It has been some time since the last update and we have done quite a bit so hopefully I won't miss much.
We will start with the most recent and work back:
October 11th:
We spent most of our Saturday at the Nissan dealership but it was well worth it when Brandon was able to walk away with a 4 door, 4 wheel drive Frontier. A needed space upgrade and something that will work well with us for our future. Couldn't be happier for the deal we made or for him being able to get the truck that he wanted. Which was followed by inhaling lunch at Five Guys, always delicious.
October 4th:
No..no no no no no! Annabelle! We went to the theater to watch Annabelle the opening weekend. The freaking doll creeps me out! But it really was a good movie and not overall scary. They did a better job than most to work in a back story after the movie is already out. Definitely worth a watch.
September 28th:
We took a weekend trip to the Dirty South: Atlanta! and spent Sunday going to quite a few of the walking dead locations around GA. It was Amazing! So much fun to visit all those places together and made us want to go back to Atlanta again. Of course I will have to do a photo dumb after this but we were able to go to a good amount of places from the first couple of seasons, and we were even able to tour one of the more popular ones. Then we were able to spend most of our afternoon in Woodbury! the place I was the most excited to visit was actually an adorable little town. My god it was so cute.
September 27th:
Was our first day in Atlanta after our drive we went to the aquarium and the world of coke, this was our tourist day. The aquarium was by far better than any of the ones I have been to in the past. It was huge and had so much to see, including two...TWO kinds of otters. He indulged me to act like a 4 year old and stare at them for a good amount of time. After that it was a quick walk over to the world of coke. It had some goods points and we were able to try some coke products from around the world. Some good some awful! That killed most of our day so we checked in to our hotel then headed out to a nice dinner at Red & Green Brazilian Steak House: another rodizio style restaurant.
September 17th:
My car was a mess and I was pretty much forced to get a new one. Sadly this isn't something that we were able to do together but it still worked out and I ended up with a new Rouge.
September 13th:
Our 6 month anniversary was spent at a lovely restaurant in Charlotte, LuLu's House. We were able to find a living social deal for this which worked out very nicely. We shared a cheese place and both learned that we. do. not. like. blue cheese. Bleh. But that was quickly followed by a couple of amazing steaks and an unbelievable chocolate mousse dessert. Good food, good company, and an great occasion. I wouldn't have asked for anything more.
Our 7 month anniversary is actually tomorrow, hard to believe that 7 months have passed by this quickly. There is no one I would have rather spent it with and no one I could imagine spending the rest of my life with.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
The end of summer is coming! a quick update
About time in my opinion but that did lead us to the End of Summer Weenie Roast [September 6th]
Brandon's dad wanted to go to a concert for his birthday so we ended up getting tickets for the weenie roast. 92 degrees out and sunny with the smell of burned hippie ass in the wind.I can't say this seems quite like our venue but when in Rome. It started out like a bit of a mess because they had two stages going the entire time which we weren't expecting so we ended up missing one of the bands that we did want to see. But we still caught some good acts. The good ones were Fuel, Fitz and the Tantrums and Weezer. Foster the people played as well which I suppose they did well just wasn't a big fan. We both had some grumpy attitudes but I would chalk that up to heat and hippie ass. Can't say it lived up to the thrill of Linkin Park and 30 Seconds to Mars but everyone did have a good time and his Dad enjoyed it which was the most important thing. It was nice to be able to do that for him.
Aside from that we haven't done too much, he has been kind enough to start teaching me to drive manual since it is something I have never done. We are working through that slowly since I am a terrible student but he has been very patient and kind with me in the learning process. We ended up having the cops called on on because we are clearly very suspicious people. Luckily nothing came from it when the cop found out that was all we were doing.
We have been catching on up The Walking Dead in preparation for our trip to Atlanta in November, seen a couple of movies but that's about it. This weekend we have a little more planned since we are celebrating out 6 month anniversary :) something wonderful. I have been lucky enough to have this wonderful guy in my life for 6 months so far and it is still only the beginning. But I guess you will just have to stay tuned for the rest.
Brandon's dad wanted to go to a concert for his birthday so we ended up getting tickets for the weenie roast. 92 degrees out and sunny with the smell of burned hippie ass in the wind.I can't say this seems quite like our venue but when in Rome. It started out like a bit of a mess because they had two stages going the entire time which we weren't expecting so we ended up missing one of the bands that we did want to see. But we still caught some good acts. The good ones were Fuel, Fitz and the Tantrums and Weezer. Foster the people played as well which I suppose they did well just wasn't a big fan. We both had some grumpy attitudes but I would chalk that up to heat and hippie ass. Can't say it lived up to the thrill of Linkin Park and 30 Seconds to Mars but everyone did have a good time and his Dad enjoyed it which was the most important thing. It was nice to be able to do that for him.
