Bye-Bye Bunny, Hello Spring!

Easter is over, but spring is in the air. We have warm temperatures, suppers on the grill (or smoker, if we're lucky enough to be invited to eat at 1005 National) and plenty of beer-sippin' on the porch. We love spring! Here are some pictures from the weekend, plus our own personal spring-indicator.


Lauchlin and the Easter Bunny at church (that's right — church) last Sunday:


May and Lydia (two of Lauchlin's nieces) at the Easter egg hunt after church:



Olivia in front of the not-completely-bloomed azaleas:



The azaleas in full bloom. Yea!:

The Death of a Masterpiece

We recently had to throw away my Southern table, which is probably the piece of furniture we've had the longest together. Its time on the porch weathered it to a point where it only served as a memory of when we nearly killed ourselves pouring thick layers of polyurethane over the collected post cards, clippings and pictures in Lauchlin's tiny apartment in Oxford. It was sad watching the garbage men lug it into the truck, but all good things must end. We're grown-ups now and must go into debt with "real" furniture. I took plenty of pictures of it on the curb before it was taken to its final resting place, though.


Here is a close-up of the masterfully designed, but terribly painted table that is now in table heaven:

In the name of vanity

Over Spring Break (which apparently was also our internet connection's break), we installed a new vanity in the front bathroom.  We removed the old wall sink ourselves and only needed a little help once we connected the pipes and exchanged our newly-purchased faucet for a working one.  

A Noise in the Hallway...

We had family come for the weekend and finally were motivated enough to finish hanging the hallway pictures. We had started painting it during Spring Break, but were unable to pick up our 8 x 10's from the Al-Mart Photo Center* until a much later date (last Saturday) due to the total lack of competence and professionalism of some of the employees there. The old hallway is shown in the bottom picture.  We painted the lovely shade of blue that you see, and our friend, Jimmy, installed the light fixture...a job only a true country boy could do!

*Name changed to protect the ignorant.  

Sign of Life

OK, so miracles can happen. For one, after a 30-minute conversation with Randy, the AT&T high-speed internet geek squad rep., our internet is miraculously working (even though it was not when we got off the phone). Another miracle is on its way. Olivia's brother and sister-in-law are having a baby girl in July. Here is a picture of her at 1.323 pounds. We can't wait to meet her!! We will be back to post some catch-up blogs in the near future. Happy Easter to all.

Vacation

I guess you noticed our blog has been on a hiatus. We have been having quite a lot of technical difficulties, but wanted everyone to know that we don't intend to drop the blog. Over our vacation last week, we collected plenty of material and updates (and some porch fodder) to put out in the blogosphere for your reading entertainment. The internet, however, has not been kind. So, please stay tuned and don't give up on us just yet.

Thanks, L&O

Once upon a potty...

We headed to Home Depot on Saturday to purchase a new vanity for our bathroom. We came home with a toilet instead and the assurance of Philip, an orange-smocked employee, that it would take "30 minutes...45 max." After a couple of hours, we had installed a much smaller and more efficient toilet. Yea!Here are some shots of our "crappy" day...