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.

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!

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!

"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!

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.