Aside from that we haven't done too much, he has been kind enough to start teaching me to drive manual since it is something I have never done. We are working through that slowly since I am a terrible student but he has been very patient and kind with me in the learning process. We ended up having the cops called on on because we are clearly very suspicious people. Luckily nothing came from it when the cop found out that was all we were doing.
We have been catching on up The Walking Dead in preparation for our trip to Atlanta in November, seen a couple of movies but that's about it. This weekend we have a little more planned since we are celebrating out 6 month anniversary :) something wonderful. I have been lucky enough to have this wonderful guy in my life for 6 months so far and it is still only the beginning. But I guess you will just have to stay tuned for the rest.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Fuffies and concerts and knights, oh my!
Well it seems again I have let this slip behind, partially because of terrible internet and partially because of laziness. We haven't done too much since the last update but the things we did were fairly large so it is well beyond time for an update:
Monday August 11th:
Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! I hope someone understands that.. In any case we finally made it to see The Fluffy movie, something we were freaking out about as soon as we heard about it. After a few issues actually trying to get into the theater since it was a late night showing we did make it in. The movie was fantastic and hilarious. Exactly what you would except from Fluffy. We have been fans of his for a while so it was nice to be able to finally catch the movie, pretty sure it was the last showing in the area at least. Nothing like a completely empty movie theater to be able to joke around and laugh as loud and as much as you want. Hopefully one day we will actually be able to watch him in person, a girl can dream.
Tuesday August 13th:
The big event if you will. This was the day 5 months in the making. We went to the Carnivores Tour, with AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park. Brandon has wanted to see Linkin Park live for a long time so we made an event out of it. Luckily he already booked the time off from his old job, and I wasn't starting my new one yet so it worked out nicely. We reserved a hotel room down in Charlotte and to save us from having to deal with the hassle of driving in Charlotte and parking at the concert (plus a little extra luxury) we used Lyft to drive to and from the concert. The concert was absolutely amazing. I've never been to a show like that and couldn't have asked for anything better. 30 Seconds to Mars spent most of their set in the audience, at one point Leto was only a handful of row in front of us. But the big deal was obviously Linkin Park: Wow just wow. They put on an unbelievable show. High energy the crow was loving it jumping and singing along fantastic at every step. This concert brought me around to the other side of understanding the great appeal of concerts. Even with a couple of issues along the way the night couldn't be ruined. It was great to be able to make one of Brandon's smaller wishes come true and I would never have had that experience if we weren't together. That adventure set the bar for our future concerts pretty high, we'll have to see if Atlanta can live up to it.
Wednesday August 14th:
We wanted to do a little something to celebrate both of our new job and our anniversary was the next day so we ate out at a nice restaurant. Brandon has wanted to try a Rodizzio style restaurant since he heard about one from his brother. Well a groupon for one just happened to pop up for one at the perfect time. Oh my god, meat. The whole thing is one giant all you can eat meat-fest. All of them were delicious, well cooked and high quality. We stuffed ourselves for probably over an hour on different meats, I don't believe either of us tried the same thing twice. Plus they were still bring out other things as we were waiting and leaving. Expensive but a nice treat.
Sunday August 16th:
An unexpected opportunity presented itself on the way back to my house. Our downtown does a salute to soldiers event, well Sunday was the classic car show and parade. We had no idea about it until actually driving through the downtown area. There were a couple hundred classic cars in our little downtown. We called my dad who met us up there and spent a good 3 hours walking around. Even if that wasn't enough there were more cars constantly streaming in even as we were leaving. Pretty cool to see that man cars in this little town, not something I would have expected at all.
Sunday August 24th:
Months ago Brandon ordered tickets for the CLT Knights game and it was finally the day. We were worried about how the weather would turn out since it was supposed to be raining most of the day but luckily for us all it did was cover the area in a blanket of clouds. It worked out nicely since that way it wasn't sweltering hot like it has been. The game was a different experience from the Crawdad's game that was have been going to since these guys seemed to actually know what they were doing and didn't spend half the time dropping the ball. The home team won in extra innings, which was really a win-win situation for me since he was kind enough to get us tickets to a game where they were playing the O's affiliates (so sweet). Havent seen many game so into extra innings so that was a great for me as well. We ended up with some good picture to document our adventures together. And actually when we were walking around, he stopped for a minute, but I ended up being fairly close to a foul ball. Not close enough to catch but it was still neat to see. Maybe next time.
