I Found My Keys!

My keys were missing for almost a week! I looked everywhere for those stinkin' keys...I tore apart drawers, dug in the sofa and chair cushions, crawled around on the floor looking for them. You know where I found them? In my purse! The same purse I emptied a couple of days ago looking for them. When I was looking in my purse today, I actually pulled them out and put them on the bed not realizing that I had taken them out. Marc had to show them to me. Duh!

A Terrific Two-Movie Thursday!

Thursday was a fun-filled day! Marc and I went to see Kung Fu Panda at the Rave. It was a cute movie, but it wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be a funny Jack Black movie, but it was more about kung fu. (As Marc pointed out, that's why they called it Kung Fu Panda!) It was pretty serious for a kids' movie. 

After the movie, we went to Mason's Pub for lunch. Marc and I had never been there before, so we had to search for a few minutes to find its exact location. It's on Washington Street on the third floor of one of the downtown buildings. We were able to meter park right in front of the door. 

Mason's is a really cool little place, and the food was really good! They have a $4 tapas menu, so we ordered some fried dill pickle spears (again, my of my favorite foods!) and beef nachos for our appetizers. Marc ordered some meatball sliders (little sandwiches) for his entree, and I ordered the fish and chips. Everything was wonderful, and the portions were huge! Everything we ordered was $4, except for my fish and chips, which were $14.95 and well worth it! Oh, and their french fries are awesome! We will definitely be back!

So, after lunch we went home to chill. Then, Adam called to see if we wanted to meet him and Suzie for dinner. We decided to go to Biscuits & Blues. Again, we weren't that impressed with dinner there.

After Biscuits & Blues, we went to The Chocolate Crocodile, which is a candy store. I was in chocolate heaven! They had so many different things to choose from that it was really hard to make a decision. I bought a white chocolate covered Oreo cookie and a milk chocolate covered marshmallow stick, and Marc got some peanut brittle. Everything was so delicious!

Suzie had the idea to go see You Don't Mess with the Zohan. So, we went to see it at Monaco Theaters at Bridge Street. That was the funniest movie that I have seen in a long time. It was a typical goofy Adam Sandler movie, and I love Adam Sandler! I laughed so much during that movie!

After the movie, the boys made sure to get their free refills on their drinks, and we headed out. We stopped by the fountain for a minute so everyone could make their wishes.

It was a terrific Thursday!

Tuesday in Nashville

My family met in Nashville today to celebrate my dad's birthday, my sister's birthday, Mother's Day, and Father's Day. Since my sister is going to school up there, it's hard for her to get back to Huntsville for birthdays and holidays. It finally worked out that my sister didn't have school or work, and my dad was off from the fire station, so my parents, Marc, and I all drove up to Nashville to celebrate.

We headed up to Hendersonville, north of Nashville, in search of a little place called Steamboat Bill's. After about a 30 minute drive, we spotted the alligator (or was it a crocodile?) and knew we were there.

So, after we got out of our respective cars, we headed inside not knowing what to expect. This is what we saw as soon as we walked in the door:

 

Again, I'm not sure if this was an alligator or a crocodile, but he didn't look too happy to see us! But we were brave and kept going, and a nice girl led us to our table.

It was a cute place, but I knew we were in for good things when I saw the paper towel holder on our table. It says "Pinch dem' tails! Suck dem' head!" A true Cajun restaurant!

So, we ordered a menagerie of appetizers including fried pickles (my favorite!), calamari, boudin balls, pistolette (etouffee on bread), and gumbo. We all shared with each other, and everything was soooo good! Then our orders came. I didn't get a chance to take pictures of everyone's food, but I did manage to get a few. I ordered the popcorn shrimp:

Marc ordered the crawfish etouffee:

And my sister, Kelli, and her boyfriend ordered the seafood platter which consisted of fish, stuffed shrimp, stuffed crabs, frog legs (ewwww!), and popcorn shrimp:

After stuffing ourselves full of wonderful food, we managed to roll ourselves out to the parking lot. And of course, I managed to take some pictures of my family!

My Mother and Daddy

Marc and Me

Kelli, Daddy, Mother, and Me

And Java, the Dog!

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We saw this on the way to dinner tonight! It's been so long since I've seen a rainbow!

Girls' Night!

We had Girls' Night at Diane's house last night. Her hubby was out of town, so she thought it was a good night for it. We had sooooo much fun! 

