Random Friday tidbits

This has been a pretty relaxing week! The only day I had to work was Tuesday, so the other days I’ve been home, running errands, and getting stuff done. Monday, I did pretty good at Publix! Spent about $68 and saved $74 :) Wednesday, Mollie came to town to do some Christmas shopping, so I ate lunch with her at The Marketplace Cafe, a really neat restaurant that one of our friends from Tuscaloosa opened a few months ago. The food was really good! If you go, you should definitely get the chicken and bacon sandwich…yum! The salad I got was awesome too…it had apples, cranberries, and pecans in it. I can’t wait to go back! I also got my hair cut on Wednesday…pretty short! It’s just touching my shoulders, so a little shorter than I got it cut last time.

I’m getting pretty serious about getting blinds and curtains up on all of our windows, so yesterday I went to JC Penney and got curtains and a rod for our big kitchen window and some curtain rods for the valences I bought on Monday for our bathroom windows. Yipee! Can’t wait to get those hung. We hung blinds on our little bathroom window last week, and they look really nice! We ordered them online, so I was a little bit nervous about that, but they turned out great!

Today has been cleaning day around here. The kitchen and bathrooms look much better! I didn’t get around to dusting, but maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. Travis has been working all week on DAU training for work. It’s due tonight (he thinks), and he’s not quite finished with it. It was a lot of reading and quizzes, so I know he’ll be glad to get that behind him.

I’ve still been running about 3 times a week since the Liz Hurley race in October. Today, I ran 3.5 miles without stopping in 31:30! That’s exactly 9 min/mile. So, I’m slowly getting in better shape. That’s a good thing!

Felix and Gabby are getting pretty spoiled (by me!). Tonight, I was shredding some chicken to put in my chicken pot pie, and they came to sit at my feet (like they usually do when I’m chopping anything in the kitchen!). So, I put the cutting board with a few little chicken pieces down on the floor, and they licked it clean!! They have been napping a lot lately during the day and waking us up early in the morning! They usually start wrestling and chasing each other by about 6:30 AM, even on days we don’t have to be up that early! Oh well. I guess it’s good practice for having kids one day.

Taking their mid-day siesta

Gabby snoozing earlier today

Felix usually naps with one eye open…he’s still kinda nervous!

Licking my cutting board clean :)

I’m getting excited about Thanksgiving! We’re spending it up here this year since we were with my family last year. It would be a very sad day to miss Mom’s pineapple casserole and sweet potato casserole, so that’s what I’m making this year to take to Cheryl’s. I hope they turn out as good as when Mom makes them! We’ll see. I’m also making a cake from Mom’s cookbook called the “Green Cake”. It’s yummy too!

I haven’t started any Christmas shopping yet (pretty typical), so I’m thinking we’ll go out with the crazies for a little Black Friday fun. The main thing I want to buy isn’t a present….it’s a new Christmas tree! The past few years we’ve used a small tree that my parents didn’t want anymore, but it’s pretty pitiful looking…you can see right through it. So, I’m on the hunt for a good deal on a nice tree. We also need some stockings because we actually have a fireplace to hang them on this year! Of course, Gabby and Felix will need stockings too. They’re expecting some new treats and toys from Santa I believe. We also need some outdoor Christmas decorations. I guess Black Friday may turn into Christmas decoration shopping day. I’m sure Travis will love that! :)

Mom has chemo treatment #6 on Monday, so I’m probably going to go down either Sunday night or Monday morning to go with her. I don’t work Monday or Tuesday, so I’ll come back up here Tuesday night. Hopefully Mom will stay out of the hospital with this treatment like she did this last time around. She’s putting up a “pink” Christmas tree this year in honor of her breast cancer fight, so I can’t wait to see it!

Hope you’re having a fantastic Friday!