We haven't been as active on adventures as we normally are as we are both settling into the new jobs so there has been a lot of lazy time. A few meals out with great company and conversation, some not so nice meals out that we are still dealing with. Sadly we have gotten out of our habit of cooking together so we are going to be working on that this week sometime. Plus we are planning some adventures that are later in the near future. I will have to do the pictures from the concert, car show and baseball game when I am back on my own computer.
Monday August 11th:
Fluffy! Fluffy! Fluffy! I hope someone understands that.. In any case we finally made it to see The Fluffy movie, something we were freaking out about as soon as we heard about it. After a few issues actually trying to get into the theater since it was a late night showing we did make it in. The movie was fantastic and hilarious. Exactly what you would except from Fluffy. We have been fans of his for a while so it was nice to be able to finally catch the movie, pretty sure it was the last showing in the area at least. Nothing like a completely empty movie theater to be able to joke around and laugh as loud and as much as you want. Hopefully one day we will actually be able to watch him in person, a girl can dream.
Tuesday August 13th:
The big event if you will. This was the day 5 months in the making. We went to the Carnivores Tour, with AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park. Brandon has wanted to see Linkin Park live for a long time so we made an event out of it. Luckily he already booked the time off from his old job, and I wasn't starting my new one yet so it worked out nicely. We reserved a hotel room down in Charlotte and to save us from having to deal with the hassle of driving in Charlotte and parking at the concert (plus a little extra luxury) we used Lyft to drive to and from the concert. The concert was absolutely amazing. I've never been to a show like that and couldn't have asked for anything better. 30 Seconds to Mars spent most of their set in the audience, at one point Leto was only a handful of row in front of us. But the big deal was obviously Linkin Park: Wow just wow. They put on an unbelievable show. High energy the crow was loving it jumping and singing along fantastic at every step. This concert brought me around to the other side of understanding the great appeal of concerts. Even with a couple of issues along the way the night couldn't be ruined. It was great to be able to make one of Brandon's smaller wishes come true and I would never have had that experience if we weren't together. That adventure set the bar for our future concerts pretty high, we'll have to see if Atlanta can live up to it.
Wednesday August 14th:
We wanted to do a little something to celebrate both of our new job and our anniversary was the next day so we ate out at a nice restaurant. Brandon has wanted to try a Rodizzio style restaurant since he heard about one from his brother. Well a groupon for one just happened to pop up for one at the perfect time. Oh my god, meat. The whole thing is one giant all you can eat meat-fest. All of them were delicious, well cooked and high quality. We stuffed ourselves for probably over an hour on different meats, I don't believe either of us tried the same thing twice. Plus they were still bring out other things as we were waiting and leaving. Expensive but a nice treat.
Sunday August 16th:
An unexpected opportunity presented itself on the way back to my house. Our downtown does a salute to soldiers event, well Sunday was the classic car show and parade. We had no idea about it until actually driving through the downtown area. There were a couple hundred classic cars in our little downtown. We called my dad who met us up there and spent a good 3 hours walking around. Even if that wasn't enough there were more cars constantly streaming in even as we were leaving. Pretty cool to see that man cars in this little town, not something I would have expected at all.
Sunday August 24th:
Months ago Brandon ordered tickets for the CLT Knights game and it was finally the day. We were worried about how the weather would turn out since it was supposed to be raining most of the day but luckily for us all it did was cover the area in a blanket of clouds. It worked out nicely since that way it wasn't sweltering hot like it has been. The game was a different experience from the Crawdad's game that was have been going to since these guys seemed to actually know what they were doing and didn't spend half the time dropping the ball. The home team won in extra innings, which was really a win-win situation for me since he was kind enough to get us tickets to a game where they were playing the O's affiliates (so sweet). Havent seen many game so into extra innings so that was a great for me as well. We ended up with some good picture to document our adventures together. And actually when we were walking around, he stopped for a minute, but I ended up being fairly close to a foul ball. Not close enough to catch but it was still neat to see. Maybe next time.
We haven't been as active on adventures as we normally are as we are both settling into the new jobs so there has been a lot of lazy time. A few meals out with great company and conversation, some not so nice meals out that we are still dealing with. Sadly we have gotten out of our habit of cooking together so we are going to be working on that this week sometime. Plus we are planning some adventures that are later in the near future. I will have to do the pictures from the concert, car show and baseball game when I am back on my own computer.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Where has my head been
I suppose we haven't had too many outward adventures lately but there have been big things happening.
