I hope everyone had a great weekend. David and I had a very nice weekend and the weather was beautiful. On Saturday Stacy and I went to get our nails done and left the boys to themselves. I knew that Stacy needed to get out of the house so she could do something for herself and I don't really need an excuse to get my nails done. Saturday night I made Mom's beef stew and Dan, Stacy and Colin came over for dinner. Every time Colin comes over I am reminded that my house is not baby proofed. I put out the nativity set that Aunt Beth gave me a couple Christmas ago and he so desperately wanted to pick up baby Jesus and I feared throw him across the room. Not the best image during the Christmas season.

Sunday David slept in and I tried to catch up on emails and clean the house a little bit from the night before. Sunday afternoon I took David up to Imitos for a quick hike because it was such a beautiful day and because David doesn't get enough exercise. After the hike and a shower we went to church were David read again. I think they are starting to take advantage of him now because no one else seems to be reading other than David.

Today I had Property from the Embassy finally bring some of the stuff that I have been asking for since we got here. We finally got desks for the office and the hutch for the dining room. I had originally asked for a headboard for the guest bed which still didn't come so I have given up on that. I have also been waiting for a bookcase that they said came broken in the box so they have to come back. I am sure that will be another month wait. I can't really complain since it is all free but if I knew it was going to be this much trouble I would have just brought my own stuff which is now sitting in storage in Virginia. We are supposed to be receiving the mattress today. I will believe it when I see it considering it is almost 3:00 and it has still not showed up.

Since our walls are plaster on top of concrete I have had to order special hooks in order to hang things on the wall. I cannot find anything in any of the stores here in Athens which surprises me because I know they must hang stuff on the wall. You can't just put a nail in the wall because it hits concrete after about 2 centimeters and I don't have a drill that can go through cement so screws are out. It is very frustrating. I have said it before and I will say it again--NOTHING IS EASY HERE!

Well that is about all for now. The house is really coming together. Once we get things on the wall it will be our home instead just an apartment in Athens. Hope you all had great weekends!

Love from Athens...