Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Totally Forgot to Mention...
Our snow day of 2011!! During the night of February 3rd and through the early morning hours of February 4th, snow fell and STUCK in good ol' Central Texas. Or course we had minimal accumulation but it was so nice to see the white fluffiness all over the streets, yards, and houses. Here are a few pictures...
Monday, February 14, 2011
Spring Is In The Air!
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has a lover for the day or night, and if you don't, I hope you aren't one of the many that complains about the day. Yes, it's a commercialized, Hallmark holiday, but it's nice to have a day to spend with your loved one that doesn't revolve around an anniversary, birthday, or another special date. I love my husband every day of the week but it's nice to love him a little extra for Valentine's Day. *Stepping off my soap box now*
How beautiful was this past weekend?! It made me want to be outside all day long...and I kind of was! I was out and about on Saturday shopping for new home decor items before heading off to Couples Shower that evening. As for yesterday, I cleaned the house and did about 8 loads of laundry, then headed off to Wal-Mart (horror story!) for a few groceries and a rake! LOL, the weather inspired me to get started on yard work. I didn't technically use the rake but I did do some work on the some of my plants that were harmed by mean ol' Mr. Winter. My poor yard has suffered too. I have nothing but dead grass and leaves. I figured since the weather is about to warm up, I'll get started on making my yard green and beautiful again.
Let's move on to this horror story of grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. My gosh, it's a horrible place to shop at for groceries! I've never really like their meat or produce, but it was extra horrible yesterday. There were huge families with running and screaming children EVERYWHERE, about half of the items I wanted had to be substituted for something else due to their shelves not being stocked, and their prices were NOT cheaper than HEB. I usually shop at HEB but I wanted to buy a rake, so I figured I'd just kill two birds with one stone...huge mistake. I drive the extra 10 minutes to shop at the new HEB off 337 and 46 in New Braunfels because I feel like it's a better store with a better environment, and I've never been so right about that. Lesson learned! I'll just make two stops the next time I need two completely different items. I will avoid grocery shopping at Wal-Mart as much as possible from now on.
I head off to Houston tomorrow for work and I'm kind of excited about it. I haven't been to Houston in about two months and it's about time I head back out there for business. The good news is it's a short trip and I'll be home late Thursday afternoon, but the bad news is I'll be losing a couple of good-weather days to start working on my yard. I really want to rake up the leaves in my front and back yards (this will be an awesome workout)and get fertilizer spread along with a round of Revive before it rains this weekend. I guess I have a full day of yard work coming up on Saturday! How sad is it that I'm already looking forward to Saturday and it's only Monday? Oh, well!
Have a great Valentine's Day, everyone!
How beautiful was this past weekend?! It made me want to be outside all day long...and I kind of was! I was out and about on Saturday shopping for new home decor items before heading off to Couples Shower that evening. As for yesterday, I cleaned the house and did about 8 loads of laundry, then headed off to Wal-Mart (horror story!) for a few groceries and a rake! LOL, the weather inspired me to get started on yard work. I didn't technically use the rake but I did do some work on the some of my plants that were harmed by mean ol' Mr. Winter. My poor yard has suffered too. I have nothing but dead grass and leaves. I figured since the weather is about to warm up, I'll get started on making my yard green and beautiful again.
Let's move on to this horror story of grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. My gosh, it's a horrible place to shop at for groceries! I've never really like their meat or produce, but it was extra horrible yesterday. There were huge families with running and screaming children EVERYWHERE, about half of the items I wanted had to be substituted for something else due to their shelves not being stocked, and their prices were NOT cheaper than HEB. I usually shop at HEB but I wanted to buy a rake, so I figured I'd just kill two birds with one stone...huge mistake. I drive the extra 10 minutes to shop at the new HEB off 337 and 46 in New Braunfels because I feel like it's a better store with a better environment, and I've never been so right about that. Lesson learned! I'll just make two stops the next time I need two completely different items. I will avoid grocery shopping at Wal-Mart as much as possible from now on.
