Time to Rodeo

Sunday, March 1st: Grand Entry Set-Up/Practice

Tuesday, March 3rd: Rascal Flatts

Wednesday, March 4th: Alan Jackson

Thursday, March 5th: Clay Walker

Friday, March 6th: Gladys Knight/Solange (Black Heritage Day)

Saturday, March 7th: Trace Adkins

Sunday, March 8th: Jonas Brothers

Monday, March 9th: Lady Antebellum

Tuesday, March 10th: Toby Keith

Wednesday, March 11th: Reba McEntire

Thursday, March 12th: Brad Paisley

Friday, March 13th: Clint Black

Saturday, March 14th: Josh Turner

Sunday, March 15th: Ramon Ayala/Alacranes Musical (Go Tejano Day)

Monday, March 16th: Darius Rucker

Tuesday, March 17th: Keith Urban

Wednesday, March 18th: Gary Allan

Thursday, March 19th: Pat Green

Friday, March 20th: Taylor Swift

Saturday, March 21st: Brooks & Dunn (Rodeo Finals)

Sunday, March 22nd: ZZ Top (Xtreme Bulls)

Bold = I'm scheduled to work.

Italics = I'm planning on attending.

Fenced In

We are finally making some headway with Hurricane Ike repairs, after many delays with insurance.  First up, the garage door which was replaced with no problem.  It's actually quieter than our original garage door ever was...so that's a bonus.  Plus, it's just nice to park in the garage again.  We've been parking in the driveway since September.  My car prefers the garage!   

Next, the roof.  What a hassle that has been.  We had a company all lined up but they would only complete the work if insurance would pay for a new roof.  After meeting with the adjuster and contractor a couple of times, we were denied and had to settle for repairing the roof.  So, we had to find another company to do the repairs.  You'd be surprised how many companies don't return calls.  You'd also be surprised how wide a range of estimates different companies will give you for the same amount of work.  Or how quickly a company will drop their price when you politely say "no thanks"...  I got the final quote reduced by over 50%.  I do like to negotiate.  They ended up scheduling the work when I couldn't be home, so Jeremy made arrangements to be home.  They never showed...or so we thought.  They were at the wrong house, repairing the wrong roof!  Seriously.  Jeremy eventually got them to our house and they made the repairs only they didn't complete all the work we agreed on so I had to call the company and schedule them to come back to the house.  They came back later in the week, never knocked on the door to let me know they were there, just did some work and packed up.  Luckily, I was home.  I went out to check on the work and sure enough, they still did not complete all the work.  I politely knocked on their truck window (they hadn't left yet, thankfully) and requested they finish the job.  ;)  

Next, the fence.  We got a recommendation from our neighbors across the street.  Again, insurance would not pay to replace the fence.  They wanted us to replace certain posts but save the pickets and reuse them.  It was not worth it to me so we opted to fork over the extra money and replace the whole fence.  One neighbor quickly agreed to pay 50% of the cost of our shared fence (a small amount in comparison to the total cost) while the other neighbor said no.  We really thought it would be the other way around.  The neighbor that refused to pay has always been easy to get along with and not caused any problem (not with us anyway, she is a busy body and is always in everyone else's business).  Anyway, we asked if they had a problem with us replacing the fence anyway and of course they said no.  Who would turn down a free fence, right?!?  So, the new posts get installed and the crazy neighbor lady (my new name for her) goes psycho.  I could her hear yelling outside even though I was inside our house.  She was obviously not happy about the fence posts...something about calling her lawyer and "they're going to have to pay to fix this" and "they moved the dog house", etc.  All I know is the new fence  is in the exact same place as the old fence although the posts are now 5' apart instead of 6' apart.  We did not steal any inches from her yard if that is what she is insenuating.  I watched her try to move one of the newly installed posts.  I'm telling you, she's losing it.  I waited for her to come over and talk to me but she never did and we haven't heard a word out of them.  My theory is, her husband came home, took a look at the new fence, and told her it was 10x better than the old fence and they're lucky we paid for it.  Idiots.  

So all that's left is some sheetrock work in the garage.  At least we don't have to deal with any neighbors to get that done.  Next house, no neighbors.

Here are some pictures of our awesome new fence (almost completed - it is now finished).  Now would you complain if your neighbor paid to build this?  I think not.

Good neighbor.

No neighbor - backs up to a county road.

Bad neighbor.

Ice, Ice Baby

Frozen branches...

So pretty.

Who needs an electric fence when you have an ice covered wooden one?!?

Casa Myers all in white.

Dad & Jean enjoyed a beautiful ice storm in Kentucky last week.  Well, it's easy for me to say enjoyed and beautiful since I'm in sunny, hot Texas and didn't have to deal with the ice and lack of electricity.  But the pictures are pretty, right?  Not to worry, Dad & Jean, we will save this lovely sunny, hot Texas weather for your visit in March.  Hopefully it doesn't rain as much as it did last year.  Get ready to rodeo!