Weekend Review

Friday was our monthly book club.  We decided to do something a little bit different this month.  We read Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks and went to see the movie.  It was a nice change.  I loved the book.  It was one of my favorite Nicholas Sparks books.  Just enough of a love story mixed with suspense to hold you attention.  The movie was good too but it was a lot different from the book which usually makes me angry but I didn't mind this one.  

My parents kept Barrett because Patrick had to work.  They said he cried nearly the whole time I was gone.  Which makes me sad but I came home, fed him and put him to bed and he slept for 6 hours straight.  I was a proud Mama.  (It was short lived he got up nearly every hour Saturday night!)

Saturday I went to my parents again so they could watch Barrett while I ran to the store.  He was more pleasant than Friday night but he started to get fussy so we went home.  It was bath night, which he hates.  I bathed him and he screamed the entire time.  I'm scared the neighbors are going to hear him and call DHR, it's that bad.  After his bath I got him dressed and sat him down. I got my camera out and he just started smiling at me.  This is my favorite picture of him to date.

It's been a rough week for my family.  My little brother's dog had been battling a hip injury for months, she'd had surgery on it and it just wasn't healing.  They took her to another vet for a second opinion and he confirmed that she had bone cancer and it was bad.  They had to have her put down Monday and it was the saddest thing.  She was such a good dog.  We already miss her dearly.  My little brother brought her home when she was a puppy on his bicycle and didn't tell my parents he was getting her.  They were mad at first but John and Daisy were so cute together you couldn't stay mad at him.  She lived with John in Tuscaloosa until this year he moved into an apartment and couldn't keep her there.  She loved John so much.  She missed him while he was at school.  She would light up when he came home to visit.  We know she's better off now.  She was in so much pain, it was heart breaking.

John was 14 when he brought her home.  I love this picture of them!

Tomorrow Barrett is 2 months old and we're going to the doctor for his check up.  It will involve shots and I'm not excited about it.

Weekend Review

Are y'all ready for a post with actual words?

I've had a pretty good weekend.  Friday I headed over to my parents to welcome them home from the beach.  They'd been gone for a week and I was happy to see them.  We enjoyed sitting on the porch and hearing all about their trip!  They had such a good time.  It made me anxious for our trip next month! 

Saturday morning my sister headed to Pepper Place market in Birmingham.  I'd never been.  It's basically a farmers market and they have some really neat (expensive) antique shops.  I bought a fried apple pie and Elizabeth got some goat cheese.  I enjoyed just walking around taking it all in!  After I got my nails done and some grocery shopping done I headed home.  Later I headed back to my parents to play wii with the kiddos.  (Although I never actually played I just watched Ava dance)

Me and Elizabeth at Pepper Place

This morning I went to get my little brother for church and Miss Harper was not happy with me.  She and Porter wanted to go to church too.  We went in John's Miata so there was no room for the babies.  I love a convertible.  I could ride for hours and hours with the wind blowing my hair.  It's so freeing to me. 

Isn't she cute!  We call her Miss Attitude.  We were cleaning out my old closet and I found some old purses and gave her one.  You would have thought she just won the lottery!   She was so excited!

Also this week I finished Something Blue.  I'd read Something Borrowed  about 2 weeks ago and was excited to read the next installment.  It was good.  I enjoyed them both.  I can't wait to see the movie but I'm cheap and waiting for it to come to the dollar theater. 

All in all it was a pretty great low key weekend.  We're excited for the upcoming holiday this weekend.  Can't wait to head up to the lake!

New Moon

Well you see...I've never really been into vampires. In fact I've actually always been terrified of them. I watched Interview with the Vampire when I was to young and was convinced that Brad Pitt lived in the tree outside my room. I always saw his vampire face in the window at night. (note I was very young and now I would probably welcome Brad Pitt vampire or not into my room! Ha! If I wasn't married that is!) So I never thought I'd like these Twilight books I thought they'd scare me. (Yes I know that I am a huge dork!) I read the first books and then I got the first movie and I was going to watch it but I got scared (before it even started) and called my sister to ask her if I was going to be scared. Yes she laughed out loud at me and told be no that I should survive, I did.

The second installment of the Twilight series comes out today on DVD.  I jumped on the Twilight bandwagon a little bit late.  In fact I openly made fun of every single person I witnessed swooning over either Jacob or Edward.  I was at the theater to see The Blinde Side when a group of high school girls excitedly asked if I was going to see New Moon to which I very quickly (and maybe kind of rudely) exclamied Um NO!

Well that was then and this is now.  How quickly I was to judge these poor people that I have now become.   I wouldn't say that I am obsessed or anything.  In fact i'm not as into the movies as I am the books.  The first movie was a big dissappointment.  I later found out that it was a low budget film and it showed big time.  I've heard New Moon is much better quality.  We will see.  Don't know if i'll see it today or not.  I'll probably just wait my turn to get it on Netflix.

   

Moral of the story...don't knock it till you've tried it.