Sunday walks

On Sunday after church (and lunch at SUBWAY!), Brian and I headed out to the neighborhood (clearly, we're obsessed). We wanted to talk to Stephanie about a drought issue that's been in the news lately. Evidently, when Raleigh goes to Stage 2 water restrictions, there is a provision that builders can no longer use drinking water to flush out the pipes of new home construction, which is a condition to receive a certificate of occupancy. There's talk about the possibility of builders using reclaimed water to flush out the pipes, which might circumvent the system. We're really not too worried about it because there's NO WAY the City of Raleigh (of all places) will forgo the possibility of growth; however, we just wanted to see if Centex had a plan in place yet. Of course, they don't. :-)

After we stopped by the office, we went out to the walking trails that are in the neighborhood and took a nice little walk. The walking trail is all in the neighborhood, but it runs in the trees behind houses and it's really nice. It's pretty well wooded, which will be fantastic in hot months and along the way there are these "workout stations" with little mini-exercises at each. The trail is basically like the greenways that are in Raleigh. Right now, half of it is paved and the other half is a hard-packed sand. It seems, though, that it's probably all going to be paved before everything is said and done. Surprisingly, it's actually fairly hilly too. When the trail ended, we came out by the swimming pool, which is really nice! It's actually quite huge and there's tons of room to lay out on lounge chairs. Maybe I can finally return to the summers of my youth with a tan that's about 90 shades darker than my normal pale skin!! (Probably not, but a girl can dream.) Luckily, we're moving in June, so there will be plenty of pool time this summer.

We walked back to our car through two of the main streets and there were a ton of people outside! (It was a typical central North Carolina mid-winter day--65 degrees and sunny; have I mentioned that this is the best state in the union??) Anyway, everyone was sooo friendly; there were lots of kids playing and people walking their dogs. If it's possible, I think it made Brian and I even more excited!! After our walk, we went into three of the open houses that were available. They were all different floorplans than ours and we were happy to decide that we haven't seen another floor plan that we like better than ours, which is a good thing.

After we left, Brian got a call from his 92-year-old friend who was calling to seek Brian's help for his 89-year-old wife who was having major issues getting her font correct on an envelope she was printing off the computer. So we stopped by their house to help her out and, since they're moving to a retirement community in September, they told us we can stop by later and have any of the yard or gardening stuff that they have that we like. They are both so sweet!!! And, it's great for us because we thought we were going to have to buy a lawnmower, but now we don't!!! :-)

Oh--and then we watched the Giants beat the Patriots!! Ya know what they say--cheaters never win!!!!