We meet again, Monday.

Swazzle

Morning! It was next to impossible to get out of bed and come to work today. BLEH. 

My weekend was awesome! 

Friday was pretty uneventful. I cooked dinner while H worked on stuff in the yard, cleaned up the house a bit, and then we watched Jurassic Park for the 807th time in the past couple of weeks. 

Saturday I got breakfast and booze and then headed to Belmont! I had such a blast and yay for American Pharaoh! The Goo Goo Dolls performed after all of the races finished and then my friends and I headed home. I was definitely drunk but made it home with no injuries, no fights, and all of my belongings. So I'm counting this as a win for me and adulthood  

Yesterday, H and I ran so many errands. We bought a ton of stuff for our yard and our housewarming party. I emptied a few more boxes from the dining room (yes, after 5 months we still have boxes to unpack). We came up with a game plan for the week so that we get everything done by Saturday. H had hockey and I went to bed early. 

I hope this week flies by because H and I are going to see Jurassic World Thursday night, I'm working a half day on Friday, and I'm so excited for Saturday! 

untouchablets

Good morning! I was thinking about you @swazzle when I was listening to the race on the drive home from CT! SO lucky you got to witness some history!

My weekend was okay. I had the day off on Saturday so I spent some hours at the library before I headed over to CT to visit BF's grandma. I have this one customer who is always really creepy and he was at the library and walked over to the table I was working and just stood over me. I tried to ignore him but he wouldn't leave so I looked up and gave him an unenthusiastic wave and he finally left. The fact that I have to see him every day makes me so angry lol.

Yesterday I worked and it was really busy and hectic but I made it through and then went to dinner with BF and his family. I attempted to work on my Taylor Swift concert costume (five more days!!) but my original idea didn't work so I scrapped it and have a NEW and more creative idea that I am gonna start today after I fail - i mean take, my statistics test. Bleh.

I got a package in the mail on friday night and didn't know what it was... turns out my best friend is as excited about me going to the show as I am and she sent me TWO HUNDRED glow stick necklaces for it lol so if anyone can think of any creative uses for glow sticks please let me know!

labro

@Swazzle I AM SO JEALOUS you got to be at the Belmont Stakes this weekend!!!! YAY FOR AMERICAN PHAROAH!!! Also, yay Goo Goo Dolls! I love them!

What kind of stuff did you get for your party?

H and I did lots and lots of yard work this weekend. Friday I ended up working late again....ugh! H went with his co-worker Home Depot and bought us a weed whacker finally! He also picked up a free table saw from @southernpeach89 and her H. The saw is probably as old as or older than my mom, but it runs perfectly and everything works as if it was brand new! We're so happy they let us have it. Now H can do ALL the woodworking projects.

Saturday we basically spent all day in the yard. H mowed the lawn and gave the weed whacker its maiden run. Our lawn edges were seriously overgrown and it took a lot of time to get all neat and clean again. I weeded all day and hacked down baby trees in the woodsy part of the backyard.

Sunday was grocery shopping. I'm on week 2 of Eat This Much and I lost 2 pounds this week!!! Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up.

After grocery shopping we did a much needed clean up and re-org of our storage room. We aren't 100% done yet but we're using the space in a much more efficient way now....plus all the cobwebs and clutter are gone!

cu97tiger

Morning ladies! We had a good weekend. We had a pretty good weekend. Saturday I took the dogs on a long walk, then went to CrossFit. DH and I then went to play bingo (I played, he volunteered). I didn't really come close to winning, which was a bummer. Then we went out to a yummy dinner at my new favorite place. It's Peruvian food, and they do a great job with their portions and prices. 

Sunday we lazed around in the morning (lazed is a word, right? The act of being lazy...) We took the dogs on another walk, and took some pictures of them. Today is their (unofficial) 4th birthday and 1st anniversary of us bringing them home. I've been really nostolgic the past few days about how lucky we are to have found them. Today is also three years since we lost our yellow lab Casey to cancer, so it's a bittersweet day. (Pics of Fritz and Freddie below!).

Then my parents were driving through town, so we had lunch with them. I came home and immediately took a nap. DH was tired, so he went to bed early and I watched Friends. It was a nice, relaxing night.

@swazzle - You and I both got to see the Triple Crown winner win a race! How crazy was it there? I bet people went nuts! We totally forgot it was on, so when we got to dinner Saturday night, we happened to see it on the bar television. We missed it by about two minutes... womp womp.

