Our Time in Washington D.C.

When we arrived at Allison’s house, she had made a wonderful dinner of steak, potatoes and bacon-wrapped asparagus.   Allison also made some wonderful spice cupcakes to celebrate David’s birthday. Then we watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I. Portia, Lily, Tess and Tiqui (the cats) were spending their time setting their boundaries.  Much to the dismay of Allison and me, Portia stayed in back room most of our visit.  She did not like having the other cats in the house, even though when we first got Portia for Allison, she lived with Tiqui and Tess.

 On Monday, we went to a matinee to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II.  I have not read any of the Harry Potter books, nor have I really seen any of the movies.  The movie was quite good, but as can be expected since I have not been a part of the whole series, I was kind of out of the loop.  After the movie we ended up going to TGIFriday’s for dinner, what an experience that was!  We waited quite a while for simple dinners, then three of us got out food and the fourth one did not get served for another 15 minutes and it was just a hamburger.  Needless to say, they did not get very good reviews on their survey.

On Tuesday, we went to CarMax to sell David’s car which took a bit of time, but all went well.  Then we were off to Chik-fil-A for lunch.  This is Allison’s favorite.  In the evening we have Mark, Meleah and the kids over for dinner.  A great time was had by all!

 

Wednesday, it was shopping in the morning, The Help in the afternoon and the Chart House for dinner.  The weather was absolutely beautiful!

Thursday, the air conditioning man came to Allison and Shane’s because they have had trouble with their air conditioning all summer.  Unfortunately, they ended up spending $3,000 on a new unit.  The old unit was installed illegally and to put off any trouble down the road, it was better to have a unit installed and working correctly then to have one not working at all.  We also spent the day repacking and getting our stuff together for our big trip tomorrow!  The cats by this time were basically getting along, except for Portia, who wanted nothing to do with the whole shebang.