Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Our Menu and Where we'll be eating


Before we get to our new kickass kitchen island and what we'll eat on it, I thought I'd share a little life lesson. Today, I had a Dentist's appointment. As I got out of my freshly washed, waxed, and dejunked Talon (For Sale Right Now), A Domino's Pizza Delivery guy pulled up. I could smell the cheese and tomato sauce as I walked in. Delivery Guy walked in right behind me and while I signed in at the front desk, he strolled past the receptionist with a nod and a smile. Pizza fumes wafted through the office as the hygienist showed me to the chair and she got her gear ready.
So, what is the point to this? Well, the hygienist barely applied the Novocaine before the Dentist stuck my gums with the needle. It hurt. It hurt enough for me garble, "ahh, that hurt." My Dentist just smiled and said "Alright, you'll good to go." I imagine he was in a hurry chow down before someone ate all his cheese pizza. The hygenist was also speedy in her work. Later on, in the afternoon, it felt like someone punched each of my teeth individually with a tiny fist. It goes to show you that just like in college, no matter who you are, you will not be able to compete with free pizza.
Anyway, back to our island. It fits in perfectly in our kitchen and will definitely help us with keeping the kitchen decluttered. The best part was it only took twenty minutes to put together and I did it all with just my pinky finger. Or it took way longer than I'll admit and I was left with way too many extra screws. Either way it's great to have.


And if anyone is curious about what exactly we are eating on that kitchen island, here is our menu for the next couple of weeks. If you want to come on meatloaf night, you better let us know early.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Welcome to the ISLAND!!!

Hooray!!! The final two pieces of the our kitchen island arrived today! Sean just put it together and it looks great.

In just a little bit, Sean is going to post our new menu. We're so excited that we have two full weeks worth of meals planned! I know...it's silly, but anyone who knows us well...knows that it's amazing that we actually have enough food in our house to plan one week of menus - let alone two weeks!!!

Look for Sean's post soon!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Fairmount Historic Tour of Homes!!!!

This Saturday and Sunday, the Fairmount Neighborhood is hosting the 27th Annual Historic Tour of Homes from noon until 6pm. It's a really neat event and all of the proceeds go toward improving the neighborhood!

Anyone interested - here is a link to the info! http://www.historicfairmount.com/home/hometour.html

Who knows - maybe in 5 years, Sean and I will put our home on the tour! :)





Here are a couple of our recent projects - who knew we were so handy!! :) Sean re-did our front porch lighting and together we re-grouted our tub! :)

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

"The Law-man"



So - for those of you that have not yet heard....we have exciting news!!!! Sean passed the Texas Bar Exam! We found out Thursday evening when we returned from our wonderful vacation to VT and NH. It was definitely a great way to cap off a fun trip. We have been celebrating ever since.

We had a party tonight and it was so much fun. We did a shrimp boil, and even with this monsoon-like weather, and less than 24-hour notice, we had a great turnout of family and friends.

Thank you so much to everyone for coming over to celebrate with us - it really means so, so much to us!

Way to go Sean!!!
(we didn't really get any pics tonight, b/c our camera started acting up.....so I thought I'd just post a cute one of Sean!) We'll post more tomorrow, but I better get some sleep before church in the morning!