Transfer

My husband had requested to transfer to another branch in the area. He found out today that it will be approved and he will make the transition in a few weeks. There were numerous factors, but the best will be the proximity to our house. I'm am so jealous!!!

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!! Michael and I headed out to Pablo's to take in all the activities. It was covered up with people! Music inside and a dj from the radio station outside on the patio. We ordered some drinks and sat at the bar to take in all the action. We never were able to get any chips and salsa or even order food it was so crazy. We ended up leaving at 9pm to go to the Macaroni Grill to get some food. I think we are getting old!!!

Storms

Auburn in the basement
Jasmine in the basement

Fog after the storm

Hail

Close up of the hail

I left the house to go to volunteer. My entire trip there I never heard one thing on the radio about bad weather approaching our city. As soon as I walked into the barn the tornado sirens started to sound. Of course the classes were canceled for the day and I immediately headed back home. I think it was about 20 minutes before it really got bad at our house. Enough to where I felt like we needed to head to the basement. I took the dogs down with me. Auburn got into his cage where as Jasmine did not, so Auburn moved into the bigger cage. Michael was still upstairs and so this caused Jasmine to run up and down the basement stairs. When the storms did hit we had a huge hail storm with tons of wind and rain. I can't recall seeing hail come down like this before. It was all over in a few minutes and of course we headed outside to take pictures!

Kevin

This weekend Kevin was in town on business. Michael got to hang out with his brother Friday and Saturday during Kevin's down time. Saturday night we ended up grilling out for dinner and afterwards the guys played video games and later attended a late night showing of the Wolverine movie. As for myself, I worked on my scrapbook and headed to bed early due to being on the schedule to also volunteer for three hours on Sunday.

Peonies

I am in heaven!!! My peony plant is in full bloom. I have 28 buds. This year I have been cutting and bringing them inside for our enjoyment. They smell wonderful. I have even taken some to work for my coworkers to enjoy too. I am on a mission to get some more to plant.

Finally, I got a car!!!!!

This week we took the plunge and finally got me a new (used) car to replace my Firebird that I lost in 2007. In the interim I had been driving my 1994 Honda Civic, which was my car from high school. We tried to fixed the a/c on the Honda back when my Firebird was totaled, but after about $1500 of work it never really was at a 100% of functionality. I endured this for two summers in the notorious Alabama heat. Looking back, I really don't know how I managed. Nonetheless, I now own a 2006 Dodge Charger!!!!! Pictures to come soon.

UT Football

Michael is going to be purchasing season tickets for UT football from one of our friends. I guess I can attend additional UT games outside to the usually AU vs UT events! I'll have to start practicing the "Go Vols!" phrase :-)