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I'm a lucky girl!!! Time to celebrate!

Chicklet
Chicklet Posts: 205
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I just got back from a 10-day trip with my daughter.  It was part soccer college recruiting trip, part Disney World fun.  
I got home and The Man said he had a surprise waiting to show me the next day.  (miserable *twice* diverted flight home)
Anyway, I finally drug myself out of bed and he has started building me us a BGE table!!  I'm a lefty so wanted landing space on the left side vs all of the tables we've seen have the space to the right.  He built us one with the Egg in the middle and is making the right side wood that can be changed to a sink later on.  Granite on my side for prepping and landing.  

Oh, a few days before I left, he proposed and I said yes.  I think he's a keeper!!  I promise I'll post pics when he's done!  

On top of all of that, I finished my masters' in nursing a few weeks ago, too!  
I have a LOT of celebrating to do!!  

meredith
Eat, drink and be merry

Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Congrats! Sounds like you have a lot going on. 
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Sounds like everything is headed in the right direction- congrats 3x's. 


    Greensboro, NC
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Sounds great, btw, if you turn a right hand table around it becomes a left hand table. Magic! Enjoy the new digs. 
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
    Wow Meredith, congrats.
    Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here.  Very Extremely Stable Genius. 
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
    pgprescott said:
    Sounds great, btw, if you turn a right hand table around it becomes a left hand table. Magic! Enjoy the new digs. 
    I wanted one with drawers / doors on it.  We don't have much storage outside so wanted a place to hide all the lump and accessories.  
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • EagleIII
    EagleIII Posts: 418
    I think you are BOTH lucky!!
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    Congrats to both of you. Is it wrong to register at Ceramic Grill Store? 
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  • CtTOPGUN
    CtTOPGUN Posts: 612
     Congrats all around. From the planned Marriage to the new table and for the upcoming college sports experience with your Daughter!

     I coach HS volleyball and have just gone thru this process with my Niece. She is currently a Senior and has accepted a scholarship to play outside hitter for Rider(NCAA Division 1) next year. She was recently named 2nd team All America. She left soccer to pursue volleyball her Freshman year.

       Jim
    LBGE/Weber Kettle/Blackstone 36" Griddle/Turkey Fryer/Induction Burner/Royal Gourmet 24" Griddle/Cuisinart Twin Oaks/Pit Boss Tabletop pellet smoker/Instant Pot

     BBQ from the State of Connecticut!

       Jim
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Chicklet said:
    pgprescott said:
    Sounds great, btw, if you turn a right hand table around it becomes a left hand table. Magic! Enjoy the new digs. 
    I wanted one with drawers / doors on it.  We don't have much storage outside so wanted a place to hide all the lump and accessories.  
    Ah. Very good idea. Storage is a must for the Egger. Look forward to the money shots. 
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Sounds like everything's going great! Look forward to seeing the table! 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Congratulations!
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,675
    Awesome!  Congrats on all fronts.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,795
    Way to ring in 2017 in great fashion.  Across the board most eggcellent news.  Great plan with the lefty focus-we have definitely been neglected throughout life  ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
    CtTOPGUN said:
     Congrats all around. From the planned Marriage to the new table and for the upcoming college sports experience with your Daughter!

     I coach HS volleyball and have just gone thru this process with my Niece. She is currently a Senior and has accepted a scholarship to play outside hitter for Rider(NCAA Division 1) next year. She was recently named 2nd team All America. She left soccer to pursue volleyball her Freshman year.

       Jim
    That's awesome!  Congrats to your niece!  My dd is a junior and this is the year to get recruited.  We went to a showcase event in Orlando and she scored TWO goals off of corner kicks (2 diff games) in front of a few college coaches.  None of her "top" schools but 2 or 3 that are on her radar at least.  She's only 4'10" so it was pretty impressive to see her score like that.  She's going to an ID camp this weekend and a few more later this spring but it is exhausting!  And expensive!  

    meredith
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    Congrats on all the blessings you have!
    Flint, Michigan
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Congrats on all fronts. Sounds like 2017 is starting out on a great note.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    This is the stories I love to read.
    Congrats to you for the safe return of a wonderful trip with your daughter, and the soccer recruitment, the wise fellow that proposed and is making a table built for two, and the wonderful start for 2017.
    This is the most spectacular way to move forward in life. I would wish you the best of luck, but as it seems, you have been blessed by the truckloads. So instead, I wish you great health, and many laughs on your Journey together, going forward.
    Very happy for you, the very wise man, and the athlete daughter you love so much.

    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    What is your Master's in? I am moving more and more towards informatics.
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  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,184
    Chicklet said:
    CtTOPGUN said:
     Congrats all around. From the planned Marriage to the new table and for the upcoming college sports experience with your Daughter!

     I coach HS volleyball and have just gone thru this process with my Niece. She is currently a Senior and has accepted a scholarship to play outside hitter for Rider(NCAA Division 1) next year. She was recently named 2nd team All America. She left soccer to pursue volleyball her Freshman year.

       Jim
    That's awesome!  Congrats to your niece!  My dd is a junior and this is the year to get recruited.  We went to a showcase event in Orlando and she scored TWO goals off of corner kicks (2 diff games) in front of a few college coaches.  None of her "top" schools but 2 or 3 that are on her radar at least.  She's only 4'10" so it was pretty impressive to see her score like that.  She's going to an ID camp this weekend and a few more later this spring but it is exhausting!  And expensive!  

    meredith
    I have a Freshman DD- we are just starting the fun.  Lots of TX College Showcases this year, Vegas and Orlando in the coming years, as well as ID camps.
    XLBGE, LBGE, Charbroil Gas Grill, Weber Q200, Old Weber Kettle, Rectec RT-B380, Yeti 65, Yeti Hopper 20, RTIC 20, RTIC 20 Soft Side - Too many drinkware vessels to mention.

    Not quite in Austin, TX City Limits
    Just Vote- What if you could choose "none of the above" on an election ballot? Millions of Americans do just that, in effect, by not voting.  The result in 2016: "Nobody" won more counties, more states, and more electoral votes than either candidate for president. 
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  • Chicklet
    Chicklet Posts: 205
    Eggcelsior said:
    What is your Master's in? I am moving more and more towards informatics.
    Nursing w a focus on acute / critical care.  I've been an ER / trauma nurse for years and just ready to make a few changes.  I'm not 25 anymore and those twelve hour shifts aren't as easy as it as fun as they used to be.  I will sit for a board exam in a few weeks to be a nurse practitioner and then we will see where that takes me.  
    Eat, drink and be merry

    Huntsville, AL ~ LBGE noob
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    Congrats. Sounds like everything is coming up Chicklet for you.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
    MiniMax 04/17
    Unofficial BGE MiniMax Evangelist
    Facebook Big Green Egg MiniMax Owners Group


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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Chicklet said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    What is your Master's in? I am moving more and more towards informatics.
    Nursing w a focus on acute / critical care.  I've been an ER / trauma nurse for years and just ready to make a few changes.  I'm not 25 anymore and those twelve hour shifts aren't as easy as it as fun as they used to be.  I will sit for a board exam in a few weeks to be a nurse practitioner and then we will see where that takes me.  
    I know them feels. I'm tall, and noticed that effect working with other nurses who were typically more than a head shorter than me. Once my back started barking I moved into clinical coordination.
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