We watched The Devil Wears Prada, which I'd never seen before. It was a really good movie! (And I'm usually not one to sit still long enough to watch a movie.) We also played Pop Culture Trivial Pursuit. Suzie ruled the game again! She is just a wealth of pop culture information! Her team had five "wedgies" before our team got one! Of course her team won, and I think our team ended up with a whopping two wedges.

We left at about 11:00pm, and since I met up to ride with Suzie, I didn't get home until after midnight. (I missed my curfew!) We had so much fun, and I can't wait to do it again!

Two Hours and $14

Marc and I just got back from seeing The Happening, which is M. Night Shyamalan's latest release. I usually love his movies like The Village, The Sixth Sense, and Signs, so I was really looking forward to seeing The Happening. 

Well, it had to have been the most confusing movie that I have ever seen! When the end of the movie came and the credits started rolling, Marc and I both just sat there looking at each other like whaaaaaat? What happened? Apparently, we weren't the only ones, because everyone coming out of the theater was talking and saying the same things we were. It was an odd, odd movie!  

At several points in the movie, people just freeze and start talking nonsense. That meant that they had been affected by "the happening." So, what did my wonderful husband do as we left the movie? He stopped in the middle of the parking lot and kept repeating "Where's the car, where's the car?" The people walking behind us busted out laughing, and I finally caught on to what he was doing. Duh!

So, like Marc said as we were driving away from the movie theater..."That's two hours and $14 we'll never get back!"

Cookies for Girls' Night

We're having Girls' Night tomorrow! I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make some "summer" cookies. I've been wanting to attempt these for some time, but it was hard to find the right opportunity. A few days ago, I begin thinking that this would be a good time!

So, I started off with heart shaped sugar cookies. I left the "tops" the way they were and cut a little off the "bottoms" to make them look like....ummm, bottoms. As you can see, some are a little more "tan" than the others.

After they cooled, I used royal icing to decorate them. I think they came out pretty cute! Instead of being lingerie cookies, I'm just going to call them bikini cookies....as in summer!

New Additions

When we were at Home Depot yesterday, I picked out some more flowers to go in our newly remodeled flower bed! We had to go to two different Home Depots, because the first one had such miserable looking plants. We ended up going back to the same one we went to the day before. Their flowers were beautiful!

I picked out some pretty yellow and orange dahlias. I loved the color of these!

I also picked out some ornamental peppers. I tried these last year in a planter, and they did horribly. However, this year I'm going to keep them in full sun. I hope they'll do better this year. Even though they're ornamental, you can eat these peppers. I've never been brave enough, but I'm sure Marc will give it a go!

I also bought some celosia flowers. These are really hardy flowers. I was disappointed that Home Depot only had them in yellow, because I really wanted either orange or red. On the upside, they were really healthy looking. I used them to fill in bare spots.

So, after it cooled off some last night, I planted the flowers. I think it turned out really well!

This flower bed is now finished, and I'm so excited to be able to work on the beds again! Even though my legs are a little sore this morning, my back doesn't hurt one bit! I have my sights set on another area of the yard now. We're waiting to see how the transplanted shrubs do before I get started, though. They're already looking better than they did a few days ago, so maybe there's hope after all!

A Late Night

Like I said earlier, Marc and I picked up some flowers and shrubs at Home Depot yesterday. After the sun went down last night, we got outside and worked on the flower bed. Marc tilled the soil and got it ready for planting. In my typical obsessive fashion, I placed the flowers to make sure they were even, and then got Marc's approval. Lovingly, I planted each flower and shrub with my own two hands...and a spade. Then we filled the bed with cypress mulch, which really smells good! 

At about 10:30pm, we stepped back to look at our work. We were really pleased with how everything turned out, although I'm going to add more small flowers to fill in some empty space. We're leaving now to go to Home Depot to pick some up! 

Getting Ready to Play in the Dirt

Today, while Marc and I were in town, we stopped by Home Depot to pick up some plants for one of our front yard flower beds. Last week, Marc moved some overgrown shrubs, so we were left with an empty space. I have been really indecisive about what to plant, but today I just bit the bullet and bought what I thought would look good.

We bought some compact evergreen shrubs as base plants:

We also found these gorgeous flowering plants that are in the lily family:

And last but not least, some really cute marigolds:

As a special treat for myself, and an incentive to make sure I water the new plants, I bought one of these handy dandy watering wands:

We also bought some soil and mulch, which is still sitting in my car because it is too heavy for me to lift. I'll have to wait for Marc to get those out for me. Anyway, I can't wait to get started planting! I have everything all laid out and ready to go. I'm so excited to see how it comes out!