The first pic is of the pups the day we got them. Look how skinny Freddie is! He has gained 13 lbs and the vet says they both look amazing. The next pic is of DH and Freddie. Then Fritz meeting a new friend, and finally, a pic of me and the pups in the park yesterday. I them!

Dignity100

@Swazzle - After over 10 years, I still have boxes unpacked <should I even admit that??>.  The Belmont sounds like it was so much fun!!

@untouchablets - Hope the new design works out for you!  200 Glow sticks?!  Could save some and hand them out for Halloween

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Friday night - After H got home we went to FedEx because there was a package slip on my door.  Turns out it was a court order for the person who lived in my house . . .12 years ago.  After that we drove past a lot of land, it was nice but it is in a division with an HOA.  I'm really trying to avoid HOAs because I don't want them to outlaw dogs (or outlaw large dogs).

Saturday - We worked on H's house.  We found out his ceilings are plaster and not dry wall, so we had to scrape them.  The water damage is not as extensive as we thought.  My dad came over and let us know what we would need to do to complete the project. 

Sunday - H and I booked our anniversary trip back to Disney, we got a decent deal on it.  This will be our last trip for some time - I really wanted to go some place else, but H doesn't ask for much and we'll have a good time!  H went and worked on his house, they didn't get much done.  I went to Target only to find I had left wallet at my house (whoops) - thankfully I figured it out BEFORE I went to the checkout.  I put up a new shower curtain and a curved shower rod, took a nap.  When H got home we went out to dinner then looked at a few more properties.  After that we watched the Cavs (and Warriors) game.

labro

@cu97tiger Fritz and Freddie are such handsome boys!!!

@TwoDimes I really want to try agility with Cinders. You'll have to let me know what set you buy if you get one. I think she'd really love something like that too. Glad you had such a nice "surprise" party yesterday!!!

Swazzle

@untouchablets - That customer is super creepy! What is this costume you speak of?

@labro - Can you come work on my yard? I'm getting more and more interested in the Eat Too Much plan. Do you like the meals that he has you eating?

@TwoDimes - What book are you reading? That's so sweet of your coworkers!

@cu97tiger - It was nuts! People were spraying champage and beer everywhere and screaming and jumping up and down. We had such a blast and I'll definitely be back again next year. 

[Deleted User]

Good morning, everyone!!

We had a busy weekend.  Friday evening we cleaned out the guest room and office.  We had like 10 trashbags full of stuff to donate, so we dropped it off at Goodwill.  I love the new, cleaned out guest room and office areas.  I still have more stuff to de-clutter and clean, but that was a great start.

Saturday morning, we got up and went for a (crappy) run.  Then we dropped Cricket off at the vet for her spay/shots/chip.  On the way home (it was early, like 8 AM) we stopped by the farmer's market on that side of town.  It was my first time to go, and it is so nice.  The veggies there are luscious.

I made Portugese Braised Eggs and Peas for brunch (using peas I harvested from the garden!) and we ate that with some reallllly crunchy, yummy ciabatta.  I squeezed in another work out and did a lot of baking (peach/blueberry cobbler and cookies).  We had a cook-out for our Spanish group after church yesterday.  The cookies and cobber turned out great.

This weekend was so busy!  I am kind of glad it's Monday.  I have a lot to do tonight (I need to do laundry, get the house in order, clean out the fridge, cook dinner, and squeeze in a run).

untouchablets

Swazzle said:

@untouchablets - That customer is super creepy! What is this costume you speak of?

I'm going to make it a play on the misheard lyrics from Blank Space, you know how people sometimes hear "all the lonely Starbucks lovers" instead of "got a long list of ex lovers." I'm going to take some old aprons a friend of mine dropped off at work the other day and cut them up so they're smaller and sew them to the front of our shirts with some photoshopped pictures of her cats drinking frappuccinos on the back. I'll probably paint thought bubbles over the cats with things like "she's insane" or whatever. I'm also going to add lots of glitter. Like, lots. I already hand painted some white canvas shoes to look like a brighter version of her album cover.

In case anyone is wondering if I'm crazy, I kinda am (lol) but Taylor sends her parents and team to pick fans with creative costumes and lots of enthusiasm out of the crowd before and during the show to meet her for free after every show. She serves pizza and soda and just hangs out with fans, so that's the end goal for all of my efforts lol.

LizzyTish88

Hello ladies!! 

@Swazzle SO COOL you got to be there and see history happen!

