- An awesome trip to Texas which included meeting Everett (he's so cute!), hanging out with Kevin and Meagan in Austin, eating darn good BBQ from a gas station, eating lunch with a sorority sister and her husband overlooking Lake Austin, a good gluten free meal at Kozy Kitchen in Dallas, a nice 4 mile run with my best friend Megan around White Rock Lake, a cookout with amazing brisket at our friend's house in Fort Worth (and we had five ND MBA's in attendance), making dinner with Megan and Stephen, touring Frito Lay headquarters and eating brisket tacos with Carrie in Plano, and I'm sure I'm leaving a ton of good stuff out.
- The home remodel is now complete! I owe you guys pictures, but take my word for it - the bathroom and the attic/now bedroom look awesome! I really enjoy taking a shower now because it's so pretty in there. The bedroom is great, too. We have moved the dog crates up there and so it's really Parker and Riggins' bedroom right now. We had to move them out of our room because we had a window seat installed and Riggins' crate wouldn't fit anymore. I made the window seat cushion, and it turned out pretty good for someone who hadn't used a sewing machine in over six years.
- Work has been crazy. I've presented to the General Manager/Vice President of NA Fabric Care, Global President of Fabric Care, and NA President of (everything) P&G. I don't see the madness slowing down until mid-August.
- We are beginning to get estimates for landscaping help. Our front steps and plantings are ugly; problem is it's all hardscape that Dave and I just aren't comfortable doing ourselves. We need help coming up with economical solutions to increase our curb appeal. We've also been trying to grow grass in the backyard for the last six weeks to no avail. Apparently it's impossible to grow grass back there because we have huge trees and no sun. Looks like we'll end up with ground cover, mulch and pebbles in the back - with lots of shade happy plants (think hosta, impatiens).
- I went to Chicago for research and had gluten free pizza twice and tons of peanut M&Ms. That was a highlight in the last month!
That's about all! I hope everyone is doing well.