As per the last post we did go to the Delmarva vs Hickory game. Wouldn't you know it there were a few large pockets of O's fans around the stadium, it was awesome. Maybe they weren't the most exuberant fans but they were there. We did have an issue at the game which I am still trying to get over but I still feel petty about. It was a promotion night which we were unable to get. We were there early but they weren't set up in time. No big deal but when I asked about it their reps acted shady and lied about it. So wasn't thrilled with how it was handled, I would have appreciated an honest own up. But there isn't much to do in this town and I promised to take my Dad to another game since he was unable to make it to this one.But the larger shock was the fact that Hickory actually won the game. This is practically unheard of. Knew it would happen the one time that we weren't rooting for them.
Since then it has mostly been staying in and some more cooking. Times have called for being lazy and we have both also been dealing with allergies/illness lately so that does take a lot out of you. But we have made more plans for later on, a couple of concerts and some celebrations. Celebrating what you ask?
I have been out of work for a few months now and been going bat shit crazy about not working, economic times are tough and the job market in my field is hit and miss so it has been difficult. Well I did find what looks like a fantastic job with a wonderful boss.Of course you never really know until things start up but it is an opportunity to get back to work and move forward. I was offered a position and should start in the next week or so.
However I'm not the only one with big news, this week he also was offered a new job. Unfortunately we will be working conflicting hours so I handled it like tool and ended up being weepy about it. We have been spoiled early on being able to talk through most of the day and then for a while in the evenings before bed. So I felt super selfish about the time we will lose, and whenever there is feeling selfish, guilt will soon follow. But I am lucky enough to have someone that is able to keep me grounded and remind me what a wonderful guy he is and that we will just do what we can to make it work. This is a great chance for him to start somewhere new. There have been things going on at his current job that haven't been so wonderful. Plus he will now have a set schedule, working less hour, and better pay. That's what all new jobs should be able to offer! Very proud of him for taking this chance.
We originally planned to celebrate my job and illness got in the way of that so we are going to celebrate both accomplishments this coming weekend. We have planned a nice dinner at one of those Brazilian Rodizio style restaurants. He mentioned a while back wanting to go to a different one but we found a groupon for a similar style.So we jumped on it and hopefully it will be fantastic. Can't say either of us have been to this sort of thing so it will be a new experience for both of us.
As per the last post we did go to the Delmarva vs Hickory game. Wouldn't you know it there were a few large pockets of O's fans around the stadium, it was awesome. Maybe they weren't the most exuberant fans but they were there. We did have an issue at the game which I am still trying to get over but I still feel petty about. It was a promotion night which we were unable to get. We were there early but they weren't set up in time. No big deal but when I asked about it their reps acted shady and lied about it. So wasn't thrilled with how it was handled, I would have appreciated an honest own up. But there isn't much to do in this town and I promised to take my Dad to another game since he was unable to make it to this one.But the larger shock was the fact that Hickory actually won the game. This is practically unheard of. Knew it would happen the one time that we weren't rooting for them.
I have been out of work for a few months now and been going bat shit crazy about not working, economic times are tough and the job market in my field is hit and miss so it has been difficult. Well I did find what looks like a fantastic job with a wonderful boss.Of course you never really know until things start up but it is an opportunity to get back to work and move forward. I was offered a position and should start in the next week or so.
However I'm not the only one with big news, this week he also was offered a new job. Unfortunately we will be working conflicting hours so I handled it like tool and ended up being weepy about it. We have been spoiled early on being able to talk through most of the day and then for a while in the evenings before bed. So I felt super selfish about the time we will lose, and whenever there is feeling selfish, guilt will soon follow. But I am lucky enough to have someone that is able to keep me grounded and remind me what a wonderful guy he is and that we will just do what we can to make it work. This is a great chance for him to start somewhere new. There have been things going on at his current job that haven't been so wonderful. Plus he will now have a set schedule, working less hour, and better pay. That's what all new jobs should be able to offer! Very proud of him for taking this chance.
We originally planned to celebrate my job and illness got in the way of that so we are going to celebrate both accomplishments this coming weekend. We have planned a nice dinner at one of those Brazilian Rodizio style restaurants. He mentioned a while back wanting to go to a different one but we found a groupon for a similar style.So we jumped on it and hopefully it will be fantastic. Can't say either of us have been to this sort of thing so it will be a new experience for both of us.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Lazy weekend-Not
We geared up to have a lazy weekend at home, and by lazy weekend I pretty much mean no reason to put on adult clothes and deal with the outside world. However that rarely works out as planned.
