Puppy Sitting

As many of you know, we have a dog, Kenoke, who is 2 1/2.  He is really great and gets along with other dogs.  My husband's boss asked us to pet sit a brand new puppy girl this weekend.  Of course I said yes because it's his boss.  However, I didn't realize what this would entail on my nice, long 3-day weekend.  So far she has peed on my lanai door mat, tried to bite my fingers off, and won't stop barking at Kenoke.  Kenoke, on the other hand, won't stop humping her (thank God he's fixed!).  She is cute (not sure what she is) but I can't imagine this for the entire weekend. 

Mood Swings

I am just making this a short and sweet post but I have to admit that I am having HUGE mood swings lately.  I feel really bad because I only take them out on Renato.  Last night he got so mad he decided to throw pepperonis at me!  It was all over Stromboli too.  I think that I need to try to get pregnant sooner than later because these are horrible!!  

Last Night

Last night we headed out to Tilted Kilt with Jess and Mike.  If you have never been there, and you want to make your husband happy, please take him there.  This pub/brewery is intended for the man who LOVES to look at breasts!  Hooters has nothing compared to this.  The girls flaunt around with bras on and their chest hanging out.  They wear these short mini-kilts.  I could care less but my husband surely loved the view!

The food was great!  I had Shepard's Pie, which is a Scottish/Irish dish.  It was quite tasty.  And I enjoyed some Kelly's Cider beer.  I would recommend the restaurant to all, and not just because of the scantly clad women, but because of the excellent food!

After our restaurant experience, we headed back to the MacAvey's house for some game time.  Jessica beat us all at Yahtzee (which she says she has never played before??) and we enjoyed some more drinks.  Renato was a little drunk by the end of the night and passed out on their couch.  I had to get him up and he slept the entire way home.

I did manage to get home and get some chapters in on Eclipse.  That book is getting good!!!

Great Weekend

Recap of the weekend:

Friday night: Dinner at Krista and Pat's.  Krista invited us over for dinner in exchange for helping her with her new Blackberry.  Of course I would help and dinner was an added bonus! We had yummy pizza, wings, and salad and some late night ice cream snacks (thanks to Renato for going out and buying those!).  Krista and I also enjoyed some Verdi and a chocolate cigar (Krista's first!). Renato bought me some really tiny ones and those were much better than the one I had last weekend. And by the way...email Krista so she gets her blog up and running!

Saturday: For Christmas, Leah and I got Blair and Renato tickets to the Outback Pro Am Golf Tournament.  The tickets included free admission to the tournament all weekend and all you can drink and eat on one of the days.  Since Renato would be drinking all day, I drove him to the tournament so he wouldn't have to drive home later drunk.  After I dropped him off, I met up with Leah on the Suncoast trail and we walked for  1 1/2 hours and over 4 miles!  The time flew by.  Hayden joined us as well and he loved to watch the bikers pass us by.  After our lovely walk, we headed over to Sweet Tomatoes for a filling lunch.  Later that evening, Renato called and wanted me to pick him and the other guys up from the tournament, as they were all drunk! Of course, being the wonderful wife that I am, I went and got them all.  Blair and Renato went on and on about how this was the best Christmas gift ever and they wanted it next year too.  So if you have a husband that loves golf, I would highly recommend getting this as a gift!

Sunday: Not much occurred today.  I went to the gym and got home and read the rest of the second Twilight book, New Moon.  It was excellent!  It made me cry in the beginning but in the end, I was very happy.  (That gives you all a hint when you read the second book!)  I texted my old student, who brings me the Twilight books, and she is bringing the next one tomorrow. Can't wait to start that one soon.  We did manage to make it over to my parents for dinner tonight.  We were going to go to the golf tournament today (Renato was going to take me with him) but he went to work and didn't get home until 4:30 and by that time it was over.  So we called up my parents and they invited us over for homemade Macaroni and Cheese.  Our fave!

All in all it was a great weekend.  Next weekend looks just to be as busy as this weekend was.  :)

Twilight

I started the Twilight series last weekend and finished the first book rather quickly.  I started the second book last night and was in tears by the third chapter!  I just had to blog about this series because this is the best set of books I have ever read!  Never in my life have I cried over a book and never have I wanted to keep reading.  I can't put the books down.  I am determined to finish the second book this weekend (it's much harder to read them when you work!) and start the 3rd book next week.  If you have not read these books yet, you need to.  I strongly recommend them to everyone and anyone.  And you can't just see the movie.  You have to read the first book too.  It was better than the movie, and I loved the movie too!  

Happy Easter

Happy Easter weekend!  The weekend started with me beginning the book Twilight.  I saw the movie awhile ago and wanted to read the book.  I didn't realize when I started it, that it would be so GOOD!  I started it Friday afternoon and finished it just a few minutes ago.  I have never in my life read a book so quickly.  And it was 500 pages!  I would recommend this book to anyone and can not wait to start the next one.

This weekend also consisted of another trip to IBG.  We celebrated Aaron's birthday there last night.  We had a great time!  I did enjoy my second cigar and have decided that I like the small chocolate-flavored ones better.  We got home around 11 last night and then had to be up at 6:30 this morning for church.

We went to church and came home and got ready for Easter brunch.  We enjoyed Easter Brunch over at my parents house.  The Vandy's came for brunch again.  It's always nice to spend holiday time with friends and family.  I have to say that brunch is one of my most favorite things about the holidays.  I enjoy it better then dinner!  When we got home, we both took a nap and when I woke up I finished the book.

Back to work for me tomorrow.  I am not looking forward to that.  I know once I get there though, everything will be fine.  It's just the initial thought of having to go back after having a vacation.  Oh well-only 8 weeks to go and then summer vacation!

