Dirty Thirty!

Well, the Dirty Thirty came and hit me! Along with it is a month's worth of rain, apparently... it rained NON STOP all day on my birthday, but it was still a great day, even if I kept getting soaked every time we moved on to the next surprise.

Day started with a trip to the spa... Mo set up a facial and massage for me...which I fell asleep and had to be woken from a drool enhanced snooze 20 minutes after the massage was over! Must have been all that rain.... then we went on to Copelands for lunch, and throughout the day I got sweet, funny and loving cards from my sweet husband and daughter at every stop. After lunch, on to the golf store... thinking we are picking up balls for Morgan... he's playing in a tournament next week.... NOPE! I get fitted for my very first set of clubs! Taylor Made R7 Draw Iron Set, a Ping 12 degree Rhapsody driver and a pretty nice 5 iron too! And shoes that look a lot like Morgans Golf shoes, but match my clubs! Woo hoo. He promises that we'll go golfing soon... but I swear the rain is NEVER going to stop!

We came home and I took a nap... a much needed nap, as the first one wasn't long enough... yes, I'm old... and rain means nap time!

Then we got dressed and went to dinner.... surprise! there's my friends! Morgan gave me this silly hospital IV cane thing with a lot of funny old lady stuff on it... and a birthday princess hat, my friend's mother made a delicious cake, and we all had a fabulous time!

Turning 30 wasn't that bad... but Elena brought her baby.... and warned me that she was fussy around other people.... it wouldn't be my fault if she freaked out.... but she didn't.... bc I'm Supposed to hold a baby! I'm a mommy... and I'm really really ready for the next one! COME ON NOVEMBER!


I'm ready for the next leg of the celebration! Atlantis at the end of the month! SOOO excited about some beach time with my baby!

Easter Weekend

Lets see, where to start! This has been an eventful weekend, to say the least! I have been suffering from a mad case of insomnia, giving up and just getting out of bed at 4 am, after watching the clock tick away.... No I'm not overloaded with Caffeine... no I'm not overthinking things... I am literally laying in bed zoned out completely on black space...

Anyways, that disclaimer was just in case I get out of order!

OH - and the storms that came through town... funny thing. Thor, our dog, who is named after the God of Thunder... Get this - HATES THUNDER. Not in a hide under the bed and wait for it to be over kind of way.... but like "How DARE YOU try to invade my space, I'll hunt you down and give you the most vicious barkfest I've got in my little 12 pound frame!" kind of way!


Saturday, we had quite the eventful day! Thor started things off with a dog-gone Easter Egg Hunt at Reservoir. What Fun this was! There were people and dogs dressed up in kooky outfits, which I did not expect... At least Thor wore his yankees! So it was a bit unorganized... which, being a planner drove me a little nuts, but we waited patiently as we could and then it began! Thor didn't seem to care much for the eggs, but you would think they were filled with money the way Amber went to town. FINALLY we got her to understand we only wanted the GOLD egg... which we found, and won a portrait of Thor! woo hoo add to the art collection!

Then we came home and ended up going to Pinnacle Mountain for Saddle Creek's Egg Hunt. Lots of fun, ran into Leah from Amber's class... came home and finished getting ready for Sunday.

Sunday we started the day with the presentation of the Baskets! Amber could barely wait for Morgan to wake up.

Thor Didn't know what to think - except that everything smelt good!

Then it was time to start prepping. We had a brunch for a group of friends, and it was delish! Test Drove a new creation made by my loving husband, and inspired by our trip to Dallas. We now have a Greek Pile, with delish gyro and taziki, eggs, potatoes and garlic biscuit! yum yumm!
It rained ALL day, so we told the kids to go upstairs and all the adults hid eggs. I think we had as much fun hiding them as they did finding them!


Our new Easter Tradition, as Amber was not that interested in Dying eggs this year: We are goign to start painting wooden eggs to keep year after year. We all three sat down and painted eggs Sunday after everyone went home!

Spring

It is officially spring here! Some days are absolutely gorgeous, others are rainy. Every once in a while its 32, welcome to arkansas!

