Acre, Antlers, Mother/Daughter Brunch, BWW and New Pinterest Recipes

K and I got a gift certificate for Acre for a wedding present so we wandered that way Friday night.

We started off with some cocktails in the bar before dinner. The bartender made up a drink called Apple Jack and it was one of my faves: Jack Daniels, apple cider and bitters. I had a few of those jewels. We headed to the dining room for some eats and were even more pleased than the first time we ate there. We started with the duck pastrami and the homemade mozzarella salad. K ordered the Berkshire pork and I had the 72 hour braised shortrib and OHHH. EMMM. GEEEE... It was amazing!!! I have never in my life ordered shortribs but that is all I want from Acre forever. After dinner, we went back to the casa to have a few more drinks and act stupid:

Nice Rack!!!!
Saturday was a very busy day. It started with our annual Mother/Daughter Christmas brunch, we went to Bonefish this year.

Bang Bang Shrimp, a house salad and Shrimp Diablo Fettuccine all made its way into my belly! We also did a little bit of shopping and then I had to get to Immaculate Conception for J's basketball game. It started at the same time as the SEC Championship game but I was able to get home before halftime and in time to watch the Tigers get their shit together and come back for a win!

After the game, we had a surprise birthday party for Radar to go to at East End, then we met Heather and Jerry at Buffalo Wild Wings to watch some Tigers basketball, ran by Windjammer to listen to some bad karaoke and then to Bobcat's for an end of the night drink.

We woke up Sunday and it was raining and continued to rain for 2 more days. Since I was stuck in the house, I took full advantage of it by cleaning, doing a million loads of laundry and prepping all kinds of food for dinner for the upcoming week. So far the menu has included:

Grouper Sandwiches

Buffalo Chicken Potato Casserole

And spicy chicken corn chowder. I really can't put in words how much I love the Pinterest website. I have found so many great recipes on there!!!!
Other things that have gone on this week have been basketball, lots of rain, some snow today a new short haircut and the invention of one of my favorite breakfast sandwiches:

Fried egg, pepperjack cheese and peach preserves on cinnamon raisin toast.....yes I did and it is wonderful!!! Oh yeah and promotions have opened up and I got my application in yesterday, that's what's going on on my computer screen in the background!

Pho and a party

I met Marcy yesterday for lunch at Pho Vietnam to catch up since we haven't talked much since the LSU/Ole Miss game. The food was perfect as usual. We split the great shrimp spring rolls and both had a bowl of pho.

After work, J stayed on with Sissy while K and I headed to Contractor's Inc for their Christmas party.

There was more wonderful food there! Mark smoked ribs, shoulders, chicken and brisket....It was probably one of the best briskets I've ever eaten. We also ran into some unexpected guests.

The company that Klinger works for now is a customer of Contractor's and so we were able to spend some unexpected quality time with Shera and Chris! The night didn't roll on late like it usually does which was cool with me since I can roll on late like I use to! Glad it's finally Friday. We've got a very busy weekend ahead of us, hopefully we will get to relax some on Sunday.

Christmas in full swing...even at our house!

Winter has already hit hard, we even had snow earlier this week, so needless to say I have not been in the best mood but I busted out my light and embraced the inevitability of it all yesterday. K was away at the camp so J and I tried some new takeout for dinner. I read a few times about Castle Restaurant by the Uof M having the best Mediterranean food around so we gave it a try and it was very, very good!

I ordered a Gyro Platter and a Vegetarian platter because I am a lover of variety! The spanikopita is hidden on my plate and apparently I ate the dolma and falafel before snapping a pic. I could hardly be bothered with taking a break from the greatness to get a photo but I managed.

J was a big fan too. I see this being a meal again in the near future. We ate pretty early, for our standards so I had to choose whether to be lazy or productive for the rest of the night. I choose production since my guys both mentioned wanting some Christmas decorations on the outside of the house. I got to work pulling things out of the attic and getting busy outside and realized I was missing some key ingredients so we made a run to Lowe's and Target. On the way home, we drove past a house that is totally in The Christmas Story spirit.

I know it's not that clear but yep that is a leg lamp in their window for the whole neighborhood to see. It's about time to watch the movie!
I got the decos done at a reasonable hour. There are a few more things I want to do on the outside and then it will be time to get our tree and get the inside done. I didn't tell K what I was doing last night while he was away, I hope he's surprised when he gets home :) Speaking of K getting home, I wish he would hurry, I miss him so much when he's gone but at least I get awesome texts from him:

A kind of big deal happened since I last blogged!

