The Big Apple

Yay for time off after October 15th! We both took our Labor Day Holidays (we got two days back in September but had to work, so we used them this week) and went to New York City for a long weekend. I have been several times--my sister and I had this weird obsession with going in the summers. Anyways, Chris had never been. And one of my best friends lives there. So it all worked out quite nicely.

We left Dallas on Friday afternoon. We were of course delayed an hour but we made it to the City around dinner time. We dropped off our stuff at Meg's apartment and headed out to dinner. We got pizza at Lombardi's then just roamed around while eating pinkberry (yum!) for a while before heading back to Meagan's.

Saturday we got up early and headed to see some sights. The weather forecast for the entire time we were going to be there was rain, rain, rain. So, when we woke up on Saturday and it wasn't raining we decided to try to see all the outdoor sights that we could. We hit Central Park, Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue, Times Square, etc. We decided to try to eat at Serendipity for lunch and indulge in their frozen (peanut butter) hot chocolate. The wait was only about 45 minutes to an hour so we wasted some time at Bloomingdales then ate lunch. It was actually a much better wait that I thought it was going to be. And totally worth it. It was king of spitting rain by the time we finished eating, so we decided to visit the Natural History Museum. I had never been there before. It was interesting, but crowded! We headed back to Brooklyn to meet up with Meagan for dinner. We ate at this cute little place down the street that had fantastic home cooked food. Chris and I then went to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. It was so fun! Totally entertaining with an uplifting plot. I would totally recommend it to anyone...especially if you have kids.

Sunday we slept in a little bit--we were tired (not to mention SORE) from all the walking that we had done on Saturday. We started the day off with brunch at Meagan's fav place --it was SO good. Side note: we ate A LOT on this trip (if you can't tell). It was raining pretty steadily on Sunday so we walked around a little bit, but then took a tour of the NBC studios. That was actually really entertaining - we saw where Jimmy Fallon is taped and where SNL is taped (which was pretty cool). We then met Meg at the Museum of Modern Art (she had the hook-up and got us in FREE!). Then Meagan treated us to a delicious dinner at Peter Luger's Steakhouse. AMAZING. Biggest. Steak. Ever. And I can't even begin to explain how good the chocolate sundae was. In fact, I want one right now.

Monday was gorgeous (but seriously COLD). Since we watch the Today Show everyday we decided to go see it while it was being taped. We totally walked up to the gates as soon as Matt, Anne (Meredith wasnt there) and Al walked out. We are pretty sure we were on TV. Ha. We then walked over to Top of the Rock. It had beautiful views of the entire city. However, my complete fear of heights kind of go the best of me. I was able to go to all the levels, but stayed close to the walls. Chris stayed up on the top level FOREVER while I was waiting down below. Don't worry, he wasn't scared and we have about a million pictures to prove it. We then took a double decker bus tour (an uptown and downtown loop). That took up most of the rest of the day - we got off at a couple of stops and walked around the financial district and wall street. We finished up the day with dinner in Little Italy.

Tuesday morning we headed to the airport. It was such a good time for us to get away! We loved getting to see Meg and her friends and to see all the sights as well. Thanks Meg for being such a great host!

Here are some pictures from the trip. We really didn't take a whole lot. I managed to not even get a picture with Meagan. Oops. Enjoy!

Lady Liberty

My ears were SO cold. On the double decker.

Top of the Rock

Al, Anne and Matt

At Rockefeller Center.

Frozen PB Hot Chocolate. YUM.

Optimism?

Things I'm looking forward to:

1. October 15. Work will be much less stressful. I need a break.

2. Halloween. More specifically Trick-or-Treaters.

3. Carving a Pumpkin!

4. New York City! T-minus 9 days.

5. LSU vs. Auburn game....in Baton Rouge.

Today work was a beating. We picked up Chipotle for dinner and have been watching TV since we got home. I am struggling to stay awake. This is better than last night when I fell asleep at 8. Yes, 8 pm. It was amazing. Anyways, I thought I would make a list of fun things coming up to make this week a little more bearable (work wise). Every little bit helps, right?

Happy Hump Day!

One Big Update

Well. I did what I told everyone I was not going to do. I have been away from the blogging world for too long now. I will do my best to keep the updates coming. However, I'm 95% sure my sister is the only one that reads this blog. So, here you go Kristin...

We have been out of town for the past two weekends. Last weekend, we were in Lubbock to visit Chris' parents. It had been a long time since we had been there because of our wedding and all the other weddings we were traveling to this summer. It was good to see them and just hang out. We went to eat to celebrate Chris' birthday and just relaxed. Sadly, I did not take pictures that weekend.

