No part 2 but a good weekend!

Well...I had thought there may be a part two to Keeneland, but this darn RAIN is putting a serious damper on EVERYTHING! Matt and I got dressed, packed a cooler, stoped at the bank, picked up some Malibu and headed for Lexington on Saturday. Then it started POURING...no visibility, black skys, drivers pulled over, etc. So we decided to turn around and head home...BOO! Go figure, my friends who did make it to Lexington said it rained for a total of 20 minutes there. Oh well...even though it didn't rain it was definitely not a nice day :(

On with the weekend. Friday evening we participated in this Amazing Race Egg hunt thing...

If you can't tell...we were Charlies Angels and Matt was Charlie, ha! I think he was less than thrilled to be stuck on a team with three girls! Here are the "angels":

Melinda (center) had to wear an egg around her neck the whole time as part of the "race" and I love where it hung in this picture...LOL! Looks hilarious.

Here is Charlie and two of his angels working hard:


We had to answer riddles, check in, order two drinks at every establishment (ha), complete tasks at every stop and make it back to our original check-in in three hours. We were the SLOWEST TEAM. Literally we arrived about 45 minutes after everyone else did HA! Although, it wasn't our fault. CHARLIE lost his wallet so we back tracked to almost every stop and we NEVER FOUND IT :( So, we spent the evening cancelling credit cards, etc. Lesson learned for Charlie who fidgets with his wallet ALL THE TIME! Oh and it poured down rain through most of this (of course).

After our Keeneland plans were thwarted on Saturday, Matt and I went downtown to Paliminos for dinner and I ordered this:

A lavender martini...YUMMY! (Not good for the WW points though, ha!)

Sunday was Easter of course and we got to see these little guys:


Matt and I even got to hide the eggs for the kids...fun stuff!

All in all a good weekend. Hope yours was too!

W-W

Hi ladies (and gentleman but I really doubt there are any reading this),

OMG I am sooo tired today. It rained like CRAZY last night. We had some SERIOUS hail around 4:30 with severe thunderstorms. Matt likes to open the window so I woke up feeling like lightning was coming through our window. It's still raining really hard now and is supposed to all day BOO! This would be the perfect day to be at home!!

So I mentioned in my last post that I joined Weight Watchers. Well this is true! A friend/co-worker joined before me and it was really motivating! Now four of us at work are on the plan and we are rotating bringing in healthy food. You guys might think I'm crazy since I'm 27 and not really over weight, but you know how it feels to be a little thicker than usual, HA! Here is what I was tempted with at work yesterday (this is basically a daily thing):

Fudge from South Carolina


Brownies made by one of my favorite people at work who is a great baker!


The famous Neiman Marcus cookies made by my boss (also a great baker).


Fruit pizza - ok I made this (for my boss's 50th birthday)...although it has fruit on it it's still a COOKIE with Cream cheese and powdered sugar!

This is no joke...this is what sat around ALL day at work yesterday! I love having the option of eating all these goodies, but it's making my pants a bit tight, LOL!

SO, I made weight watchers lasagna on Sunday and it was SOOOO good. I'm really hoping this plan works out (for at least a month or two) until I get back to "normal". If anyone is looking for a way to loose a few I would really recommend it!!

Keeneland - Part 1 (there could be a part 2)

Good morning gals,

Well we made it through Keeneland yesterday. The weather was the absolute worst it has ever been. It was freezing, windy, no sunshine, rainy, etc! BUT we made the best of it. Here's what we did:

Warmed up by a mini fire. Does not look like Spring Keeneland!

Here's some of the girls on the bus:


Our friend paid a keeneland employee $20 for his outfit...yikes!


All in all we had a good time. If the weather cooperates we will be going back on Saturday.

Now off to enjoy my last day b/f the work week begins!

P.S. I joined weight watchers today LOL we will see how this goes!

Chilly

Hi lovelys,

It's a bit chilly in my office today and as I look down at my feet (thinking that will warm me up for some reason), I realized how OBSESSEd I am with these:

Thats right...I broke down and bought them when we were in Naples las month and I am SOOO glad I did. I love them! I can't wait to invest in my next pair of Tory Burch shoes!

I'm reading this book right now (well not at this very moment of course):

It's getting really good and it's one of those days where I would love to be on my couch reading!!

This weekend is Keeneland and I'm really crossing my fingers that the weather turns out...the forecast for now is rainy, windy and a high of 62 (but it will feel much cooler than that). We will have fun either way!

I'm craving this for dinner but I know I shouldn't have it!

YUMMY!

Happy Wednesday :)

Sorry I was sleep-talking

Good morning,

It's Tuesday...I am finally back to working from home one day a week (when I can squeeze it in), so how could I resist blogging?

I have my work laid out all over the place, laundry running, dogs sleeping, fire going (b/c Matt opened the windows and it's now 50 degrees in here), and my coffee:


The championship game was on last night and I stayed up until half time when Butler was up by 3. I shot out of bed at 12:30 realizing that I HAD to know who won. I woke Matt up and asked "SO...who won the game??" he appears to be awake enough to know what he's talking about and he says "BULTER!" I say "SWEET!" and go back to bed. Well sure enough I start checking my emails this morning and one of the first one's I open up is this:

UGH! As you can imagine I yell for Matt and ask him why in the world he told me Butler won! His response...."I was sleep-talking...I was dreaming..." BUMMER! Man the Wildcats would have looked good on that Tervis Tumbler and I proudly would have ordered it to sip out of while tailgating at Keeneland.