I've said it before and will say it again:
I. Am. The. Worst. Blogger. Ever!!!
So, since I last blogged oh about 2 1/2 months ago, I had a wonderful life changing event happen....

I spent 11 days on Anna Maria Island and got to marry my best friend while I was there! It was absolutely perfect in every way and I couldn't imagine a better wedding. Our family and friends were there with us for about 5 days and we had the rest of the time to enjoy our newly wedded life doing some of the things we love the best.

It was a great time to start the best days of my life!!!! I have found the person that my soul loves and he is my "Happily ever after"!

Football and Fair Weekend

Last weekend was a great one. It was lazy but full of all kinds of fun. We started the weekend off with some Friday night football.

They had a home game against White Station and I have to admit, I cheered for the brothers.....Yes, I went against my alma mater but I'm fine with it since J will most likely be a brother in a few short years :) We met the Mays' at the game and saw Tony Luchessi also. He took J and Drew onto the field for a little bit and they loved that.
I hit the gym early for a Saturday morning for some cardio and pilates and then a trip to the grocery store was in order to have everything we needed for the rest of our day. K got up around 7:00am and threw a pork shoulder on the smoker and I needed to grab some fixin's to go with it. We spent the rest of the day watching college football and the pork and it was sweet. LSU, Texas and Bama all won and Memphis stunk it up bad. J decided to bail on us and went to spend the night with Drake so that left about 5 pounds of meat per person for K and I. We did our best to put it away but there is still an ass load of meat in the fridge!
The weather was great Sunday morning so I knocked out 3 1/2 miles before picking J and Drake up and heading to the Delta Fair. We met up with Leegan, Chris, Angie and Sharon once we got there and spent the whole day out there. We had so much fun on all the rides!

J even rode the Fire Ball AND liked it, which amazed me. It is my favorite ever fair ride and I have been trying to get him to go on it for years with a no way Jose response everytime but this year with all his friends going, he popped right on it. Guess we have a lot of peer pressure training in our future. Nothing like the 3 amigos.....

It was an absolutely gorgeous day

An0d the bull riding was pretty great too

I got in as many of the rides as I could get

until all of the kids left or gave out on me.

Wimps, I tell ya!!!! After the fair, we had enough time to get home, get showered and watch the Cowboys play on Sunday Night Football.....anddddd it sucked. They led the whole game until the last few minutes in true Tony Romo style. I was not happy about staying up late for that!

A momma's love

This is what I left on my baby boy's Facebook page today:

My Promise to you~I am your Mom 1st- your Friend 2nd. I will stalk you, flip out on you, lecture you, drive you insane, be your worst nightmare & hunt you down like a bloodhound when needed because I LOVE YOU! When you understand that, I will know you have become a responsible adult. You will not find someone who loves, prays, cares, & worries about you more that I do! If you don't hate me once in your life- I am not doing my job properly.

I am going to have to remind myself that he will hate me if I do my job correctly.....too bad he may hate me if I do it incorrectly too :)

Another Catch Up Post!

I am THE WORST blogger ever!!! Ok, here's a small run down of what has happened since the last time:

One Pickwick Trip where we enjoyed time on the water:

And the pups enjoyed time running around the hunting land:

J and I enjoyed the old jukebox and some dancing with Mom and Roy:

I played around with some photo apps:

We took another trip to Louisiana for a few things!

One was to restock the freezer with essentials:

Another was to get taunted while dieting:

K also felt the need to act silly:

OH YEAH.....And we went to Matt and Jade's wedding!!!!!

It was such a beautiful day and J had so much fun that he made the declaration that he didn't know who he was going to marry or when but he knew he was going to do it in Louisiana! I love that! I'm so glad he is loving the region as much as I do. K and I actually talked about moving to Lafayette one day down the road. Fingers crossed!!!
Last weekend, K grabbed us a room at The Peabody so we could act like out of towners in our own town. We stayed on the Executive Club Level, had dinner at Mesquite Chophouse, met Cory and Mary for some karaoke at the Blue Monkey and then had some late night snacks at Blues City Cafe. It was a ton of fun until the next morning!