Weekend Adventures...

DW and I had a busy weekend.  On Friday night we met Adam and Lyndsey over in Newnan for pizza and then we went next door to a coffee shop for iced coffee, as it is a million degrees right now in Georgia and no one should drink hot coffee.  After we'd been sitting there for a few minutes, the owner dimmed the lights to let us know it was time to leave.  At 9:00 p.m.  On Friday.  Parrrty animals.  We had a blast hanging out and after we'd gotten done eating, I held and played with ALM for a bit.  She's at the age where she is finally learning to be affectionate and so when she fixated on my face and then leaned in for a big, wet open mouthed baby-kiss, I cracked up.  And I was done-so...my heart was stolen. 

On Saturday morning, DW and Adam met for man-time.  They both like to fish and, well, to my knowledge I don't...so it was perfect.  I slept in and enjoyed a lazy morning on my own.  After lunch, DW took me on a date to see The Switch, which was an absolutely adorable movie.  I LOVED it.  I probably cried five times...and I loved that it was equal parts funny, sad, sentimental, witty, and romantic.  It was also clean...which I was happy about...but it probably means it will get bad reviews because without sex and cussing how could a movie possibly be good these days?  But I digress...

We went straight from the movie to our friends, the Wards, house to celebrate Jackson's 2nd birthday...and then straight from there to have dinner with Celia and Leroy.  Celia is now my co-worker at FitLab and is an amazing friend.  While it's a bit scary mixing friendship and business, I'm willing to take that risk.  I feel like we both have our hearts and heads in the right place! 

Leroy is a trained culinary-grad from Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York and he is a-mazing!  When they said they wanted to cook for us, how could we possibly turn them down?!  Leroy and his sous chef (Celia) cooked pork loin with apple chutney as well as risotto and steamed spinach for the sides.  Reee-dic.  It was so good...and it was definitely $25 a plate good...at least, Le'roy.  ;-)

Pork w/apple chutney, risotto, & steamed spinach...dang!

After dinner, even though I claimed to be completely remedial at anything but Pounce, Spoons, and Go Fish, the three others decided that I should be able to pick up on Spades.  Either they explained well or I caught on better than I thought, but it wasn't that hard and it was lots of fun.  We are turning into card-junkies, I guess.

Celia & Chef Leroy

Leroy also owns a concrete and driveway business in metro Atlanta called Concrete By Design and was featured in Southern Living magazine not too long ago.  Thought I'd throw that out there...this guy is good at everything.

DW and I enjoying the good eats

On Sunday, we took the dogs and headed up to North Georgia to the Blue Ridge Mountains to go hiking.  We ended up at Carter Lake, which we've done before and we like it.  The dogs can run off leash and get their energy out, swim, and we can walk and talk and relax.  Somehow one of my butt cheeks got sore from our hike yesterday.  Only my left one...which I find rather strange. 

On our way up there, it was a hot mess.  DW's computer quit working, our navigation couldn't find our spot, and we were generally not on the same page about where we were headed.  Add to it that I'm pumped full of hormones at the moment and the car ride got a little tense. What's wrong with you?! DW asks. "Hormones." I exclaim. "Ugh, don't I know it!" he replies, grinning. "Yea", I retort, "well, you try living with them." He pauses and looks at me out of the corner of his eyes before saying with a smirk, "Oh, trust me, I do." Touché DW, Touche. ;)  Shortly after, we both said our apologies and started over.  I knew we were fine when I asked for a clean slate, DW granted it, and I leaned over and said, "Seal it with a kiss then."  When he grinned, I knew we were out of the woods.

Speaking of the woods, it wasn't too far down the path when DW says to me, "Ummmmmm, I think I'd feel a lot better if I popped you really hard on the butt right now."  I look down and he's swinging the stick that we use to sling the tennis ball for the dogs.  "Ok then, I agree, thinking he's kidding, go ahead and do it."  Whack!  I blinked in surprise but laughed when I saw him cracking up.  I rolled my eyes when he says to me, Now. Would you feel better if you hit me in the face?"  Maybe, I reply, but I didn't do it.  ;-)

We ended up having a good Sunday and the dogs were absolutely exhausted when we got home.  I would post pictures, but it would be just more pictures of the dogs and I look like a chipmunk right now because I'm taking a medicine that gives me what I like to refer to as fat fatty fertility face. I look like a chipmunk.  So anyway, it was a good weekend and I have to stop writing now because the other side effect of the medicine besides fat fatty fertility face is that my eyes have a headache 24/7.  It's time for this girl to go to bed.