Friday (July 18th): After he made it up here from work and having to stop at the sheriff's office we had to deal with the mall. Neither of us particularly care for the mall for several reason but the two big ones are that they don't allow guns and, well, the people. But this time it was necessary, for several months any time we were around the mall Brandon was trying to coax me into letting him buy me an Orioles hat and I kept protesting. Well next week we are seeing one of their affiliates, the Delmarva Shorebirds play the Hickory Crawdads, so I finally broke down. We headed to the mall in search of something to support Birdland. We ended up having to go to two stores, one didn't have the selection of O's stuff that they did before and they didn't have his size in hats. The second seemed like just as much of a lost cause on my end, but we did find his hat. Then as the last second when I was giving up my hero found a hat for me hiding behind the other. Lucky girl.
Saturday (July 19th): That day included waking up entirely too early and making breakfast. We made toast bowls again, which ended up being a little more of a mess than the first time. He forgot to butter both sides of the bread so they didn't get as toasty as last time and I managed to turn the oven off when I went to turn it up so the darn things would finish cooking. Although a bit of a mess to get there the end product still tasted pretty good. I blame waking up too early. After that we headed out to our gun dealer's shop to put some money down on a new toy. We originally planned to go to the movies but it just wasn't in the cards. We went out in search of a gift. The rest of the day was mostly spent being lazy since some unexpected plans came up for Sunday.
Sunday (July 20th): We headed down to Gastonia for his brother's surprise birthday party, hence the gift. We spent a while down there waiting for the festivities to start. It was full of two munchkins running around, a little time helping decorate and keeping the littlest one from smacking someone with bricks. His brother seemed fairly happy to see people and he liked his shirt that Brandon got him. After that we headed back so we would be able to cook, so he would have lunch the next day. We tried a new recipe for crispy honey pork chops. Turned out fairly well for a first attempt but there are a couple things that we will need to alter for the next time we make it.
I was lucky enough to end up with an extra day with him this week. He forgot some stuff at the house and ended up coming back here Monday after work. But I will back track a bit, we also found out we were going to be able to get free tickets to a Panther's game from a guy he works with. I have wanted to go to a game for a little while now and added it to our little (well not so little) list of so if we get the chance...So we were able to set up plans to go to a game in December vs the Tampa Bucs. Neither of us are super huge football fans, him probably less so than me but he is being a good sport and going into it with an open mind. Again, lucky girl. But back to the extra time. We made plans to bake the delicious bakewells again but that ended up being a flop. The dough just wouldn't set and ended up having to add way too much flour to it which messed up the taste. We ditched that plan and headed to Sonic to get milkshakes, then detoured to Krispy Kreme for doughnuts instead. We came back and worked on some of his stuff for wok which ended up being more difficult than anticipated but it needed to be done. Perhaps not our most adventurous night but being with him is always worth it.
Misc:
We firmed up some plans to go away for VA to go camping with some of my family. which means I went into super planing mode of things. The first isn't until the end of September through the beginning of October and I already have lists going. And we also added plans for another concert to our list. Funny I went 25 years without going to an actual concert then we meet and we are going to 4 in a matter of a couple of months, not that I am complaining.
Friday (July 18th): After he made it up here from work and having to stop at the sheriff's office we had to deal with the mall. Neither of us particularly care for the mall for several reason but the two big ones are that they don't allow guns and, well, the people. But this time it was necessary, for several months any time we were around the mall Brandon was trying to coax me into letting him buy me an Orioles hat and I kept protesting. Well next week we are seeing one of their affiliates, the Delmarva Shorebirds play the Hickory Crawdads, so I finally broke down. We headed to the mall in search of something to support Birdland. We ended up having to go to two stores, one didn't have the selection of O's stuff that they did before and they didn't have his size in hats. The second seemed like just as much of a lost cause on my end, but we did find his hat. Then as the last second when I was giving up my hero found a hat for me hiding behind the other. Lucky girl.
Saturday (July 19th): That day included waking up entirely too early and making breakfast. We made toast bowls again, which ended up being a little more of a mess than the first time. He forgot to butter both sides of the bread so they didn't get as toasty as last time and I managed to turn the oven off when I went to turn it up so the darn things would finish cooking. Although a bit of a mess to get there the end product still tasted pretty good. I blame waking up too early. After that we headed out to our gun dealer's shop to put some money down on a new toy. We originally planned to go to the movies but it just wasn't in the cards. We went out in search of a gift. The rest of the day was mostly spent being lazy since some unexpected plans came up for Sunday.
