A Ruling and a Veto

Both my husband and I are Texans.  We were born Texans.  Both my husband and I are gay.  We were born gay.  As a result you can imagine my joy when yesterday I received texts/email from Anni, my brother, my husband alerting me to the ruling in San Antonio...

Via NPR: "Saying that a Texas law barring same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and demeans the dignity of homosexuals, a federal judge struck down the law Wednesday. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia doesn't mean gay marriages can be held in Texas, however; he placed a stay on the decision, anticipating an appeal by the state."

Also yesterday, Arizona governor vetoed the bill widely criticized as anti-gay.  

I feel like my world is finally catching up!  We need to keep it up.  Hooray!

I received a funny email from our friend Nini after the ruling and the veto were announced: "C'mon - every time I get a push notification from CNN these days, it's all about, "Gays can do this. Gays can't do that. Court says this. Appeal says that." How am I supposed to figure out what to do with [my husband] on Friday for his birthday when there's so much controversy???!"

Arizona

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer must veto the legislation that discriminates against gays and lesbians in her state.  They say the original intent of the bill was to promote religious freedom but that's ridiculous - no one is attacking religion or Arizona citizens' personal beliefs.

Hey Arizona, the U.S.A. is a democracy not a theocracy.  Got it?

Open Letter

Dear Baby Girl,

Do you happen to know why it looks like someone has been chewing on our wood trim?  Our house is getting inspected by the buyers on Wednesday, and I want to be able to communicate if we have a termite problem or a French bulldog problem....unless you know of another reason why this appeared?

Sincerely,

Me.

We've got a lot of BALLS (in the air)

It's Sunday night.  I'm sitting at my computer in our beautiful house.  My husband is in the air headed to a conference in Las Vegas.  We just had the most amazing week, and I don't want to forget it...

• On Sunday, we became buyers of a house down the street.  Our purchase of the house is contingent on our current house selling
• On Sunday, we also dropped the dogs off at my husband's parents' house (this fact becomes important in a few more bullets)
• On Sunday, we also attended a fantastic dinner party in our honor.
• On Monday, we whipped our house into shape (after work)
• On Tuesday, my mother came to Dallas to oversee the professional carpet cleaning.  I had lunch with my mother, which is always a treat.
• On Wednesday, my father accepted a position with his current company in New Mexico.  For perspective, my mother and father have lived in my Texas home town their entire life excluding college and a few years in Houston post-college.  It's a big adventure for all of us, but they are keeping their house in my home town
• On Wednesday, we had a man down (It was stressful, but my husband's parents are the best)
• On Thursday we flew to Beaver Creek Colorado for our college friend's wedding
• On Friday, we skied the mountains
• On Friday, our beautiful home went on the market in Dallas
• On Friday, Trigger survived surgery. Three teeth were pulled and the remaining were cleaned. My husband's father has renamed Trigger to Toothless.
• On Friday, I was promoted at work, and I found out less than ten minutes before it was communicated to the firm.  My email blew up while I was on the mountain.
• On Friday, we partied with our friends at a snowy mountain wedding. (Note, our college friends are still crazy even though we're all in our thirties)
• On Saturday, we skied and hung out with college friends...because we love the craziness
• On Sunday, we reviewed the FOUR offers on our house and accepted one.  It looks like we are moving down the street to the 1994-fixer-upper-time-capsule-house.  

And here we are.  We live life in the fast lane, right?  It was a big, exciting week for us.

Our House, Our Very Very Fine House

Man Down

Our kids were spending the week at my husband's parents' house, and Trigger woke up yesterday morning with a swollen jaw and eye.  He was rushed to the vet and they discovered he has a messed up tooth.  He's on meds and surgery has been scheduled for Friday to remove the tooth.

Our little man will be 11 years-old this summer, and I hope he bounces back from this ordeal; I'm not posting the current pictures because it's sad to see, but you can tell he is in pain.  Trigger is lucky that he went down while at Papa and Yaya's house because they are such good caretakers.  I'm trying not to think about surgery too much, because I'm worried...I'm glad Yaya and Papa can lead us.

Of course we're sending Trigger lots of love right now.

Guests of Honor

My husband's parents' (life long) best friends hosted a dinner party at their spectacular home on Sunday, and we were the guests of honor.  We were celebrating getting legally married back in the fall, because as the host Joe A. said: "it would have been easier trying to get President Obama to dinner....you two are way too busy."

I'm glad we all found an open spot on our calendar because it was an event.   They served grilled rack of lamb sheep (we don't eat baby lambs, we eat fully grown sheep, right?), company rice, a huge salad and fruit skewers.

They also served Cindy's mother's banana pudding recipe, that has a secret ingredient (Eagle Brand), which makes it one of the best banana puddings I've ever eaten.  And it was a beautiful presentation...

It's nice how far we've come.  At the dinner party we talked about babies, houses, careers, and vacations.  It was no big deal that we were gay.  It was all normal.  At the end they presented us with nice gifts and said congratulations on our marriage! There was so much love at the table.

Life is good.