The last weekend of March was eventful! I got a new car - Toyota Sequoia - on Thursday and we took it on a road trip to Dallas. When we left arkansas it was 74 degrees and gorgeous, which is what we packed for... only to arrive in Dallas 4 hours later and find that it was 38 degrees, and the newsmen were warning of possible snow! in Dallas! Weather aside, we found an amazing breakfast place that we ate at every morning, and will now be our regular breakfast place (sorry Word of Mouth.... this is better AND closer!) www.breadwinnerscafe.com. Of course we also had our delicious Chow Thai the first night, and Nobu the second night... what amazing tuna and Kobe beef! Great shopping- Morgan found some great jeans, I got an awesome top... waiting on the completion of the workout before I do any serious shopping. Only 3 weeks to go! It was nice to get out of town and connect with each other after the hectic few weeks we'd had!

This week also marked my final week as a board member for the PTA at Amber's school. It could not have come at a better time, as I am getting more and more busy with my event planning. I have a huge proposal I am working on that could very well guarantee me a hefty commission every year! I am also working on designing my very first website from scratch. Its not cooperating 100% yet, so for now you can see it at www.allindetails.com/heather I don't know why it won't put the information on the FRONT page, but I'll be consulting people who know what they are doing soon!

Last Friday it was so gorgeous, Morgan and I went to the driving range to hit some golf balls. I think I'm going to get my first set of clubs for my birthday, and apparently, I'm pretty good at hitting the ball straight. I just need to work on going further than 50 yards! Today, I hope the weather holds up, as we were supposed to go play put put with Amber.

We have talked about starting a monthly brunch at the house, inviting friends over for my attempt at making BreadWinner's food... we shall see how THAT works out!

A new Space for me

I have been in full on Martha mode this weekend. I never know when she will possess me.. but this weekend, I got the bright idea of turning the sitting room in our bedroom into my office. We hired a new person last week, which permanently pushed me to the dining room. (yuck). I have found that my doing three different jobs in the last few weeks is very frustrating when I don't have my own space. Having to stack up works in progress for dinner, or guests, makes it difficult to start the next day where I left off!

One night (in a dream) I had a great idea to make curtains to divide the space, because I hate Work in the bedroom, and I hate people coming into that portion of my house... it's the only bubble I have that is MY PERSONAL SPACE and not invaded by others... So I ran out to the fabric store and found this beautiful fabric (turns out I was inspired by Ray's new fabrics we offer for rental) and built this beautiful fabric wall.

I also got myself a desk, and a new file cart (which for some reason I can't get the file drawer attached properly), and brought my stuff down from the upstairs office. I worked on this all day saturday afternoon, and didn't even realize it was almost 8 pm when Morgan called about dinner (he was in a tennis tournament all weekend)

I must say, I am definitely more inspired to plan events in my new space, a space that is unlike anything else in the house, and completely for my purpose... (not a dual purpose space). This portion of our room has become notorious for collecting junk... as we did not know what to do with it. I spent all day Sunday cleaning up the bedroom, as I am ready to show my space off to everyone!

Morgan even had me make some demi-curtains to spice up his office too!

Preparing for an invasion

Amber will have her first slumber party tonight. Slumber Parties are different from sleepovers, because there are more than one kid coming! We have invited four girls from class, and I have the twins confirmed so far.

Amber has definitely started picking up on mommy's planning. She selected invitations to send to her friends, and when they could not be found Friday morning, she was heart broken. We had to send notes in mommy's stationary, and not her special cards. Friday night, we made a menu, and a list, and went to the store to get the items. Amber definitely has the "big picture" figured out, we are having a High School Musical sleepover, complete with themed plates and cups. We will grill hot dogs, and smores (thanks to daddy's suggestion), followed by popcorn and a movie.

She is upstairs right now, listening to her High School Musical 3 soundtrack.. practicing singing. it is so cute! I hope the weather cooperates so we can go to the park this afternoon, and pinnacle tomorrow to meet up with more friends.

She also already has the second sleepover planned. we had to divide the friends up into groups, because there were so many she wanted to invite.

I'll post the survival story with photos!

Snowing March Eve...

So I've been trying to assure both the Carnival Committee and the Bride that we will have perfect weather for their outdoor events (9 days apart.... and 2 weeks away), and last night did not help make them feel better.

I must say, last year was weird like this too. It was about 70 degrees on Saturday, we climbed pinnacle... and then on monday, there was snow. Last week we were hovering around 65 and 70 degrees, and last night, it began to snow on the way to the movies. It was snowing heavier when we came out, and after shopping at walmart it was STILL snowing. Large flakes that blind you when they land on your eyes.

Very pretty to watch, knowing it would not stick to the roads, the mountains around us getting a light dusting.

Here is what Chenal looked like at 6 pm
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