Sunday (July 20th): We headed down to Gastonia for his brother's surprise birthday party, hence the gift. We spent a while down there waiting for the festivities to start. It was full of two munchkins running around, a little time helping decorate and keeping the littlest one from smacking someone with bricks. His brother seemed fairly happy to see people and he liked his shirt that Brandon got him. After that we headed back so we would be able to cook, so he would have lunch the next day. We tried a new recipe for crispy honey pork chops. Turned out fairly well for a first attempt but there are a couple things that we will need to alter for the next time we make it.
I was lucky enough to end up with an extra day with him this week. He forgot some stuff at the house and ended up coming back here Monday after work. But I will back track a bit, we also found out we were going to be able to get free tickets to a Panther's game from a guy he works with. I have wanted to go to a game for a little while now and added it to our little (well not so little) list of so if we get the chance...So we were able to set up plans to go to a game in December vs the Tampa Bucs. Neither of us are super huge football fans, him probably less so than me but he is being a good sport and going into it with an open mind. Again, lucky girl. But back to the extra time. We made plans to bake the delicious bakewells again but that ended up being a flop. The dough just wouldn't set and ended up having to add way too much flour to it which messed up the taste. We ditched that plan and headed to Sonic to get milkshakes, then detoured to Krispy Kreme for doughnuts instead. We came back and worked on some of his stuff for wok which ended up being more difficult than anticipated but it needed to be done. Perhaps not our most adventurous night but being with him is always worth it.
Misc:
We firmed up some plans to go away for VA to go camping with some of my family. which means I went into super planing mode of things. The first isn't until the end of September through the beginning of October and I already have lists going. And we also added plans for another concert to our list. Funny I went 25 years without going to an actual concert then we meet and we are going to 4 in a matter of a couple of months, not that I am complaining.
Monday, July 14, 2014
A much needed quiet weekend
It seems for the past few weeks we have mostly been on the go so it was nice to have a quiet weekend at home. Our original plans were to go to Inkfest but between him having to work and the extended drive we blew that off pretty quickly. It did end up being another unusual week, I suppose if this keeps happening I will have to stop calling it that. We had our normal Wednesday evening together but Brandon didn't have to work the following Thursday. We made pizzas together Wednesday night, which were delicious. I however forgot to take a picture of them. They were bacon, pepperoni, onion, green pepper and two cheeses. Yum.We ended up being super productive and getting some of his errands done followed by a nice lunch in downtown. We made dinner together that evening, something that is quickly turning into my favorite thing to do together. We went simple with chicken shake and bake served with buttered corn and chipotle bacon cheddar mashed potatoes. Sounds like a lot of work but we did mixes instead of the normal home made fair.
Friday was mostly lazy as well, once he got off work we basically just stuck around the house and watched movies. He had a pretty rough day at work so it was nice to just keep things low key. We hung out in th kitchen for a while and made fancy grilled cheese sandwiches. Because we.are.adults! (July 11th)
We woke up super early on Saturday to go out to breakfast before he had to go to work. Neither of us are particularly morning people but he breakfast was good and it was nice to spend some extra time together that we wouldn't normally be together for. We finished early enough to be able to come back and lay down for a little while. He went off to work and later that morning I did the grocery shopping with Dad. That in itself isn't overly exciting but we have been planning to go camping for a little while now and I found the tent that we were looking at on sale. $20 off the price that we were expecting. After he got off we went back to the store to pick it up. We set it up in the yard to see how it looked.
Turned out to be a great little tent so hopefully it will cool off and we will be able to use it soon. We made a nice pasta dinner, he was sweet enough to offer to help but this was one it was just easier for me to take care of while he took a shower. It was another quiet nice at home with more movies. (July 12th)
We didn't do our cooking adventure much this weekend so we baked together on Sunday. Cherry bakewell, a fantastic treat that I loved while in England. He has an affinity for England so I thought this would be a nice crossover. However it was 100 degrees, I was hot and cranky and the dough just didn't want to work with me! He was kind an patient with me, more so than I probably deserved. The end result was still tasty even with set backs.
After the effort that had to go into making the bakewell tarts dinner was kept simple with breakfast for dinner. A little treat that we like to indulge in.Blueberry pancakes, eggs and a large pile of bacon. Sunday night was filled with O's baseball and trying to get a splinter/piece of glass out of his foot. The baseball was probably a bit more entertaining. (July 13th)
Friday was mostly lazy as well, once he got off work we basically just stuck around the house and watched movies. He had a pretty rough day at work so it was nice to just keep things low key. We hung out in th kitchen for a while and made fancy grilled cheese sandwiches. Because we.are.adults! (July 11th)
We woke up super early on Saturday to go out to breakfast before he had to go to work. Neither of us are particularly morning people but he breakfast was good and it was nice to spend some extra time together that we wouldn't normally be together for. We finished early enough to be able to come back and lay down for a little while. He went off to work and later that morning I did the grocery shopping with Dad. That in itself isn't overly exciting but we have been planning to go camping for a little while now and I found the tent that we were looking at on sale. $20 off the price that we were expecting. After he got off we went back to the store to pick it up. We set it up in the yard to see how it looked.
