We have been looking at houses for the last few months and finally found one we liked enough to put an offer on. The seller accepted the offer and it looks like we’ll be closing the deal before the end of the month. Nicole and I are ready to open a new chapter in our life together.

I surprised Nicole with a trip to Asheville, NC for our 1-year anniversary. We stayed at Carolina Bed & Breakfast for 3-nights. Best dinner was at Plant in downtown Asheville. It’s a vegan restaurant and neither of us are vegan but that didn’t matter. The food was phenomenal. On Saturday we visited the Biltmore to tour the grounds, do a little wine tasting and experience an Italian Renaissance art exhibit. That evening we dined at Jargon. My meal wasn’t very good but Nicole loved hers. On Sunday we made our way home. We stopped at a brewery in Galax, VA that had some pretty good pizza and sweet potato fries.