No Room... My Life is Full

Kroger Blows!

So, Thanksgiving was good, but I missed my dad.  My mom criticized me about the dark circle under my eye, which I was born with, and she knows that.  I use lots of concealer to hide the damn thing, but sometimes if I'm really tired it shows thru.  She made sure to tell me how terrible I looked yesterday.  Thanks mom.  Luckily, I had 2 glasses of wine by that point and was ready to kick ass.  I slammed some dishes around the kitchen and slid the rolls across the table and yelled in a gruff voice" it's on the table, fix it yourselves!" and walked away.  *chuckle*  I think she got the message.  Anyway, things calmed down after that and we had a nice dinner.

I gotta say I have met up with lots of old friends this year on Facebook and it's been so much fun rekindling those relationships! Just awesome!  I didn't realize I had so many old friends until they started coming out of the woodwork on Facebook.  Life is so full of unexpected turns.  I love life!

I got up super early and went to the gym this morning and nobody was in the cardio section upstairs but like 6 guys and me.  I guess all the gals were shopping.  So, I worked out really hard and then headed over to the grocery store.  I got all my groceries, went thru checkout and my freaking debit card was denied 2 times.  WTF?  I had $500 in there, so it was impossible!  I was so mad at Kroger!  Kroger BLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I let them have it too.   My temper is terrible when stuff like that happens.  I can't help myself.

So, I got home and called my bank hysterical thinking someone had stolen my debit card identity.  Luckily, that wasn't the case and they are issuing me a new card.  I used my card three more times today and it worked fine, so I know it was Kroger's incompetence.  Bastards!

Yeah, the bitch came out in me this weekend.  Sorry everybody!  Just be glad you weren't here with me in person to witness me going from "Zero to Bitch in 60 seconds"!  Bwaa ha ha aha haa!!!

My Doctor Hugged Me!

My doctor hugged me....twice!!!  I had my annual GYN appointment and the past two years she's given me shit about my weight, but this year she was thrilled beyond belief!  She hugged me and told me what I'd been waiting to hear all year long....that I am TINY.  (those were her words, not mine)  Haa ha ha hah aa!!!!!!!!!!!!  She hugged me again and then after I got dressed and headed out the room, she and her nurse said "We can't get over how tiny you are, you look amazing!"  Hee he he hee!!!!  I'm a happy camper, to say the least!!!!!

Thanksgiving is two days away and we are having a very low key Thanksgiving this year.  My mom and brother are coming over and we are just having turkey sandwiches and side dishes...nothing fancy.  None of us are really up for the huge turkey dinner. 

What are you doing????

Weekend Alone

Ron and I haven't had a weekend alone in I don't know how long....so, my mom agreed to keep Camden overnight while we got away.  Austin is old enough to stay home alone.   It's so rare that we are totally and completely alone.  We needed this.

We left Saturday morning for the Leesburg area and hit two wineries.   It was so nice to not have to worry about anybody but ourselves.  We went to Casanel Vineyards and Tarara Vineyards and sampled wines at both.  We purchased a Merlot at Casanel and a Cabernet Savignon at Tarara. 

In the Tasting Barn at Casanel Vineyards.

  In the Tasting Room at Tarara Winery.

After tasting wine and having lunch, we headed to our hotel to check in, then we headed into Historic Leesburg area for some shopping.  I got a little Christmas shopping done at a spa/gift shop.   Wonderful smelling soaps for the two girls I work with. 

Then we went back and rested for a bit before heading out to dinner at a really good seafood restaurant.  I got a delicious swordfish with olive tapenade and mashed potatoes and Ron got hickory grilled salmon and risotto.  It was awesome, but all that heavy food made me kind of sick.  

 

Outside the restaurant.

After we ate, we went to a movie at a small theater in the historic area and saw the new James Bond movie.  I didn't care for it, but it's okay...we never go to movies, so it was fun.  Then we went back to the hotel and drank a bottle of wine.  Mmmmm.......................

This morning we got up and headed to the Lansdowne Resort, which was only 5 minutes away.  I stayed at this beautiful resort with my friends back in the summer of 2007 when we were in town for a Taylor Hicks concert.  Ron and I parked the car and I showed him around and took some photos.

 

 

Good times, good times.  Now I'm home doing laundry and really tired.

Freaking Video!!!

I created two videos this morning for my blog and damn if the first one got all screwed up and cut off in the middle and the second didn't record sound.  WHAT THE FUCK????  Sorry about that!  I'll try again this afternoon!

Camden's Kindergarten Photo

My sweet sugarbeet's Kindergarten photo!

Chocolate!