We didn't do our cooking adventure much this weekend so we baked together on Sunday. Cherry bakewell, a fantastic treat that I loved while in England. He has an affinity for England so I thought this would be a nice crossover. However it was 100 degrees, I was hot and cranky and the dough just didn't want to work with me! He was kind an patient with me, more so than I probably deserved. The end result was still tasty even with set backs.
After the effort that had to go into making the bakewell tarts dinner was kept simple with breakfast for dinner. A little treat that we like to indulge in.Blueberry pancakes, eggs and a large pile of bacon. Sunday night was filled with O's baseball and trying to get a splinter/piece of glass out of his foot. The baseball was probably a bit more entertaining. (July 13th)
Monday, July 7, 2014
An unusual week
We lucked out with the holiday weekend and had quite a bit more time together than normal. Usually I head down to Brandon's place mid week to break it up a bit but this week it worked out that we were able to spend Wednesday-Monday morning together. So we went full tilt on things to do.
Wednesday, July 2rd:
We went out to dinner at Steak n Shake because we had plans to go out and I didn't really feel like cooking. So we spent a dinner chatting about things then headed over to Adventure Landing for some time in the batting cages. It is summer after-all and baseball has become a semi regular staple in our lives. He nailed some balls this time around, I was not so lucky :). But after that we went to cookout to get him his first cookout milkshake.
Thursday, July 3rd:
Ended up being a fairly quite afternoon, Brandon ordered his new AR which was very exciting :), super happy with his choice. Later on we spent some time on the pool tables in Bro-Central. The tables were somewhat full this time with Bro-tastic guys that thought they were awesome. Obviously they were not :P. But we played a few games, both made some good shots but he still beat me. One day..!
Friday, July 4th:
The big show! The day was spent slow smoking ribs, baseball and fireworks. Because 'Murica! Have to love the home team and all but the Crawdad's just can't win. They had a good come back and even a broken bat but still lost the game. In true American fashion we dined on hot dogs and nachos and rooted for the home team. The game was follow by a pretty good fireworks show,
Saturday, July 5th:
As much as I love baseball, Saturday was by far my favorite day this weekend and our busiest one. The day started by us attempting to make homemade tomato sauce for spaghetti, and I do mean attempting. I'm going to say not something we will try without a little more research, it was okay but nothing close to great. That was followed by heading to Southern Charm Winery for a wine tasting. Not something we have done in a while and found one that was close so it was worth a little trip. We tasted 6 sweet wines and really enjoyed 4/6 which is unusual. We bought a bottle and we were able to keep the glasses, a nice little memento from the trip. After that we went and saw How To Train Your Dragon 2, oh-my-god. Adorable doesn't even begin to describe that movie. We went to a local mom and pop theater in town called State Cinema, great prices decent quality theater and the fact that it locally owned all added to the experience. That evening we went out to Brown Mountain to try to see the Brown Mountain Lights, no lights were seen. We turned the bed of his truck into a mini bed with cuddled under the stars for a few hours, a great way to end the day.
Sunday, July 6th:
Our non-lazy Sunday was spend doing some running around, a lot of cooking and going with Dad to buy his new gun. We made Brandon's lunches for the week which proved to be quite a task this time around but it is well worth it. We watched the first how to train your dragon and 21 and over while we were cooking so that helped. Cooking and running around was finished off by shaving the dog since his furry butt is too hot for this summer we are having. Not a lot of chances to be lazy this time!
Wednesday, July 2rd:
We went out to dinner at Steak n Shake because we had plans to go out and I didn't really feel like cooking. So we spent a dinner chatting about things then headed over to Adventure Landing for some time in the batting cages. It is summer after-all and baseball has become a semi regular staple in our lives. He nailed some balls this time around, I was not so lucky :). But after that we went to cookout to get him his first cookout milkshake.
Thursday, July 3rd:
Ended up being a fairly quite afternoon, Brandon ordered his new AR which was very exciting :), super happy with his choice. Later on we spent some time on the pool tables in Bro-Central. The tables were somewhat full this time with Bro-tastic guys that thought they were awesome. Obviously they were not :P. But we played a few games, both made some good shots but he still beat me. One day..!
