the Marshalls have been flooded out!!

OMG!! This weekend had so much stuff packed into it I don't even know what to tell you!!

We knew yesterday was going to be busy, but OMG!!! Okay, so we knew that in the morning we were going to have to take my car for an oil change and get my breaks checked. Then, at noon, our friends were throwing a party for their little girl's 1st bday. It was really cute seeing the kids (and my big kid/husband) playing in the water and everything. Plus it was a rare chance to see some friends who I don't get to see very often.

Then we had the Kenny Chesney concert. A group of us met up and really just acted-a-fool at this concert. We had good seats, a lot of beer, and lots of people-watching entertainment. =) Afterwards, we went over to a friend's house for drinks and 80s trivia (yeah... I suck at that btw) and got home around 2:30am. I only tell you this because as we're pulling up to the house, we notice that the street lamp in front of the house was out and Adam jokes about how there's probably someone in our house waiting to kill us in the dark. We go into the house and Adam goes to let the dog out and as I'm walking back to the bedroom I hear running water coming from the master bath... like someone's taking a shower or something. I'm all tense and ready to go grab the gun (because now I'm thinking there's a murderer taking a shower in our house... I know that sounds stupid... but Adam made that joke) and then I start towards the bathroom and my feet start squishing IN THE BEDROOM!! Our bedroom has about 2 freaking inches of water in it!!! I run to the toilet and turn off the water and just start yelling for Adam. Adam comes running back there thinking I'm getting murdered (because of his joke) and runs right into the swamp that is now our bedroom. Long story short (sort of), Adam starts scooping water out of the bathroom and I call professionals to come pump out our bedroom. Here we are, drunk but quickly sobering up at 3am, moving all of our bedroom furniture outside and wringing out clothes that had been on the floor. The professional dude got here at like 4am, pumped out all the water, set up a dehumidifier and a crap load of fans, and said he'd be back on Monday. We moved into the guest room and now our house looks like a refugee camp with our bedroom stuff all over the house!

The guy says it'll take anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks to fix, depending on whether or not the walls soaked up any water, which we won't know until Monday. Apparently the supply hose that goes from the wall to the toilet cracked and that's why there was so much water everywhere. He was saying that those things can dump 1500 gallons of water an hour and he guessed ours had been running for about an hour or two. Craziness....

Anyway, that's our 26 hour day yesterday. I'm running off 4 hours of sleep and have a paper to write still. YAY!! =) Gotta love being an adult...

Grossology

Good morning, my lovelies!!

Happy Memorial Day!!

So since Adam and I decided not to go anywhere for this holiday weekend (traffic, gas prices, laziness, etc), we decided to try something in Phoenix that we haven't done yet. So yesterday we went to the Phoenix Science Museum. They had this one exhibit called Grossology (after those children's books) and it was a lot of fun. It teaches kids all about how your body works -- mainly how/why we sneeze, burp, urinate, poop, and vomit. They had all of these interactive stations where you shot balls into a giant nostril (the balls were supposed to be germs), pumped a bunch of gas into a "stomach" to make a giant burp, use air tubes to make loud fart noises, etc.

Lesson learned, though: if you're in an exhibit called "Grossology," don't smell things!! =/ They had this one station where there were 4 tubes and you were supposed to smell them and then guess what they were. So I decide to do it, thinking "how bad could this be?" Okay, so the first one was anus (I'm not joking). It smelled bad but whatever, it just smelled like someone farted after eating too much Mexican food. The next one was mouth, didn't smell like anything. Then came foot... yeah, I almost threw up!! They should really warn you about that!! I didn't even try to smell the armpit one. The whole rest of the day I kept wanting to get sick... so afterwards we went across the plaza to this British pub we like and drank some good beer to try to fix my "nausea." Adam was laughing at me since the whole time I kept asking him if it really smelled like shit or if it was just me. He said it was just me... =(

On the positive side, it was a lot of fun pretending like we were kids again. They had a lot of cool exhibits. Adam really liked the one about weather. We didn't even get annoyed by all the children running around... must mean we're ready to create one of our own. I can hear all of our Phoenix friends getting excited right now. Don't you guys start, too!