Speaking of Keeneland, I will be there in 11 days! Hooray...I love keeneland. AND I bought a really cute Jessica Simpson dress to wear (which I can't find on her website to show you), so now I have to find fun colorful shoes!

Well that was a fun break...BACK TO WORK.

Dreaming of the KY Derby (and other things)

It's that time of year when I start panicking about making it to the KY Derby. I've never been. Not to the Derby and not to the Oaks. Of course last year we had tickets to the Oaks but I came down with pneumonia :( I still get SOOOO upset about it. Anyway, I must be missing something but is it REALLY this hard to get SEATS for the Derby...(not to mention that they cost about $500 per person)??? If anyone has an insight for this KY girl who has never been to the Derby, please let me know! For now I'll dream:






Maybe to lift my spirits I will treat myself to a few things after work! I'm thinking Kenwood Mall for shopping and strawberry martinis at the Cheesecake Factory!


Cheers to Wednesday!

Liz

How sad that the world lost her this week?




I've never been a die hard fan, but EVERYONE knows Elizabeth Taylor!! RIP :(

Anyone have really exciting plans this weekend? We will be watching the CATS take on the BUCKEYES...there is a shirt I would love to put on my blog about OSU, but I'm not sure everyone would approve :) so how about this for now...


C A T S - cats cats cats!!!!

What have I been doing?

Hi friends,

I just realized out of nowhere today that I haven't posted in a while and I haven't even checked out other peoples blogs in a while! So now that I've caught up on what you've been up to...I guess it's my turn!

As always, I've been staying busy at work. I may have mentioned that I am now managing two people and it takes a lot out of you! It's been great, but it definitely adds to my workload! March 9 - 14 my husband and I along with two of our friends went to Naples FL and met up with my parents (we stayed in their condo) for vaca. I didn't take hardly ANY photos and it went by WAY too fast, but we had a great time! Here are a couple of photos b/f our dinner at Tommy Bahama (my FAV).



Can't have a post in the month of March without mentioning these guys!

So far so good...GO CATS!

Lots of fun things coming up...Keeneland, my sister-in-laws wedding in Hawaii, Derby, Summer and the LAKE!

Happy first day of spring ladies. Have a great DAY!

Few "fun" things

Happy Thursday!

A couple of fun things for this afternoon.

1) Have you had this yet? (Sorry it uploaded sideways and I'm too lazy to fix it.)

I know it looks scary, and I know I've blogged about it before, but who cares!! It's a Frisch's Big Boy Pizza! YUMMMOOO Recipe here. If you haven't had it...make it now!

2) I have been trying my "hand" at fabric flowers to decorate gifts I give to friends. This particular gift if for my niece Sophie and I think the little flower makes the wrapping so CUTE!

If you want to try it out for yourself here are the simple instructions I followed.

Lastly, I've mentioned the 80's party we had last weekend but I forgot to mention how tired the dogs were after the party, lol. Check out Rupp:

Ha...little cutie pie!

It's almost time to celebrate FRIDAY!

Last weekend, this weekend and a crazy person

Good morning Gals,

Well I kind of feel like it has taken me until today to recover from last weekend! Friday evening we went to a local "tavern" to celebrate a friends birthday then Saturday I ran around like a crazy person trying to get our house ready for our 80's party in celebration of the hubbys 30th BIRTHDAY! (His birthday is actually today.) Here are the results:



Ha! Good times! Once again I was a terrible photographer and didn't get a good photo of the birthday boy! (Other people did though so I'm hoping to get a copy of their photos.)

On to this coming weekend...here's whats in store:

If you know country music you know this is a photo of Jason Aldean and Eric Church! CAN'T WAIT for their SHOW! Oh...not to mention we have meet and greet passes!!! Hooray! The three of us going are having shirts made for the event...mine says "DAMN THESE BOOTS" on the front (my favorite song), Brooke's says "AIN'T KILLED ME YET" on the front and Jen's says "KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT & CARRY A BIG STICK" ha...one of her favorite lyrics! All of our shirts say "GIRLS LIKE ME LOVE GUYS LIKE ERIC CHURCH" HA! Yes, we are acting like 13 year old girls, but who cares!!!???

Moving on, how can I post on this fine morning without mentioning how much of a PSYCHO this dude is:

In case you've had your head in the sand this week, here are some of the statements he has made this week:

On his natural high: "I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body." ("20/20.")

On how he survived his other highs: "I probably took more than anybody could survive. ... I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll, because I have one speed, one gear. ... I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs." ("20/20.")

On partying: "I mean, what's not to love? Especially when you see how I party man, it's epic. The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them, just look like droopy-eyed, armless children." ("20/20.")

On his dual personality: "I have a 10,000-year-old brain and the boogers of a 7-year-old. That's how I describe myself." ("Piers Morgan Tonight.")

On his desire to be his true self: "I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total bitchin' rock star from Mars, and people can't figure me out; they can't process me. I don't expect them to. You can't process me with a normal brain." ("The Today Show.")

Hmmm...he sounds like he is in a GREAT state of mind doesn't he??? Wow this dude is NUTS!