Friday, July 4th:
The big show! The day was spent slow smoking ribs, baseball and fireworks. Because 'Murica! Have to love the home team and all but the Crawdad's just can't win. They had a good come back and even a broken bat but still lost the game. In true American fashion we dined on hot dogs and nachos and rooted for the home team. The game was follow by a pretty good fireworks show,
Saturday, July 5th:
As much as I love baseball, Saturday was by far my favorite day this weekend and our busiest one. The day started by us attempting to make homemade tomato sauce for spaghetti, and I do mean attempting. I'm going to say not something we will try without a little more research, it was okay but nothing close to great. That was followed by heading to Southern Charm Winery for a wine tasting. Not something we have done in a while and found one that was close so it was worth a little trip. We tasted 6 sweet wines and really enjoyed 4/6 which is unusual. We bought a bottle and we were able to keep the glasses, a nice little memento from the trip. After that we went and saw How To Train Your Dragon 2, oh-my-god. Adorable doesn't even begin to describe that movie. We went to a local mom and pop theater in town called State Cinema, great prices decent quality theater and the fact that it locally owned all added to the experience. That evening we went out to Brown Mountain to try to see the Brown Mountain Lights, no lights were seen. We turned the bed of his truck into a mini bed with cuddled under the stars for a few hours, a great way to end the day.
Sunday, July 6th:
Our non-lazy Sunday was spend doing some running around, a lot of cooking and going with Dad to buy his new gun. We made Brandon's lunches for the week which proved to be quite a task this time around but it is well worth it. We watched the first how to train your dragon and 21 and over while we were cooking so that helped. Cooking and running around was finished off by shaving the dog since his furry butt is too hot for this summer we are having. Not a lot of chances to be lazy this time!
Monday, June 30, 2014
Weekend Update:
Friday, June 27th:
Brandon had concert tickets for Lindsey Stirling so we braved Charlotte for the evening. We figured we would get something to eat before that so we went to Chubz, a first for both of us. Pretty good food we will be going back again sometime since he found a groupon for it. We headed to the Fillmore after that and the sky decided to open up and unleash hell. It poured rain for a good half hour before we were able to go inside. Luckily I did have an umbrella in the car, which lead us to meet these lovely people.
Everyone comes together when it rains. But after being soaking wet and in pain we didn't end up staying for the entire concert, plus I'm pretty sure she wasn't actually playing the violin.
Saturday, June 28th:
We spent the day out and about partly in Charlotte again. But before that we acted semi responsible and cleaned, he cleaned out his truck and I straightened up the room a bit. We decided to go to lunch at what has become one of our favorite restaurant, Bella Fresco. Amazing food, gelato and desserts. But as always it was a fantastic meal accompanied by holding hands and good company.
After lunch we headed to Adventure Landing for a little mini golf and arcade games. So far we are 1-1 on mini golf, we seem to like to keep things matched up. But aside from the heat it was a lot of fun. It's great to be able to enjoy those little things with the person I love.
Sunday, June 29th:
We usually try to reserve Sunday for pure laziness but that doesn't always work. This Sunday we went grocery shopping, amazing how even boring tasks can be better in good company. After that we made his lunches for the week so he didn't have to eat out ever day and rush. We did get some lazy time in after that and took a nap together. Sounds silly but I do love fall asleep with him.
All in all a pretty full weekend, which is going to be followed by another full weekend coming up, there is no one i would rather spend it with.
Brandon had concert tickets for Lindsey Stirling so we braved Charlotte for the evening. We figured we would get something to eat before that so we went to Chubz, a first for both of us. Pretty good food we will be going back again sometime since he found a groupon for it. We headed to the Fillmore after that and the sky decided to open up and unleash hell. It poured rain for a good half hour before we were able to go inside. Luckily I did have an umbrella in the car, which lead us to meet these lovely people.
Saturday, June 28th:
We spent the day out and about partly in Charlotte again. But before that we acted semi responsible and cleaned, he cleaned out his truck and I straightened up the room a bit. We decided to go to lunch at what has become one of our favorite restaurant, Bella Fresco. Amazing food, gelato and desserts. But as always it was a fantastic meal accompanied by holding hands and good company.
Sunday, June 29th:
We usually try to reserve Sunday for pure laziness but that doesn't always work. This Sunday we went grocery shopping, amazing how even boring tasks can be better in good company. After that we made his lunches for the week so he didn't have to eat out ever day and rush. We did get some lazy time in after that and took a nap together. Sounds silly but I do love fall asleep with him.
All in all a pretty full weekend, which is going to be followed by another full weekend coming up, there is no one i would rather spend it with.
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