My honey took some vacation time this month. Just in time for our 13th Anniversary ♥ TWELVE WHOLE DAYS!!! Vacation started on the 11th. We enjoyed a few quiet days together as a family. The kids were out of school for a long weekend from the 9th - 12th. That was pretty nice :o) All of us home and relaxing. I think? I honestly can't recall exactly what we did that weekend. *mental note: need to blog more*
Anyhow, kids went back to school on the 13th. We had been trying to decide what we were going to do for our anniversary??? We had thought going to Hot Springs for the weekend. Supposed to be really nice up there, lots to see/do. Not to mention lots of great food to eat!! But the more we thought about it, the more it seemed not so practical. We knew we could have a kid free weekend at home and enjoy the time together just as much as we would there.
Boy have we!!! Cousin Gina said she would take the kids Friday night, so after I dropped the kids off at school, came home, and we were ready, we took off for Jonesboro and went to eat lunch at The Brickhouse Grill. We'd never eaten there before and have been wanting to for awhile. We each got a big burger. Mine was the California,... (of course? lol) It was loaded down with lots of veggies, incl. avacado! YUM!! It was VERY filling. I couldn't even eat the whole thing. The steak fries were awesome too!! Was a wonderful lunch. Chris enjoyed a couple of darker beers too.
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| Not dark enough for his liking, but still good enough that he had two! |
We left there and went to wander around the mall awhile. We got the kids each a little something. Sydney a Paramore Tshirt from Hot Topic, and Jessica the book she's been wanting,.... Richelle Mead's "Spirit Bound"
I had already gotten Geoffery's surprise and stuck it in his backpack Friday morning. One of his Pokemon Adventure Series comic books :o) He liked that! Anyhow,.... we got coffee from Starbucks and headed home,.... picking up ribs from Couch's BBQ on the way for dinner later :o)
Got home, and flopped down,.... still full from lunch, and watched some Smallville,.... we had picked up season 9 a few days ago. We finally ate dinner around 7:30 and later fixed some Espresso Martini's that we had seen Giada fix on FoodTV. While ours came out rather strong, they were still really good. We decided that rather than the 10oz of vodka, maybe make it 6-8oz instead. Look at how pretty they are! And hubby got to use the shaker mom got him too!!
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| Tastes as pretty as they look! |
We finished drinking our martini's and watched one last episode of Smallville and crawled into bed. *Yawn* Was a really nice day together! Eating, talking, laughing.... *sigh* I love my honey!! ♥
Now, Saturday,.... we got up, showered and stuff. I decided to just pull my hair back and throw clothes on and we took off for Jonesboro and went to eat at Cracker Barrel for breakfast! By the time we got there, it was lunch time, but we still got breakfast food!! YUMMY blue berry pancakes :o) He got an asst of food. Grits, eggs, meats, biscuits, gravy... the works let me tell ya! Was very good, and filling.
From there, yes,... back to the mall. We had been looking for Lord of the Rings video game, it's supposed to be co-op play, but we haven't yet found it for the PS3. So, thought we would look again for that. We ended up in Dillards, and found Chris some new shirts. They were having their end of season sale, so we really racked up :o) Got like 5 shirts for about $13/ea. I love a good sale :o) LOL He was pleased too!! We looked around at the "ladies" section,.... but bleh,... just not much I could find on sale that interested me. I also learned that Reba McIntire has a clothing line. Some neat stuff too.
Wandered around some more,... ended up back in Barnes & Noble and got coffee's again for the ride home :o) YUMMY!!! By this time, Gina had already dropped Sydney and Geoffery off with my MIL Linda. All was moving along well. We headed for home so that we could get ready for our evening out with Gina and Glenn. We had reservations for 7pm at Omar's Steakhouse.
Thanks to my mom, she put the taste of salmon in my mouth/head, so yeah, we HAD to go there for sure. I needed their parmesan encrusted salmon!! Mmmm. We were all looking forward to a nice dinner out.
Got to Gina's around 6, she wasn't quite ready so we visited with the kids and Glenn while she finished up. Then we were on our way!! Thanks to our chauffeur Glenn, we knew we could enjoy the night and not worry about getting home in one piece. So, once there, I ordered myself a White Russian! YUMMY!!!
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| Cheers! |
Was rather surprised at how quickly that went to my head. I mean, really I ate nearly ALL my pancakes when we had breakfast (that is a LOT for me) so didn't think my stomach was that empty!?! Well, it was alright, I was in a GREAT mood and enjoying the evening. By the time dinner arrived, I was on my 2nd drink and pretty darned giggly. Gina had ordered the lobster tails, and I actually go to sample!! I've never had lobster like that before. It was very good, but I love my salmon!!! *drool*
While we were sitting there waiting on our creme bruele for dessert, Gina got this idea to go and get tattoo's!?! I don't know where it came from, but hey, sounded cool.... she suggested just a simple star,... matching,... on the tops of our hands. Well, hubby says "whatever you girls wanna do..." Cool!!! So, we ate dessert, surfed the web on my phone to find something that was like what we wanted. Chris had already called the place we would use,.... The Zen Factory. They would be open until Midnight. We ate and headed that way!!
Gina wanted to look around a bit,... but we still decided upon the stars that we'd found online. Then we had to wait as they were rather busy,.... but the artist took the time and drew up a nice design for the both of us. We had decided on a large star, with stars to represent our kids. So, 2 little ones for her, 4 little ones for me.
Here we are waiting our turn,.... it's WAY past Gina's bedtime!
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| Is it our turn yet?? |
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| Virginal hands?? ahahaha!!! |
Gina said left hands,... which was fine with me,.... might seem lame, but since it's the hand I wear my wedding ring on,... well, your wedding ring hand,... just kinda seemed to tie it all up ya know? Hubby says "yeah, and the ring you can take off when you do the dishes" Bah. It seems right in my head LOL
Finally when it was time to go back, Gina wanted to go first. This is her first tattoo ever!
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| Who's idea was this??? |
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| Why did I suggest this idea????? |
Here she is,..... she doesn't look very happy does she??? She really said it hurt LOL I don't know that she will want another one or not now??? She had thought about getting this awesome sun/moon deal. Hmm... guess you'll have to stay tuned to see how that turns out ROFL
Then it was my turn,.... I was a tad bit nervous thinking that maybe this area of the hand was more tender than my shoulder tat??? Maybe it WAS going to be terrible????
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| Piece of Cake! |
Or maybe my poor cousin has a REALLY low pain thresh hold??? LOL Poor girl. Yeah, of course it's not pleasant,... and there was one part that hurt, but it never lasts so long that ya can't stand it.
The final products!
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| Turned out great!!!! |
So, I think it was a wonderful idea,.... and well worth the touch of pain,.... not sure if Gina feels the same LOL
We got home after midnight, took the dogs out and all that,.... by 1:30 or so I was dead and went to sleep.
All in all, it's been a WONDERFUL weekend. Dinner was superb!! The time we've had together has been so great. I so enjoy vegging and watching tv together, the trips to Jonesboro,... laughing, talking.
Almost hard to believe it's been 13yrs!! I am truly blessed with a husband, that is my best friend. I am grateful for how well he takes care of me, and our family. It's been an incredible 13 years and I look forward to so many more!!!
I love you honey!
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