Good morning, ladies!

GloriosusEtLiber

Angel, I'm hoping for warm weather through October. It's August and I haven't been sailing once this year! Normally I've been out at least 4 times by now. It's so sad. 

Snippylynn

Cali, I'll exchange with you, but only because you're in Austin!

gurrlballa10

So, our 3 year anniversary is tomorrow (dating), and I'm torn whether or not we should celebrate it.  We'll acknowledge it, but should we actually go out and do something (since we just got married three months ago)?  Is that stupid that I'm overthinking this?

baystateapple

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[QUOTE]So, our 3 year anniversary is tomorrow (dating), and I'm torn whether or not we should celebrate it.  We'll acknowledge it, but should we actually go out and do something (since we just got married three months ago)?  Is that stupid that I'm overthinking this?
Posted by gurrlballa10[/QUOTE]
We got a GC to one of our favorite restaurants as a wedding present, so on our dating anniversary we had dinner out and treated ourselves.  We didn't do anything else, just kept it low-key, but it's a good excuse (not that you ever need one!) for a date night.

calixtine

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[QUOTE]So, our 3 year anniversary is tomorrow (dating), and I'm torn whether or not we should celebrate it.  We'll acknowledge it, but should we actually go out and do something (since we just got married three months ago)?  Is that stupid that I'm overthinking this?
Posted by gurrlballa10[/QUOTE]

I was debating this myself.  Our dating anniversary is in October and originally I was going to retire the dating anniversary after we got married.  But I'm a sucker for a reason to celebrate so I was thinking of doing something small.  Like making H something for dinner that I don't normally make, like steak or pot roast or something.  Maybe crack open a fancy bottle of wine.  The trick is convincing H to get me some fancy chocolate or something in exchange.

angelstar975

In Response to Re:Good morning, ladies!:[QUOTE]Angel, I'm hoping for warm weather through October. It's August and I haven't been sailing once this year! Normally I've been out at least 4 times by now. It's so sad.nbsp; Posted by GloriosusEtLiber[/QUOTE]

Does that happen in NC? October is pretty much always cool here. There might be a random warm day or two, but it's generally not sailing weather! I love boats, it's been too long since I've been on one.

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]Gurll - I say go out and celebrate, even if it's just something little.
Posted by rachers1017[/QUOTE]

Ditto! You could also stay home and have a nice dinner on your fancy china (if you have any). We plan on celebrating our dating, engagement and wedding anniversaries with at least a little something.

GloriosusEtLiber

I think it's cute to still do little things for the dating anniversary. One of the moms I work for announced a couple weeks ago that on that date ten years earlier they'd gone on their first date. I thought it was so sweet that she remembered the exact date. 

Snippylynn

Crap, I don't even remember our 'dating' anniversary. lol! But I think it would be fun to just either go out to eat, OR just when you have dinner, turn the lights out and light some candles. That's a nice, special thing to do maybe.

GloriosusEtLiber

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Good morning, ladies!: Does that happen in NC? October is pretty much always cool here. There might be a random warm day or two, but it's generally not sailing weather! I love boats, it's been too long since I've been on one.
Posted by angelstar975[/QUOTE]

<div>It does happen in NC. You can see people wearing shorts here straight through the winter. You won't catch me doing it but it happens. If we go sailing in October we bring jackets because it's cooler on the water but it's still fun. </div>

gurrlballa10

Thanks y'all!  I do have a GC to Buca di Beppo (family style Italian), so I think that's what we'll do.  That way, we're not spending to much money, but still going out.  After this one, we'll probably only celebrate our actual marriage date. 

I can not wait for college football to start!  Only 34 days left until my favorite time of year!

gurrlballa10

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Good morning, ladies! : It does happen in NC. You can see people wearing shorts here straight through the winter. You won't catch me doing it but it happens. If we go sailing in October we bring jackets because it's cooler on the water but it's still fun. 
Posted by GloriosusEtLiber[/QUOTE]

I wear flip flops year round. I think that is a truly southern thing.  I even wore them when we went to PA to visit our friends over New Years last year and everyone looked at me like I was insane.  I don't think I own any cold weather shoes though.  <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-embarassed.gif" border="0" alt="Embarassed" title="Embarassed" />

July2012bride

Good morning!

July was awesome for us!  Wedding, honeymoon, and we just got our offer on a house accepted

August is going to be fun besides packing up our apartment.  We'll actually be able to enjoy the weekends and maybe do some boating.

I think we are planning to go to Cedar Point one weekend in August too.

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]Thanks y'all!  I do have a GC to <strong>Buca di Beppo (family style Italian),</strong> so I think that's what we'll do.  That way, we're not spending to much money, but still going out.  After this one, we'll probably only celebrate our actual marriage date.  I can not wait for college football to start!  Only 34 days left until my favorite time of year!
Posted by gurrlballa10[/QUOTE]

We have one of those here too. For some reason, I thought it was just a local place! I've always wanted to go, I assume you've been and enjoy it?

PetalPockets2012

Morning everyone.

