Yeah, We're Back (or something like that) Part 3

Good morning, friends!!  It's Monday morning (and I would usually be half asleep at my desk) but today I got on the treadmill before work so I am wide open!!  I'm ready to hopefully blog you to death and get the rest of this vacation post completed between today and tomorrow. 

Where did I leave off?  Oh yeah, Sunday night we had leftovers for dinner and on Monday......

Dazzle wasn't feeling too good.  I guess she caught Supa's stupid sinus infection.  I had to have Aunt pick her up some meds and start drugging her up right away so she didn't feel bad for too long.  Poor Dazz!!

Aunt Darling set us up to have a meeting with our cousin, we'll call him Mada Darling.  He's a financial advisor and he gave us some great information (to think about) about planning for our future and retirement.  I'm glad that we have someone that we really can trust to help us out financially.  That is very important to me.  Good idea, Aunt!!

After meeting with Mada, Grampa, Aunt, Supa, Dazzle, Neon and I went to Applebee's for lunch.  The Applebee's at home are disgusting so I was hesitant but we had a really great lunch!  I was pleasantly surprised.  The service sucked and the waitress needed to get a clue but the food was good.

You passed this time Applebee's.  I guess we might try you at home now.  We'll see.

We kind of hung out for the rest of the afternoon.  Getting our relaxation on was fine with us! 

Another one of my Aunts invited us over for dinner and she had a pretty big spread waiting for us.

Yeah, so this is probably one of the reasons I gained like 10 lbs. while we were home.  LOL 

We had a nice visit and then it was back home.  Too full to do much else, I think we went to bed early this night. 

Tuesday morning when I woke up, I saw the pile of laundry that had collected, let out a little shriek that I let it get that bad and announced to Supa that we HAD to do laundry TODAY!!  LOL

Aunt said when the laundry is higher up than the stove, you have clothes issues.  Haha! 

After a load of laundry was started (by Supa), we were off to have breakfast at our favorite breakfast spot, Blues Cafe.  Blues has been open for a very long time.  Longer than I have been alive.  This is the type of cafe where you see the same exact people every single time you go.  Even if we only eat there once a year (or several times during one visit, once a year) we see the same exact, faithful patrons having breakfast and sitting in the same booths.  It's so cool to see that!  Grampa, Aunt, and Mom eat there every Saturday morning.  It's been a tradition as long as I can remember.

They have the BEST biscuits and sausage gravy I have ever had, anywhere.  And I am one hell of a food critic if you ask me.  I've eaten it all, twice.

My plate.  Just looking at it again made me start drooling!!



Dazzle's bacon and cheese omelet.  YUM!  She ate the whole damn thing!!



Neon's pancake and bacon.  He can only eat one because they are pretty big.



Guess who else got biscuits and gravy??!!  Supa!  :)

 When we were finished with breakfast done licking our plates clean, Aunt suggested that we take the kids to do something fun for a while.  We decided to take them to the Exploration Station (a hands on kids museum) that is only a few blocks away from our house.  We've been there several times and we never get sick of it. 


The outside of the Exploration Station.



Dazzle serving me pizza and charging me an arm and a leg for it!! 



Okay, even I was creeped out about walking into THIS....The dragon's lair!!



Mom drew the penguin on the left.  Dazzle drew the little penguin to the right. 
I expressed my love for all things Edward Cullen.  :)

When we came across the dinosaur room, I found some awesome (semi-smart ass) wall art that I immediately fell in love with:

Sometimes, I need THIS much motivation!  Especially in the mornings!



What a cute idea for a kids room!!  :)  I made sure to stand right next to the kids when I saw this. 
I didn't want to get eaten!



Because if you don't, he has plenty.

We had a blast as usual. 

When we got back home, Uncle Darling was there to visit.  We sat around for a while, playing "Draw Something" on all of our electronic devices.  (If you haven't downloaded the "Draw Something" app on your phone or electronic device yet, go ahead and do it.  It's so fun!  It reminds me of the old game show "Win, Lose or Draw".)

Aunt Darling said, "I have to draw Adele.  What is that?"  Baahahahahahahahaha!!  Apparently, Aunt has been living under a rock!!  I said, "Um, 9 time Grammy award winning singer, Adele."  LOL, she's forgiven but I swear I'm making her an Adele CD so she can understand.

Mom is a pro at "Draw Something".  I'm kind of jealous.  

People that draw or paint professionally should be banned!  LOL  Seeing as how the artist gene skipped me completely, she is way out of my league!

We decided it was a good time to go to Uncle Darling's house and visit his 13 foster dogs.  Supa, Mom, Dazzle, Neon and I ran to Ultra to get a few groceries and then we were off to see the pups!!  (I had so much fun petting them, I didn't take very many pics)  There were so many dogs that I had to write their names down:

He has :  Bella, Brady, Max, Bree, Cubby, Parker, Baxter, Harvey, Harley, Anna, Buster, Brandi and Hershey.  That is a mouthful if they are all misbehaving at the same time!!! 


This is Neon running through the yard and a few of the dogs chasing him.  They were barking their heads off and sniffing us like crazy!  For some reason, every time Neon ran, they ran after him!  It was impossible to get them all in one picture.



Max!!  Max is one of my favorites.  He is pretty elderly and one of the only pups that would let me hold him.  He was so sweet and warm in my arms!!  :)



Another one of my favorites, Bella.  She loves anyone that has hands ready to pet her!  :) 
This is a picture that Uncle Darling sent to me a while back.

 Just to clarify, Uncle Darling is not an animal hoarder :)  He and his wife foster dogs that were abused or neglected.  They have 13 now but they are all small sized dogs, mostly dachshunds.  I'm glad they could give them a loving home and I know they sure are fun to play with!!

Afterwards, we went back to the house.  We were all missing Odie and Copper already and then after we visited Uncle Darling's dogs, we were missing them even more!  Nearly came to the rescue and sent us some pics of them!


Aww! Sweet Copper behaving at home with Nearly!



Odie, on the couch as usual. 

Mom, Aunt and the kids made some birdseed art out back:

They lay the birdseed down in patterns so the birds and squirrels will be entertained while they eat.  ;)

Aunt and I finished cleaning out the sewing room and then it was time to cook dinner.  I cooked dinner for all of us.  Supa did help me (in between loads of laundry).  I made meatloaf, homemade mashed potatoes and veggies.  It was yummy and we were pleasantly surprised when Mada's brother, Sivart, stopped by to have dinner with us.  Good food, good company!  Yay! 

After Sivart went home and dinner was cleaned up, I was beat.  Supa finished the last load of laundry  (Yes, he washed, dried, folded and carried upstairs all the laundry.  :)  That was a really nice, big help.  Thank you for being so sweet, Supa!!!) and I was ready for bed!!

Wednesday....

To Be Continued...........

XXOO,

Apple