, pineapple, potatoes, red, yellow, and green peppers, zuchinni, onions, carrots, mushrooms (only on Jesi's), and marinated chicken (only on mine). They were DELICIOUS!
Then for dessert we made grilled fruit kabobs with pineapple, peaches, and bananas.
SOOOOO GOOOOD! My grill is great!

We're planning to grill out again on Thursday, because we still have a ton of vegetables and food left to make more kabobs.
And we're going to marinate the vegetables this time... AND we're going to sprinkle the fruit kabobs with cinnamon and sugar and add in some chunks of mango, too. YUMMMM!

Lucky B's weekend 7-15-06

2006-07-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

Exploris 7-9-06

2006-07-09T17:56:00.000-07:00

4th of July Weekend 2006

2006-07-04T23:32:00.000-07:00

At Liberty Brewing Company and Steak House Monday night:

Mike with his collar flipped up at Fat Tuesdays, Sunday night:

Flying kites at the beach:

Loading on the sunscreen on Glenn's back, and writing messages in it:

Flying my kite:

Emily, me, Mel in our hotel room before going out Saturday evening:

Me, Mike, Em in our hotel room:

Emily, Melissa, and I do pedicures on the beach Saturday morning:

Glenn Saturday night at House of Blues, thinking the band is B squared:

Mike at House of Blues:

Glenn at Barefoot Landing, Saturday:

Glenn, pimped out and ready to go:

Taking in the beach view from our balcony:

Sunday, Broadway At the Beach, after Mike got bounced from Fat Tuesdays for crawling through the fence:

Before we had to leave Fat Tuesdays:

These are some pictures I took with my camera phone from the balcony of our hotel room:

This was me, still laying in bed at 11:15 am on Monday morning:

Video clips from the beach trip:
My Girl (aka my drink): B Squared

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Melissa's Contractions Song:

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The Ice Cube Conversation:

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After Durkin got bounced:

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Melissa, Kara, and I did sparklers after watching fireworks on the 4th

This is Melissa and Kara looking hot and tired and confused because we got very lost on our way back to the car after watching the fireworks:

me and mom June 2006

2006-06-25T20:23:00.000-07:00

My New Grill 6-22-06

2006-06-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

I spent my afternoon today putting together my new grill! Isn't it cute!? I'm looking forward to many cookouts to come :-)

Here she is with her lid closed:

Here she is with her lid open:

Here she is with the right collapsable shelf put down:

Here she is with her protective cover on:

Here she is tucked away, waiting for me to get a propane tank so we can start using her!!

Bogarts 6-15-06

2006-06-15T23:17:00.000-07:00

Cookout 6-10-06

2006-06-11T08:03:00.000-07:00

Mike, Brian, and Susan

Matt, Adeline, Emily, Ajith, Courtney, Anthony
Mike and Paul
Philip and Amy - my neighbors

(Amy lives to my right, Philip on the far left in our townhouse quartet)
Mike and Paul
Jack, Mike, and Amy
Courtney and Mike
Anthony, Matt, Ajith, Brad, Emily
Susan, Brian, Adeline, Donovan, Jesi
Emily, Ajith, Kara, Susan, Brad, Brian, Adeline
Philip, Anthony, Amy
Philip, Anthony, and Amy again
Jesi, Kara
Adeline, Brad
Emily, Kara
Donovan
Brian, Matt, Jack

Myrtle Beach 5-26-06

2006-05-29T15:30:00.000-07:00

Susan's Wedding

2006-05-09T19:27:00.000-07:00

Kara's Birthday

2006-04-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

My House

2006-04-09T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here is my beautiful house on a beautiful spring day:

This bunny rabbit hopped into my backyard today as Jesi and I were chatting outside on the back patio. It was very friendly and hung out with us for about 10 minutes! So cute!

Savannah Pics - St. Patty's Weekend 2006

2006-03-21T18:53:00.000-08:00

Savannah Videos

2006-03-21T17:40:00.000-08:00

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Glenn's Birthday - Chapel Hill Library 2-18-06

2006-02-19T10:48:00.000-08:00

Me and Glenn

Melissa and me

Kara and Glenn

new desk

2006-01-29T18:22:00.000-08:00

My friends David and Kara came over this afternoon to help me build my desk! It took about 3 hours, and we had a few trouble spots, but it came out looking beautiful! My friends Melissa and Ajith also came over and made us dinner! While we were upstairs busy building the desk, they were downstairs busy making chili! It was a fun evening, and now I can finally finish settling into my room. Good thing since Jesi is moving in next weekend!!

new haircut 1-25-06

2006-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve 05-06

2006-01-01T09:23:00.000-08:00

me, Ginger

Melissa, me, Ginger
Logan, Glenn
Kara, Melissa
Me, Ginger
Brad, Adeline
Kara, me, Melissa
Emily, Brad, Adeline
Melissa, Emily, Brad, Adeline, Susan
Glenn, Susan
Kara, Susan, me, Melissa, Emily, Adeline

New Townhouse Pictures

2005-12-22T21:12:00.000-08:00

So here's the pictures of some of what has been going on with my townhouse in this past month. Enjoy!
Friday, December 9th I closed on the townhouse. Saturday the 10th Glenn and Mike helped me paint the downstairs livingroom/diningroom and entryway. We worked from 9am-9pm. This is Glenn on the ladder taking down nails that the previous owners had left in the walls.
Here, Mike and Glenn get the painting stuff ready.
This is me, working on the crown molding
Mike, painting
Glenn, painting
Mike, painting (notice it's gotten dark out!)
Glenn, painting
Glenn, smiling
Mike, painting :-)
The living room after the first coat was finished
So then on Sunday, December 11th my crew of friends helped me move in! In this picture is Logan, Glenn, Emily, Kara, Rick, and Jason (I can't see who's standing next to Emily in this picture).
Waiting for the pizza to arrive, everyone collapses amid the piles of boxes and furniture. This is Matt, laying on the stairs, Rick against the wall, Glenn standing in the kitchen entryway, Brian standing the the hall, and Jason leaning against the stair rails.
They were EXCELLENT movers :-)
Susan, Kara, and Emily in my crowded living room
Kara, Emily, Rick in the background, and Susan
And here is my living room as of today, December 22nd. Basically unpacked now downstairs, just need to hang up all my artwork and pictures.