I have been to the gym and grocery store so far today. Now I'm going to catch up on some of my shows so I can make sure I have enough DVR space to record the Olympics.


::off to read the thread::

gurrlballa10

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good morning, ladies! : We have one of those here too. For some reason, I thought it was just a local place! I've always wanted to go, I assume you've been and enjoy it?
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

OMG, I love that place!  We go probably once a month.  It's more fun with a big group of people (one entree feeds 3-4), so you can try a bunch of different stuff.  H and I however, do not share when we go, so everytime the wait staff looks at us like we are crazy for ordering two entrees and an appetizer.  Hey, we like leftovers!  I always get the spicy chicken rigatoni and H gets the spaghetti and meatballs.  I've had other things, but always fall back to my usual. 

PetalPockets2012

Buca di Beppo - We have one near us. We went once for lunch and I liked it a lot. They have smaller portions of some items for lunch that feed just 2 if I remember correctly. Hmmm, I need to go back.

calixtine

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good morning, ladies! : We have one of those here too. For some reason, I thought it was just a local place! I've always wanted to go, I assume you've been and enjoy it?
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

The food is actually really good and I like family style because you can order a bunch of stuff and have leftovers.  I don't know about yours but the one here is sectioned off into different rooms and large parties can reserve whole sections.  The creepiest room by far is the pope room; there is a big bust of the pope sitting on a lazy susan in the middle of the table and he stares at you while you eat. 

I haven't been back there since Maggiano's opened here though.  Maggiano's has the best eggplant parmesan I have ever eaten.  And they give you a whole other meal to take home if you order off the classics menu.  Dammit, now I want Maggiano's.

PetalPockets2012

Calix, why do you keep mentioning my favorite restaurants? I love Italian food and Maggiano's is my favorite restaurant. Now I want to go, too.

button6004

MMM Buca di Beppo.  Yum.  The food is good but the place overwhelms me sometimes.  I saw a dude dressed as Clifford the Big Red Dog there once and I felt like I was in a strange Italian food-filled circus.

GloriosusEtLiber

Yall, I just found out this morning that one of my friends has cancer but doesn't want many people to know. So her bff goes and tells a handful of people and he wants me to shoot this friend a text just asking how she's doing. I feel like that will make it obvious that I know though. I am not pleased with the situation I am in. AND I feel awful because I really want to do something nice for her but she's two states away and I'm not even supposed to know she has cancer. 

ski2play

Sorry Aryn, that was a shitty place for your friend to put you in!

PetalPockets2012

I'm sorry Dino. I would feel awkward too. How often do you talk or text this friend?

Edit - name change, I can't keep it straight.

gurrlballa10

Oh Glo, I'm sorry to hear about your friend.  I'm not sure what I'd do in that situation, but it's never easy dealing with something like that.

GloriosusEtLiber

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[QUOTE]Sorry Aryn, that was a shitty place for your friend to put you in!
Posted by ski2play[/QUOTE]

<div>I concur. I'm now hoping my friend will get a raise, or that her dog's birthday is coming up or something so I have a reason to do a little something nice for her. </div>

calixtine

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[QUOTE]Yall, I just found out this morning that one of my friends has cancer but doesn't want many people to know. So her bff goes and tells a handful of people and he wants me to shoot this friend a text just asking how she's doing. I feel like that will make it obvious that I know though. I am not pleased with the situation I am in. AND I feel awful because I really want to do something nice for her but she's two states away and I'm not even supposed to know she has cancer. 
Posted by GloriosusEtLiber[/QUOTE]

That is a tough one and i am so sorry for you and your friend.  I understand not wanting to tell people, it's an emotional conversation and talking about it makes it way more scary and real.  However, your friend is going to need all the support she can get very shortly.  Depending on her treatment, she may needs rides to the hospital, food runs, and just overall emotional support.  I think you should send her a good old-fashioned card.  Say that you want to respect her wishes and you hope that she doesn't get mad at her BFF but that you know what the situation is.  And that she has your support if needed.  Then she can choose to respond or not.

Snippylynn

Crap Aryn. Maybe wait a day or two and call? Or how do you normally contact her? Just keep it in that style.  Just try to get to a point where you aren't 'thinking' about stuff to say and it won't read as awkward maybe?

strlzfan11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good morning, ladies! : I just went there last night.  I think if you Google it, there is a lasagna special for $40.  It comes with salad and garlic bread.  You can substitiute eggplant parmesean if you don't like lasagna.
Posted by edielaura[/QUOTE]

The one in Station Square?  My sister had her RD there.

adamar15

I don't even remember our dating anniversary.  Really, it would be our started sleeping together anniversary.  We kind of skipped the dating thing.

That's shitty, Glo.  I'd probably wait for her to tell you herself, or wait until it's a little more public. 

GloriosusEtLiber

Cali, apparently she's had it for awhile and already had surgeries to remove the tumor. I just talked to her a couple days ago because she's the one I'm planning the Savannah trip with. We usually only talk every couple of weeks so I'll wait a couple days like Snippy said before reaching out to her. I think her BFF just wanted her to have more support, he's a good guy and really cares about her.