The chocolate party Friday night was a lot of fun!   I was a bit overwhelmed because the consultant didn't even know how to fix the chocolate martinis and yes, it's her job to know how to fix them.  So, here I was trying to fix 15+ chocolate martinis AND answer my front door at the same time. I was kind of irritated with the consultant, let me tell you.  Then, one friend jumped in and she helped me fix them.  After everybody got a martini and we were settled to listen to the consultant's presentation, I figured it would take oh, 15 or 20 minutes.  Oh, no, this woman took 1 1/2 hours to get thru her presentation.  I was about to die.  My guests were like "when the hell do we get to taste the chocolate?"  I finally got up out of my seat, and popped open the wine bottles and walked over to the chocolate fondue as if to start without the consultant...screw her.  

I swear whenever I do my Southern Living at Home presentations I always keep them to 15 minutes...why on earth go longer than 30 minutes and definately not 1 1/2 hours!  Good grief!  After that was over with, everybody had a blast drinking and eating chocolate!  I think everybody had a fantastic time!

Everybody left around 9:30, except for my friend Pia, who stayed until 11:30.  We drank up the cabernet sagivnon and laughed. 

I have no idea what anybody bought because the consultant took the order forms with her and didn't leave me copies...wtf? 

Yesterday, I went to NY & Co. and got me a new pair of khaki pants.  I haven't had any in a couple years now, so I bought a pair.

Later, we went to my mom's for a memorial birthday dinner for my dad.  His birthday was yesterday and if he were still alive he'd be 65.  We had his favorite, bbq ribs, baked beans, cole slaw, etc.  It was very good. 

I have eaten way too much this weekend, so today I'm cutting way back.  I gotta get back on track.

Chocolate Dreams

Oh good grief!  It's been almost a week since I updated this thing!  Sorrrryyyyyyyyy!!!!!

I've been so  busy this week getting ready for my Dove Chocolate Party tomorrow night!  Oh yes, it's gonna be FUN!!!  The consultant is making chocolate cookies, chocolate mint mousse, chocolate martinis, and a dark chocolate fondue.  I am providing:

Strawberries

Maraschino Cherries

Angel Food Cake (cut in cubes)

Graham Crackers

Pecans

Fortne Cookies

All of these items will be used for the dark chocolate fonude!  Awe yeah, come to Mamma!!!!!!!

I also bought two bottles of white wine, a large bottle of red, a bottle of regular vodka and a bottle of raspberry vodka.  I have about 20 people coming, so it should be a great turnout!!!!!

Brownie Update

A quick update on the broccoli brownies - Camden didn't care for them, but not because they tasted bad.  They were actually pretty good.  They tasted like applecake (because I used apple muffin mix).  They just weren't chocolatey enough for Camden's taste and he's not a fan of apples.  So, next time I will take Elisa's advice and buy regular brownie mix and still mix in the finely chopped broccoli and a little applesauce instead of oil.  He'll love those because they will really taste chocolatey!!!! 

Evil

I am pure evil!  I just baked up some broccoli brownies for Camden. Haa ha ha ha haa!!!!  Camden is a horrendous eater.  He eats nothing, only corn, peanut butter, nuts, american cheese and french fries.  I went to the store and got some apple spice muffin mix and some frozen chopped broccoli.  I thawed out the broccoli, ground it up in my food processor, added to the muffin mix and then squirted in some "sugar free" chocolate syrup...to make it look like chocolate brownies.  Instead of baking them in muffin cups I poured it into a dish and baked them like brownies. 

Yes, I am evil.....I hope he will eat them.  They don't taste very chocolaty, but I'm hoping he won't notice.  The kid desperately needs vegetables, and this is one way I could get them in.  I bet he won't eat the damn brownies.  We'll see.  Haa ha haa!!!

I burnt my wrist on the dish as I was pulling it out of the oven and it has left a terrible burn.  I guess that's my punishment for making broccoli brownies.  Bwawa ha ha ha haa!!!!!

So, I'm sitting here with ice on my wrist and praying Camden eats these damn things!

Shelf

Remember I was re-doing our bathroom a few weeks ago?  We had installed one of those stupid ass floating shelves. Well, it was a piece of shit and never would hang right and was leaning all freaky.  Word of Advice....NEVER BUY A FLOATING SHELF FROM TARGET, THEY SUCK!  Get your floating shelf at IKEA.  I hear they are the best place to get them. 

Anyway, so last weekend Ron purchased some wooden bracket things and I painted them and then he hung them up to support the shelf.  I think it turned out great!  I put three glass votives filled with river rocks and then Camden brought me some dried fall leaves from outside.  Yay, I'm done!

 

 

(I don't know why my walls look purple in this photo, but they're not.)