Friday Night Fun!!

Come see THIS GUY (who was acting like a goofy wedding singer) on Friday night on Bank Street!!


David and Lori have been asked to play together on Bank Street on Friday night for a downtown event where all the stores downtown will be opened. The event starts at 6:00, but they will play from 7:00-9:00 in front of Mimi's Pottery. Come by and see them...I heard them practicing last night and you won't be disappointed!!

"Well you would walk into hell....

And spit in the devil's face." Yes, that was a quote someone told me one day...describing me. I take it as a complement. :) Tonight in class, while I was obviously paying attention....I got to thinking about all the challenges that come our way in life, those that are brought on by ourselves, and those that are brought on by others. I am extremely competitive, as we all know from the great bowling dates David and I have, but I think that I put weird pressures on myself for goofy things. Its almost like if someone tells me that I can't do something I will just about kill myself to accomplish it. (I am working on one of those things right now, more to come on that in July, if I don't keel over in the process) It is odd to me though how some people are motivated. I know there are some people that are motivated by the desire for perfection, some people are motivated just to get by, others are motivated out of fear, and for some reason, I am motivated by someone telling me I can't do something...anyways, sorry for the rant, just thought I would share. I wish someone would tell me that I couldn't lose 20 pounds! :)

Don't worry honey....I'll do the heavy lifting

David was instructed by his surgeon not to lift anything more than 25 pounds, which sounds like a lot, but in actuality, it is not much at all. So, I have had to lift all the heavy stuff. It was funny the other day we were in Target and I was carrying a HUGE bag of dog food around the store and I think David was carrying a box of Kleenex....he said, "People must think I am the biggest jerk making my wife carry the heavy stuff!" And again tonight, we had a photo shoot, and I was carrying the huge bags and batteries and stuff...I can't wait for him to be able to lift all that stuff again...its exhausting!! We shot the cutest family tonight (I will post some shots from it later) and the little girl would smile big only when I was hitting David on the head with a flip flop...it was nice therapy for me! Hope everyone enjoyed this lovely summer day!

Bargain Bob Bites Me In The Butt...

So as most of you know I am a big coupon clipper/ad scanner for my groceries. I have started cooking Pork Tenderloin a good bit with one of Betty Sims AMAZING recipes and have served it for a couple dinner parties and then just to David as well. It can be a little pricey, like $4.00 or more a pound...and I try to find it on sale whenever I can. So, I was super pumped when I saw that Publix had it on sale for $1.99 a pound. I made David rush out with me on Saturday night at like 9:00 to get some because the sale ended the next day....what I was expecting to get was this.....


However, when we got there, what I found was this.....


Well, not actually that...but it was a 20 pound pork loin.... Now what in the world am I going to do with one piece of meat that is 20 pounds....I guess invite everyone I know over to eat. I thought it was a little misleading because the picture in the ad was the small pork loin that I have above...bummer....that is how they get you though...next time I am going to call ahead to see if there is a 20 pound minimum like there was this time. :)

Ahhh....All Is Right With The World!

Saturday was the first day that David and I got to go out in the boat this year....yes I know it is the middle of June, but with work, school and David's Surgery...things have been a little crazy. We decided to keep the boat for 6 months at The Brickyard in Decatur. They are super nice people and they take really good care of your boat. It is a very simple process...you call, tell them you are coming and they put your boat in the water, gas it up and you are ready to go. When you finish, you park it at the dock and leave it and they put it up. Talk about spoiled!! Its a little pricey especially for a coupon clipper like me, but well worth it for busy people that don't have all day every weekend to go out on a boat. So we went to our favorite spot out close to Point Mallard, but away from all the other boats, I listened to my professors lecture on the IPod and David read one of his photography magazines...and then we went to the Hard Dock for a lovely lunch. I haven't eaten there in forever and it was really good. After that, we headed back in, like old people, had to take a nap after our exhausting day, and then doodled at home for the rest of the evening, minus a trip to Publix which will be a whole other post. Here are some shots from our day!!

This is David at the Brickyard....

I'm trying not to be a Material Girl!

There are very few possessions that I have that I am particular about....one would be my dishes and the other would be my boat. I had an experience this week that made me realize that I am a psycho. Well, I guess I should start off with a little history. I bought my boat when I graduated from college instead of doing something responsible, like buying a house. (Much better idea to move home with Mom so you can afford a nice boat) Anywho, I babied that boat, washed it every time it went into the water, cleaned the seats, the whole 9 yards. After all, it was the most expensive thing I owned. Anywho, I get really nervous when I am putting it in the water, pulling it, etc. I am always afraid something is going to happen to it...and more for the fact that it would be something stupid that I did on my part, like forget to put the plug in. I digress...I am really trying, and I have decided that it is insured, so what is the big deal...and really, it's God's boat, not mine, so I shouldn't fret about it. That brings me to my next experience. My friend Justin borrowed some of my pewter serving trays and a couple of my glass pitchers for a breakfast he was doing. I went over some basic ground rules with him, because boys don't know not to put these items in the dishwasher...etc. Well, David put the fear of God in him that if something happened to my dishes he better watch out. I on the other hand just wanted to let him know what not to do with them because they scratch easily, etc. Not that big of a deal I thought. Well his breakfast was on Tuesday, and he called me yesterday, which was Friday to FINALLY tell me that he had been searching all over to find me a replacement pitcher because he broke one of mine and he was so sorry, and was planning his on funeral. I felt like absolute dirt. My own friend was scared to call me because of an accident. I told him it wasn't a big deal that I had bought like 10 of those pitchers at Michael's one day when they were on sale for $4.00 each and I had plenty, but he was really afraid to tell me. Now, the part of this story that makes me so upset is that there are some people we know that are the most materialistic people in the world...they value ALL of their possessions more than people or anything else and it infuriates me. I swore I would never be like that and for the most part, I have no problem or don't even think twice about letting someone borrow anything of mine. Obviously in these two areas I still need some work...so, if any of you need to borrow my dishes or boat...let me know. :)

Our Little Dancing Queen!!

Tonight was our niece Kate's dance recital...I couldn't go....guess why....I was in class, but David went and took some great pictures of Kate. She is so talented and graceful and does such a good job with her dancing. Their performance was at the Von Braun and David said there were like a bazillion dancers there. Here are some shots from the night....we are so proud of you Kate!!!