Memorial Day Weekend

Well, its Tuesday and I am back to work after a three day weekend to celebrate Memorial Day.  And let me just tell you, it was one for the books.  And by that I mean, it rained all weekend.  We were able to do a few fun things though and it actually turned out to be nice and relaxing.

Friday evening I had the best time with Reagan, Kathleen, and Allison.  We went out to dinner at a restaurant called Swift's Attic to celebrate Reagan's birthday.  I didn't realize when I booked the reservations that is was a tapas restaurant, but I was able to try several things that I normally wouldn't have tried.  We all agreed that we need to do this more often and that it has been entirely too long since we have had a girls night.

Birthday Girl

Such a fun night!

On Saturday, I slept until around 10.  Mayyyyyy have had a little too much wine at girls night.  Whoops!  Luckily my amazing husband got up early with the dogs and let me sleep. We heard that there was a storm coming on Saturday afternoon, and we wanted to head out to the new lot and get one of our big oak trees fertilized before it hit.  Man, did we time that one perfectly.  We also wanted to check on the progress of the house since we hadn't been out there in about a week.  Not much has changed since it has been continuously raining.  They are waiting on the ground to dry out so they can pour the foundation.  And right now, it looks like there is rain in the forecast for the next week. 

Not much progress has been made

The sky as we were leaving the lot

And, we got caught in it

Casey and I decided that we would just lay low on Saturday night after the storm started.  We don't have cable at the apartment, so I was following it online.  We knew that Wimberley and San Marcos were getting hit the hardest and had heard that the Blanco River had gotten out of its banks.  We didn't know the devastation until the next morning when we woke up and saw the articles online.  Lots of flooding damage and the river was overflowing so bad, it shut down part of I35.  They said this has never happened before.

Saturday night fun haha

I35 in San Marcos

For some reason, I did not get any pictures from Sunday.  Case and I had a great day though.  We went to brunch at Gloria's and then decided to walk down to Lamar and check out some little shops.  We got a new candle and I got some new funky earrings.  After that, we went to J. Blacks on 6th Street and had a few drinks and people watched.  We went to dinner that night with Lance, Katie, and Fraus at Z Tejas.  We were able to sit outside and enjoy the deck since it wasn't raining at the time.  

On Monday, Casey and I went to brunch at 24 Diner.  I have heard rave reviews about this place, but we had never been because it seems to always have a long wait.  And now I understand why.  The food was delicious.  I had this honey chicken biscuit, and sorry Whataburger, this place has you beat.  HOLY MOLY it was yummy.  The waiter also told us they are known for their waffles so Casey and I ordered one to split. STUPID.  We were so full after we had eaten our breakfast, but we still dove in and it was sooooo good.  They make their waffles with yeast, so it definitely has a distinct taste, but amazing none the less.  

After brunch on Monday, Lance called us to see if we would be interested in riding out on the other side of Llano to check out the new ranch that his dad bought.  I told Casey that I would probably hang around the apartment but he could go if he wanted.  Secretly, I just wanted to lay around and read a book I had started.  I have been reading "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins and it is so good!  Well low and behold, as soon as he left, it started storming again.  I got online to check the radar and we were in another tornado warning.  It rained really hard for about 2 hours and there was a ton more flooding in our area.  Downtown Austin flooded and a dam broke in Bastrop.  I was watching as the storm cell was moving and realized it was heading straight to my parents.  I called mom and she said the electricity was already out there so I was filling her in on what the news was saying.  A tornado ended up hitting about 7 miles away from where they live, but they are safe and sound.  As of now (18 hours later), they are still without power, but at least they are safe.

Flooding outside our apartment

Radar of storm heading to my parents house

Casey made it home safely last night and that is pretty much how our Memorial Day weekend wrapped up.  I also forgot to mention last week that Ruby is home!!!  After 4 months of being at bird dog school, we finally got her back.  She is so much better behaved, however, still very much a puppy!

 Car ride home

 Fun at the dog park (she plopped down in that puddle about 3 seconds later)

Snuggling with her brother (Murphy was not thrilled with this at all)

The Move and Apartment Life

Well, this post is way overdue.  Casey and I are officially out of the house and in the apartment.  The move itself could not have gone any easier.  We hired a local Dripping Springs Company to do our move and they were on time, extremely professional, and nothing was broken.  I call that a win in my book!!  They showed up around 8:45 the morning of the 2nd, and got started right away.  They loaded all of the stuff that was going to the apartment first, then the stuff that was going to storage.  Of course, we have too much crap, so we had to take one load to the storage, then went ahead and went to the apartment, and then back to the house to load up the rest of the stuff to go to storage.  My mom and dad also came up for the weekend to help us out.

 Last Night in the House

Movers hard at work (being supervised by dad).....Poor Movers haha

Saturday night we went back to the apartment to work on unpacking.  And let me just tell you, I should have paid more attention to the cabinet space in the kitchen at the apartment.  WOAH!  There are really like 3 cabinets to put everything in, and a bank of drawers.  I definitely over packed for the kitchen.  We ended up  having to pack two boxes of stuff up to take back to storage.  Whoops!  You live and you learn.  After this last weekend, we finally got everything put in its place.   Murphy is very confused about his new living situation.  And this coming up Friday, we will be bringing Ruby home after her 4 month stint at bird dog school.  It will be tight quarters for the next 6 months but I just told Casey that we would view this as an "adventure".

The chaos at the apartment

More boxes in the living room at the apartment

This move was very bittersweet for me.  I am extremely excited about the new house, however, leaving the Catalina home was so sad.  Casey and I have a ton of amazing memories in this house.  We decided to build the house before we were married (or even engaged) and I remember being so scared about that decision.  However, I knew deep down that I loved that man more than anything and God had a way of putting my mind at ease.  Speaking of getting engaged, we got engaged in this house.  I came home from work one day and Casey was waiting on me in the living room to propose.  We planned a wedding in this house, found out we were pregnant in this house, and recovered from the loss of a baby in this house.  We also had some of the best neighbors that we could have asked for while we lived here.  What an amazing first house for us as a couple!!!  We will miss it terribly, but are so excited about what the future holds.