Category: mi familia

Welcome to Casa de Blundell

Well Casa de Blundell has recently begun the relocation process for our brick and mortar location.
Along with the relocation, Casa de Blundell will officially merge with Casa de Turner on April 28 and both I and my beautiful wife-to-be Laurie figured it would be best if we followed tradition and relocated to the same place – together.

So despite the threat of rain and storms, we packed up her belongings in Forney, Texas and moved her things to our new place in Waxahachie.

I’d love to tell you the entire story behind this giant U-Haul Truck (but I don’t want to bad mouth anyone too bad) but we went from a 6×12 U-Haul trailer to a 22′ moving bus to load all of Laurie’s belongings…

We had help from Laurie’s brother Brian and her parents.

As soon as we shut the door on the truck the clouds opened and the biggest gully washer of them all came pouring down. I called my boss, Heath Sims, to see how the weather in Waxahachie was and he said Midlothian was getting 4″ of rain per hour. It was insane! It took us nearly an hour and a half to drive the 55 miles or so from Forney to Waxahachie.
And when we arrived we were soaking wet.

We waited the storm out and then woke up the next morning and went to work moving things into the new place.
Luckily Josh and Matt were more than willing to come help me unload the truck and bring everything inside while Laurie, Martha and Vicki arranged things inside.


We took a break later that evening for our first meal in the new place on our brand new plates and silverware. The Panda Expess dinners went great with a bottle of Pinot Noir. The spicy Chinese food and wine really made a great mix.

Sunday after church we went to lunch with Shari and Smiley and were pretty much pooped afterwards.

And after several other errands and a meeting for community 2.0 we came back and enjoyed a few quiet hours together without worrying about one of us driving an hour home.
I even finished installing the new cord for the dryer and finished a load of laundry I started earlier in the day.

So there you have it. Just a glimpse at our fun filled weekend.
Hope you enjoyed it. Give us a ring when you’re in the neighborhood and stop on by for a visit (just bring your own wine ;-)).

Laurie has her own thoughts on the weekend on her blog, as well as more pics on Flickr.

Rain, rain go away

Well we’re getting some great rain this week and it looks like we’re going to get a lot more tonight.
We have 25 roads or so closed around Pct. 3 today.
While I’m sure its needed around the county – if anyone who knows a good rain dance to keep the rain away tonight we’d appreciate the help.
Laurie and I will be moving her stuff from Forney to our new place in Waxahachie tonight and the drier things are, the better.
So rain, rain go away – come and rain another day.

This day in history…

Well today is like non-other. There has never been a day like it before and there will never be another day like it in the future.
In exactly one month I will be waiting at the end of an aisle for my lovely bride-to-be and we’ll leave the church hand-in-hand as husband and wife.
Wow. Who would have thunk it one year ago today? We didn’t even know each other then.
In fact, here are the things I was concerned about/writing about on March 28, 2006:

  • Students protest – Students from Irving, Dallas, Plano and Mesquite ISD protested at City Hall for a 2nd day today.
    The students were protesting new measures discussed by the House to make helping illegal immigrants a crime.
    Many Hispanic leaders are asking the students to remain in school now, after two days of walk-outs and protest on Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Complete restoration – National Community Church recently completed the complete rehabilitation of an old diner in D.C. for a new coffee house and church location.
    They’re getting great word of mouth advertising, but are also running the above ad in the April issue of the Hill Rag. The Hill Rag is the Capitol Hill newspaper.
  • Grace – Sitting at Tom’s funeral today brought one thought and one song through my mind the entire service. Grace. Tom was moved and changed by grace. I hope and pray that I continue to be. Christ came to save the world, not condemn it.
  • Andrew Card resigns

So there you have it. Not a thought or glimmer of Laurie in my mind. I hadn’t even found encounter yet – which now gets it’s own category on my blog. My how things change. And yet – my how other things stay the same.