@TwoDimes the have new agility sets at Petco. They also have outdoor water toys and we might have bought Tessie a pool this weekend!

Friday I ended up leaving work at noon to go home and get my new stove! My cousin had to come over and unhook the old one and help me move it out so that we could get the new one in. Here is the old nasty shitty one. Please excuse the rust on the side, but I didn't feel the need to clean it for it to be hauled out.

And here is our new one! We are already in love with it!!

The second picture BF made me take. He's like "turn on the light and stand right here, that's the best place to get a good picture!" We used it for the first time last night and we made flat bread pizzas! It was amazing to actually use a stove that was capable to get to 400 degrees. 

Saturday I was up early and off to the middle school. I had my first cheer clinic, and that took all day. It was good to see all the girls I coached my first year, they all cheer for the high school now and were my assistants for the day. It went really well and we did get some new girls to sign up. Here are the younger girls doing a simple stunt with the older girls and HS girls!

The only thing that went wrong was when I decided to spot a girl for her back handspring and she decided to swing with all her might and punch me right in the jaw. I bite my tongue, and was bleeding all over the place and I hurt my jaw and neck. 6 hour cheer clinic, one ice pack used and it was on me! UGH!!

Saturday night we went to a cookout at my Aunt's house. My cousin, my aunt and I all have June birthdays so we celebrated that! It was a nice night. 

Yesterday I slept until 11. Oops lol. Then I got up, vacuumed and dusted the whole house, did laundry, and went through all my clothes and switched out my winter and summer stuff. Then we made dinner and relaxed and watched the second Harry Potter. BF fell asleep before it was over so we will finish it some time this week! 

labro

@Swazzle I'm really loving it so far! There have been a few recipes I haven't liked the looks of or wanted to eat, but the program makes it really easy to switch out the recipe for something else!

labro

@TwoDimes I wish we lived closer! I think Indy and Cinders would be best friends and they'd compete against each other for smartest most agile dog!

minskat30

Morning all.  We had a fun weekend.  H and I gardened (still have some to do tonight though).  We have tons of bunnies in our neighborhood so the goal was to keep the bunnies out of the garden.  I think our little fence will work.  I'll AW it tomorrow probably so you all can give me advice.  A little bunny got into our yard (but not the garden) yesterday (we thought we plugged all the holes where they can get in around our fence but we missed one).  Rajah went after the poor thing.  Thank God I saw him do it and he, surprisingly, came when called and off the chase...he NEVER comes when called (its a Great Pyr "thing" 90% of the time) so I was a little shocked but pleasantly so. 

Saturday we had a get together with friends in the IL burbs.  We had a blast.  H drank a wee bit too much (I was "happy" but not drunk).  That said, it was a good time and we stayed up past 2 am, which we never do anymore..  We stayed the night because its a long drive + drinking.  Sunday was more gardening and just relaxing at home.

Swazzle

@TwoDimes - Ohhhhh that sounds SO good and like something I would love! 

@untouchablets - That is awesome! I hope you get picked!

lavenderfields13

I will go back and read after -

Friday I went to the mall after work - I was supposed to return something for FI at Target and do a return at Nordstrom- I forgot both of these things! I was also looking for bathing suits for the HM and an outfit for rehearsal. Let's just say it was a wasted trip to the mall. I ended up ordering some highwaisted bikini bottoms from VS this weekend. I've never tried anything like on so idk what they'll look like. I'm self conscious about my stomach right now so I wanted to try them but I have a super short torso so they'll probably look ridiculous. 

Saturday I worked on the seating chart and finally figured out where everyone's sitting. I printed out all but 1 card for the table assignments to put on the seating board. I'll do that tonight or tomorrow. FI spray painted the canvas we're using for the seating board so I need to get some push pins for the cards and that will be all set. I still need to make signs for the bar, cupcakes and cigars. 

Also I realized I didn't spend as much on my BM gifts and my brother's (bridesman) gift and we never got parent gifts! So I need to figure that shit out asap.

Today I decided I was also going to take Weds off to do all my last minute stuff. So I'm here all day today (boo), and here until 1:30ish tomorrow. Then I'm taking off to get my eyebrows done, my hair colored and my bangs trimmed. So many last minute things to do! My parents will also be here tomorrow too, they started driving this morning!

lavenderfields13

@untouchablets I hope you get to meet T-Swift, that would be awesome!

@caseface5 yay for new stove, looks great!

labro

@lavenderfields13 OMG only 5 more days!!!! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!

lavenderfields13

Guys, my stomach is in knots today, how is this real life???

