We have been crazy busy recently and I have so many updates (and not many pictures, ugh)...here it goes:
The house was struck by lightning. Yep, 2 months after living here, at 5:30 in the morning we awoke to the loudest explosive lightning noise ever! Thank God Beau was home! We have had a good amount of damage - the biggest being wall fixtures blew off the walls. Oh, and our electronics are fried. I couldn't have taken care of everything w/o Beau here! He has been in town the past 2 weeks so he took care of scheduling the insurance adjuster, Verizon Fios, an electrician, etc. We are still waiting to hear back on the electronics but the Insurance company was very speedy to get the first check cut. At the end of the day, we are so blessed the house didn't catch on fire!! Looking at the damage, one can't help but wonder how we didn't have a fire. We have singed black areas around light fixtures, the pieces that blew off the walls and the mirrors in the master bath. We are so fortunate! :-)
Then, a week later, we had ANOTHER storm, which blew down a piece of our fence. So, Beau spent the past 2 days putting up a brand new 8 ft. fence - and it's awesome!! He and his dad did such quality work and it was about 98 degrees yesterday so they deserve a big high 5 and a vacation after that! I do think we have pictures of the new fence although I'm just devastated that I don't have pictures of my hottie husband in his cowboy hat, shades, big tool belt and massive power tool in his hand - so hot!! :-)
My Birthday was last week and Beau threw me a surprise party in Uptown! He is the sweetest man :-) I thought we were going down there for dinner and having drinks first but when we walked into Blackfriar, many of my friends were there to greet us and we had a great time! Not too shabby for a weekday Birthday! He gave me my very first "Happy Birthday to my Wife" card ;-) I will save it forever (unless of course I lose it, which tends to happen with me).
Beau also gave me a Blackberry Storm, which turned out to be my B-day present! I don't think he was planning on it but this is what happens when lightning strikes your house the day before your Birthday and you don't have A/C or TV. We were bored and hot so we went shopping! I still can't text on it. So, if I don't write you back - that's why...
My friend Brooke is in town from New Zealand, her first trip back home since she moved almost a year ago. It was great to see her! Beau and I went to a BBQ at Chris and Hailey's to welcome her back and then I went on a much-needed girls weekend trip to Brooke's parents' lake house. Everything was perfect and we had so much fun. I think I found the place that Beau and I should retire (next year)...
We call her Brookie of the Year:
Beau starts traveling again - for 4 weeks. This time will probably be the hardest for me - he's going to training in CA Mon-Fri and gets in late Fridays - then back out first thing Mondays. He is so fortunate though b/c they furloughed 40-50 consultants in his company so he is very lucky to have a job after being on the bench. And then they have a project for him after that. His Manager fights so hard for him and we are so lucky for that. Not to mention, his Manager Mark and his wife got us the coolest wedding gift! It's this hi tech blender (like you see in William-Sonoma) w/ several margarita mixes! It's awesome and quite a coincidence since Beau recently broke his old one making a protein shake. We love Mark and Cathy and are very lucky to have someone working so hard for Beau!
My Mom received the wedding pictures she purchased!! Here are some of them - what an amazing night/weekend!!!
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