sleepy, spolied puppy

i had to share these...

he's spoiled rotten and i can only blame myself (well, i guess i can blame cary too!)

This past weekend was pretty low-key, but a nice change from being out of town, which it seems like we've done a lot lately. Saturday we met up with friends from college, Mr and Mrs I., for some yummy Thai food. After dinner, Mrs. I was kind enough to introduce me to Yoforia, which just may be my favorite new food!

I also purchased new golf clubs because the husband is convinced that "new technology" will help me be a better golfer. Well....on Sunday at the driving range I did hit the ball farther than I ever have in my life, so maybe he has a point. Just wait until I get a hole-in-one ;)

I'm a bad blogger....

So I've been a bad blogger lately. It's not that nothing is going on, just nothing exciting enough to inspire me. But I'm making an effort today anyway....


The condo selling thing hasn't been going so well so we decided to rent it out, which necessitated a visit to DC to host an open house and ideally find a tenant. Well, we had some decent interest but nothing concrete, yet. There's also a potential buyer so we'll see how this all works out.


The best part of the weekend though was Saturday night when we met up with friends for the Baldini's birthday celebration. Margaritas, mexican, all you can drink warm beer (gross, are we in college?), a trip to my favorite wine bar and a late night falafel run - that pretty much sums up my night. It was fantastic to see everyone though. Happy Birthday to the Baldinis!


Sunday, my sister-in-law was generous enough to host pretty much our entire immediate family for a Mother's Day celebration. We had my parents and sister, Cary's parents, his twin brother and wife, and his sister's husband's parents and brother - whew! It was a great time, despite the cold rainy weather that kept us inside.


Then we took an early Monday flight back to Atlanta, which still doesn't feel like home but I definitely like the weather better!

"Did anyone beat a 1?..."

So not often does a 19 handicapper shoot a birdie. Don't mistake, I am a 19 and have had my fair share of them.... and by "fair share" I mean probably 5 or 6 in the last six years. I played last weekend at Birdwood in Charlottesville, VA, along with TScott White, Jeff Hall and the illustrious Steven Evan Block. I did not shoot a birdie. Let me see if I can set the schene...

4th hole, downhill-downwind par-3, 151 yards with the pin up front. First up is Jeff Hall. Now, I couldn't put back spin on a golf ball if my life depended on it, this guy does on command! He'd have preferred a little less this day... in the drink. Next swung TScott White. A little directional retardation for a 7 handicapper left him wet as well. Steve had a nice swing, but aparently he isn't as long (with this golf clubs) as the rest of us. A few bounces on the bank and we're 3 for 3.

Up steps the high handicapper in the 4some to tee up his Nike "Mojo" recycled ball he bought, along with 11 others, for 14 bucks in the clubhouse before the round. A smooth 9-iron solicited a precurser from Jeff: "That's tracking". And it was. Two and a half feet left of the cup and a zip right made my Mojo disappear! What followed remains between the four of us (and some random dude who was hanging out in the woods by the cart path... weird). It was, I'll say, a most joyous occasion.

Later that night, we celebrated on my dime! Bane apparently had some other friends with aces that day...

...and poor Steven spent the rest of the weekend trying to figure out "how did he do that?"

Charlottesville!

We spent the weekend in Charlottesville for the Virginia Gentleman's 55th Anniversary weekend. Being back in c-ville is always a good time, especially with lots of good friends around! Here's a shot of the current group with the alumni. If you can see the white-haired guy wearing a bowtie up front, that's Sam who was a founding member of the VGs!

I also did some shopping in the cute boutiques downtown while the guys were golfing. Something pretty big happened here - but I'll let Cary tell that story...

My little sis made a last-minute trip up from Richmond Saturday night to hang out with us. It was fantastic to see her, especially since we live so far apart now!

All in all, a great weekend. It definitely made me miss DC, C-ville, college, friends, etc. But it was also nice to fly in to Atlanta last night - it doesn't quite feel like home yet, but I'm working on it!

Chicago (sort of)

I've been at training for work this week at the lovely Q Center. It's been awhile since I've eaten three meals a day from a buffet, carried my food on trays, and slept in a twin bed. I'm definitely looking forward to returing home to Atlanta tomorrow night (it's still so weird to say that!). Not to mention that while there is snow on the ground here, it's at least 65 degrees in atl.

Overall though, it's not been bad. If you ever get an opportunity to play WhirlyBall, give it a shot That was our social event last night and it's actually kind of fun.

Thank God for the Internet....

So I've been pretty busy at work lately. Unfortunately I'm busy with document review, which can be the most mind-numbingly boring task ever. To the rescue....the miracles of the internet (or internets, if you're GW).


Here's what's keeping me sane today:


* http://alltop.com/ - a fun, quick way to see top stories on pretty much any topic you can imagine.



* This recipe for Nutella ice cream. Seriously dangerous. I'm going to try it the next time I have a free day at home (ha!) or more likely after we buy a house and have storage space for things like ice cream makers.


* The latest undergrad B-school rankings from BusinessWeek. Not only does this make me even more proud to be a Wahoo, it makes my resume look better!


* and of course, my faithful friends at jcrew and bluefly - because there's no work a little online shopping can't help!