I’m back from a girls weekend with my grandmother and my mom! The weekend was quite relaxing and we did lots of eating and talking. I got word on Twitter that Friday was national margarita day, so I asked the bartender at the retirement home bistro to make me one on the rocks. She actually made it martini style with a sugar rim and it was oh-so-strong! My grandma enjoyed a bloody mary. We sat around with her friends and…
Browsing Category
Travel
-I slept through my 5:30 alarm for spinning and woke up with a jolt at 6:30. It was actually glorious because I got an extra hour of sleep and still managed to fit in a jog. I couldn’t believe how great I felt with that extra hour today! -I found a recipe for dill and zucchini orzo in Country Living and it was so delicious. This will be perfect for summer (aka yesterday’s weather), and I can’t wait to make…
Hi and happy MLK! There’s nothing like a holiday full of laundry and cleaning. After a fantastic weekend getaway that is! We drove to Charlottesville on Friday night and were welcomed with two incredible homemade pizzas and a crazy beer. Kath and Kanz make a mean whole wheat pizza, and they even made mozzarella from scratch. I had tasted this beer once before at a beer festival, but holy cow is it good! I’m loving staying in on these cold…
Good morning, I have the pleasure of working from home today! It was supposed to be a teacher workday, but because of the threat of snow, we all got permission to have our teacher workday at home! It worked out nicely because we are going to visit Kath, Kanz, and Maze today, so we can leave a bit earlier than expected. It has literally rained all week, so even though its cold out there, the sunshine feels wonderful today. It…
I squeezed in a lot of action during the past couple of days in Miami. Matt and I wanted a quick and warm getaway, and when I saw a flight sale I thought, why not South Beach? It was so.much.fun and quite different than many other place I’ve visited in the US. I loooved the international vibe and the European style sidewalk cafes. And the art deco architecture is so neat. Yall know me – eatin’ and drinkin’ is what…
Merry merry Christmas! We celebrated at my house in Hillsborough with Matt parents, my parents, my sister, her husband and his mom, and new baby Mazen. We had a full house and it was so very merry. My time was spent playing with the baby, drinking Christmas beers, enjoying time with family, giving and receiving presents, and eating sweets and savory treats! And of course, there was cake:) I’m so thankful for the past couple of days, but I’m also…
Hey there, I spent the weekend visiting my grandmother in Baltimore! My mom and I flew up together to fit in a quick visit before the holidays. We enjoyed a glass of wine in the airport, and then arrived just in time for Friday night dessert and cava. My grandma loves deserts too and she had fresh cream puffs for us from a local bakery and a chocolate cake with wonderful vanilla buttercream. It was so nice to have a…
The thing I’m looking forward to the most this weekend is sleeping past seven. Now that the pumpkin roll, apple crisp, and white chocolate peppermint popcorn are finally gone, maybe I can stop pigging out after dinner. I firmly believe there are ‘easy’ and ‘hard’ treadmills. Since my gym got new ones, I’ve shaved a minute off my mile time with absolutely no effort. Why? I’m so so bad at cleaning my shower. How do people get them to be…
The best part about the end of Thanksgiving is the beginning of Christmas!! Coming home from our holiday travels was still a bit sad. We had a fabulous time and I’m hoping Matt’s parents did too! We had warm-ish weather on Friday and a fun lunch in Wilmington before our drive home. When we arrived, Matt got right back to his studies while I unpacked and started on the laundry. Around 5 though, we remembered that it was Saturday night!…