Off to California

Wedding #2 is here!!

Daniel and I are all packed and ready to go. We will be leaving tomorrow afternoon and flying to Reno, NV. The two of us will get to experience Reno for the first time tomorrow night, then my whole family will be in Reno by Thursday afternoon.

Then, we are all leaving to drive three hours through the redwood forests to Redding, CA (I am not really sure exactly where that is).

It should be a lot of fun and I am really excited!! I am going to try to take lots of pictures and will definitely update when we get back!

Look Who's Here!

Jon and Mandy have gone to a Roughriders game with David and Suzanne. Daniel is at work, so look who I have all to myself!! JD is having such a good time trying to hit the toys hanging over him. He actually does a pretty good job!! What a sweetie!!

Soaking Wet

Daniel asked me to take the car to work this morning so that he could do some work on the jeep. He was wanting to rotate the tires or something...I don't know much about it :)

I just got home from work - he was standing out there doing the tire thing, dripping wet. It is pouring outside. I had the windshield wipers on as high as they could go while I was driving. When I pulled up, he was just grinning.

He walked in the door a few minutes ago, dripping water all over the tile, and told me how much fun that was. He said it started raining earlier than he was expecting.

Once a little boy, always a little boy!!

(Glad he was enjoying what he was doing though!!)

American Idol Finale

I must admit that I can be a reality TV junkie. I have done really well this spring, though, because we have been so busy in the evenings. I still have found the time to catch at least one of the two American Idols that is on each week. So, of course, I had to watch the big finale!!

I was very impressed with the way they did it. When I saw that it was going to be two hours long and you know they do not name the winner until the last 3 minutes, I was sure that the show was going to drag on with highlights from the whole season. That is what seems to happen on most result shows.

But they did not do that...they had some pretty good performers on! I loved how all of the old AI winners (besides Fantasia) were on and a part of the celebration. And GreenDay, Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight, and Smokey Robinson were all there. I like how it was more about the music than what had already been shown thoughout the season. (We won't discuss Bette Midler)

And I must say that my favorite part of the evening was probably when Melinda sang with the Winans. That girl can sing! (She was my favorite)

Hope everyone is having an excellent day!!

Impulsive Purchase

One of the few appliances that are not provided in our new home and we are required to purchase is a refrigerator. We have been talking for a while about when we were going to get one and where we would put it until we could move in. I was afraid that if we waited until we closed on the house, we would be without a fridge for a while (our schedule will be kind of tight around then).


On Friday, we decided to just go look around and see what is out there. We left Home Depot somewhat disappointed in the prices of the refrigerators. I had no idea they were so expensive!! Because of the layout of our kitchen, we need a counter-depth fridge, which, even though it is smaller than regular sized, costs more money!!


We left Home Depot and went to Rodenbaugh's in Allen. There we got a lucky break. They have a regular showroom, but they also have a scratch and dent outlet store next door. They had one there that was in perfect condition, but was an overstock item. They had it marked off almost 800 dollars!! It was such a good deal that we had to take it. They said they started the week with ten of them and only one is left...

After we left, I asked Dan how he felt about the purchase. He said that he was very happy with it, he just couldn't believe that he had done it!! We are talking about the man who researches EVERYTHING. He looked at house stuff for almost two years before deciding he had found a good deal. Hopefully this will turn out to be a good thing as well!

Promised Pics

Because Julie at least attempted to name the plant, here are a few pictures of our newly landscaped home. We should be moving in about a month!! I am so ready!!

Name this plant...

Anybody know the name of this plant? How do you take care of it? Am I going to kill it?

Yesterday, on our near daily trip to our new house, we discovered that we have grass, trees, and plants!! I was VERY excited!! I don't know that I am a great plant person. We have a few green plants in our apartment that have all survived since we bought them when we got married, so I have managed to keep them alive for over two years. We will see how I do on the outside stuff. In the flowerbed in front of the study window, there are several shrubs and then two of these pink/purple flowered plants. Sorry if the picture isn't that great...

I will post more updated pictures of the house as soon as someone names this plant....it's your reward!! :)