Baseball and Ceiling Fans?

Where oooh where to begin??!

It was one of those work weeks that never seems to end, so when Friday came we were ready for some fun. Ross & I went to Sushi Hana with our neighbor buddies, Clay and Andrea Mack. During dinner a big storm rolled in and the power was flickering on and off at the restaurant. We made the executive decision to postpone bowling for another night because the power was out at a lot of places AND Roma was in the backyard during the monsoon of a rain storm. Oops. We get home and quietly peek out into the backyard/crazy rain storm to see what Roma is doing. She wasn't even in her house! She was running around the backyard playing in the rain!! What dog does that? Needless to say she was one soaked pup when we let her in. We dried her off and took her over to the Mack's for playtime with their dogs/movie night. Anyone seen "Revolutionary Road" with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio? It is not exactly what you would call an uplifting movie, nonetheless it was very well done and I was glad we watched it.

One of our projects this weekend was to replace some ceiling fans. We went to Home Depot and Lowe's and got some pretty good looking fans ,if I do say so myself. I can't say that we hadn't been warned that ceiling fans are ALWAYS a pain to install. After the 6' downrod (special order) came in, we thought we were set. Ok rewind, after renting a 14' step ladder we thought we were set. Let's try this all together: After special ordering a 6' downrod (our family room ceiling is 2 stories), renting a 14' ladder, installing the fan 4 different times over a 2-day 6+ hour span, and lot's of arm muscle....drumroll... WE GOT A WORKING FAN! Words just don't do this project justice. Let's just say, Ross has much more patience than the Aldrich family genes...

We went to a Sat night Astros game with my friend Laura and her boyfriend, Ryan. We met at Goode Co. Burgers for a bit to eat. Their burger was ranked in Texas Monthly's 50 best burgers, so naturally we had to check it out. The burgers were good, but the fries were amazing :) Far superior to anything we saw at the game- cheaper too. The Astros beat the Diamondbacks!! Woo!

I do need to spend a minute and brag about Ross. He has been such a trooper/handyman around the house. Ross has done quite a few pretty significant projects considering we are relatively new homeowners with little experience. The arbor is now 99% complete and it looks so much better than I ever imagined!!