whoa.. too much pink!!

our friends tell us that there are cuter stuff for baby girls than buying for boys, but i think it's just too much pink!! every time nancy comes back from baby shopping, everything is pink!

well nancy and i finally set up the baby registries for baby TAYLOR at babiesrus and target for the past few weeks. it was definitely stressful in choosing all these baby and toddler products, but thanks to advices from our friends as it was definitely easier than doing it ourselves clueless. we even splurged on a crib set. wow, do i feel old.

please continue to pray for nancy's pregnancy as she's in her last trimester.

moving to alaska?

cnn money just came out with an article today on the tax friendly places of 2007. atlanta and georgia didn't do so good. hmm.. alaska..

just to update on the TAD funding, there's an online petition - please sign and help support NW Atlanta. you don't have to live in the district to sign.

emma darnell

nancy and i attended the city of atlanta NPU (neighborhood planning unit) meeting for our district D tues night. it was a big deal b/c the main agenda was the TAD (tax allocation district) that city of atlanta is batting with fulton county district 5 commissioner Emma Darnell. she insists of 40% affordable housing restriction on the district funding while all other TADs had either 0% or 20% restriction. this has stalled a lot of developments in the transitional area we are living at.

wsb (channel 2) news was there and did a story live during lunch and after the meeting at 11pm tues night (couldn't find link). we almost made the camera.

neal boortz is in this thing too - her producer actually lives in the neighborhood. a meeting normally has 30 attendees turns into 300+ last night b/c of this issue.

comcast and the-story local newspaper is in this too.

hopefully things will move forward..

2:21

alright obviously these 3rd person impressionation are not working, so i am going to start writing my stuff in 1st person. i don't think nancy even know the log-in id and password for our blog.

amazingly, i finished the half marathon this past sunday without stopping except for getting water a couple of times. my unofficial time is 2:21:08 (10:45 min mile pace) posted on the ING Georgia Marathon website. i kept pace with alex for 11.5 miles and then he left me in the dust. overall i thought ING did a pretty good job with choosing the course through some very nice neighborhoods within city of atlanta and with the whole marathon thing for the first time in atl. i am sure they will work out the kinks for next year. i heard from runners that it is one of the harder course b/c of all the hills. being a first time half marathon runner, i have to say a right fit pair of shoes and running socks make a huge difference.

13 miles!?!!

is jeff really going to do it? the ING Georgia Marathon (& half marathon) is this Sunday. before this jeff has ran a few 10Ks (years ago) that he barely finished and has since retired. jeff didn't really train for this half marathon until a few weeks ago with alex. last sunday they actually trained for 10 miles without a trip to the ER. well we will see if they actually do it this sunday, dark and early, in atlanta. for those of you in atlanta, local tv channel 11Alive has the coverage or of course you can go online to track if jeff and alex will really show up.

babymoon

above are a couple of pictures of nancy's 23rd week. in Feb we took our last real vacation (or mary calls it the 'babymoon') before our newborn. we went to italy for 8 nights! see below for some of our favorite pics. Venice is our favorite as we are amazed at how the city is built around water. of course Rome is incredible with all the history and monuments there. by the end of the trip we were ready to come back home as we were both tired of eating spaghetti and pizza everyday!


baby or not.. no problem for jeff. thank God the timer was only 10 seconds.



we spent our first 3 nights in Rome. we did a ton of sightseeing, trying all kinds of italian food and gelato, and walking! we went all over Rome sightseeing the colosseum, paletine hill, forum, spanish steps, trevi fountain, vatican museum, st. peters, borghese gallery, pantheon, campo di fiori, jewish ghetto..



we made one quick stop at Pisa on our way to Florence. rick steve's guide book calls Pisa a touristy quickie! did you know the other 2 buildings next to pisa tower lean as well, just not as much.



while we only spent one night in Florence, we did both Uffizi Gallery and Academia (David). and a big florentine t-bone steak.



venice was celebrating the carnivale (similar to mardi gras in new orleans) while we were there. it was real festive and lots of ppl dressed up! we spent 2 nights there. frommer's recommended to try the squid ink spaghetti - nancy didn't try it as we were afraid our baby will have purple skin!! haha.



our last stop in italy was Milan. pic on the left: check out the columns inside 'Duomo'. pic on the right: you thought phipps plaza was nice in Atlanta. other than the Duomo and the Last Supper, there are not much to do in Milan other than designer shopping.

check out the rest of the picture album. link on the right.

KFC

"Korean Fried Chicken" that is. not so sure why i am posting this article i read. another useless ITK. nancy was craving for some last night before she went to bed. it's only 10am.. i am getting hungry.