Edward "Beau" George Bailey, II

Uncle Ed (Rena's Uncle) passed on 3-7-11 after a short 50 years of life. He fought as hard and as long as he could. I had the honor to know him and be a part of his life. He always kept us laughing and I loved watching his sweet face smile and light up. I just finished making the slide show for his celebration of life tomorrow. It's been great to see this family pull together and lean on eachother during this time. They are very strong and MeeMaw has to be one of the strongest. I'm glad she was able to stand holding his hand saying, "I love you Eddie," as he took his last breaths. He was a Momma's boy and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. My heart breaks for Joey, his partner of 11 years. He will always be large part of this family. Uncle Ed had a passion for his dogs and all dogs. I hope to carry that same passion he had and will always remember him for that.

"I dialed your number, but you wouldn't be there. I knew it the whole time, but it's still not fair. I just wanted to hear your voice. I just needed to hear your voice."

Valentine's Day

We had a good Valentine's Day this year! Flowers were delivered to my office from Rena! I know she only did it to try to embarass me... but I wasn't! The one and only time I ever sent her flowers I was threatened to NEVER do that again! She didn't like that attention so much! We made ribs in the crockpot and had roasted veggies and sweet potatoes! Yum! it was very good! After that we made chocolate dipped strawberries and took Jake on a nice long walk.

Here's a picture of the Jeep! We are starting to look at little upgrades here and there to do to it! I really don't know much about Wrangler's but I'm trying to learn really fast! We've had great weather recently and actually took the top all the way off on Sunday!

wow a year

A year has gone by since I posted here! Little did I know so much would happen in one year! On 2/12/10 Re and I went to Nashville for a weekend trip. 2/12/10 also happens to be the day the love of my life dropped to one knee and asked me to marry her! On nine4ten (9/4/10) we got married on our favorite beach in FL. Needless to say it was a crazy year and a lot happened!

We've done a few things to the house but not as much as I would like! We do have dining room furniture now and we have painted a few rooms... finally. There is still a lot to do though! Re bought a Jeep Wrangler. So we spend our weekends now riding around with big smiles on our faces as we figure out how to drive it! Fun times and I can't wait for spring!

Short quick update I'll post some pictures later!

neglect

sorry. I've just totally neglected my blog, but i have started this new formspring thing where you can go on and ask me questions and they are anonymous. it's pretty fun so check it out and ask me a question!

http://formspring.me/caitgentry

First Party!

so i wrote this a week ago and never published it because it wouldn't let me here it is...

We had our first dinner party on Friday night that was planned the Tuesday before. Needless to say it was a lot of work to get everything in shape without having a weekend to prepare for it! But we did it! We had I think 27 people there!! A LOT! It was fun and it was great to let the people who haven’t seen the house yet see it. Not to mention we finally got the motivation to finish cleaning out the “living room” that had become a home to all the stuff we didn’t know what to do with. We set up card tables in both of the empty front rooms (dining and living) for people to sit and have dinner.
Luckily the rain held out until the steaks were finished grilling, but after that the bottom fell out! And it POURED for the rest of the night.
Overall I think it was a good party and everyone had a lot of fun --- but maybe we shouldn’t have THAT many people next time! ;-)
Mom and dad spent the night and the next morning we had bagels and played the wii! Then Rena and I went to the mall and she bought a new Macbook Pro! We had dinner with her parents Saturday night. Sunday was pretty much a lazy day and we just went to Costco and the grocery store.
School starts next week for me and Labor Day is coming up – that means a nice long weekend! Woo Hoo!

Oh and P.S. a week ago Rena bought me a new iPod!!! Great surprise to see on the kitchen table when I walked in from work! Unfortunately if she would have waited a week she could have gotten it for free when she bought her computer! Darn!
We forgot to take pictures on Friday but I did take a few with my iPhone. (which I can't post because I keep getting an error message!)

P.S. Thank you to our wonderful moms that helped with the party! Patty got us a fridge for our garage! Whoo! And thank you mom for making food and helping clean up the next morning!

Ah Sorry!

Well I have totally neglected by blog! Sorry!

I just finished cutting the grass - woo that is a production. Re bought me a new lawn mower that is amazing. It is a craftsman and has a key start and a thing where you can hook it up to the hose and crank it and it will rinse the underside for you. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. We were going to try and be all environmentally friendly and try the reel mower (You know the old kind with no motor) Ha well that lasted a week. It's next to impossible when you have 9000 sq ft. of sod. So anyone wanting to try a reel mower let me know... i have one for sale!The beach has come and gone and it was great!!! Me, Re, and Putt had an awesome time and really enjoyed ourselves!

We have another trip planned to go to Islamorada which is one of the Keys in October over my birthday. So far we have a big group going of almost 20 people. Can't Wait!

We've been going to the lake the past two weekends which has been great. Kind of sad that we didn't go up there more often this summer. Love it.

The house is doing well we are busy keeping it up and doing yard stuff. We haven't really done much to it since the last post but we are about to get bedroom furniture and a new tv for the bedroom too! That will be exciting!

Open House/Housewarming party will be soon probably late August---- errrr maybe.

Oh Rena had the bright idea to start a puzzle. Mind you I do not like puzzles at all. So she starts it while I start to attempt to make my first batch of homemade beer. (yea that is exciting i'll keep you posted on how that goes right now it has to sit for 14 day to ferment... yum) And she gets the whole edge together except for one peice... we can't find it anywhere. So we'll keep putting it together and hopefully it will surface. I hope jake didn't eat it ;-)I've rambled enough for now, Re and I are enjoying a lazy sunday and watching the bravos. I used to hate staying in all day on the weekends, but now I've come to realize these are my favorite days. i love my life.

Month

We've been in the house for a month now! And its been a month since i blogged. oops! This weekend was a good one and one of the only weekends that has felt productive since the move in weekend. 

Some things have changed since the last pictures but I don't have anymore pictures to show it! ha. It's so hot and the grass and plants are feeling the heat as well. The transplanted plants are starting to look great though. And we watered for probably a good 4 hours tonight - can't wait to see this water bill. 

Friday we bought a new vacuum and cleaned and went to O'charley's which by the way is my new favorite. Saturday we took jake to the vet to get his shots and annual check up. He is doing well and loves his backyard. Allergies are still bad for him but i guess it will get better come fall. We did a little rearranging of the patio furniture and went to Home Depot to get some fertilizer and organizing stuff for the garage. Then we had Patty and Hamp over for dinner. It was there first time out to the house since we moved in!!! i can't believe that! We played wii, which was really fun! Today we went and looked for bathing suits and t-shirt because we are going to the beach in the middle of July-- YIPPEE! no success though. Then we got boiled peanuts and came home and my mom and dad came over and we went to cinco for lunch. we ran some more errands and picked up clothes rena's parents then came back home. We watered and put the fertilizer out on the plants and finally put the other rocking chair together on the front porch. 

phew - that recap was way too long - sorry! But nonetheless a productive weekend and i'm sure i forgot some stuff. 

We still love the house more every day and the commute isn't too terrible. We have yet to go up to the pool though. It's always so packed though. hmph maybe friday! (Yayyy for short work week!) 

Oh and we used gorilla glue for the rocking chair - lets just say that stuff is serious and we spilled it all over the place and i just noticed i had some on the back of my hand still - i've washed them and showered. 

ok this blog is way too long and i'm rambling i'll post more tomorrow.