Weekend Update

This past weekend just flew by! Friday night started with my floral appointment. I felt much more prepared and excited to meet with my florist than my first visit back in July. I am still debating on using floral in my centerpieces at my tables, but I think in the end I will.

After the floral appointment, I had an hour and a half to kill before meeting with our FOCCUS couple so I stopped by T's parents house. It was so nice to catch up and see his sister. I was a little nervous meeting our couple, but my future sister reassured me that the Mrs. was very nice. :) She was totally right! I just loved our meal and getting to know each other before taking the inventory.

Saturday we had our cake appointment and we met with a new business that does custom printing. I was so relieved to be told our invites can be printed at a reasonable cost! After some meetings, T and I went to our reception hall's open house. We got to try a few things off the menu, see the ballroom all dressed up, and taste desserts and wine. It was amazing and I was stuffed by the time we left. I made a trip home to pick up a few things from Mom and Dad's. It was also an excuse to see my pup. I sure miss her and I know the feeling is mutual when she runs down the road after me when I leave. :( She knows how to make her owner sad!

Sunday was pretty relaxing. T and I started really planning our NC trip and figuring out what we wanted to do. I was excited to finally get approval to go on vacation from the upper management. I think we have a pretty good idea what we want to do in Charlotte, it's just a matter of what we want to do the 5 days before we head back west. One of my top things to do is to go to the Duplin Winery and have Two Dogs Pizza. Another trip to Wilmington would be awesome too. We watched the Super Bowl and ordered Pizza Hut so we didn't have to cook. It was a great evening even if snow was in the forecast.

I am ready to be in NC with warmer weather for sure!

Winter Wonderland

Lucky for me, well not so lucky was me waking up midnight Wednesday morning with the stomach flu. I missed the last day of 4K for 2012 as we got dumped by snow from Winter Storm Draco. I think we got around 16" where I live. I spent my first snow day recovering and the second snow day was frantically cleaning and packing so I could head home for Christmas! At home they got around 13", so it was still a lot.

The parking lot before the plow came through.

View to the road from our bedroom window.

After the plow came through. Much better!

Back home - Dad blew some snow for a path for the dogs and to get to the buildings.

They sure love the snow :)

Always so pretty in our yard after the snow.

Missing my pup

It was as if the girls on my Knot month board were reading my mind. I logged in and a dozen of them had posted pictures of their pets. My pet, Bailey, a yellow Labrador Retriever, has to live at my parents' farm since we cannot have pets in our apartment. I just saw her over the weekend, but I miss her already. I worry about her when it's hot, but I know she's smart enough to go play in the creek if she gets too hot.

The other dog is Bailey's half sister, Dixie, who is owned by my brother. My parents have both kids out of the house, but they gained two dogs to replace us for the time being. :)