Weekend Recap

Happy Sunday (night)! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! 

This weekend I shot a wedding, it was my first wedding for 2011 and it was the fastest wedding I had ever shot! 1.5 hours. The bride didn't want any family shots and didn't want me to shoot the reception so I was in & out.

Afterwards I went to Sam's since the hubby decided to throw a last minute bbq. We're in the process of decorating & renovating still, so I was thrilled that when I got to Sam's they had a huge zebra print rug on sale for $69! Woo Hoo! Just what I needed!

Now if I could just find some window treatments & something to hang on our bare walls.

This is the ONLY thing we have hung up in the entry way... a key "table."

We found it @ Hobby Lobby

 And I love this new lamp from TJ Maxx!

That's all we've got so far.  LOL!

Decorating is so hard for me! I always find things I like, it's just putting it all together so that it looks good is what gets me. I've looked online, in stores, in magazines and I can't decide what to buy.

Anyways, I also scored this little lovely from Sam's, perfect for parties!

It has a fruit diffuser so I sliced some strawberries...

 Yum!

 And this compartment is for ice to keep the drink cold without it getting watered down!

 Voila!

Here's some of the good food we had!

Friends hanging out eating & playing cards

For dessert, Vu brought another cookie cake LOL! It wasn't anyone's birthday but he couldn't think of anything else to have written on it! 

Today was also my mother-in-law's birthday so we went out to lunch with the family.

The hubby & I put together a goodie bag for her filled with some candles, hand sanitizer, notebook, personalized eyeglass case, & pashmina scarf! 

I forgot my camera so I have no pics from this! SMH!

But I did manage to take a pic when I got home of the 2 pashmina scarves the hubby got for me!

Can't wait for next fall to wear them!

I hope everyone great weekend as well! 

Time to get ready for the work week.

Ciao!

I Quit!

No not me, but this young lady named Jenny. I recieved the following in an email and thought it was too funny not to share!

 "Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office (33 Photos)"

We received the following photos last night from a person who works with this girl.

Her name is Jenny (not confirmed) - we're working out our contacts for Jenny's last name. Yesterday morning,  Jenny quit her job with a (flash) bang by Emailing these photos to the entire office; about 20 employees we're told.

Awesome doesn't begin to describe this office heroine.

I wonder if this is even a true story?

If it is, You Go Girl!

Weekly Dinner Party

Happy April Fool's Day!

Last night we had our weekly dinner night & on the menu was grilled brisket, mac & cheese, corn casserole, potato salad, & a cookie cake for dessert! Our friends Tom & Jason hosted it at their house this week.

I did a terrible job tonight & only snapped 3 pictures!

 The yummy brisket Jason grilled!

 

Our friend Vu

 

The cookie cake Vu brought for dessert! 

He had them write "Hell Yeah" on it, because our friend Tom says this all.the.time.

(In a very high pitched voice.)

(not sure what's up with the extra e in "hellll")

Next Thursday is Jason's birthday so we'll definitely have a birthday cake!

& I'll snap more pics so you can put a face with a name.

In other news...

Did anyone happen to watch Mobbed tonight after Idol?

OMG I loved it!

Talk about tear jerker, SOOO sweet!

Although I was bothered by the fact that they put the wedding dress on

over her clothes, they didn't button it up, & I wanted to straighten her tiara!

I want to be a part of a flash mob so bad! lol! It's actually on my bucket list!

Vacay!

The hubby & I just booked a quick little 2 day cruise to the Bahamas and I am so excited! He's never cruised before so he's is doubly excited. We're going to drive down a day or so early and stay in Ft Lauderdale, FL. The cruise is from May 1-3rd! So I have 1 month to save & shop for cruise attire!

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The last time we went to the Bahamas is when we were still dating back in 2003. We flew in with another couple and had such a good time!

I am looking forward to relaxing on the beautiful beach!

 Hubby & I in 2003

 Yes, I had my hair braided while I was there! lol

Please excuse the quality of the last 2 photos,  I was still using those one time use Kodak cameras back then! This time I will be taking the Canon! :)

Click Once a Day

I'm sure at one time or another you may have come across the "click once a day" site. It consists of 7 great causes. I used to do it daily because I signed up for a daily email reminder. I eventually just stopped clicking because I just didn't understand how one click could make a difference.

