Dan and Jennifer's Engagement Party

We had a wonderful weekend full of fun, lots of laughter, great friends, amazing food and celebrating Jennifer and Dan's upcoming nuptials. On Friday Jay and I spent the day on the golf course with two of our clients. We played in the EDP Golf Outing at Woodforest Golf Club and had a blast! It was super hot, but we still had a great time. That evening we joined Dan's family for dinner at Lupe Tortilla, Jennifer's favorite!

Then Saturday morning Jennifer and my mom went to Mary's, the lady who is making both of our bridesmaids dresses for both of our weddings, and checked out the dress progress. My bridesmaids dresses are coming along wonderfully! It is really fun being apart of the full process of how the dresses are being made and designed. After Jennifer tried on her dress for my wedding she got a chance to pick the color for her bridesmaids dresses... all in all a very productive meeting with Mary!

The masterpiece in progress... I think we will have 2 more fittings.

Jennifer's dresses will be "Titan Pond"; perfect for spring!

After our very busy morning we got ready for the big PARTY! As you can see from the photos we had a great time. Dan and Jennifer were surrounded by family and friends that came from both near and far. It was the prefect evening visiting with everyone.

Everyone enjoyed a little "Polish Horseshoes"

A friend of mine had this on her blog and I thought it was pretty interesting... so I thought I would answer the questions and continue it on...

1. What is your favorite fair/carnival food? Texas State Fair Corny Dogs
2. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? Ummm I just went through my closet and had a garage sale so not really
3. What is your favorite gift to receive? I love cards and photos
4. What is your favorite and least favorite book genre?
Memoir, Mystery, Political Intrigue, Romance, Humor, Historical Fiction, Historical nonfiction, Chick Lit, Self-Help, Other Favorite: Chick Lit. Least Favorite: Political Intrigue
5.Silver or Gold? Both
6. What makes you sigh? When you laugh so hard you can't breath then you take a big breath and smile! Laughter is the best medicine.
7. If you didn't know how old you are, how old would you claim you are? 26
8. Would you break a law to save a loved one? To protect a loved one? YES
9. If you had to teach something, what would it be? Geography or photography

10. Which of the 5 Love Languages is your prominent means of experiencing love?
Quality Time**
Physical Touch
Acts of Service
Gifts**
Words of Affirmation

11. What is your favorite Mexican restaurant? Chuy's, they have the best queso con questo

12. What is your favorite store for home furnishings? Pottery Barn hands down!

Happy Tuesday!!!

When will it be over!!!

We are still in the process of fixing the house... when I say we I mean the worker guys that have been here the last few days. They are working hard, but there is just so much to do. Here are a few photos of the progress.

Bathroom before they finished the dry wall

Bathroom wall... almost done...

The bathroom floor... still needs tile.

Laundry Room is almost done...
Guest Bedroom closet ceiling!!!

Not sure what he is doing, but I'm sure he is working hard.

Construction Status...

Construction has finally started to restore the damage from the water leak. Last Friday they came out and demoed everything... walls, closet, floors, vanity, etc.! It was a mess and dust was everywhere. So we took the weekend to pick out paint, flooring, and a new vanity for the bathroom and today they started the rebuild. Here are a few photos of the process.

This is a photo of the ceiling in the guest bedroom closet looking up into the attic

We are hoping they will be done with the dry wall and painting in the guest bedroom today... tomorrow painting bathroom and laundry room, trip and install door/ closet selves. Wednesday - flooring in both laundry room and bathroom and hopefully be done by Thursday afternoon with final touches and cleaning!!! That is the plan... I'll let you know how it goes... Wish me luck.

Happy Monday!!

S.O.S.

More like save our home...

Friday when I got home from work I was working in the guest bedroom and noticed the carpet was a little wet near the closet, so I pulled some of the stuff in the closet out of the way and found the wall was WET! I pulled everything out of the closet and found we had a bad leak... I called both a plumber and AC company to come out and figure out what happened and get it fixed ASAP. We were very luck to get ahold of the AC company before they left for the day and they were able to come out fairly soon after we called. Once he took a look at the leak/water coming through the walls/ceiling and damaged the carpet, door frames, guest bathroom, and base board in the laundry room and the AC unit he determined that the drain from the AC unit that was tied in to the Guest Bathroom drain was the issue he cut and capped the pipe and recommended we pull up the carpet and get it aired out as soon as we could. So that is exactly what we did. In the mean time I when ahead and called our home owners insurance to place the claim and find out what the protocol was with a situation like this... so after we did that we called the water extraction company and set up an appointment for them to come out today, Saturday, and take care of getting the walls, ceilings, etc dried. Around 11 today the water extraction company came and set up 6 fans and a huge humidifier to dry out the water damage. They said it will probably take 3 days to completely dry out 100% and then once it is dry the estimator with the insurance agency will come out and evaluate the damages and what the restoration/fit up will cost.

We were completely overwhelmed Friday night, but are feeling much better about the situation today. Here are some photos of the mess... I'll keep you posted on restoration and our journey through this mess... Oh the Joys of Homeownership!!!

Inside the guest room closet

The guest bathroom

The guest bedroom closet ceiling

The soaked carpet pads...

The end of Friday night... our make shift fans to dry out the carpet and dry wall

What a mess!!!