this week doesn't count...

It counts… just not as far as the diet is concerned. We had an awesome weekend. And the weather was UNbelievable! It was sunny and warm we couldn’t have asked for more. Sunday we lazed around the house and watched NASCAR. Sunday evening we started our First Anniversary celebration a day early. We went out and had crab and lobster with the folks at a very nice restaurant in Anoka. After that we went to a taping of my FAVORITE show Drinking With Ian. This time it was in the Main Room at First Ave. They had a new set and it was looking really great. Rob and I enjoyed the free shots that you get when you go to a taping and we got to be a part of the conga line at the end of show 3, I am the short one behind Ian if you get to see the show. I LOVE THAT SHOW! I plan on being at every taping from now on. Monday was just as great we broke record temps and it was sunny. Rob and I decided to spend our anniversary shopping and antiquing. We found a telephone table to replace the one I “tried” to refinish, for only $20. We washed my car and then had the most fantanbulous dinner at this restaurant The Texas Roadhouse. OH MY GOD the food was amazing. They give you bread so fresh when you sit down it’s hot (not warm, HOT) to the touch, the steak I ordered melted, the catfish Rob had was crispy and very well seasoned, the waitress was a hoot and they did a line dance before we left. I had a beer, a loaded potato, a salad and a country fried sirloin steak, Rob had a beer, a cup of chili, steak fries and catfish ALL for under $40. We now know why there is always a line out the door for that place.

We have had a very successful week

On Sunday, Rob and I were sitting in the office I was debating getting a new fish tank for the living room and Rob was looking for upgrades for his new RC car obsession. I started getting irritated at my small ass desk and my BIG ASS monitor. That got me thinking, we are always talking about how we want to redo the office with matching desks and shelves to display some of our collectables. So I asked Rob how much we figured it would cost when we mapped out what we wanted from IKEA. $200. That’s it… I was planning on spending at least $150 for the fish tank. So I pointed out that for less then we were planning to spend on out individual hobbies we could do up the office. Monday off to IKEA we go and end up $30 under budget, and for once nothing weighed over 50 pounds. We got home and after uncountable times up and down the stairs and rob taking power tools to his old desk, we had a brand new office. You can see that Rob and I have different collectables. I have all my classic 1970’s Sesame Street music boxes and figures, he has skulls and NASCAR diecast cars. As a reward we decided to forego the diet for the night and ordered the pizza we had been craving for weeks. I have never tasted a pizza so good before in my life! Tuesday I called in sick to work. My allergies were kicking my ass but that I am sure was from all the dust we kicked up on Monday. It was a good day, it was warm we got to play with the RC cars and hang out. I stopped by mom’s on Friday and picked up her old dell and her flat screen monitor to replace my BIG ASS monitor. She gave me her old laptop awhile ago and I am loving having a computer in the living room J, now if I can get her to upgrade to a new Ipod I would be set. It’s good to have a gadget freak for a mother J.

This morning was our weigh in day. I lost 2 pounds for a total of 15 and Rob lost 5 pounds for a total loss of 21. The pizza did nothing to harm our diet!! I even had a real beer with lunch today!

We also went to my new favorite fish store Forest Lake Pets and got 4 new fishes. (The ones I got at the end of last month died because I added too many at one time and was breaking in a new filter and it couldn’t keep up with all the fish) I got two boys and two girls to go with the two girls and one boy I left. So that means I have 7 guppies, a platy with a bent spine and cory-cats. That is all that will fit in that tank unless I upgrade to a filter rated for a 40+ tank and that is way too much current for a 10 gallon tank.

My weekend!

Friday things started out kinda sucky, I found one of my favorite fish dead in the big tank. So I spent my morning getting the dead fish out and testing the water to see why my favorite fish was dead. At 11:45 I went and got my hair done. Bridget did a fabulous job. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my hair. If you live in the northern suburbs go see her at Jordan a salon/spa in Coon Rapids. She was a kick and a half, just what I needed after a traumatic morning. Back home I treated the issues in the big tank and started getting myself ready for my big night. I was excited, I did my nails like 4 times, tried on 6 different outfits. By the time Rob got home I was ready to burst out the door. We decided to have dinner at T.G.I Friday's, it was good... it was Friday's. We left for downtown at 7pm so we could have enough time to find parking. There was a t-wolves game that night as well. We find the LAST parking space in the lot behind First Ave but we still had 20 minutes before the doors open and an hour and 20 before the show started. We went across the street to Starbucks in Block E. We waited there before the DWI show last month. At 8:02 we go to the Entry... we are the first ones there. I felt like a dork but we got a table and I got my beer. Not 5 minutes later my buddies Shane and Mark came out. It was so good to see them, God knows I missed hanging out with the guys. Shane sat and talked to us for a good bit of time before the show. It was trippy watching the guys play again. It was cool catching up. Really cool. The show was great as well. But I didn't have any doubts. Rob ended up having a great time and kinda dug the music. After that I really think Rob understood why I was so eager to go. I can't wait until we can do that again. Shane has some shows coming up with his band, I am hoping we can make it to a few of those. And to make it an even greater night... I got to drink beer. Mmmmmm beer.

Saturday and Sunday weren’t all that exciting. We watched NASCAR and waited for the snow storm from hell to appear. And that it did. We got a foot and a half of nice heavy wet snow. But I didn’t have to work therefore I didn’t have to drive in all that. Mom did. She made it home in one piece.