Another family visit

We were so excited that Tripp's parents had planned a weekend to visit us in Houston. They arrived Friday evening and the weekend began with a dinner at home of bakd chicken, pasta, salad, and was topped off with an apple crumble. We visited the rest of the evening and made plans for Saturday.

This visit was for two reasons, to visit us and family and to take some furniture back to Alabama. Saturday morning after a pancake breakfast, we went to rent a moving truck. That process took some interesting turns once we arrived to pick up the reserved truck to find out that it was not available (not sure how you reserve something and then they don't have it but...). After researching a few other options, we left with a much larger truck than needed. We dropped off the truck at our apartment and went to Captain Tom's for lunch. Captain Tom's is one of our favorite seafood restaurants here in Houston. It has a unique atmosphere and great seafood!


Once lunch was finished, we loaded the truck with an arm chair, kitchen table, and chairs. We relaxed the rest of the afternoon before getting ready for a family dinner/get together at Tripp's cousin's house. All of the Houston relatives had gathered at JJ and Jerry's house for margaritas, Mexican  food, and visiting. The kids roped Tripp, Mr. Wesley, and Jon into helping them "wrap" a friend's house with toilet paper to end the night.

Sunday morning, we got up early, went to another cousin's house to pick up another table and baby jogger, and direct Ms. Kat and Mr. Wesley to the interstate. It was a great visit!

That afternoon, Tripp and I left again to see 9 to 5: The Musical. It was a fun show filled with comedy, great music, and wonderful dancing!

Painting with a Twist

We had been talking at work about getting some girls together to go to Painting with a Twist for a while. We finally picked a day and painting anf scheduled the girls outing. Stefanie, Sarah, and I were excited to hang out outside of work and to try our hand at painting. We had a great time and left feeling relaxed and with a pretty painting!!

Family visit

The first weekend of November brought my mom, dad, and youngest sister, Claire, to Houston. They were in Houston for another round of tests to monitor my dad's lymphoma. They arrived at our apartment Thursday night late after a day of doctor visits, exploring Houston, and attending a Joyce Meyer's convention. They arrived with enough time to get settled and make plans for the next day.

Friday morning, Claire came to work with me to check out the school where I work and to learn more about the daily adventures of my job. While Claire was at work with me, my parents relaxed until they picked Claire up around 12:30 so they could make it to another doctor's appointment.  My work day ended with a phone call from my parents letting me know that my dad continues to be in remission!!!

We celebrated another great MD Anderson visit and my mom's early birthday with dinner at Carrabas. We had great food and drinks before heading home to enjoy a homemade cake for mom's birthday. We ended the night by playing Outburst.

Saturday morning, the fam left and Tripp and I spent the rest of the weekend packing for Italy!!

Weekend of shopping

Taking advantage of a free weekend,  Tripp and I spent all day on a Saturday going to furniture stores looking for a new kitchen table and chairs. We were ready for a table that we picked out together but without knowing what we liked, furniture shopping here we came!

We went to store after store trying to figure out what we liked. Did we like regular height? counter height? fabric covered chairs? wooden chairs? light wood? dark wood? traditional? modern? We saw a lot and it was hard to keep all of the different designs straight in my head! We left finding out the types of tables and chairs that we are drawn to and an amount to start budgeting for!

We spent the rest of the weekend preparing for our upcoming Italy trip. We made a few stops to gather necessary items such as travel sized toiletries, jackets, gloves, etc.

Houston visitor!!

Just a few hours after my car accident, my dear friend Nicole came to visit from Dallas. I was upset that I was not feeling my best and that we may have to change some of our plans, but it was a great weekend!

Friday, we enjoyed a yummy dinner of veggie lasagna, salad, bread topped off with homemade pumpkin ice cream.  We stayed up chatting before getting to bed.

Saturday, we treated ourselves to a pedicure, ate lunch, and talked. It was so nice to catch up in person! That night, Nicole, Tripp, and I had dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, Escalantes,  and went to see the movie Catfish. The movie was not quite what we expected, but it was a fun evening.

Sunday, Nicole and I went to mass and returned home for a cooked-at-home brunch of breakfast tacos, hashbrowns, and fruit salad before Nicole headed back to Dallas. It was a super fun visit. I hope to plan a Dallas visit in the coming months!

I was just minding my own business.....

when..... on my way home from work on October 15th, I was rear-ended! I was at a stop yielding to turn onto the frontage road of I-10 when a small Dodge Neon came crashing into me. I was shocked and even more shocked to see that my car just suffered some small scratches. I pretty much immediately began feeling pain in my neck. Well, to make a long story short the girl that hit me does NOT have insurance which makes it super fun! Fortunatley, my uncle who is a wonderful personal injury attorney is helping me handle the mess. I saw a chiroprator for about five weeks and am feeling back to normal. 

Blogger Slacker!!!

Man, I have really slacked at blogging these days!! I have gone to sit down to blog several times, but something always takes precedence over it. Well, today I am making time to write about all of the happenings in the last two months!!!