I hope that everyone else had a Happy Easter.  :)

Outlet Shopping

My mom, Cindy, and I always try to go over to Orlando and outlet shop when I have time off of work.  We decided that today would be a great day.  All was in our favor when we first started off.  We left my house at 8:30 and thought for sure we would make it to the mall by 10:00. Well not so.  We were in I-4 traffic in Orlando for 3 hours!  We were in bumper to bumper I-4 traffic, so we thought we should get off at International Drive.  Everything was moving along well on International Drive and then bang...more traffic!  GPS told us to take the Toll Road, so we did that.  And what do you know...more traffic at the toll booth!  

We finally arrived at the Prime Outlets at 12:00.  That's right noon!  It was the longest drive to Orlando of my life.  (We did stop 2 times along the way for the bathroom and a snack as I was very hungry!).  We managed to shop until 3:30, we only stopped for 15 minutes to take down a burger for lunch.  I did buy a really cute new dress from the Loft, my most favorite store, some new sneakers for running, more soap, and some other things too.  The traffic stunk but overall, it was a successful shopping day!  

Cupcakes...Yummy!

Today was my second excursion of the week.  (Not much happened yesterday!)  Jen, Krista, and I headed out for cupcakes and brought Kyla and Isabella along.  We began at Firehouse Subs in South Tampa.  We enjoyed some tasty subs and headed a few doors down to The Cupcake Spot. (Check them out at www.thecupcakespot.com)  

I have always wanted to try a cupcake store out.  They have all kinds of cupcakes and not your boring cupcakes either.  There is not really plain chocolate or plain vanilla.  Everything is different.  I enjoyed a strawberry cupcake with raspberry icing.  It was so moist and super good! I also brought home 2 more for later.  One is chocolate chip with chocolate chip icing and the other is butterscotch with peanut butter icing.  I figure Renato would love one and I should have another one too!  

All in all, another great day.  I would go back to The Cupcake Spot again and I would recommend it to my friends.  I forgot to take pictures today so be sure to check out the website to see what they look like.  :)

Spring Break

Today was the official first day of Spring Break.  What a great start to the week...NOT!  Lots of wind, rain, and cold temperatures.  Doesn't that sound like great beach conditions?  Roxy and I decided to go to the beach today.  We headed out at 10 this morning and made it to the beach in one piece.  (It was a bit windy in the car ride over but that didn't stop us!)

After we arrived at the beach, we got settled in.  By settled in, I mean we put down our chairs and couldn't even manage to take our shirts/bathing suit covers off.  It was that chilly!  After about 20 minutes, it started to feel warmer (or maybe it was just us thinking that) so we revealed our cute bathing suit tops.  We were enjoying our books and my iPod when all of a sudden it started to rain!  We quickly picked everything up and headed out.

 It appears to be a little sunny out!

Check out that beautiful sky and those awesome waves!  (And don't mind my finger in this picture.)  

We were planning on eating at the beach diner (if that's what you call it) but since it started to rain, we decided to eat elsewhere.  We weren't really dressed for a fine dining experience though.  Renato called and we met up with him for lunch.  We decided to eat at the Thirsty Marlin.  We got there and sat down and were really excited about what we would eat for lunch. Then out of nowhere, a tree falls on a power line and the place loses power.  Well there went that idea!

We left and walked across the street to an Irish Bar.  We had the best food there!  I guess everything was meant to be today because if it didn't rain or a tree didn't fall on a power line, we wouldn't have had the best lunch ever!  

It was a very tiring day, as I just woke up from a 2 hour nap.  I did manage to get further along in the Shopaholic Book that I am reading.  I hope to get that done and back to Jen next week!

Stay tuned for more Spring Break happenings!!  

31 Party

The 31 Party was last night and it was awesome!  18 people showed up and had a great time (at least I think they did!).  There was lots of chocolate desserts and some yummy Oreo Irish Cream Milkshakes made by me and Marie.  I was super tired at the end of the night but couldn't fall asleep right away, due to my sugar high.

Now that the party is over, I have to decide what to get.  I am debating on the Cindy bag and the backpack that had the brown and white design.  Any ideas?  I also want another skirt for my purse.  The pink and white stripe is limited so I want to start there and if it's out of stock, I am going to go with the grass skirt.  I also saw a cute small backpack in the kids catalog but it only comes in brown.  So not sure there.  I have 2 more parties to go to in the immediate future so I am already planning on what to get buy next.  

All in all it was an eventful night!  Thanks everyone for coming.  :)

Things Happen in 3's

Let's see, start with the positive or negative....Well I'll start with the negative and end on a positive note.  Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do and they always happen in threes!

2 things occured today that I won't get in to but they were not so great.  One thing was minor, but still it hurt me and then the second event was worse but still not as bad as the 3rd event of the day.  One of my mom's close Jazzercise friends was murdered in her sleep last night.  Her husband killed her and then himself.  This is a friend that I saw a few months ago and one that my mom did things with frequently.  I saw her at Cindy's 31 Party in January and she asked me when we were going to start our family and couldn't wait to see our future babies.  In fact, every time I saw her she always asked about that.  Now she will never have the chance to meet our future family.  It is so sad to think that someone you love (her husband) could do that to you. My mom is devastated and shocked at the same time.  She just saw her Monday night and everything was fine.  How can someone kill someone else and no one has any clue they are that messed up?  He left a suicide note and blamed it on financial reasons.  I couldn't even imagine this happening to me or one my close friends.  This was a pretty crappy day!

And now the positive note...Roxanne came over to help make all of the many desserts for tomorrow night and was there when I got the call about my mom's friend.  She was very supportive and I am thankful she was there, as Renato is not this week.  We managed to bake lots of desserts for tomorrow night and enjoyed some yummy pizza rolls in the process.  At least my night had some good to it.