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....Whoa, it's been a long time! Nathan will be 3 next month and I'll be 32 this month - yikes! I am taking Nathan to Alabama next week to visit with the family. My mom is throwing a joint b-day party for me and him; we are very excited! My fam hasn't seen Nathan since Christmas; so I think they will be very surprised at how much he's grown.
Got a new fridge for my birthday - you know you've been married A LONG TIME when you start getting appliances as gifts...ha, ha! The color is "platinum" and the 2 bottom drawers are customizable; can either be used as refrigerator or freezer...

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We took Nathan to the Lazy 5 Ranch; which is a privately owned petting zoo in Mooresville. We had lots of fun! Nathan enjoyed the zebras, giraffes, camels, wildebeasts, and rhino's the best. He didn't care much for the big white holstein steer that licked him across the face with it's 12" long tongue - YUCK!!!

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For the first time ever we had to pay taxes; and when I say pay taxes I mean REALLY PAY TAXES!!! With the sale of our investment property last year and Brian's "self-employment" filing; we have to pay over $11,000 and this is after Brian paid his quarterly estimated taxes for the business...YIKES! Most of what we owe was tied to the sale of the rental property; due to our profit.
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Here's a much overdue photo update of Christmas. I recently got another promotion at work; so it's difficult to keep up with everything in addition to studying for the Series 7 exam (Yikes!). More updates to follow when I have time.

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Tomorrow we will be driving to Alabama for Thanksgiving - this will be our first road trip in the new car so we will get to see how comfy it is on long trips and will get to test out the new HID headlights Brian installed a few weeks ago on the Great Smokey Mountain highways. Yeah - I'm happy to be taking a week off...I really need it.
I'll be taking 2 weeks off for Christmas and will still be carrying over a weeks worth of vacation into 2008! Oh well, I'll try to look on the bright-side of it...at least I'll have 38 days of vacation to take next year!!

Check out the new HID's:

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Black with chrome wheels and the huge vista-roof with navigation/back-up camera/i-pod interface/blue tooth/Sirius satellite radio and upgraded interior package including black leather heated seats and power folding rear seats...100% LOADED.

Brian and I decided against the Infiniti EX35 after visiting the dealer last Thursday and learning the dimensions of the vehicle. It will be based on the G35 chassis...so it will actually be smaller than the Maxima was; we were looking for larger and I hadn't considered a Ford until Brian wanted to see about trading his Lightning in on a new Roush Mustang...so I explored the Edge while he looked at the stang.

It was the best car-buying experience we ever had...no haggling. The price is what it was - no crazy back-and-forth shit from the salesman to the Finance manager coming back with outrageous $850/month car payment prices. Ford actually worked the price of the vehicle rather than monthly payment like Infiniti and Nissan did; which we preferred.

I will miss my Maxima...but I love my new ride and so does Nathan! By the way...the new one didn't come with HID headlights (which I can't live without) so Brian is having them put in after-market for me. :-)
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We have decided to sell our rental property in Fayetteville. New carpet and paint are being done this week and we hope to get it onto MLS soon...we are ready to get this one gone so we can look into buying/building a larger home without having to sell the one we live in first.
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It was so mush easier on me this time - I was SO sad when he turned 1...

He's having his birthday pictures taken today and we're leaving for Huntsville tomorrow afternoon.

I got a mid-year raise...I'm one of only 2 people in the company that got a mid-year raise...an extra $540 a month will be nice! Brian finally agreed to let me have my Infiniti FX. He said "you deserve it". With my 2 raises this year; I have gotten a 32% salary increase - which is phenomenal for 1 year and I think I deserve it too! That was very nice of him to say though; I'm just glad he finally came around...because I was going to get it anyway.

Brian is also in the market for a new ride - pleasure vehicle. He wants a Saleen Mustang...he's been on the phone with a salesman from Massachusetts for the past 2 days; I can't imagine buying something sight unseen (only seeing pictures); it will cost an additional $2k to have it shipped here. This is the type of car you don't want to put a lot of miles on...kind of like his truck that he has put almost $50k miles on...bad husband!
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