House Hunting

Thursday, May 16

Eric and I drove Elissa to Summerville very early to meet her ride for some training at the Air Force Base.  We hung out in Starbucks for awhile and made some calls.  Eric talked to Elissa and Jonathan's realtor for awhile and got the news that the stolen refrigerator would not be replaced and probably not compensated for.  That could be a deal breaker.  After things started opening up, we headed over to the Summerville visitors center for some sweet tea and real estate and apartment guides.  Summerville is the birthplace of sweet tea. The ladies there invited us to stay in town this evening for their "Third Thursday" celebration.  Stores stay open, booths set up and bands were to play bluegrass all over town.  We stopped in Belks to look for a swimsuit for our upcoming trip to Mexico.  Success! and they were having customer appreciation day so we got some great prices. 

We had some great tacos at Montreaux Pub and Grill.  Eric loves this place.  He usually waits in here, while Elissa and I go shopping and to the yarn store. 

The Montreux Grill and Pub - it is a Charleston-style building

Eric and I spent the afternoon looking at apartment complexes.  After that, we were too tired to stay and enjoy the "Third Thursday" activities. 

Friday, May 17

 Elissa and I went across a huge bridge and onto one of the islands around Charleston to go shopping in Mt. Pleasant.  They had a beautiful mall area that looked like "tropical mall town".  Elissa got a pretty swimsuit to wear this summer.

Saturday, May 18

Elissa and Jonathan participated in a color run at the base.  They walked/ran a 3k course and at certain points people sprayed them with liquid color or threw powdered color on them. 

Elissa and Jon covered in paint

In the afternoon while Elissa was at work, Eric, Jonathan and I went to Summerville to check out neighborhoods.  It was so tiring driving around and checking out several possible neighborhoods. 

Sunday, May 19

After lunch, we went swimming in the White Gables neighborhood pool.  We didn't actually swim.  It was a bit cold and it started raining shortly after we got there. We met a realtor in White Gables and looked through three houses.  We all really liked one of them and Elissa and Jonathan are planning to make an offer on it.  The house is vacant so hopefully they can get in fairly quickly.  

The house we liked best

After looking at houses, we visited with Elissa and Jonathan's friends, Melissa and David who live in White Gables.  We stayed and charcoaled hamburgers with them.  They were very nice and Elissa and Jonathan would love to live near them. 

Monday, May 20

We packed for our Mexico trip.  We will head to Charlotte, NC on Tuesday and then fly to Mexico on Wednesday morning.  It is about a two and a half hour flight from Charlotte so we will arrive before noon which is nice.  We will be gone through the 31st, so no blogging until I get back. 

In the evening, we headed back over to Summerville to look at the house in White Gables that Elissa and Jonathan liked in order to inspect it a little closer before they make an offer.