Thank you for all the readers and blogging friends who left sweet, encouraging comments yesterday when I was feeling down and homesick. Your words brightened my day and I am so thankful for our friendships!
First of all, let me say that we are forecasted to get 2-6inches of fresh snow here today! I am excited about this because the snow is so pretty and I still like it! I love brushing snow off my car in the mornings! Well, maybe not love, but it is definitely better than scrapping ice in the morning!
So now I have my sweetened with sweet-n-low sweet tea in hand, which means I am ready to recap our weekend as promised! Here goes nothing:
Friday night we were planning on having a date night, so once we got home and changed we were back out the door. Our first stop was at the jewelers to see about having my ring sized. They determined that my ring was a whole size to big, so they are sizing it down and I had to leave my wedding band and engagement ring with them. I cannot wait to go back on Friday and pick them up-I think I may be having some separation anxiety! After that we were both hungry so we set out to Ruby Tuesday's (LOVE their salad bar!) but stopped at Hallmark before we got there. This Hallmark is not just any Hallmark. It is HUGE! So huge in fact that they have a Hallmark Christmas Ornament Museum with ornaments that date back to 1980! It was unbelievable. We had a good time looking at all the ornaments and talking about certain ones. We had to take some pictures to share with you because everyone knows how much I LOVE Hallmark and all things it encompasses! We actually spent quite a bit of time in the store and were definitely starving by the time we got back in the car.
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| Do you see all the ornaments? It was so fun to look at all of them! |
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| Me and "Maxine" We are buds now :) |
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| There are some pretty funny ornaments, like this skiing hot dog! |
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| I LOVE all the Barbie ornaments. I actually discovered a love I did not know I had. I can see me one day having a vintage Barbie tree...I would not be surprised to see that in my future! |
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| Check out that computer!?! |
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| Me in Hallmark Heaven! |
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| How cute is this one!? |
Oh yeah, Ruby Tuesday's? That was a bust! The place was packed...apparently everyone in our town like to eat there on a Friday night! So we opted for Chinese Takeout and a movie at home. Fast forward to us with our rice and noodles watching Despicable Me. Usually I am not a fan of animated movies unless it is Disney and includes a princess of sorts, but this movie was totally cute!
Saturday...I got my hair cut! I had not gotten it cut since the day after our wedding 10.3.10, so it was really needed. I absolutely love getting my hair cut and was pretty much in heaven for that hour! Also on Saturday we were headed to the extended family Christmas gathering. This was our last Christmas gathering and included a lot of delicious food! We had a great time eating and then Tim and I sat down for another knitting lesson. I have gotten quite a bit done since then-probably about 5 inches! Not saying I am a pro, but practice does make it easier! I also got to talk to Natalie who is a foreign exchange student from The Netherlands and is staying with The Mr.'s cousin and her family for this school year. It was really great to talk to her and get her thoughts on education here vs. education there and different things. She really misses the cheese and chocolate in The Netherlands she said! :)
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| Snow falling while we were driving. There was way more, it is just really hard to photograph falling snow. No? Maybe it is just me... |
Sunday we went to church at LMCOB and then were able to come home for the afternoon! We did all of our laundry on Saturday during the Christmas gathering so we had Sunday afternoon to ourselves. It was so nice to come home and put comfy clothes on and just snuggle up to a movie. I love lazy Sunday afternoons and girlie chick flicks! After the movie, The Mr. started watching football and I either knit or read for the rest of the evening.
That's all I have for today. I will leave you with a shot of the parking lot where I work...
"Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!"
