Happy New Year!!!

We've spent a lot of time eating lately. Friday night we ran a couple of errands so while we were out we stopped for dinner. I was in the mood for Italian but we weren't anywhere near either of our favorite Italian restaurants. We stopped at Italian Pie. We've never been there before but it was good. I ordered lasagna. There was a choice of salads & you either got bread sticks or garlic bread. I chose garlic bread. This is what I got.

The garlic bread was basically a small pizza. It was delicious but good grief, I don't want to know the calorie count! I'm thoroughly enjoying my Keurig. We went to Bed, Bath & Beyond so I could get some more K cups. I bought this one.

It's my fave!! It's sooooo good!!! Love, love, love! I also got green tea but I haven't tried it yet.

How did everyone spend New Years Eve & New Years? We stayed home & hosted our neighbors New Years Eve. The weather wasn't the greatest. It rained earlier in the day & it was hot. The weather in Baton Rouge is ridiculous. Dean cooked gumbo & everyone brought stuff. We had hot onion dip, spinach & artichoke dip, an anti pasta platter, a cheese ball, cream cheese & pepper jelly. I feel like I spend a lot of time blogging about food. The guys popped some fireworks. Here's me & Dean.

 Not a great pic but at least it's something. I realized yesterday that we didn't even take a pic together at Christmas. I really need to remember to take the date off the pics too. On another note, those Christmas lights that you see behind us are purple & gold & they spell out Beat Bama on our neighbors front yard.  Here's some of the crew.

Dave, Devin, Alexandra, Allie, Anna, Aaron, Jackie, Dennis, Cliff, Kitzia, Suzy, me & Dean. We were missing a few people.

We spent New Years Day playing Santa Claus to some of our Godchildren. We visited with friends & the kids opened their gifts. Everyone seemed to like their stuff. This is me & Lane. Dean & I are Lane's Godparents.

Lane gave us a gift card to Sammy's which is one of our favorite restaurants. Once we got home I started taking my Christmas decorations down. I normally leave everything up through the Epiphany but this year I'm ready to have it all put up & get things back to normal. I'm going to leave out my nativity until next weekend but everything else is coming down. I got a lot done tonight so hopefully it won't take all day tomorrow. I basically just have the trees left to take down & the stuff outside. I still can't believe Christmas has come & gone & it's 2012. I hope y'all had a wonderful holiday & are looking forward to the new year. Are y'all doing resolutions??

Toodles!

Happy New Year!

We're having a very low key New Years Day. Laying on the sofa watching football are all the plans that we have! I did clean up my closet this morning so I don't feel bad about doing nothing the rest of the day.

Yesterday started off shaky but ended up a good day. The repair man came to see about our washing machine. After spending $70 on the service call he told me it was the timer which would be $240 + another service call + it would take 2 weeks for it to come in. We decided to just buy a new one. We were going to do that today but Dean got online & determined that he can buy the part & possibly fix the washer himself so we're going to try that. The machine works, you just have to do everything manually. It's a pain but if it saves me $400 I'll deal with it for the time being.

After the repairman left I met my friend Vicki & Godchild Lane at Chick Fil A for lunch. It was soooo good as usual. I'm going to attempt to eat better this year so I had a chocolate shake. I brought Lane his Christmas gifts.

I thought this cup was so cute. The blue part on the bottom unscrews & is like a little bowl that you can put snacks in.

It's hard to believe Lane is old enough for Monopoly Junior but he'll be 5 in February.

After lunch I went & had my nails done & then went home & napped. We went down the street to a party at our friends. It's so nice to just be able to walk. We had tons of food & wine & had a great time.

Happy New Year from our family to yours!!!!

Toodles!

It's Over

I can't believe it's 2010. When I was a freshman in high school there was a teen club in Baton Rouge called 2010. We used to think that was so funny because it was such a long time away. It's really weird that it's here.

I'm not making any resolutions this year. It's just something I fail at every year. I'm just going to try & be a better person & stop stressing out over things that I have no control over.

We went to our subd. progressive dinner on New Years Eve like we normally do. We had a lot of fun! I actually made it to midnight which is something that rarely happens! I then proceeded to sleep for 10 hours thanks to the Actifed I took before bed. On New Years Day LSU played in the Capital One Bowl. That was one ugly game. From the weather, the condition of the field to the actual play of the teams. Penn State won. I think the only time I got off of the sofa was to get something to eat & drink & to go to the bathroom. I don't know if I have a cold or sinus infection or what but I've felt bad for a week.

Christmas is officially over at our house. Saturday, Vicki & Lane came over so that we could exchange presents. Lane gave his paran & I a gift certificate to Mike Anderson's which is our favorite place to eat! We went & had lunch at Brewbachers & then came home & hung out awhile.



Dean & I went to Mass Saturday afternoon & then had dinner at Casa Maria with our friends, The Abadie's. Heather & Jacob opened their presents & posed for a picture.




Today, we took the Christmas tree & all the deocrations down. I miss not having my tree to look at.

I just saw on the news that the weather is going to be horrible all week. Like highs in the 40's at best which is one of the worst things I can think of. The thought of it makes me cold. It's times like this I wish I didn't have to get up early & go to work. Who am I kidding, this is one of the MANY times I wish I didn't have to get up early & go to work!! I'll never get well at this rate. I just have to keep thinking that 2 weeks from this moment I'll be on a cruise ship leaving New Orleans for sunny, warmer weather!!!!

Toodles.