Phil Pritchett at The Fairmount

The Bullfighter Returns by Phil Pritchett from John H. Reynolds on Vimeo.

The Fairmount is around the corner from us and is one of only two places in our barrio for live music. It is, or rather, it was a great bar and is now a BYOB venue. Its future is uncertain and if anyone knows what is going on with it, please let us know. In the meantime get a good look at a cool place to see a band. Phil Pritchett is pretty badass too

We will be signing autographs!!!

Yes - it is true....we have a mini celebrity in the Lynch household! Atticus Pereda Lynch is an AKC certified Good Citizen. We even have the papers to prove it. He didn't make it totally easy. He made us sweat a little bit, but then ended up passing with flying colors!

Daisy White, Atticus' black lab girlfriend also passed with flying colors, so Christen, Tyler, Sean and I decided to go to Fuzzy's Tacos to celebrate!

We totally forgot our camera for the test, so hopefully we'll get a copy of the school's pictures - if so, we'll post them soon (b/c hopefully you are as enamored with our cute pup as we are!)

Tech Turf and Other New Developments

We've had a lot going on since our last post and we're tying to catch up. First thing first, we are in the early stages of an actual backyard. Many of you know that our backyard has looked more like the dust bowl than a yard. To rectify that, we planted Tech Turf, a hybrid of buffalo grass and turf grass that is sturdy and low maintenance. It also doesn't have a running game and is easily walked all over by Oklahoma, thus making it the best grass for us.
It is not the easiest grass to plant. Tech Turf comes in little plugs that you plant individually. The closer you plant them, the quicker you get a yard. Even with our small yard, it took over 600 plugs to cover it.
Prior to planting the turf, the yard had to be tilled and mixed with compost. You can't tell from the picture, but that tiller is kicking my ass. It just shook and shook and rattled my entire body. It was unrelenting. But tilling the yard was essential and made planting the plugs a thousand times easier than it would have been had we not tilled the soil. It also proved that I could never be a farmer.
The grass is in and after the rain this past week, it is looking good. We'll keep everyone updated on how green our grass grows.


The other big news is Atticus decided we needed a new window. During Art Goggle three weeks ago, Atticus decided he didn't like the window in the office and took matters into his own paws. Friends called us, fearing our house had been broken into, and we rushed home. It turns out Atticus broke the window out. Once we figured out Atticus hadn't tried to burglarize us, we called a local contractor, Joe Massey, and went about getting a window that actually opens put in.
As you can see the guys who came over to remove the window and then put the new one in, loved having their picture taken.







So now we have a window that opens and closes. That is a big step for us. Eventually, cross your fingers, all our windows will do the same thing.





















And because I do like to take pics, here are just a bunch of recent pictures. There is a sneak peek of a future project in the third picture and the always cute Katie Claire.

Happy Easter!!!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter day! It's definitely a day to celebrate! We had a wonderful day starting with church and ending with pies....we'll fill you in on the in between in the next couple of days! Goodnight!

(Happy early bday Meg!!!)

Soon....very soon....

We will have grass in the backyard....to some, this may not seem like a big deal - BUT ever since we moved in to our house - 9 months ago, we've had some form of dirt/weeds in the backyard....and in the next week or so we'll be planting turffalo. This is a cool type of grass that is actually a cross between buffalo grass and turf grass - hence the name! It requires less water and is really hardy, which will be perfect for us.

Needless to say - we can't wait!!! That will be our next major home project, in addition to getting our window replaced. We also are eye-ing this kitchen island - it will double our counter space.
Well, HAPPY MONDAY!

Fun, busy weekend!!!

Who would believe that this sweet, little Atticus would try to break out of our house!!!

On Friday night, while we were partying at Arts Goggle, we got a call that one of our windows was broken out! Our neighbors, Christen and Tyler found Atticus and Nutmeg and a broken window and gave us a call. We raced home - only to find that Atticus must have broken part of the window out with his paw.

Thankfully, everyone was okay - and our window is going to be fixed in a historic manner...which will be gorgeous!

As for the rest of the weekend, we re-grouted our bathtub and bought two pretty clay pots to plant some gorgeous cannas (sp?) flowers.

At church on Sunday, we worked in the nursery - there were 5 cute little boys - they kept us on our toes! Then on Sunday night, we went to my parents for dinner. We had delicious barbequed chicken, sausage, pasta salad and corn. YUM, YUM!

On another note - time is running out to advertise in the 2009 Fairmount Historic Home Tour brochure - http://www.historicfairmount.com/home/hometour.html

Have a great night!

Art Goggle and Joe's Run

We have a busy weekend head of us and we want to invite everyone along. First we have Art Goggle. Its a fun Open House type event for the Near Southside, that's our barrio. Restaurants and businesses all along Magnolia along with others will host artists and have music, drinks and appetizers. Its like a house party, a big fun house party. Look at Mat below, that is how much fun you are going to have.


Check out here for all the details. We'll be marshaling the troops at our place around 6:30 pm and heading out soon after. It does kick off at 5, but you don't want to be the first one to the party!

We are also running Joe's run on Saturday. So come and cheer us on or come pick me up from wherever I drop. Check out the details for Joe's Run and the Samaritan House right about here