Mother's Day

 
I went down to Dudley for Mother's day.  I got to visit with Mema, Shelley, Walker, Norah, Johannah, Scott, Mom, Drew, and Sarah.  I hung out Saturday over at Aunt Johannah's with Mema, Shelley, and Norah.  She is about to have her first birthday.  We have the same birthday which I think is neat!  She is such a little doll, so well behaved!  She was holding my necklace and thought it was hilarious to pretend she was going to give it to me but when I reached for it she would pull it back.  You can see her little nose all scrunched up in the picture above, the first time she did this I was talking to her and I thought she was about to cry.  Come to find out she apparently makes that face when she is happy.  Too cute!

 
That evening mom and I went to Shaffer's in Dublin for dinner and had a great meal.  Then we went to TJ Maxx and got snacks to smuggle into the 10pm showing of Dark Shadows.  I had to work Sunday night so I was going to have to leave the next morning.  When we got in from the movie I whipped up an egg scramble with spinach and oats for the dogs since I forgot their dog food.  They ate then we all attempted to sleep.  Chico was driving me crazy wanting to go out 5-6 times per hour.  After 1.5 hours of this I put him in my car outside since the weather was nice and cool and the sun wasn't out to heat it.  Killer then started bothering me about going out so I put her in the car too so I could get a few hours of sleep. I went out to get them the next morning and my car was covered in throw up.  EWW!  Apparently the egg scramble did not sit well with either of them.  I spent the next half hour cleaning my car.  So much for getting home early in the morning so I could rest before going to work that night.  We went over to Johannah's and we had Tamales that her friend Myra made, some coffee, and a lemon bar.  I got to see Sarah (she was in Augusta shooting a wedding the day before).  Then I drove home, passed out for 3 hours and went to work.

Guess What I Did Today.

I couldn't sleep this morning at 0700 and needed to EXERCISE. I had missed 3 days working out thanks to 14-15 hour nights at work. It was quite chilly but I didn't realize that until I was already out the door so I decided to run "a little bit" to get warmed up. Once I started RUNNING I didn't stop. I told myself that I was going to at least make it to the 5k mark and see what my time looked like on mytracks. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that I had cut 6 minutes off my fastest time so far and made the 5k in 33 minutes. I was so happy that I found some extra energy, and kept running. I made it back to the house after a total of 48 minutes running. I maintained a 5.5 mph overall average which is MUCH better than before!!! I was so happy I couldn't stop smiling. Then I came in and did my BICEP and TRICEP circuit workout.

Clay and I then had a fantastic omlette sandwich and went to see Something Borrowed and Thor. Double feature movie day. I really enjoyed Something Borrowed, and Clay said he liked it too, Thor was good but we saw it in 3D and I think I would have preferred for it not to have been. We also picked up some salvia and artemesia that we will be planting tomorrow.

Weekend Fun

Saturday night the hubby and I met a couple of friends at MacCracken's Pub. We sat outside and the weather was beautiful. Although it did get a little chilly as the night went on, was glad I brought a sweater. It was the SUPERMOON which was not as impressive as I had hoped. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between it and a regular full moon. But...I can tell you one thing, I am THRILLED that I did not have to work that night!

View from our seat outside, I love how the lights ran along the top of the building!

The hubster chilling after some belated St. Patty's Day beerage.

Sunday for lunch we had leftovers *adding leftovers to my likes list* after I took another 1 hour WALK around the neighborhood. I was much more sluggish than Saturday (only 3.4 miles today), I don't think I realized what a workout it was with all the STEEP hills. For dinner we went to PANANG Malaysian and Thai. YUMMY!! We started with the Penang Popia (a steamed spring roll with jicama) and a cup of Tom Kay (chicken coconut soup). Clay ordered a spicy Malaysian chicken curry and I had the curry vegetables in a clay pot *as seen above. The pot was GIANT! It was so tasty and I have at least 2 servings left that I brought home with me. We couldn't resist dessert, we ordered the Cendol *as seen below. It was green pea flour strips and sweet red beans topped with shaved ice and coconut milk. Awesome meal and a definite repeat place!

After dinner we went to the movies to see the Lincoln Lawyer which was a very enjoyable movie. We got a sweet deal the other day from Groupon for $6 per ticket (regular tickets are $11).