Swazzle

@lavenderfields13 - FIVE DAYS!!!!! Holy crap you're so close!

LizzyTish88

@lavenderfields13 5 DAYS!!!!!!! 

AlPacina

So on Friday I got the good news about the house/roof, and then was super antsy and just wanted to go home and play in the sunshine and be happy.... Well, God heard my request and made my phone drop in the toilet water. I got off work early, ran home, and stuck it in rice for the whole weekend. The screen looks weird, but everything else still works! So woooo!

Saturday, after my BF got off work, we drove over to the coast to stay in a cabin right on the beach with his brother and his fiancé. It was actually a super great time. We made sangria, smoked a bit, flew some kites. I mostly just played with their 3 month old great dane puppy. He's already 30 pounds! We slept on an air mattress on the floor and sometime in the middle of the night the puppy came and cuddled up with me. Puppies smell so freakin good.

Yesterday we did some yard work and then I spent the next few hours sitting right in front of the A/C unit trying to cool off. I never really did. I'm so excited that my new house has A/C!

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@Swazzle - I'M SO EXCITED FOR JURASSIC WORLD! OMG. Thank you for remind me of when it's coming out. The last time I saw Jurassic Park was when they released it in 3D a year or two ago....... Also, your weekend sounds absolutely fantastic. What an amazing experience!

@untouchablets - I hope you get chosen! That would be such a rad experience!.... I worked at a landfill one summer. I had the creepiest freakin customer with almost no teeth that would stand at the cashier booth window and make kissy noises at me. *shudders* I ended up telling him to leave me alone, and then telling someone else who ten told him to leave me alone. It actually worked, luckily.

@CocoBellaF - OMG I want cobbler! You seem like such a wiz in the kitchen.

@TwoDimes - Oooo, that sounds like a book I'd like! Have you read any of Gillian Flynn's novels?

@caseface5 - Your stove looks amazing!

@lavenderfields13 - I can't believe your wedding is so close! Ahhh!!

Blue & White

@lavenderfields13 whoohoo 5 days!!

This weekend was a nice chill weekend. We did re brick some of our house cause we took the bricks out to investigate a crack last week (no structural damage for the win!) H had class all weekend so yesterday we legitimately watched baseball and family guy most of the day.

Today I'm done with my "chores" lol: tanning for 30 min, workout for 30 min, practice horn for 30 min. Amazingly when I'm done with these chores I've been super raring to go on other random stuff. Aka I've been really productive (and made some really good food!) over summer break.

So today I'm making a Pinterest inspired bridal shower gift for my sister. Basically painting black and white chevron on a canvas with gold lettering. Monogram, date, and bible verse I believe. Should be awesome (those are her shower colors as well plus they match her decor at the moment)

Then I may get to shredding one or two of our piles of shit around the house lol. Sit in front of family guy and shred? Sounds good!! Apparently I'm watching all the family guys on Netflix this summer. Lofty goals obviously

KeptInStitches

Morning! Today I am picking up the draft of my dissertation from my adviser and hoping it doesn't look too bad because I have approximately 1 day to make all his changes before it has to go to the rest of my community. I suspect the next month or two will involve a lot of eye-crossing.

AlPacina

@TwoDimes - I was wondering mostly if you had read Dark Places, since what you were describing made me think of that family being murdered. But yea, I was not a fan of that one. Sharp Objects is absolutely horrifying story, but I thought it was an amazing book. Twisted as fuck, but a pretty good murder mystery, in my opinion.

I'm in the mood for something similar. I might have to try that book you're reading...... After the bazillion other books I have no time to read right now, that is.

eilis1228

@Swazzle I am infinitely jealous of your day at the Belmont. That is so cool that you got to witness history!

@lavenderfields13 WEDDING WEEK!!!!!!!!!!! 

@labro Sounds like a very productive weekend! I bet your yard is gorgeous!

@TwoDimes Aw, family naps are the best. Sounds like a perfect weekend!

@cu97tiger Happy Birthday to Fritz and Freddie! I can't believe it's been a year since you got them! Time flies!

@Dignity100 Aw, that's so fun that you booked your anniversary trip! Hard to believe it's only a few months away.

@CocoBellaF Mmmm brunch sounds delicious!

@caseface5 I love your new stove! It's gorgeous! And ugh, sorry about the cheer injury. I remember those days all too well... it's great that the only injury was yours though. I remember a few cheer clinics where a bunch of us would end up with sprained ankles or concussions or bloody noses. 

