Down the Rabbit Hole...

What a busy weekend!  Friday night Chad and I headed up to the Wine Tap.  Haven't been there in quite a while.  We had a quick salad and pizza and then headed home to catch up on some TV.


Saturday we had to take the cats to the vet.  Yuck!  It's such an ordeal.  They have to be the worst cats there but the vet assures me they are not.  Even though, they definitely are not stellar vet-goers!  They actually "scream" when the vet is dealing with them even before they actually get their injection.  It's quite embarrassing to walk out of the exam room and have all the other pet owners staring at you.  : (  
I actually had Chad go with me this time.  It was his first vet experience for my cats...and those of you that know us, know how much Chad likes cats.  He was very helpful though.  It was good to have someone else there for moral support.  At least were good for another year...hopefully.


Saturday night we met Mom and John up at Olivia's for a little bit of birthday celebration for my Mom, whose birthday was earlier this month.  This was their first visit to Olivia's, and I believe they enjoyed themselves very much.  We went earlier in the day, so it wasn't as crowded, and we could converse with Rick quite a lot.  Then we headed off to STL to the Moolah Theater to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D.  It was a great movie.  I really liked how it was a bit darker than previous Alice movies, but exactly what one would expect from Tim Burton.  Johnny Depp was amazing!  Finally we headed down the street to Triumph Grill for some dinner.  This is one of mine and Chad's favorite places to eat in STL (outside of Sage).  We had some good grub and more good wine.  What a great night!  Happy Bday Mom!


Today Chad and I had a Skype wake-up call.  Chad got to converse with his mom in NY and his brother, Ryan, and Tanya in S. Africa!  This was quite a nice surprise!  Chad hadn't talked to his brother in quite some time.  Now if we could only get Ryan and Tanya over to the U.S.  : )   We should be receiving some more of the wedding pics from S. Africa soon.  I'll share them when we receive them.  The remainder of the day I just painted some doors & trim and changed out some door hinges and door knobs.  One of these days I'll get this house in order and ready to sell.  It seems to take forever though.


Hope everyone had a good weekend.  It's going to be a busy week for me.  I have to travel to KC at the end of the week for work.  

No cavities!

I had the day off today to visit the dentist...no cavities!  I was planning to take a half day off work, but what the heck?  Right?  A full day off it is!  It was actually quite productive...and expensive.  Ha!  Lots of errands, clothes & shoe shopping, home improvement and even got to have lunch with my mom and grandma.  Since I was off, I actually made it to the gym for the 5:30pm spinning class.  I can never make it when I'm working. 

To top off the day, we were able to book a condo in Ft. Lauderdale through my mom's timeshare.  Thanks Mom!  Chad and I will be heading down there at the end of May!  Woo hoo!!  Vacation here I come!!!  I think we're actually going to try to spend a day in Miami and a couple days in the Keys!   After this crazy year, I really need a RELAXING vacation...and for me that means lounging by a beach/pool.  We had an amazing vacation last year to S. Africa, but it wasn't "relaxing".  It was such a long flight followed by last minute wedding plans.  It was all worth it though.  We attended an amazing wedding which Chad was a part of.  I just need a different type of vacation this year.  So excited!!!  Now that the condo is booked we can get started on booking some other things.

Speaking of S. Africa...Ryan (Chad's brother) sent us a few pics from the photographer.  So I thought I'd share them with you.  Enjoy!

The happy couple with Ryan's (and Chad's) Mom

Chad and Ryan

The groomsmen

Irish I was drunk...

Wow!  I can't believe how long it's been since I've blogged.  I always seem crazy busy but then cannot figure out what to say when people ask me what' I've been doing.  LOL!

Two weekends ago we ventured out to a new tap room and wine bar called The Bridge.  What a great place!  It's definitely not the cheapest place, but what a great selection of draught beer (in 4 different sizes), bottled beer, wine and a superb selection of cheeses.  You must try the Chimay Trappist cheese!  Yumm-o!!  This was the perfect place for a temporary vegetarian to eat.  Sorry for the fuzzy pic, but it was a bit dark inside.

So I'm still trying to psych myself up to eat some meat.  I've progressed to the place where I think that meat dishes sound good, but I still can't bring myself to actually consume beef, pork or chicken.  Needless to say that I've been eating a lot of seafood...and cheese.  I've found a new affinity to seafood risotto, which probably isn't the best for me.  This vegetarian diet might actually not be so healthy.  Ha!  My family is actually starting to take bets on how long it will be before I eat meat again.  It is seeming to average out to a year.  Better get your bets in soon!!!


So this past weekend we headed out to the St. Pat's festivities in downtown STL.  Many of my friends ran in the 10K in the morning.  Chad, Vicky and I met everyone downtown to grab a bite to eat at TGIF's (not a vegetarian friendly place by the way) and have drinks after the race and watch (or not watch) the parade.  Here are some pics...

What the heck is Judy drinking?  Lush!

 

Cheers!

Gotta love self-portraits...

Judy cutting a rug...

Hope everyone had a great weekend and crazy St. Pat's day!!!

 

Vegetarian? Carnivore?

Yes, it's true folks.  I just might be turning into a vegetarian...at least short-term anyway.  I have not been able to consume any chicken, beef or pork since my bout of food poisoning last week.  I can't even think of eating any meat without making my stomach turn.  Seafood seems to be ok though.  I know it's completely psychological right now, but it's completely taking over me...whatever it is.  I'm sure I'll convert back to a carnivore in the future...just not sure how soon.  I was raised on steak and love it, but it's going to take a bit for the chicken.  The most unfortunate thing about all of this is I now must give up my precious Buffalo Chicken Salad at Jefferson's.  *sniff* *sniff*

As I may have mentioned before, I lost 3 lbs. last week during all of this.  So now my goal is to ramp up my exercise and keep it off...and lose some more.  Tonight was my first day back at the gym in a week and a half.  Last week took so much out of me that my stamina was so low.  Now I'm working on building it back up.  Took spinning tonight and it felt great.  The exercise isn't the problem though.  It's the appetite which I need to work on keeping at a reasonable level.  I haven't even had a drop of alcohol during all of this either.  However, that will change tomorrow.  I'm meeting Judy for drinks & looking forward to it!

Looks like bootcamp is starting up soon too...few weeks to go.  Ready to hang with my fellow bootcampers.  I haven't seen them in a bit.  Let's go girls!!!