The bar is done!

Our bar is finished! The tile just got installed this weekend and it looks marvelous. The grout was still drying when I posted this picture, so I'll post another soon. Our bar has racks for wine glasses, wine bottles and we even have beer on tap!

Tech Call

I work in the technology field, so it irritates the crap out of me when I have to make a call to the Help Desk to get help. Here's an exert from my most recent call:

After being on hold for 20 minutes, someone finally picks up the call ...

Me: Hello? My computer takes too long to turn on.
Tech guy: How long does it take?
Me: About two or three minutes. That's not really normal is it?
Tech guy: Well, lets try some stuff.
(30 minutes later)
Tech guy: So, your Anti-virus software is causing the problem. My suggestion is to turn it off and only start the Anti-virus when you connect to the internet.
Me: Well, I have cable, so my internet is always on.
Tech guy: Oh! Then I strongly suggest that you turn on the Anti-virus now!
Me: Ok. Thanks for that hour of my life I just wasted.

And then there were two

My younger sister, Amanda, (left) is the first to spread her wings and leave the proverbial nest. She recently got a job in Arkansas at a local paper. She stayed in town long enough to help with my reception (which I greatly appreciated).

I went over to my older sister Lori's house (right in the picture) last night for puppy playdate (we're babysitting my father-in-law's dog for a while). As we were talking on the phone I thought, "Hey, why don't we invite Amanda to come over too?" Oops. Miss you Mandy Pandy.

Reception

Ryan and I celebrated our wedding with a reception in July. We had dinner, cake, dancing and poker.

The highlight of the evening was when my teenage cousin came trotting in to the reception hall. He and my newphew were screwing around outside and my cousing got sprayed by a skunk! After being stripped down to his boxers on the dance floor he got sprayed down with Febreeze by the bartender. Not everyone can say they had an underage stripper at their wedding!

ATV's can't fly!

We had an exciting day last Wednesday. Ryan was assigned to do a week of volunteer security work in Greensburg, Kansas. (On May 4th, an F-5 tornado leveled 95% of the town.) FEMA had ATVs that they let the volunteers use to patrol the grounds as it provided greater access to some areas in town.

Ryan was driving his ATV, hit something on the ground and flew off the ATV. Luckily he has great instincts to tuck and roll, but he got knocked out (for about a minute or two) and banged up quited a bit. When he came to, he couldn't remember his address, where he was or that we were married! The entire month of May was wiped out of his memory.

I drove to Greensburg to pick him up and ended up taking him to the ER in town. The trip back to town (2 hours) was spent repeatedly reminding him what happened, where he was, why he was down there. Poor thing! It reminded me of Ten Second Tom from "Fifty First Dates." 12 hours after his accident, his memory fully returned. A few bruises and scrapes, but thank goodness no serious injuries or after effects.

We're married!

Ryan and I were married May 2, 2007 on a beach in beautiful St. Lucia. We couldn't have picked a better place! What a way to start our new life together.