Tonight I came across a blog that had the Animal Rescue click button so of course I clicked on it. This time I took the time to read how our clicks actually help.

The 7 causes are funded by the various sponsors on the site. So each click is tallied up, the sponsors are billed, and the funds are divided between various charities! So your click DOES COUNT!

What I liked was that there is a RESULTS page so you can see how many clicks there were and how much help that calculates into. Very very cool!

I'm not asking you to add a link on your blog, but if you have a lot of followers, it would probably be beneficial to these great causes. I  chose to add the animal rescue site & breast cancer site to my sidebar, but they are all extremely important causes. I figured if people at least click on the one, maybe once they get to the site they will click on all the others.

You can click on any of the images below to be taken to the website!

Hallmark Recordable Storybooks

The other day I was at Wal-mart and I saw the new Hallmark Recordable Books. Being that I live in a very predominant military town my first thought was, "this would be fabulous for military families!" Especially if mom or dad is sent overseas.

Your child would have the benefit of hearing that parent read them bedtime stories over & over. And in my opinion, I think it would be a great keepsake in general. As a 30-something year old woman myself, I would have loved to have something like this so that I could hear my dad reading to me.

So even if you're not military, I say go get one or two, and give it to your child as a permanent childhood memory! Kudos to Hallmark on this.

Technology never ceases to amaze me!

Tex Mex Night

This past Thursday was our weekly dinner party & the theme was Tex Mex! It's nothing real fancy, but I do enjoy meeting with friends & family once a week to catch up. Everyone brings a dish & then we discuss the upcoming week's theme over dinner.

On the menu for Tex Mex night was...

Enchiladas courtesy of Lilly & Alanzo!

White Chicken Chili Soup courtesy of Jason!

Southwestern Chicken & Spanish rice courtesy of the hubby!

And I didn't snap a pic of the Mango Salsa & Nachos courtesy of Lillian!

Everything was so good! I will post that recipe of the white chicken chili soup Jason made! It was so so good! There was none left & everyone kept complimenting on it.

Then we also have my brother who brings the drinks, Tom who brings the plates, bowls, cups, & napkins, & Vu who brought cheesecake & ice cream sandwiches for dessert...MEN! lol

When we initially started the parties I would use the good plates & glasses & flatware. Then after 2 dinner parties I got tired of washing all those dishes. So we moved into paper plates & cups. We kept using the good flatware for a few more weeks & then we decided that too was too much (keep in mind we usually have 10-20 people over each Thursday)!

We didn't decide on the next theme because the men were distracted since there was a game on. Y'all know how men get when sports are involved. Ha!


Mini Weekend Recap:

Friday we did a lotto pot with a group of 13 friends. Each person put in $5 for the Mega Millions since it was at $304 million. You always hear stories of groups winning so we gave it a try. So we had 70 chances at winning and...well...we didn't win. So it's back to work Monday morning.

I spent Saturday doing a boudoir photo session for a friend. On the way there the hubby's truck just died. I managed to get out of traffic & pull into a church parking lot. We had it towed back home & Monday we'll take it in to see what's going on. I was so annoyed because my car is not running. Well, it runs but it's making a crazy ticking sound and it leaves a huge white cloud of smoke when I accelerate. I've been carpooling for about 3 weeks now. If any of you have a Mercedes you know that car repairs are EXPENSIVE AS HELL. I really regret buying that car. It's looks & rides great, but if something goes wrong, you better be ready to pay. I can't wait to get rid of that thing & get a new car. I was hoping to make it to next year when it was paid off but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen.

Today I'm going to my friend's house to finish up the boudoir photos. She's making a sexy calendar for her hubby (anniversary gift) and she did 12 different looks. Tomorrow she's doing a mermaid look which requires body painting. My fabulous MUA (make up artist) friend Tamara is going to put her artsy skills to work! I can't wait to see what she comes up with. I'll have to ask her if she will at least let me post a picture of her face make-up on here.

Wish me luck!