Rambling along in Life.... (with a Stern point of view)

Jeff had pleasure of driving us to airport this morning....

I had pleasure of drinking a bit of "fresca" to help calm my nerves for flying...arghhh!!!

Ummmm....flying scares me...

Way too early on a plane...

I am calm...see my armpit...hehehehe

It helped me fly...really...it did...

And this is why we are here... Southern Decadence 2010.... it is about to get crazy...

My first Gumbo (chicken and sausage)...mmmmm, well real gumbo in New Orleans....
Now I am gonna take a disco nap and meet up with that studBrett for some fun.... wooo hooo!!!

The Fleur de Lis . What has been and now has become a major symbol of New Orleans. The people of this city have gone through so much as others along the Gulf Coast. From Katrina to the BP oil spill. It is just one thing after another. So I am proud to be heading to New Orleans this week for a vacation and my first visit to The Big Easy. Yes, I am going for fun and frivilous fun, but my trip will also add some money to a city that needs it. Me and 150,000 (or more) people will be decending on New Orleans Labor Day Weekend to wind up summer and help the economy of a city that needs it. Though it is a coincedence that we happen to be going down (hehe) to New Orleans around the 5th anniversary of Katrina, we are proud to be a part of a celebration that is one of the largest for the city (3rd, behind Mardi Gras and Jazz Festival). I can't explain how excited I am to be heading to New Orleans, and after all the coverage of the 5th anniversary of Katrina... I am so glad we can be there and be a part of a great city and a great event.

Saturday morning I did make it to the gym... at 7:45am no less... here is fuzzy pic of proof... though I am trying to slim down for Southern Decadence, I am afraid it is a too little too late... though plans are to go gym Monday and Tuesday, maybe Wednesday of this week... We have to be at airport by 5am Thursday morning and we will likely be packing up to the last minute... as we always do...hehe...

I did manage to sneek in a few rays on Saturday, then a few more on Sunday... though I think Sundays rays will be hurting me Monday... arghhh...
So I am getting a bit stoked about watching Emmy's tonite... Yes.. gonna bypass True Blood (Yikes!!) to watch the Emmy's... I can catch True Blood tomorrow night on demand or when we get back from New Orleans... Glee and True Blood are up for awards tonite, so I have to watch... now I am just debating on whether to haul laptop into living room to update on here as things happen... hmmm...
Well... if I do, you will know... otherwise... Happy Almost Last Weekend of Summer 2010!!


So Friday afternoon, I got off work at 12:30ish... hit the gym, then came home to do a little house cleaning a get the pool set up for the weekend. Decided, what the hell and spent a little time getting some sun since the weather was so nice. Not the horrible humidity we have been having all summer.

So after some sun and then Jeff getting home from work... and many cocktails later... Jeff(pic above) threw down the gaunlet on some naked Wii bowling... the loser having to ... umm well... we will just leave that to the imagination... and I won by the way... but I reversed the bet...mmmm

The pups in the chair watching some naked asses bowling.... they are just too cute sometimes...

After a night at home whipping some ass in bowling we headed to Kitchen 64 to see one of our favorite bartenders, Alex... Jeff looks too cute here... awww!!!

Of course this meant we had to have cosmos... mmmmmm.... then we had to get to our appointment....

We had to see the sample wedding cake we are ordering.... imagine this, but square and three tiers... love it... David (who is making the cake) did a great job with the design and colors we asked for.... we brought it home, but have yet to taste it... will do that Sunday... but the main thing is that it looks great!!! (and will match our ties for the wedding)...
The rest of the day included a visit from Stacy and more time in the pool...and of course grilling of steak and early evening nap... now lets see what the night brings

Saturday was my niece's 2nd birthday... so Jeff and I headed out to the birthday party at her mom's mom's place in the FAR West End of Richmond... for us it seems like a long ways, but my Mom and step-dad hauled it from even further out...

The birthday girl (Cadence) and my Mom... all in pink...oh, and the big stuffed frog between them...

Cadence is ready for the opening of presents... she is going to Kung-Fu our asses if we don't get to it...

Giddy up girl!!!

Jeff and I got her a stuffed doggie and the batch of rubber duckies she seemed to love (Todd/Amanda, I want pics of these in the pool and or tub with her)

We are both thinking "take the damn picture so we can get these silly hats off our heads"

You would think most 2 year olds would not give a shit about clothes, but she got a lot of new clothes today and she actually liked them...hmmmm...

When she got the coloring book and crayons, she had to stop opening presents and sit down and sign each page of the coloring book... kids are soo cool sometimes..

When it was time to sing "Happy Birthday" and we all started (well, maybe not me)... Cadence wanted her daddy to make it stop...PLEASE!!! look at that face... like Simon Cowell judging American Idol...thinking, what in the hell are these people thinking... give me some dance music...

So, today, I basically rolled out of bed and actually made it to the gym early...(pic of proof above)... then came home and trimmed the big ass tree in the backyard ... we are in full reception planning mode...arghhh... but after a little romp, Jeff and I picked up things at Kmart and headed to party for Cadence... afterwards, we stopped at Total Wine to get all the wine for the reception next month... we are trying to financially spread out cost... lets hope we don't drink the wine before the party... Well, we then stopped by my office to print off some cards for another wedding project and then headed home...

And surprise! I got a drink and hopped in the pool... short lived though... sun went in and then Stace came over for drinks and dinner... we had other plans and they got cancelled due to health issues, but they will happen another day just get some rest guys.