Run the Boston Marathon....Check!

Doug and Ike, Doug's Patient Partner, @ mile 25

One more thing that Doug can take off his "Do Before I Die" list. Yesterday, Doug successfully completed the Boston Marathon in 4 hours, 19 min, & 27 seconds. As Doug would tell you, one of the best days of his life. In his words, "I won't lie to you...this is the best feeling in the world. I feel like a rock star!" For those of you that have heard the story, it has even surpassed the day his high school football team won their first game after a 28-game losing streak. So as you can see, quite the day.

Matty also finished in great form and did really, really well. Finished right around the 4 hour and 30 min mark. So, success all around!

Obviously, one of the major highlights of the day was the impact that Doug and his other Children's Hospital team members will have on children all over the world. To date, over 1 million dollars has been raised by his 220 team members, over $6200 by all of our friends & family.

We thank you and the children thank you.

Doug couldn't have done it without everyone's generosity and support.

So, what next? Nike said it best..."Today you may feel like you'll never run a marathon again. See you next year!"

Code of Silence

Sometimes a deal is a deal for a very good reason. After finding over $20k in issues during the inspection and the seller offering to pay $0 (that's right...nothing, nada!), we have decided to back out of the offer. So, on to greener pastures...

In honor of our Charlestown roots, we have decided that we will maintain a code of silence on the blog regarding the house until we have closed on a new one. So sorry...no new updates for a while on the house.

But don't fear...Doug is convinced we will be posting baby pictures as early as the middle of next week. I am SO not ready for that! :O)

Opening Day!

Red Sox - 5
Tampa Bay - 3

And the highlights...Pedroia and Tek both had homeruns!!! Mommy's two favorite players started the season off right!

Under Contract!

After over 3 weeks of negotiations and walking away twice, Doug has worked his magic once again and we are officially under contract on our house in Horseheads, NY. Hopefully all goes well with the inspection so we can close by the end of April.

I guess we are really moving! ;O)

Now Doug is on to negotiating with the furniture store salespeople. Wonder how many times he will walk out of the store before we buy a bed?