Grease is the Word...

Is the word that you heard...It's got groove taste it's got meaning.  Grease is the time, is the place is the motion in New Brunswick. Grease is the way we are feeling!  Okay, enough Frankie Valli (with a little tweaking of the lyrics) for a Friday post, Lori, but this post IS all about Grease!  That's because we jet setted over to the Grease Trucks in New Brunswick, NJ for some Fat Sandwiches the other night.

 What's a Fat Sandwich you ask?  Basically a sub roll with your choice of anything greasy on it (i.e.: burgers, cheese, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, french fries, bacon...you name it)!

There are a bunch (maybe 5 or 6) of Grease Trucks which are located on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.  They are open late night for the college students or for anyone in the mood for some greasy goodness.  I ordered the Fat Darrell (voted the #1 Fat Sandwich in the nation) which has breaded chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, french fries and mozzarella sauce on it.  It was SO good!  Rich got the Fat Soprano which has fried chicken fingers, french fries, bacon, white sauce and hot sauce.  His was awesome too!

We washed it down with two cans of soda and for about $14 total had our dinner for the night.  We don't eat like this all of the time, but once in awhile you just gotta go for some greasiness, and when you do, there's no better place to do it than at the Grease Trucks.  We'll be back!!!!  Happy Weekend!

Sneak Peek

So it almost sounds weird to say that we went sneaking into our own house last night, but that's sort of what we did.  Well not exactly (we have a key), just work with me here people.  What I mean is that the painter who is painting most of the rooms inside of our new house started on Monday, and we wanted to drive over and check out the progress...hence, sneak peek.  Can I just say "COLOR US HAPPY!!!"  We were so thrilled with the work he's done, and more importantly with the paint colors that we picked out.  Here's what we sneaked a peek at last night...

Here is Rich holding up our new Bamboo floors next to the paint...looking good!

The painter says he thinks he'll be finished tomorrow, and tomorrow is also the floor install...can't wait to show you pics when it's all done!

Staples

No, I'm not talking about the office supply store, but rather the theme of our day on Saturday when we braced Winter Storm 2012 to head back to the house and get the floors ready for our wood floor install this Friday...yippee!  But, before we can jump up and down about new floors, one of our first DIY projects has been ripping up the carpets, lifting out the tack boards, and staples (making sure they are all out of the floor).  I swear, if I ever see another staple again! :)  Our hands were sore, I even got a couple of blisters, but in the end, our floors were delivered and now we're just days away from having them in.

Black or White

Pardon the Michael Jackson song reference, but the title is the perfect name for this post for two reasons...
1- Black: As in check out our front door which is now sporting a shiny, black coat of paint.  It was very easy to do, just a little sandpaper from the dollar store, a can of black glossy paint and a paint brush from Home Depot, and two coats.  (We might add one more coat once it warms up again, but we think it's fine in the meantime).  When we purchased the house the door was white, but we thought black would look richer and tie in better with the shutters.  What about you guys?  What do you think?  Here's the before...

And the after...

2- White: As in the white snow in our front yard due to this weekend's snowfall.  We love the way it looks, but now instead of just enjoying it...we have to shovel it!  Something else two lifelong renters are not used to yet! :)

Nothing's Gonna SNOW Us Down!

Winter Storm 2012!!! (This post was written this past Saturday, but I forgot to publish). That's the crazy, weather fear the media is dishing out today because it's the first snowstorm of the year (I can say that because I used to work in the media and know how much they love a good weather story :).  Bottom line, there's some snow out there today (about 1-3 inches), but that's not gonna snow us down!  Oh no, we have way too much on our plate to accomplish at the house today.  We spent last weekend trying out different paint colors on the walls...

Ripping up carpet and waterproofing the basement floor...

Making our final decision and purchasing our floors from Lumber Liquidators...

And shopping for a washer dryer at P.C. Richards all in an effort to be ready for move-in day...

 So, today we have a meeting with the painter to finalize colors at 11am (we're still not 100% sure about what color to paint Richie's room or the basement), plus we are expecting a delivery of the floors between 10-4pm, and a delivery of the washer/dryer between 10:30-2:30pm.  Snow or not, we've got a full day ahead!  (Let's just hope the snow doesn't stop all of the people we have lined up from coming today). I can't wait to report back and let you know what paint colors we finally go with.  The painter starts on Monday.  Yay....things are finally coming together (hopefully ;).