August

In August, Allen and I went to the Reagan Library for Cajun night. It was fun but there was a drunk lady that was "saving" me from Allen and his beating ways. I'm not sure what she thought she saw but we ate peacefully on our own and danced a little but mostly people watched. We also met a lovely couple, the man talked a lot about his friend that needed a colonoscopy.

But the lesson that I learned was that crawdads are a lot of work for not very much meat.

Allens Birthday Weekend

So Allen turned 36 on Saturday July 25th and we celebrated by traveling to Arizona to visit our nephew Isaac and see an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.
We visited Isaacs local grocery store, school and library.

And the Diamondback game was Awesome. The stadium is indoor and air conditioned. It's going to ruin every other outdoor stadium game.

Independence Day

So I (Deborah) just came back from the weekend at my parents in Chico for the annual 4th of July party. Here are some pictures of the event.

MAY

It has been super busy in May and hence the lack of a new posting.


After re-decorating our spare bedroom we decided that it was time to get our bedroom re-decorated.

1) We needed more closet space! So we had contractors come over the first weekend of May to give us estimates and plans. We picked one, moved around all the furniture and had a closet built in an alcove right before the second weekend. Then we had to put all our stuff in the closet. It is awesome.


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After

2) Get rid of some furniture .... CRAIGS LIST!

We sold both our dressers and the dining room table that we keep in our room.


3) And since we moved our bed we need to get rid of the venetian blinds that go from ceiling to floor and so it's off the Lowe's for window treatment shopping. We got roman shades that are cordless but they won't be delivered for a couple of weeks.


4) Now it's time for bedding and accessories.


5) Then Memorial Day weekend we sanded, stained, painted, hung curtains, purchased bedding and put it all together. And we used every second of every day.


Which brings us to this weekend. Our Roman Shades came and we'll be hanging them and the room will be done. I'll post an after picture later.


Until later.

Allen and the doctor

Allen recently took a sleep apnea test which he failed. He has severe sleep apnea. He was then given another test to determine how much air he needs at night. This machine makes Allen look like an elephant.

In just a couple weeks he'll have his own machine and we'll get to sleep again. YEAH!

Air force one at the Reagan Library

Our visit to the Reagan Library

This Easter weekend we had our nephew. We visited with Grandpa Camou on Friday evening and celebrated Isaacs birthday with cake and gifts.

Isaac and Allen (Uncle Buck) woke up on Saturday and ran some errands while I (Aunt Deborah) slept. Then daddy John came over and we headed off to the Reagan Library.

We saw all kinds of neat things there. We saw many exhibits about President Reagan and Nancy Reagan. We saw the Magna Carta. We saw an old Air Force One, inside and out and an exact replica of the oval office including the resolute desk. And because it was Easter weekend there was an egg hunt within the exhibits.

Although nothing could top the Library we tried with a trip to Toys R Us, Walmart and a fiesty game of Monopoly, which Aunt Deborah won. I'm sure Uncle Buck and Issac would agree I probably cheated. But when you've got Boardwalk, Park Place and one of each of the other colors so the only hotels on the board belong to you, it's difficult to lose.

Then Sunday just Uncle Buck and Isaac played Monopoly while Aunt Deborah slept. I'm sure I won't be invited to play for a while.

Sunday was a day of rest. Allen and I had to clean up after Isaac and get ready for the work week ahead.

Here's us all getting ready to board Air Force One.

Our random Sunday

It started as a regular Sunday .... Allen got up at 6:30am to sit on the couch and nap while I slept in until about 9:30am. We then spent the better part of the morning shopping. We went to Lowe's for some bathroom parts and Harbor Freight for rubber gloves.

Then we arrived home to put together our Saturday IKEA purchases and I was on the computer updating the church website. I went online to my bank account to check on a few things and noticed that all my $$ from my checking and money market accounts had been transferred into my savings and everything I had purchased in the past week had all gone into overdraft. These kind of shinanigans never happened with my piggy bank!!!!

After getting the bank accounts fixed, I was in no mood to cook. Allen, his father and I went out to Chili's. Allen had to pay because I'm broke until tomorrow when all the $$ will be returned to it's proper places.

But in happier news we finished the redecoration of our guest bedroom.

Check it out!!!