Red Lady came over Friday after work so we could exercise and get the yard sale stuff unloaded from her truck to my office. When we were out walking we ran into Jade who was also out walking! LOL. We walked together back to Jade's house and then continued on our way home where we got even more exercise by unloading Red's mountain of stuff. :) I was glad she brought a bunch of things to sell because I had a lot less than what I thought I had.
Red left so that she could get some rest and I ended up staying up until about 1AM sorting clothes and getting things ready. I went to bed and before I knew it, it was Saturday morning.....My alarm was going off and it was time to get up and DO IT!
I got ready and started dragging things outside. I got my very first customer before I finished setting up AND before Jade and Red showed up. (Haha, slackers!!!) By the time Red got there, she had already made about $30.00!!
We had a fun morning together. We made about $180 between the three of us and I couldn't have been in better company. (I think that's pretty good for chillin' in the shade while people pay you for your old junk - Gotta love a yard sale!! We'll be doing it again soon, I'm sure!)
After we cleaned up the mess and everyone went home, I was ready for a nap! I did a few things, took a shower and went to bed! Supa was working and the kids were playing video games so I knew if I was napping, this was my chance.
I slept until Supa was on his way home from work. He called to wake me up so I could get ready for DATE REDEMPTION. We failed on our first attempt so it was time to try again! We were not giving up!
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| I even got my "date" to buy me a large Icee! They are my absolute favorite!! ;) |
I was pretty excited about playing miniature golf since I haven't in such a long time. We had a blast and laughed a bunch. There was no arguing that's for sure. We did have a little friend watching over us.
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| See the baby praying mantis there on the ledge? I was freaking out but I did manage to take a photo! |
Supa warned me that they jump (Ha, like I was going to wait around long enough to find out!) I hurried past him and apparently he saw us because he started running like hell down the ledge towards us! Thankfully we have longer legs and he failed to keep up. Sneaky bastard!
Frankie's fun park, here where we live at least, isn't in that great of condition. It's old and needs work but I will say that their flowers were in full bloom and that made for some really pretty surroundings. Supa took a couple of flower photos for me:
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| They were everywhere!!! |
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| Along the way there were purple flowers that I had never seen before and I wanted to stop and take more pictures but there was a group behind us and we needed all the time we could to try to get our holes in one! LOL |
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| SO close!! :) Maybe I'll be able to beat him next time?! We'll see! I may have to declare a rematch very soon! |
When we got home, Supa started cooking dinner for us. He made a recipe that I just found in a Rachael Ray magazine for "healthy" chicken fettuccine alfredo. It had about half the fat and calories as normal alfredo so we decided to try it. When you're Italian and are used to eating tons of pasta and then you can't eat it, well, it makes me a little crazy. SO, we are looking for healthy alternatives and we found one! Supa's "healthy" alfredo was very delicious!! The kids loved it too and we will definitely be making that one again.
Right after dinner, Jade and Cat Mama showed up. Cat was spending the night with Dazzle and Neon while Jade and I had a date with Super Bass and Patient Woman to play cards. Supa decided he was going to play his video games while us women had some girl time.
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| Jade, these buttery nipples were actually better than I thought they were going to be. YUMMY!! |
Again, the weather was beautiful so we hung out on the back deck the whole time. We played spades for a while and we also played my homemade version of the Pyramid Game. Fun, fun, fun!!!
We had a great time with our new friends and I can't wait to go it again. We WILL be going to their house next time so that we can see where they hang. AND so we can take full advantage of the fact that our friends have a pool, jk! :) LOL, a girl loves to swim!
I had quite a few adult beverages that night....About 5 maybe? So, after everyone left, I invited Supa to take full advantage of me! Heehee!! Well, it was fun and that sort of thing is great for keeping a marriage healthy so we should take advantage of each other as much as possible! Supa was NOT complaining one bit!
Sunday morning when the alarm went off at 6AM, I planned on getting up to cut the grass (it's getting to be my standard Sunday morning exercise thing) but I sure didn't feel like it! I was slightly hung over. I definitely had the "DAD's". (For newbies, Day After Drinking Shits) While I was sitting on the toilet taking care of that issue, I realized I had a slight headache. I was pretty thankful that it wasn't pounding but I still needed some Excedrin Migraine ASAP! Even though I was a prisoner to my own toilet for a ridiculous amount of time, I did get ready and make it outside by 6:40ish. Supa was already gone to work by this time and the kids were sleeping peacefully. Copper came outside to watch over me and make sure I didn't miss a spot. :)
After cutting the grass
Again, I was going to skate with them but it just didn't happen. I wanted to rest and read and that's exactly what I did.
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| This was Dazzle's skate foot and my "I don't think so", non-skate foot. LOL! |
After 2 1/2 hours of skating (and the kids called it quits, not me) we went back home where I promptly fell asleep on the couch for about an hour. When Supa got off of work, he called to wake me up so that I could get up and get ready for our second phase of our date.
We decided last week that we needed 2 different kinds of dates. One where we DO something fun together (hence, Frankie's) and one where we eat together so we can just TALK without fighting. So, we promised the kids Little Caesar's pizza and bread sticks and a movie at home so that we could go out and eat alone. They were very happy with that arrangement (you say pizza and they are putty in your hands ;) We also wanted to test run the kids staying home alone in the dark because Dazzle is getting old enough to handle that and any extra parental freedom would be amazing!
Date Phase 2:
Supa took me to Tsunami (Japanese steakhouse/sushi bar). That's the same place the girls took me for my birthday dinner. Remember this?
Supa had never been there so I wanted him to taste how good the food was!
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| Crab, mandarin oranges, cucumber, ginger, vinegar, delicious spices and soy. YUM!!! |
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| Beef spring rolls with Japanese slaw. YUM!! Supa loved them! |
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| I got shrimp and chicken. Supa had chicken and steak. Both were so great and I was full in no time! |
More than half of my food got boxed up (yay, my stomach is shrinking!) and I ate some of it at my desk just now for lunch. It tasted great left over too!!
We had a nice time. We laughed and talked and didn't argue one bit. We left from dinner and ran to Walmart for a few things that we needed. We usually argue in Walmart because we don't agree on what to buy but not this time! We breezed through without any issues.
Date Phase 2: Success!!
The kids were fine when we got home. They were full of pizza and bread sticks and had just finished watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit. (Great movie btw!) They weren't worried about it being 9:30PM and dark outside when we got home at all. We are always blown away by how responsible both the kids are and I'm very happy to be able to get away for a little while with my husband if I need to. Since the kids are older now, I'm starting to see that if we don't do adult things and nurture our marriage, we won't have one. SO, I think it's time to take a little more adult time then we have in the past 13 years and maybe that will help us to remember how we fell in love (pre-children) in the first place.
So, here I am at work. Now it's 3 PM and I'm just watching the time on the clock drag by so I can get myself back home. I did have a couple of presents waiting on me when I clocked in this morning (that made me very happy for a Monday morning)!!
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| I love reading magazines at my desk (or on the toilet, haha!) and I was going to go out and actually BUY the Breaking Dawn 2 Entertainment edition so the fact that it was waiting for me when I arrived at work was a priceless surprise! Thank you special co-worker that loves to shower me with gifts of magazines!!! You rock!!! |
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| Watch Dannon! They are expiring soon! :) Thanks Uncle Darling! You are so awesome!!! Keep them coming! Red took some of the Dannon coupons so that we could use them up before they expire. WOOT! Team work! |
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