Mother's Day

On Saturday, my mom and I drove to Quincy to hang out with my gramma for the day. We showed her some pictures and we talked about wedding stuff and had a good time!

On Saturday night, my mom and I took her out for dinner to Tower Pizza. Chuck and June met us out, too. That place has the best chicken nachos! And the margaritas were pretty good, too!

I forgot to take a pic, so here is one from last summer that I have of the three of us:



Happy Mother's Day to my mom and gramma! : )

Traffic sucks

I finally made it home to Rochester last night... after spending seemingly forever in my car. The first hour of the trip, I went about 20 miles. Yep, 1 hour = 20 miles. I hate the traffic getting out of the city. It is hardly ever moving faster than a snail's pace. Luckily, there were lots of fun songs on the radio.

My parents and I went to dinner at Cheddar's and then watched some show about Drew Petersen. I hope he gets what he deserves... SLIMY! I slept like a rock, which is surprising because it is SO quiet here and I am used to a lot of noise. At home in Chicago, we have the fish tank which constantly makes a flowing water kind of noise. We have the city traffic noise, which never stops... sirens, drag racing... I really don't know where people are going at 3am, but whatever. Here, I can hear the leaves on the tree outside my window rustling in the wind and that's about it.

Today, we are heading over to Quincy to visit with my gramma and take her out to dinner for Mother's Day. I haven't seen her since Christmas, so I'm looking forward to it!

Finally Friday!

I'm so glad this week is wrapping up... I've been ready for a weekend since Monday! This was a busy week (crazy busy for Matt!)

On Tuesday, we met up with Matt's cousins Leigh Ann and Brian and Brian's girlfriend for dinner at PJ Clarkes. Brian and his GF were visiting from Texas. We made it home kind of late, but still watched The Biggest Loser. I voted for Mike. Matt doesn't like Mike or Ron, so he abstained from voting. I doubt he would have gone to the trouble to vote even if he did have a preference, though. I can't wait to see the finale and see how they all did at home!

My volleyball team had playoffs Wed night. We made it through the first round pretty easily, but lost in the second round. We went out for a drink afterwards to Four Shadows to celebrate the end of the season and to give Chad a proper send-off. He's getting married and moving away, so he won't be on our team anymore.

Last night, Matt and I went out to Dragonfly for dinner. I won the bowling bet this past Sunday, so this was the last of the payouts for the league. Til next year! Poor Matt has been so crazy busy with work this week... he was wiped out last night! We got home after dinner, watched Desperate Housewives on the DVR and he totally passed out snoring on the couch before 9:30. Since he was out, I went ahead and watched the Real Housewives of NYC while he continuted to snore. No way would I get to watch that normally with him in the room!!!

Today (FRIDAY!!!), I am working from home and catching up on some laundry. I'm driving home to Springfield this afternoon for the weekend to visit with my mom and gramma for Mother's Day.

Six months to go!

Six months from today, at about this time, Matt and I will be on a beach getting married! I can't wait! : )

I talked to the wedding planner, Stephanie, today. She seems very nice and more competent than the last M.I.A. wedding planner. Of course, it's still early in the process... but, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now. We talked a little bit about the wedding and decorations and the rehearsal dinner. I'm getting more excited about our upcoming nuptials!!!

Forking over some more dough

Today, another payment is due for our wedding... just makes me think of all the things that we still need to do before we get married. I haven't been paying that much attention to the little checklist that I signed up for a couple months ago, so I feel like I am really behind. I'm a little scared to see what all I am "supposed" to have done or be doing right now.

Nice weekend

This past weekend was exactly what I needed... a good mix of fun, downtime and awesome weather!

Friday night, Matt and I went to Catch 35 so he could cash in on his remaining bowling bets. I haven't been there in a long time... the food was great! Our waitress was a bit on the kooky side, though.

Saturday was a pretty relaxing day. We dropped off a load of stuff (that had been blocking our hallway for a few weeks) at the Salvation Army. Everything fit into the back of the SUV with the seats down, which was awesome. I was a little worried we'd have to make two trips. That place is a zoo! People are constantly in and out dropping stuff off.

We veg'd out by the tv for a little bit and then headed to Village Tap for a few drinks and dinner. We ended up watching the rest of the game at the Reuters.

Sunday night was the final week of the bowling league... it's always a little sad to be finishing it up because it's a lot of fun. But, with the weather getting nicer, I'd really rather be outdoors enjoying it. I bowled well and ended up winning the final bet of the league against Matt. There's always next year, babe! ; )

Good to be back

Before I left STL yesterday, I met up with my friend Crystal for a drink and a few appetizers. She just moved and is in the middle of all that fun stuff like unpacking and getting cable, internet, etc. set up. I don't envy her... moving is no fun! : (

My flight home was delayed a few minutes, but we made up time in the air and landed on time. I got home by about 8:45pm and I think I was in bed by 9pm. I totally crashed! It's so nice to sleep in my own bed!