We just got home a few hours ago from Arkansas. One of my high school friends got married, so we made the trip to Little Rock for the wedding. We left mid afternoon on Friday. When we got to LR, we made time to go and view our wedding photos to get our album together. Hopefully we will get that in the next month or so. We have obviously been putting if off--there are so many pictures to go through! Then we headed to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Here are a few pictures that I took that night...

The wedding was Saturday evening, so we had most of the day to spend with my family. My cute little nephew came over bright and early on Saturday morning because my sister had a hair appointment and Mike had some stuff to do for work. Here he is eating his chocolate donut and drinking his juice. Seriously, is he not the cutest thing in the world?!?!?

The wedding was very pretty and it was so great to see my best friends from high school...we all live in different states now! We have had so many people tell us how rare it is that we are still such good friends after so long. We meet in the 5th grade and we are still going strong!

This morning Chris and I slept in, then met up with the rest of the fam (mom, dad, mamaw, kristin, mike & brooks) at Olive Garden for lunch. It was tasty as always. Then it was time to head back here to Dallas. Here is Brooks with his crayons at the restaurant. I LOVE HIM.

Oh! I almost forgot. I also got to see this guy while I was home. All 35 pounds of him.

The flight home was semi-bumpy. However, they were preparing us for the most turbulent ride ever. Good thing it was not as bad as they were making it out to be. I probably would have had a panic attack.

We made taco soup for dinner tonight and now it is time for us to start preparing for the week. Sunday nights are so bittersweet. Gotta try to talk myself into being positive at work this week....wish me luck!

Menu Planning Monday!

This week we will be having....

Monday: Grilled Chicken Breast, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

Tuesday: Chris' 26th B-day! So we are going to Perry's

Wednesday: Cheese Tortellini; Green Beans, Texas Toast

Thursday: I am going out to eat with a friend, so Chris will be fending for himself

Friday: We are going to Lubbock after work, so we will figure something out

This was not very exciting of a week for dinners. But at least we aren't eating out EVERY night like we were right before 9/15 deadline...

My parents were here this weekend and we did a lot of stuff with the house. I will post pictures soon.

Little Red Truck

I don't know why this little CiCi's truck is so funny to me. But seriously I LOVE seeing it around Flower Mound. I mean the sign is just about as big as the truck. And the little teenager that motors around in it is definitely smaller than that sign. My favorite sighting (so far) was when brave little truck whipped a U-turn on extremely busy 2499- with attitude. Oh, it's the little things in life....

Exhausted

I am TIRED. I did not realize it until I decided to take a short nap today (which I NEVER do anymore). Well, I slept for three hours and seriously wish I could have slept longer.

Chris and I got home from Hot Springs, AR this morning. One of my childhood friends got married there this weekend. It was a whirlwind of a trip! We both slept some today and I have a feeling that we will both being going to bed soon. It was a fun weekend and I really enjoyed getting to see friends and even my family for a little bit (they came to the wedding).

Other than that, work is getting all kinds of crazy. This time of year is always so exhausting, but I never am prepared for it.

I am too tired to formulate any more thoughts. So I will leave you with some pictures of the weekend....

Me and my husband at the reception

Me and my sister (in her cute new dress)

Some of the girls at the bridesmaids luncheon

Big group!

The original four

To Floss or Not To Floss

I never used to floss. NEVER. I actually would get kind of irritated when my dental hygenist asked me if I did. Of course not. It is way too difficult, not to mention it takes up entirely too much time. I'm usually running late in the morning or way too tired at night. Plus, I had braces for 4.5 years. It would probably have taken me an hour to floss with those puppies on.

Well, now I'm a floss-er. I don't do it every night. But I would say about 3-4 nights a week. My current hygenist (Yvonne) cleans teeth like I have never experienced before. I now kind of dread going to the dentist because it hurts like the dickens. I'm telling you my gums are on absolute fire for a couple of hours after I leave the place. But, my teeth are clean. This is different for me, because growing up I liked going to the dentist. Probably because I loathed going to the orthodontist or the oral surgeon because they did horrible things like pull my teeth down from the roof of my mouth, extracted teeth, and implanted a tooth which consisted of drilled into the bone in my mouth. The dentist just basically brushed my teeth and squirted some water into my mouth. It was like a mouth massage. I digress.

Well, Yvonne (my current hygenist) cleaned my teeth so well, that I think she cleared up some pathways for food to get stuck in my teeth. Forcing me to have the need to floss. It started out just flossing between two teeth, then the whole bottom row, now it's the entire mouth. I won't go into detail about what I have found. I will just tell you this: you really should floss. It really will do you some good.

Yes, I just blogged about flossing. Gross.