Dinner Duo

Tonight we had dinner with David and Catherine. We had not seen them in a few weeks, so we decided to meet up. Initially, David asked if we could meet up the night before, but Richie did not feel like going out. When David said "Fine. how about Tuesday night" I thought they had something to tell. Maybe an engagement, preggo or moving to the beach together. David swore he did not have anything to tell, but I thought something was up. To my surprise, the did not have any news, so we just ate dinner and chatted. Our schedules are pretty packed the next few weekends, so we may not see them for awhile. We had to get some face time in and our evening was a lot of fun!

Good News- we found out our friends, Trey and Carrie are pregnant. They have been trying for awhile and have had some bumps in the road, but all looks good for them now. YAY!

The Garage and the Lake

It is funny how the older we get, I find that all we do is hang out in people's garages. Usually, it is our garage, but we seem to rotate garages. It is pretty funny. Saturday, we went over to Bryan and Stephanie's and hung out with them. We went up to the pool for a little bit and went back to their house and ordered pizza. We hung out in the garage, drank beer and just talked all night. A few neighbors came over and entertained us. Stephanie, Alyssa and I were the only girls and we belly laughed the whole time. We had a blast.

Sunday, Richie brought home another waverunner and we took it to the lake. Bryan brought his boat and we had a party on the lake. By the end of the day, Bryans neighbor, Les, his son, David L, Brian B and Clay all joined us. We spent all day at Falls and found a quiet cove to hang out in. We randomly ran in to some old friends that we had not seen in about 10 years. We visited for a few minutes and got our contact info for future visits to the lake.

I did bang myself up though. Some times, I feel like I am 16 years old again and can do anything. After we pulled the boat out of the water, I was unloading all the towels out of the boat. When I was done, I hoped off the back of the boat and completed misjudged how far the ground was...I thought a foot, in reality it was about 3 1/2 feet. Needless to say, my feet hit the ground but my body was still in motion. I bit the ground and skinned up both knees. It was funny and stupid, but what can I do now? I got a nice bandaged up knee and a story to go with it!

Swollen Eye

Last night after crying and being upset about my Uncle Charlie my mom's contact was bothering her. She rubbed her eyes and they became very red. She took her contacts out and went to bed. Richie woke me up this morning saying "your moms eye is swollen shut". I was in such a deep sleep, I thought he was talking about his mother. Too funny. Indeed, her eyelid was swollen and she was unable to open her eye. She must have scratched her eye pretty bad. I put a cold compress on it, gave her some Advil and told her to rest. I had to do a work function, so I had to leave. On my way home, I got some drops and an adhesive eye patch for her. She was been wearing it all day and the swelling has gone down. The eye heals pretty quickly, so hopefully, she will be okay tomorrow.
Update: 6/30/09 Her eye is much better now- She can open it and see out of it. It is still a little red and she is a little sensitive to the bright sun, but it is almost 100%!

Uncle

My uncle Chalie had a valve replacement today. Although he is fine now, it did not look good for a few hours. Evidently, he had a tear somewhere and they could not stop the bleeding. A surgery that takes 6 hours, was in it's 8th hour, when doctors said it did not look good. Another doctor came out and said he was not going to give up on him. 10 hours after his going in for surgery, they came out very pleased and were going to close him up. It was amazing, a miracle, perhaps. My mother was so upset and sobbing. I refused to give up hope. He is now breathing on his own and in a lot of pain. The next few days will still be critical, but he chances are good now!
UPDATE: 6/30/09 Uncle Chalie is doing well. He had to have a permanent pacemaker put in yesterday. The doctors are very pleased and thinks he will recover well. He was a little agitated yesterday from anesthesia and the pain, but that is pretty normal. He is still in the ICU, but think he will be in his own room in the next couple days. Shewww!

Michael Jackson is gone

Hard to believe that Michael Jackson is dead. He floods my brain with so many memories. As a child, I l-o-v-e-d him. I made posters with pictures of him and kissed it all the time. I know, my mom still has it somewhere. He was a musical icon and I am saddened that he is gone. I ache for the 80's MJ that I loved dearly. In his later years, he was a little wacky, but I still believe he is innocent of the child molestation charges. Call me crazy, whatever.

I can't wrap my brain around it. Today, I wore my "Ode to Michael Jackson". Black pants, black shoes and bright white socks! LOL

C-Town Visit

Our C-town visit was awesome. The baby is precious and is such a good baby. She is happy and content doing her own thing. We arrived about 7 pm on Saturday night and were greeted with jager bombs. HA! It is tradition! We spent the evening hanging out, talking and cooking chicken wings. Paul received a big fryer for an early Fathers Day gift and of course, had to try it out. He made fried mushrooms and chicken wings. They were so good. After dinner we played Pop 5 and had a blast. Pop 5 is also tradition! Sunday we got up and had breakfast and headed to downtown C-town. We walked the riverfront and took in all the sites. We went to a rooftop restaurant that over looked the whole city. It was breath taking. We went to another restaurant later in the day by the marina. We sat outside and watched the yachts and shrimp boats come through the channel. It was pretty cool. We went home and grilled out and spend the rest of the evening hanging out on the back porch. What a great visit.

I did not enjoy Monday morning- I woke up and was very sick to my stomach. I had some kind of 24 hour bug that was attacking me with a vengeance. The worst part was I was 4 hours away from home. Needless to stay, the trip home was not pleasant, but all is well now. I am not sure what is was (we all ate the same thing and I was the only one sick). It took me a few days to feel back to normal, but now I have my appetite back and don't feel any weirder than usual . :-)

Farmers Market

I had to work close to the Farmers Market and after we were finished we decided to stop in for some lunch. I had never eaten at the Seafood Market and let me tell you...It was fantastic. I had fried shrimp and it was the best I have had in a long time. It was so good, I had to stop eating it, so I could bring some home for Richie. I would not be able to describe to hum how good it was, so I made sure to bring some home. The portions were huge! After Richie got home from work, I heated some up for him and he agreed, they were great! Reminded me of being at the beach.....Yummy!

Leaving tomorrow for C-town to visit Paul, Joanne and Hunter. Hunter is 3 months old already and we haven't seen her yet! I am so excited to see them...it has been too long. (4 months) When you go from seeing them everyday to not at all, 4 months is a long time! Can hardly wait!

Relaxing Weekend

Richie and I had a pretty laid back weekend. We hung out at the pool and relaxed. I was there on Saturday with my mom and then Richie , my mom and I went again on Sunday. We spent most of the day there and Becky joined us late in the day. We all decided that we were going to go to Rudinos and have some good food. We hung out on the rooftop, had great food, cold beverages and listened to a band play. It was a great end to a great weekend.

Waverunner Fun

Richie was able to get a demo waverunner from work and we spent the day at Jordan Lake with Trey and Carrie. We had a blast playing around with the waverunner. It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed ourselves. While on the lake, we started to talk about food and what we wanted to eat...Mexican food. We all began craving it and had to go find the nearest Mexican restaurant. We left the lake and found a little taco shack. From the outside, it looked a little sketchy, but had great food. Good thing! Looking forward to many more days like this!