Well, our big anniversary came and went in Dec, but we finally got around to a bit of celebrating! This weekend D had a sleepover for his friend's birthday, and I decided we should take advantage of the child-free time. We booked a room at the snazzy hotel on the lake and went to romantic dinner at the floating restaurant. Lots o fun, even though we were on a pretty tight schedule for getting back in the morning.
Since it has been ages since I posted to the non-music blog, I will try to bring it up to date. If anyone missed our fabulous end-of-year missive, here is the link:
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We visited MANY people up and down the I-5 corridor the week after Xmas, Grampa C was up from AZ and we got to see most of the cuzinz on that side of the family first, north for all the cuzinz on my side of the family. We took in a museum with miniature trains, and a trip to a huge car museum, but probably Ds highlight of the trip (aside from cuzin time) was going to the Japanese steakhouse. One of those places where the chef puts on a show while you all sit around the grill - lots of flame and flipping of knives etc. Our guy ate a HUGE amount, the seafood platter including lobster, shrimp and mussels. Of course I had steak (it IS a steak house, right?!).
I've been treading a lot, really need to do more as it is obvious the treading is NOT enough. Considering joining (re-joining?) a gym. Of course then you have to fit into their schedule, but it's probably worth it even if I only go 8x a month. Of course it is cheaper exercise at home, and easier to fit in the schedule, but also easier to NOT exercise. Will contemplate.
This year we are going to have the boat. J has agreed to have a "boat man" work on it, and I have a lead on a good one. So hopefully we will really get it out on the water, since it is kinda silly to have a boat that is just a giant planter out by the garage. Also hoping to get noticeable work done in the yard, contouring and sprinkler system put in with grass. We'll see how that pans out.