Anyway, hope you all are enjoying your holiday weekends. We have our flag flying outside at 1/2 staff today... don't forget to take 2 seconds today to pray for those soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines who have given their lives for us yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Love and miss you all!
Sal

Fun/Busy Weekend

In my attempt to use this blog more, I'm going to tell you about this weekend. I apologize in advance if this seems pointless, but I promised to write more, so I am. =)

My first class for grad school ends this Tuesday, so I'm really excited about that. I know it's just an intro class, but that's one credit closer to graduation!! =) Don't I sound like an Academic Counselor? hahahaha... So anyway, to celebrate Adam took me out to dinner on Friday night to this place called Ground Control. It's actually really cool. An Air Force pilot and his wife own it and it has a huge selection of wine, gelato, and beer. They also have live music... it was packed!

Saturday I finished up my final paper for the class and then drove up to Care Free to join Adam and the AZ National Guard Conference. There was a banquet on Saturday night so we got dressed up and had a very yummy dinner and watched impersonators of Bob Hope and the Andrews Sisters. They were actually really good... their set just lasted a little too long... okay, a lot too long. =) Good thing there was a bar!! =) Here are some pictures:





















So, we woke up early this morning and drove back to Avondale for church because today we reaffirmed our baptisms and joined Alleluia Lutheran. We've really been taking our time trying to find a church that fits us and we finally did it. Everyone is young (including the pastors) and we really have a lot in common with them. Adam's even been recruited to help with the Boy Scouts tomorrow night. They're working on aeronautics right now and Adam's going to go in and talk with them about his job and bring them some cool stuff to play with. Their Scout Master is really excited, too, I think. =)

Anyway, gotta get to cleaning the house. Adam's aunt is staying with us this week and I can't have her see our messy home. =)

I Suck

Okay... so basically I've posted 2xs in March, 1x in April, and now it's May... I suck!! I'll get better, I promise.

So, last weekend Adam and I went to Cannon Beach, OR, for a family meeting. Well, Adam had the family meeting; I had a nice weekend vacation and got to see some family. =) I'd never been to Oregon before, so that was pretty cool. Just driving from the airport to Cannon Beach I got to see both snow and the beach... the 2 things I miss living in AZ. And everything was so GREEN!!! I miss that, too. Here's a pic of us in Oregon (cuz I know you miss our pretty faces... hahaha).

















So... what else... I started class this past week. Man, it's hard getting used to having to do assignments and reading again. And it's all online, so that's different, too. I'll get used to it eventually, I'm sure. =) My instructor has really specific requirements, too... like I have to post at least 2 substantial responses at least 4 days each week and I've got papers due that have to be posted on specific days. It sucks because it makes me have to choose priorities again. Like, today I'm missing a friend's graduation ceremony so that I can post a paper and do 2 participation postings. I probably should've done them yesterday... but Adam and I chose to go to happy hour and try to see a movie. So see? I made a bad choice... but I'm sure I'll make a couple until I get the hang of this. I still get to go celebrate with our friend tonight, though, and Adam's showing his face at the ceremony, so it works out, I guess.

Yeah, so our neighbor that just moved in has been letting the front yard get all covered in weeds and their plants are all dying. Their front yard looks terrible!! Well, I'm really excited because this morning I woke up and there's a whole landscaping crew over there with a chain saw and everything! So, I'm hoping their yard will look a lot better. I'm curious to see how it looks right now but I don't want to be the nosy neighbor that's butting into their business. =) hahaha... I know... too late, right? =)

Well, that's it for now. I miss you all so much!! I need some dim sum... =)

First Date

Yesterday was the 3-year celebration of our 1st date. Yeah... can you believe it? 3 years ago, yesterday, Adam was picking me up for the first time and taking me out. So, we went out for an impromptu dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Tastings.

It really was just a fluke that we decided to go to Tastings... but guess what? They have specials randomly (it's not a chain, which is why we like it, and this awesome chef, Chef John) and the special last night was... drum roll please... MARYLAND CRABCAKES!! We had to get them. They were absolutely perfect, too. Adam told the waitress how it was fate... you can guess she probably didn't care much. =)

So, in light of the occasion, we got talking about that date and remembering random things. Okay, so just to fill you in, on our first date we went to an authentic Greek restaurant and then went to listen to live Blues music in this dive bar (which turned out to be one of our fav places to go). So, my remembrance was how when Adam ate the olives, he didn't spit the pit out; he gently pushed it out of his mouth onto a spoon and then put the pit on a plate. Fancy, huh? =) His was how he drove around trying to find a florist that was still open and couldn't get any flowers anywhere, not even at the Wal-Mart across the street. We both couldn't remember what our conversation was about; just that we were in that restaurant talking and drinking wine for about 3 hours. It was a fun first date.

Anyway, just thought I'd share that.