The Camera is Abroad

Josh left for a week and a half business trip to the UK and Rome (I know I wish I could have gone along). Of course he packed our little camera which has the memory card with all our pictures, that I would like to share on the blog. Soooo, I will have to delay my posts on the Tennessee Game, Kentucky Game, and LSU Game. Be assured we had a blast with great friends and great football on each trip!

I will however bring out the nice camera to show off my fall decorations, which I completed last night. These are my first decorations in my first home, so I tried to pick items that I can build on. Of course I wish every shelf was decorated every edge accessorized, but we are just starting out and all my holiday decorations will grow over the years. I will try to get snapshots of everything tonight to share!

Speaking of tonight, I am excited to go to dinner with my Junior League small group. I think we are going to Panache. We are an indecisive group... No matter where we go it will be a nice treat. I am wearing a warm black sweater dress, tights, two long pearl and rhinestone necklaces and an awesome bright pink scarf - so fun! I have surprisingly adapted well to the 40 degree weather. I think it helps that it isn't too windy-that's what always gets me in the winter.

Troy Game

Since we weren't in Gainesville we did the next best thing and went to Bailey's to watch the Troy Game with the DC Gator Club.

We were able to meet up with a bunch of my sorority sisters and had a great time!

Here we all are singing We are the Boys!

Charleston Southern Party

Molly was the perfect hostess.

T is for Thompson Costers

The Bar

Gator Embroidered Towel - Thanks Lucy!

Our football cake and brownies - it was so much fun to have a baking night with Lacey to make these!

Getting ready to put the food out-of course I never took any pictures once we did.

Me with baby Jack and Molly.

AppetizersWe had a great night with wonderful friends and best of all a Gator victory!!

New Orleans Bound

So I thought I would be blogging about all our football adventures, but I have been so busy with party planning, and going in and out of town, and trying to keep my home in order that I haven't kept up at all. I promise to do re-caps with pictures for all the games. We have had a wonderful time on all our trips, and I am looking forward to this weekend and our adventure in Louisiana to watch the Gators take on the LSU Tigers.


We arrive in New Orleans early Friday morning. We are going to do a little tailgate and cooler shopping (we buy a new cooler for EVERY game). We literally have seven coolers on our back porch and one down in Florida! After that, a walk around the Garden District and lunch at Commander's Palace. In the afternoon we are going to spend time with my cousin who is getting her Master's at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Come sun-down it will be time for dinner with Mike, Lacey, Reema and Alex in the French Quarter.



Here is the dress I am wearing on Friday:





Josh and I are staying in Baton Rogue so we will drive over Friday night and then tailgate in the bayou all day Saturday. Well, that's the plan for now, I wonder how things will really turn out-you never know in the Big Easy!

Josh did not like my original "planned" gator game day outfit of an orange sheath dress with a belted white boyfriend cardigan. So I am still figuring out what I am going to wear. I think a royal blue dress with orange jewelry and an orange cardigan. We shall see.

An Award!

I am so excited that Suzanne gave me the Kreative Blogger award! I love reading her blog, it is so funny-and even made me try bump-its! I have been slacking in the blog department, so this is exactly the kick in the pants that I need to get back into it! But since we all know that I firmly believe that rules are meant to be broken-I don't think I will be following all the rules. Ok-truth be told I don't know seven other bloggers to tag!

Rules:

1-Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2-Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3-Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4-Name 7 things about yourself that people may not know.

5-Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.

6-Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7-Leave a comment on each

Seven Things About Me

1. I am addicted to coffee-it got me through Grad School and a full time job and ever since then I can't live without it.
2. I really want to get a kitty cat. Josh says that taking care of Molly is enough, but I still want a little kitty to cuddle with.
3. The fourth of July is my favorite holiday!
4. We are hosting our first Thanksgiving. I'm so excited that I started planning the menu in September.
5. When I was younger I always wanted to have red hair.
6. I LOVE my job. I always thought I wanted to be a SAHM, but now I can't imagine not coming to work everyday. (no plans to be a mom yet either...)
7. I really want a snuggie--I know I know almost as bad as crocs (which I wear to walk the dog every morning).

Weekend Recap

Friday we headed to the GD Box at Fed Ex Field for the Redskins pre-season game against the Patriots. It was great fun to visit with Josh's co-workers and their wives. We all have such a nice time together, we decided to make plans to all get together on a monthly basis. I also got to visit with my sorority sister Nancy and met her boyfriend. I am excited for them to come to our football party next weekend.

On Saturday we met up with Mike and Lacey to head into the city. We rode the metro in because we didn't know how traffic would be with Ted Kennedy's funeral. Hind site is 20/20, with metro delays we would have been much better off driving. We enjoyed visiting the Smithsonian and seeing the First Ladies Exhibit and Julia Child's Kitchen Bon Appetite! We took advantage of DC's Restaurant Week and visited Chef Goeff's Downtown, which did not disappoint. Since we had metro day passes we decided to go to the Eastern Market. The Farmers Market was fun, we saw lots of interesting things and Josh got his favorite treat, dried mango-yum! Returning home, we were ready to call it a day, when Josh's good friend from his MBA program called to say she was in town on a business trip. We headed up to Bethesda to meet up with Tajma and went out to a Turkish restaurant. We had a great dinner, followed by Turkish coffee. I learned the hard way how important it is to sip Turkish coffee. Ha! We walked around the city, and I loved window shopping-can't wait to go back for some real shopping!

Sunday we slept in and had bagels for brunch, I ran errands and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned!

Menu Monday

• Monday- Tomato Basil Salad, Garlic Pork Chops, Grilled Asparagus, and Mushroom Risotto
• Tuesday-Asian Lettuce Wraps
• Wednesday - Avocado Salad, Grilled Steak, Twice Baked Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli
• Thursday- Seared Scallops with Lemon Orzo
  
• Friday-Kashi Pizza