Three Months and Goin' Strong

Blessings from Charleston to all of our worldwide readers!

We had quite the busy week...from homemade enchiladas as a date night at home to running around the Charleston area to find a kitchen table and things to organize our belongings, we accomplished a lot.

The week started off with great news for Rita Jo at work. She was recognized by some leaders with a Boeing Pride Award for all of her efforts on the program she is leading. She has worked tirelessly for nearly eight months to get it off the ground and running (no puns intended to an aircraft getting off the ground)...Congrats hun!

Rita Jo found a delicious enchilada recipe for our date night in on a recipe blog, thesweetslife.com. The sauce called for cinnamon and even some chocolate chips which gave them a very nice aroma once cooked! Along with our enchiladas, we tried a new beer from RJ Rockers Brewery called "The First Snow Ale". If you can find this wherever you are in the world, try one. It's quite delicious!

We have been meeting more and more of our neighbors. The newer newly weds below us are very nice and welcoming and they are fairly new to Charleston as well. The wife is an associate pastor at a local Presbyterian church and the husband currently teaches kayaking classes but is also a Presbyterian minister. Rita Jo plans to host the neighbors once we get cleaned up around here and decorated!

With the Charleston half just under seven weeks now away, I have been training consistently with runs up to 8 miles. Jo has gotten up to about five miles...she'll be ready for the Cooper River Bridge Run 10K come April!

December in Charleston - 70s and sunny

Saturday evening, we found ourselves at yet another sushi bistro celebrating our 3 month wedding anniversary. We enjoyed a spicy roll combo of salmon, tuna and crab along with a Charleston Crunch roll and Sapporo beer.

Sunday, the second of this Advent season, we decorated the Christmas tree and ran a few errands. The Hoosiers won the NCAA Division 1 soccer title...yet another banner to bring home to Bloomington! We went to 5:15pm Mass at the Cathedral and went to the first of many Rosary Dinners with the Knights in the parish hall. We got to chat with some lifelong Charlestonians and learned some more about the area. Jo continued her studying this evening with a glass of Cab while I cleaned up a few things, preparing for the coming week.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!