The kitchen
My bedroom
My bathroom tub
Living room again
And again, my bathroom. This moving ordeal has been very stressful so far and extremely time consuming, and I'm really not done yet with all the unpacking, but my wonderful friends have helped out a LOT!

25th Birthday party

2005-10-31T19:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to me!
Making a wish and blowing the candles out... obviously
Helping Melissa cut and serve the cake
Taking a shot with Todd, Jason, Rhiannon, Melissa, (me), Kara, and Emily
me, Adeline, Emily, Melissa, Kara, and her sister Jill
Rick, Rhiannon, Jason, and Melissa dancing
The pumpkin I carved to create ambiance for the party

Halloween 2005

2005-10-31T19:30:00.000-08:00

I was the tooth fairy
Kara was a doctor
Melissa was a cowgirl
See my wings!
Adeline was a gypsy, and Brad was a scary creature... grim reaper maybe? he had a scary mask, but he's not wearing it in this picture
logan was a creapy blue skeleton
emily was a pirate, and matt was a priest
kara, doctor
melissa, cowgirl

susan and brian were a white trash wedding couple

emily, kara, susan, melissa, adeline, me
me, melissa

Townhouse

2005-10-31T19:02:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the pictures on the MLS page of the actual townhouse I'm looking at are not very nice, but there's this townhouse with exactly the same layout, and it has NICE pictures, so these indoor shots are actually of a different house, but it looks exactly the same as the one I'm putting an offer on. So anyway, this is the front of the actual townhouse that I'm looking at. It's even cuter in person. :-)

This is the back of the actual townhouse. I'd rather have a deck, but the patio is nice. It's big enough for a real table with chairs, and the grill obviously. Plus it has a lot of really pretty nicely-kept grass in the backyard to do cartwheels and sommersaults in. Lovely.

Here is a shot of the living room. You can see on the far left the edge of the dining room table. Next to the fireplace are the doors leading out to the patio, and on the right of the pictures are the stairs leading upstairs. The washer and dryer are immediately at the top of the stairs in a closet that is in between the 2 bedrooms. The master bedroom is to the left, and the other bedroom is to the right.

This is the living room again. There's a wood burning fireplace. It's a very big room. The person taking this picture was standing in the dining room area.

This is the kitchen. The tile floors in the house I'm looking at are white, and it has wallpaper on the walls instead of paint. Same layout though. The passthrough to the dining area is above the sink. across the room from the sink, on the left side of the picture, are windows looking out to the front of the house.

Here's another part of the kitchen. The entrance to the kitchen is immediately to the left of this picture, and the windows looking outside are immediately to the right.

Here's the dining area. It's in one big room with the living room. You can see the pass-through to the kitchen. Immediately to the left of this picture (not visable obviously) is the walkway to the kitchen (on the right), the 1/2 bath on the left, and then the coat closet, also on the left, and then the front door. To the left of the dining table, across from it I guess, are the stairs going upstairs.

Here's a picture of the master bedroom. It's pretty nice. It has a slightly vaulted ceiling called a tray celing.

A shot of the master bathroom. Two sinks! Wow! I can really spread out! I can just get CRAZY with two sinks!

Again, this is in the master bathroom upstairs. Both bedrooms are upstairs, both have their own bathroom and walk-in closet. The master bathroom has this garden tub as well as a shower.

By the way, I just noticed this other townhouse (the one with the nicer pictures) on the MLS listings my real estate agent had sent me earlier. For some reason we didn't look at it. It looks virtually identical to the one I'm making an offer on tomorrow, except that it actually has a slightly lower asking price! SO, I emailed my agent tonight asking about it. I'm meeting with him tomorrow evening to make an offer, so, we will talk about it then. I have a feeling this one may have already sold and that's why we didn't look at it. But we'll see!

New Invisaligns

2005-09-20T15:32:00.000-07:00

I got my new Invisaligns put on my teeth today... can you see them? If you click on the extreme close-up picture of my teeth, you can view it full screen!!

Some pictures from this summer

2005-09-14T19:03:00.000-07:00

Jason, me, Rick, and Melissa on party boat at Atlantic Beach: Memorial Day weekend, the beginning of the summer!

Doing the slip-n-slide at Melissa's Birthday cookout

Glenn fishing on our pontoon boat at Kerr lake:

Susan and I at our campsite at Kerr Lake:

Glenn, Brian, me, and Jason on our pontoon boat at Kerr Lake (camping trip)

A Bunch of us at Bogarts: Emily, Rick, Susan, Melissa, Kara, me, Adeline, Brad

Kara, Melissa, me, and Adeline hit the dance floor at Bogarts:

Melissa and I: night out downtown at Bogarts

This is me at Susan's Labor Day cook out

Me and Glenn Labor Day weekend, out with the group in Durham

Jesi and I at Kitty Hawk Beach, Outer Banks

Susan, Kara, and I playing putt putt at Myrtle Beach, the final beach trip of the summer!