great weekend

:: Well, it wasn't a three day weekend, but we still had a great one! And best news (for me): I am off this coming Friday AND next Friday too!! So, I have two upcoming three day weekends ahead. This coming Friday, I have an eye appointment and decided to take the whole day off. I have a lot of vacation time, and need to get it used up. Four weeks vacation!! That is hard to fit in a year, to be honest. I really enjoy taking Fridays off, and am looking forward to it. The Friday after that, I am taking the day off to go and scrapbook with Kim. She is taking that whole week off for a staycation for her birthday, and I am excited to join her for one of the days!!!

:: Friday, Chris and I went to dinner at a new restaurant in town called Tokyo. We had heard that their sushi was quite good and that was correct! We really enjoyed the food and will be going back there a lot I foresee! :) We had the dumplings, plus salmon sashimi, and two sushi rolls -- the Philadelphia Roll and the BBQ Eel Roll. Everything was yum!! I do love sushi, but I must say that I am becoming a huge fan of sashimi. Basically, that just means that it is raw fish served alone. The salmon was so buttery and soft, it was delicious. YUM. Afterwards, Chris and I went to the movies with a group of people from my department at work. We saw The Butler and thought is was a really good movie. It is unsettling to see what our country has been through.

:: Saturday, Chris and I did 7 miles -- me on the bike, him running. Then we had some breakfast and puttered around the house. Chris and Neeley bottled up his Moscato (it is so yummy!) and then did a few odds and ends around the house together. Neeley brought me an adorable "just because" gift - a metal donkey! Love it and think I will take it to my office at work. Saturday evening, Aspen went to the fair with Bailey, and Chris and I had dinner at Enrique's. Afterwards, we enjoyed an evening at home with some wine and a movie in our theater -- Prometheus. I don't recommend that one, and Chris even fell asleep :)

:: Sunday, we had a great sermon at church! Then Aspen went to youth, to her mom's for her brother's birthday party, and then to work. Chris and I did the grocery shopping, then came home to a super unhealthy lunch of pizza rolls and chips/queso. But it was tasty! That pretty much took up all of my calories for the whole day :) After a little cleaning, we are going to enjoy the rest of our day together...

:: The crop is this coming Saturday! I'm looking forwarded to it. I have a ton of pages preplanned and can't wait to do some scrapping.

:: I need to find an extra level of motivation -- since I have reached my initial goal, I am finding it hard to keep strict and keep going to meet my new goal. I'm finding that it isn't too bad maintaining this new level that I've met, and I need to kick it into high gear. Need to figure out what will get me there.

Hope you all have a super week ahead!