Termites and cat puke

So, my very chill, relaxing evening turned into a disgusting end of the day. Picture this: soft, cozy bed, about to spend some quality time in the Word, when all of a sudden you see these little bug-fly-like insects on your bedside table. You squash 3 or 4 with your finger, expect not to have any more problems. Not the case. Several more bug-flies appear, and you continue to squash them, until your finger gets a little goopy. More bug-flies appear, to my disgust, and then I look down on the window sill by my bed and see a swarm of these bug-flies. I got the vacuum cleaner out and sucked up all the remaining bug-flies, but to my dismay, they reappeared- I looked out the window and saw a swarm on the other side of the window. I quickly called Mike, who is an hour's time difference in DC (so 11:30pm his time) and ask him what termites look like. I spent the next hour on the phone with Mike- I took pictures of these fabulous creatures and sent them to him to see if he could ID them. Ended up that the bug-flies looked like grown termites. Great. So, Mike tried to call our bug-man friend at 11:30pm at night (he didn't pick up) to see what they were/ what we should do. I decided to spend the night in the guest bedroom so that I wouldn't get swarmed with critters. We then came up with a plan to call Terminix in the morning.

So, after waking up several times last night, dreaming of what the Terminix man would say, I woke up this morning to find a lovely pile of cat puke. I decided to ignore it until I had some coffee in me. I then called back our bug-man friend (Mr. Mac) and I described what the bug-flies looked like- he said not to worry because apparently termites have long narrow bodies and these bug-flies had a narrowing around their midsection. Yay. No termites.

So, no termites...now on to cleaning up the pile of cat puke.

Relaxing and some thoughts...

So, Mike's in DC and I'm enjoying time at home, catching up with friends over lunches and dinners. Liz and Mom and I hung out today in the pool for several hours- it was nice- I'm enjoying the time that Liz and I have together before she starts school. Fortunately, she won't be that far away for college (UNT!) Tonight I enjoyed reading a book (figured I should get one enjoyable book in before school starts), had Indian food for dinner (gives Mike heartburn, so I figured I could get it while he's gone), enjoyed a glass of wine, and had Bella sit next to me while I read....it was nice.
I got the first two of five textbooks in the mail today. Not gonna lie, it's overwhelming to see the content that I'll be responsible for knowing. I hope that I can study and learn well this year- I haven't had to do this in 4 years!
On another tangent, I'm so ready for the TX heat to change to fall. I've lived in TX all of my life (minus college) and have never been a fan of summers here. Way too hot. Seriously, today was the 20th day that it was over 100 degrees. It helps to have a pool, but as I've been watching TV and seeing "summer's almost over" commercials for back-t0-school ads and going into Hobby Lobby seeing fall, yes, and even CHRISTMAS decorations, I'm longing for the day that the high is in the 50's or 60's.

Continued Progress....my kitchen is a mess

Hopefully, it'll be done in about 6 weeks. We were able to visit our new cabinets the other day and the workshop where they're being made. Matt, the builder, had the carcases all constructed and laid out the way our kitchen will be laid out-I was totally excited!! It's going to look awesome! So, we'll keep pressing on, installing the electrical this weekend and picking out countertops. We had the plumber come this week and put in a gas line for the cooktop and Best Buy delivers our microwave and dishwasher this afternoon....YAY!!!

FrizzAway #8- Dave and Shelley's Wedding

So, this past weekend we and the Treadaway family (including Parker!) traveled to Houston for Dave (the 4th roommate) and Shelley's wedding. We had a blast! Parker was a trooper, traveling all over the place, in the heat.

Here he is with Ali and Landry's in the Baby Bijorn. So cute!
We stayed at Ali's sister's house for most of the weekend- the guys had a lot of hang-out time with Dave and the rest of the groomsmen (several really late nights!). Kristin, Ali's sister, took us to Kemah, TX, which is a cute little beach town close to their house. Saw lots of cool boats and had some fabulous seafood.


Mike and I at the rehursal dinner.
The Roommates the the Wives
Ah, yes, the traditional prank. Since Dave was the last roommate to get married, there was a little bit of revenge to be had. Instead of standing quietly while the bride and groom walked up the isle, Mike passed out Ultimate Frisbees and the wedding party formed a sort of arch as the couple left the stage. Quite cute! Yay, Betsy, for running over town quickly to get the frisbees at very short notice. :) Congrats, Shelley and Dave!!!

Weddings- An Oldie, but a Goodie

So, in honor of the next two weekends worth of weddings that we'll be going to, I found this clip from when James and Betsy got married, like 3 years ago. Mike and Marshall were lonely groomsmen who decided to spice up the processional after the wedding. Ali and I sat in the audience in disbelief/embarassement, at the time, but then, now looking back, it's pretty funny.

Progress

Before the demo...
Mike working hard!
The very nasty insulation that fell.
Post-Demo

So, here's some pictures from last weekend. We've started demo-ing the kitchen (Thank goodness!!!). Mike worked so hard- it was pretty gross and disgusting, but he did a great job! I've said this before, but I am so thankful that he is such a handy-man. I didn't know that he was so great with stuff like this until after we got married and we were working on our first house- he's great!

So, we'll continue this weekend with demo-ing the kitchen. I've been packing up the kitchen in anticipation today! So, plastic plates, cups and utensils for us until early September.

Dust

My house is quite dusty, and so are the floors. It doesn't help that Margarite, the Roomba, is broken, therefore the floors aren't clean. Oh, well. I feel like with the amount of saw dust coming from the garage (Mike's working on the dresser) and the dust in the kitchen from the process of removing cabinets and soffits it's just not worth it to try and keep up with keeping stuff clean. So, I'm not. Just trying to keep clutter down to a minimum. I figure once the new kitchen is in and the dresser is finished, then I'll care and actually clean. :)