I head off to Houston tomorrow for work and I'm kind of excited about it. I haven't been to Houston in about two months and it's about time I head back out there for business. The good news is it's a short trip and I'll be home late Thursday afternoon, but the bad news is I'll be losing a couple of good-weather days to start working on my yard. I really want to rake up the leaves in my front and back yards (this will be an awesome workout)and get fertilizer spread along with a round of Revive before it rains this weekend. I guess I have a full day of yard work coming up on Saturday! How sad is it that I'm already looking forward to Saturday and it's only Monday? Oh, well!
Have a great Valentine's Day, everyone!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Awaiting Valentine's Day
Yep, you read it right, I'm anxiously awaiting Valentine's Day! I'm a person who loves LOVE, and loves any excuse or "commercial" holiday to celebrate love. I don't expect to go out to this crazy dinner and spend an insane amount of money, but I do expect to have my date night and alone time with my hubby. With that said, I'm trying to figure out what we're going to do! I go from one idea to another and then to another, but I always go back to one main idea: cooking a romantic dinner at home together followed by a night of sitting around the fire pit. Absolutely NO TV!! It actually sounds perfect for us because it's been a while since we've cooked dinner together. Cooking a meal together is something that I wanted us to start doing at least once a week but schedules and activities have gotten in the way. I think Valentine's Day just might be the perfect "excuse" to get my cooking night! What is everyone else doing for Valentine's Day, or are you one of those people who really don't care about the holiday?
The Super Bowl was this past weekend and I must admit, it was a pretty exciting game. We got together with our closest and best friends for an afternoon of food and football. Rick and I were going for the Steelers and it sucked to watch them lose. Even worse, it sucked to lose money because they lost, LOL! At least the Black Eyed Pea's halftime performance was entertaining...in my opinion anyway!
The Super Bowl festivities were great until that cold front blew through and it brought something with it that knocked me on my butt. I'm still not sure what it is that I'm "allergic" to but I know I don't like it! Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat; gross stuff! I rarely ever get legitimately sick where I have to take off work or just sit around and do nothing. The last time I was sick like this was the week of our wedding back in October of 2009! I go through periods where I don't feel so hot but I never really, really get sick, so it sucked that I had to take off work because I couldn't move without coughing or sneezing. And as my luck would have it, I'm finally feeling better just in time for the next cold front to blow through tomorrow morning. I just can't wait to see what allergens come in with this front (enter sarcasm). I feel like I'm always complaining about the weather...well here's another complaint: I'm tired of cold fronts! I'm ready for these cold fronts to go somewhere else and give my stuffy nose and sore throat a break.
Alright, enough complaining. I'm off to eat a cupcake and get some rest before heading back to work tomorrow.
The Super Bowl was this past weekend and I must admit, it was a pretty exciting game. We got together with our closest and best friends for an afternoon of food and football. Rick and I were going for the Steelers and it sucked to watch them lose. Even worse, it sucked to lose money because they lost, LOL! At least the Black Eyed Pea's halftime performance was entertaining...in my opinion anyway!
The Super Bowl festivities were great until that cold front blew through and it brought something with it that knocked me on my butt. I'm still not sure what it is that I'm "allergic" to but I know I don't like it! Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat; gross stuff! I rarely ever get legitimately sick where I have to take off work or just sit around and do nothing. The last time I was sick like this was the week of our wedding back in October of 2009! I go through periods where I don't feel so hot but I never really, really get sick, so it sucked that I had to take off work because I couldn't move without coughing or sneezing. And as my luck would have it, I'm finally feeling better just in time for the next cold front to blow through tomorrow morning. I just can't wait to see what allergens come in with this front (enter sarcasm). I feel like I'm always complaining about the weather...well here's another complaint: I'm tired of cold fronts! I'm ready for these cold fronts to go somewhere else and give my stuffy nose and sore throat a break.
Alright, enough complaining. I'm off to eat a cupcake and get some rest before heading back to work tomorrow.
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