Holy Bees!

So the story of the day surrounds the home my dad is building. It just finished framing last month and had the exterior stucco put on a few weeks ago. Just after that we noticed a few bees near the roof above the front door area. They were going into a quarter sized hole near where the roof line meets the parapet. We didn't think that much of it. In fact my Dad was having my brother attempt to spray the few bees we saw for a few days in a row with some bee killer spray from Home Depot to see if we could get rid of them. It seemed to work at first, but the bees kept coming back. So today my brother called a bee keeper out to the house to take a look and see if they could get rid of the bees. The guy went onto the roof and hit the parapet with a small sledge hammer to open the hole and see how bad the issue was. As soon as he did that hundreds of bees swarmed out of the hole. The bee keeper was okay in his suit, but my brother was about 50 feet away and the bees went after him. Apparently what we thought was a small bee issue was a hive that had grown to 10,000 plus bees. They were also the aggressive Africanized Bees. Matt was stung about 10 times has he jumped off the roof and ran to the street into his truck. The other workers followed suit. There were so many bees it looked like a black cloud above the home. The bee keeper ended up pulling 50 pounds of honey comb and honey from the wall! He also found and killed a queen been which was 3 to 4 inches long! I couldn't believe it..that was like something you'd hear about in the news!

I Hate Painting!

So today we started painting our office room which will become the shared girls room. The room had two walls that were painted brick red, so we had to start by primering those walls. They alone took a full gallon of primer. The stupid label said one coat for dramatic color change....so three coats later we still have touch up to do. We haven't even started painting the actual colors yet and I'm done....so very done.

I'll be posting some before and after pictures in the next few days...but for now I have to go wash the primer paint out of my hair.

Back to the Future Burns to the Ground

This morning, June 1st, a major fire broke out on the back lot at Universal Studios. Reports are still coming in, but it appears that most of the New York brownstone set has been destroyed, as well as the King Kong drive-through attraction, and the TV video vault. Most sadly the courthouse square set used in several movies, including "Back to the Future," was destroyed. As this is my favorite movie, I was quite sad to learn about this. Every 4 or 5 years I made it to Universal and it was always a treat to see this set in person.

Movie sets are made of wood and other easily combustible materials, so over the years, Hollywood has had a history of bad fires on studio back lots. (You will notice that almost all studios have a water tower on the lot, evidence that even back in their earliest days, the studios realized the danger of fires and wanted to be ready to deal with an emergency. There is even a fire station on the studio grounds.)

June Already?!

I can't believe it's already June 1st! Where is the year going? It seems like I was just at a New Year's Party and here we are, in the mist of summer! Well, we are getting ready for it. The boat is ready to hit the lake! We are attempting to plan a few trips with our friends and family this month before Christina gets too big. Once we hit July 4th we are pretty much beyond lake trips with Christina. If you're interested in a day of fun at the local lake, please give us a call! Have a great June everyone!!