I hope that everyone had an amazing holiday weekend, I did! And I made it a point to try and get a few pictures. Being that I hate my phone for the sheer facts that it doesn't have a flash or a forward facing camera, I had to use the Mister's to snap most of them. I do own a digital camera but never take it out in fear that I will break it-- I am that person!
This weekend was exciting because I got to spend a lot of time with the love of my life as well as see a part of my family that I rarely get to see-- my sister, her husband, and the kids-- oh, and I hung out with my best friend too! In all of that fun, I will say that my heart was often heavy.. thinking of all of the soldiers who have fought for my freedom and those who continue to, as well as their families. I will forever be grateful!
The Mister and I aren't the couple that go out a lot.. we would rather just be home bodies and be with each other. There's nothing wrong with going out at all but once you've seen most of the stuff in this town that consists of fun-- it gets old. This is a "small beach town". 'Nuff said. We rented a few movies this weekend-- Guilt Trip, Parental Guidance, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Last Stand. Good stuff. We also watched How to Be a Player on Netflix because I'd never seen it and we were bored. For some crazy reason, we stayed up late all weekend.. until the wee hours of the morning, being silly, talking, and watching random TV shows. It was nice.
Friday night I had marinated pork chops in some new sauce but we decided we would just make some pizza instead. Because we stayed up so late, of course we slept in. When we woke up and got moving around, I decided I would go ahead and cook Friday night's dinner for a late lunch/early dinner. I would totally recommend marinating your pork chops, overnight, in sweet onion salad dressing-- this was the Shiz!
This is the Mister's plate. Chop with fresh broccoli, KC Masterpiece's Applewood Bacon Beans, and Rolls.
On a sad note.. both my puppy Levi and my Mother's dog Macy got real sick and had to be put on meds this weekend (they are both recovering nicely). My mother asked that we come over to her house on Saturday to watch them and asked us to do some yard work as well. (This means that the Mister does the work and I watch/annoy him) I decided that I would offer help due to the heat and my boredom and I must say that I enjoyed working as a team. It was super humbling and sweet-- but what a pain in the arse. We cleaned out the flower beds, trimming the overgrowth on the heather plants and trimmed down the Sago Palms. EW!
Underneath all of this mess were three different growths of trees PLUS elephant ears. ICK!
As you can see.. I was goofing off here..
And here..
The Mister worked REALLY hard and got eaten up by the bugs. I told him at least four times that I would give him bug spray but he wouldn't have it-- let me tell you that he is STILL whining about bug bites.. I have none.
Don't leave home without it, folks!
Since I have moved out of my parent's house, my room has been left as is. It had my computer in it, a lot of my clothes, some of my furniture, my computer.. Recently my father has gone on a TV purchasing spree. While at my parent's, taking a break, we decided to go into the room I used to call my own-- now known as the TV room. I don't think this picture does the TV justice. In comparison with the huge oak dresser that it is sitting on, maybe you can get an idea. It's crazy.. and I'm jealous.
It's sick.. I know.
My best friend came over Sunday and we had some girl time. She has recently been traveling with her soon to be fiance and brought over a bottle of $60 wine. I know you are probably thinking.. $60? bleh. Well, that's a little rich for my blood-- I'm fine with a $12 box of wine, hehe. We drank a glass or two and because I live within walking distance of Downtown we went for a little walk to the park to get some fresh air. I never knew it but there is a new local beer bar and she took me for my first visit. I'm not one for fancy beer but it was nice to try it and sit outside.. it was a nice visit.
I'm a goofball!
Brewing local beer!
The Mister had to work for a few hours on Monday and then we headed across town to my Sister's house. I don't get over there often because she is busy with work and my niece and nephew's many sports and other functions. It was nice to lay out by the pool and be around family. Who knows when we will do it again so I tried my best so soak it all in. The Mister got burnt and I didn't get enough sun.
I wish that every weekend lasted for four days! The Mister had to go back to work and I'm about to start a new job-- so I will just live in the moment and treasure the good times with family. I hope everyone enjoyed their time off like we did!