@AlPacina The cabin sounds like so much fun! Also, I'm glad you were able to save your phone!

@Blue&amp;White I love your Netflix goal! I frequently binge watch shows on Netflix. Family Guy will definitely keep you busy. There are soooo many seasons of it.

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This may be a long post, so I apologize in advance!

I had such a great weekend! I feel like I need an extra day to fully recover from it though. I'm so tired today and feeling really off. I think I got very minor food poisoning last night, and it hit me in the middle of the night, so I didn't get a lot of sleep. I'm so out of it that left part of my breakfast at home, and I was late getting to work because I just couldn't move very fast. I also had a really awkward conference call this morning where one of our vendor partners basically accused of blowing off a promo they wanted us to run in March, and we all searched our inboxes while on the call and told them they never actually sent the email with the promo. It was a lot of really awkward back and forth... 

Anywho, this weekend was awesome! Friday night we had my little brother's high school graduation. The student speeches were interesting, to say the very least. The salutatorian talked about Disney and Jesus, the valedictorian's speech had no point to it, and she was a terrible public speaker. She was so nervous and kept repeating lines and jumping all over the place. She also had some pauses for jokes that no one laughed at. It was painful to watch. The graduation started at 8pm, and then we went over to my parents' apartment afterwards to visit with family and play with my sister's pets that she had brought with her. She has the most precious husky puppy, and I can't get enough of him.

Saturday FI and I ran errands, and then Saturday night we had my little brother's celebratory dinner. The food was great, and my step-dad bought some really good wine for everyone. Can't go wrong with pasta and red wine! After dinner FI and I lazed (totally a word, @cu97tiger!) around the house. I watched Bridget Jones' Diary and started coloring in my adult coloring book that finally came in. FI played video games. It was awesome.

Sunday was my shower! I am so overwhelmed with all the love and generosity from my friends and family. I'm still in shock from it. We had about 30 people show up, and it was so wonderful to see everyone. I really wish I'd been able to interact with people more, but there just wasn't time. @audrewuh brought @elle### (I don't remember her screen name on her, I suck). It was so awesome to meet her! I also had some friends from Austin drive up just for the shower and immediately turn around and drive back afterwards. It was just wonderful. We got SO MUCH STUFF! I can't even. I felt like I was opening presents forever, and FI's car was filled to the brim afterwards. We got our Kitchenaid mixer, our luggage, our Ninja blender, a bunch of our dishes, a waffle maker, and so many other things. Last night we spent a few hours just opening all the boxes and taking inventory and trying to figure out where we're going to put it all. We're definitely going to go to Ikea next weekend to get a buffet. My mom is also giving us one set of her china, so we need the buffet ASAP. Here are a few pictures from yesterday (sorry if they're huge, imgur is always ginormous):

My favorite gift, which we got from FMIL with these cute little guys:

We REALLY needed new luggage with the spinner wheels. I'm terrible at navigating the airport with the normal wheels. One of my coworkers dies laughing every time I attempt it because I just can't push or pull my luggage in a straight line. It's kind of ridiculous.

FI and I with our moms:

Me with my friend's little nugget that I got to meet for the first time yesterday:

@audrewuh, me, and @elle### (they are so pretty!):

@audrewuh decorated @elle### with all of the bows:

After the shower, FI and I went out with @audrewuh, her H, and @elle. We ate burgers, laughed hysterically, and had a great time. FI and I got home, unloaded everything as fast as we could (which was not easy since we live in a second floor apartment), and then we went to a friend's place to watch GoT. We came home afterwards and tried to organize everything, and I fell asleep after midnight, which is really late for me. 

So, like I said, amazing weekend, but I definitely need a day to recover. OMG a coworker just came in my office with some flowers. My MOH sent me flowers because she felt so bad about not being able to make it to my shower! Awww! Her BF was in a wedding in Austin yesterday, so I told her not to worry about my shower. This is the sweetest thing ever. I feel so loved. 

OK, longest update ever is done! I hope you all have a great Monday!

bethsmiles

@caseface - I love your new stove!

My weekend was uneventful. My mom left early Saturday morning. She and my dad will be back down next weekend for another test and hopefully we'll get some real answers.

I did a lot of reading this weekend. I finished up Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. It was meh, she's really not the author for me. Then I read The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher which was okay but not great. It's an easy read though. And yesterday I read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher which I really enjoyed and would recommend to anyone looking for a new book to pick up.

Today my plans after work are to go to the gym and do some interval training. And then sit by the pool and read. Hopefully it will stay sunny out so I can actually do that! My period is supposed to start in a couple of days and the past few months it's been throwing my hormones all out of whack so I get depressed starting a few days before until a few days after. I'm hoping getting some nice relaxing reading time in the sunshine will help head off some of that. Oh and I need to cook up some meals for the week and do laundry/clean.

labro

@eilis1228 I love everything about your shower! SO CUTE!

What are you planning to do with all your bows? Someone made the BEST EVER bow bouquet for me with mine. I loved it a lot more than the typical "threaded through a paper plate" version. I found lots of easy tutorials online for making these! I think you just start with the standard bouquet base like you'd find at Michael's and then make ribbon roses!

[Deleted User]

Morning (well...afternoon)...ladies!

My weekend was crazy busy.  Saturday morning I worked out at the gym and then ran errands with my mom all the rest of the morning.  We went to the Farmer's Market and got so many veggies--kale, spinach, squash, snap peas, and a few other things that I don't remember.  Then we worked around the house and kitchen for most of the afternoon.  Mom was in charge of putting together a brunch for my parents to take to church on Sunday, so we made cinnamon rolls and breakfast casseroles.  Saturday night we had some houseguests arrive, so we visited for a bit and then we all went to bed early.

Sunday morning I went to early Mass so that I could help my mom with the brunch at their church.  I was really disappointed, because the Archbishop was going to be there to celebrate the mid-morning Mass and I would have loved to have seen that...oh well.  Yesterday afternoon I took Smudge to get re-checked at the vet--she's healing perfectly from her surgery and no longer has to wear the cone of shame, for which she is very grateful!  After that I took a much-needed nap before helping Mom clean out the bookshelves upstairs.  According to my mother, she's taking advantage of the fact that she has me here this summer to get me to help her clean out a bunch of things around the house (fine with me...give me a glass of wine and a box and I'll throw stuff away all day long).

Tonight we're having people from my dad's work over for dinner (and we still have houseguests).  I'm making Turkish food!  Iskender kebab (marinated meat with a spicy tomato sauce), homemade pita, and hummus.  Mom's making tapioca pudding for dessert.  So, needless to say, I'll be trying to get to the gym and get in a bit of time on the elliptical this afternoon.  :-)

I'm also anxiously checking my mail every 5 minutes.  Mr. H sent me something from Afghanistan, and it should be here any day now!

eilis1228

@labro @audrewuh and @elle saved them all for my MOH in case she wants to make it. If she doesn't want to make it, then @audrewuh said she'll make one for me. I'd completely forgotten a bow bouquet was even a thing, but I immediately thought of the awesome one your coworker made you last year. It's so pretty!

AuroraRose41

Good morning everyone! FI and I had a pretty uneventful weekend. We had such a crazy week last week that we had some drinks (and a round of shots...that's very rare for us) on Friday night and just watched a ton of Netflix. We were looking for new shows and since I see many of you talk about PLL we started watching that. I am enjoying it but FI isn't really. I will have to get him drunk again because he liked it Friday night after a few drinks . 

Saturday we went to our chiropractor and had muscle therapy as well. The therapist I got this time went very hard on me, and I am still sore from that. Our chiropractor had been out for a few weeks and he went back to his home in Austria. He keeps offering his house to us if we ever want to visit the Alps...FI and I might take him up on that offer! He came back this week and he gave FI and I each a bar of really good German chocolate. FI and I ate half of the dark chocolate bar last night. The other one is a honey almond milk chocolate that we haven't opened yet. 

After that, we went to the local farmer's market. It was really awesome and the park that it is held in feels like a western themed town. It even has a little train that goes around the park, and there was a blacksmithing demonstration going on. We found a gouda filled sausage at the market, and bought that, some broccoli, and zucchini. We went home after that and did some cleaning and a little more unpacking. 

On Sunday, we dropped off the keys to our old apartment (we had some overlap in the leases), and then explored another local park with a lake! You can even go boating on it (which is a rare thing here in SoCal on fresh water lakes). After exploring that park a little we went back home and grilled up the sausage and broccoli for dinner. Then I skyped with one of my best friends. Overall it was a good weekend. 

The railroad:

And the park with a lake:

labro

You should totally have a second HM in the Alps @AuroraRose41. Just sayin'!!! It'd be the perfect thing to do after your Ireland trip.