Partying It Up - Willy D Style

Happy Monday, my peeps!  How are you?  How was your weekend?  Great, I hope!  Ours was pretty good- but not all that great - it was kind of a tough one unfortunately.  BUT on Saturday night, me, hubby, baby sister and her hubby went out to celebrate my husband's 43rd birthday and my sister's BIG 40 birthday!  We started out at Outback where they came around and sang to them - which you know they just LOVED - NOT!!! HA!

After that we went to Willy D's in downtown Little Rock.  For those of you who don't know what that is - it's a dualing piano bar and is a GREAT place to hang out!  Check it out sometime if you are ever in the area! 

As you can see, we had a great time!  SO how was your weekend?  Do anything fun and exciting? Can't wait to catch up with you and your blogs!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Love

Happy Thursday guys and dolls!  Hope you are having a great week so far!  I don't know what the temperatures are like where you are, but here today it is VERY windy and EXTREMELY COLD.  It is 39 outside but feels colder due to the high winds.  The temperatures are supposed to be dropping all day.... BRRRRRRRR......

On another note, I couldn't let today pass by without wishing my wonderful and loving husband a very Happy 43rd birthday!  He's finally caught up to me in age! LOL  Although, he looks older, he is actually 8 months younger than me! What can I say, I like 'em young - hee hee hee

Seriously, happy birthday to my sweet husband of 14+ years.  I love you dearly and feel so blessed to have you by my side and am so thankful we have weathered the storms and came out on the other side a much stronger couple.  I love you, honey!

Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by to say hello.  Like always, I'd love to know you were here! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Blue Man Group and Another CSN Stores Review

Happy Monday my peeps!  How was your weekend?  Ours was great and we had a WONDERFUL time yesterday in the City seeing the Blue Man Group and celebrating my husband's birthday.  Here are a few pictures from our day and the celebration:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can't tell it by these pictures, but my poor husband was beginning to feel miserable again and sick like had been last week.  I told him we could try and re-schedule the show and the trip but he really, really wanted me and the kids to see the show so he powered through the day.  Talk about a trooper! :)  These pictures are all from the slideshow they were playing outside the theatre before we went in.  Unfortunately, they wouldn't allow any type of camera inside the show and the bad thing is that one of the blue men came to where we were sitting and interacted with my husband and I wasn't able to capture it on video or film at all - *sigh*  Oh well - it was cool at least and we all had a great time so I guess that's most important, right?! :)


On another note, I was recently asked if I would like to do another review for the CSN Stores and of course, I jumped right on that and immediately said Yes!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the CSN Stores and shop there whenever I get the chance.  They have a lot of items to choose from in their over 200 online stores where you can find everything from stylish Modern dining room furniture to cute cookware to chic lighting pieces! I am actually thinking of reviewing one of these:

 

And the reason is because when we got home from running errands on Saturday night, our little powder puff, Sophie, had literally CHEWED thru the area where her zippers closed on her kennel which looks like this:

and she was running wild in our garage upon our return.  Luckily, there wasn't anything in there she could really get into that was poisionous or that she could get hurt on, but, it worried me enough that I decided I'd better get something more sturdy (and steel) that she couldn't chew thru! LOL 

So... what about you?  Have you ever shopped at the CSN Stores before?  If not, be sure and check them out when you get a chance!

Well, that's all for today, so I'd better get moving and get ready for work.  I have some exciting news to tell you about and can't wait to share it with you tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lots of love and hugs,



Birthday Celebration - Blue Man Group Style

Happy Sunday guys and dolls!  How the heck are you?  How has your weekend been so far?  Ours has been good, but busy as usual.  The hubby is feeling so much better now and it's a good thing because we are celebrating his 42nd birthday today and me and the kids are taking him to see The Blue Man Group in NYC and he is SO excited (as are we)! 

He has seen them in Las Vegas before with his company that he used to work for many years ago and has been dying to see them again and to take me and the kids with him.  So as a surprise, when I got my Christmas bonus this year, I bought tickets for him right away.  His real birthday is on Thursday, January the 12th, but it's much easier to celebrate birthdays on the weekend as opposed to during the week, so that's what we're doing! :)  My kids and I have never seen them before and can't wait to see them ourselves.  We have good seats and I think it's going to be a lot of fun.  I'm sure I can't take pictures with flash in the theatre but I hope to get some sort of pictures during the day while there and on our way there and back so I can show you on Monday.

Well, I guess I'd better run - we have to go catch the bus to the City and get our day and the celebration started.  So Happy Birthday (early) to the most wonderful, loving and patient man I know and who has put up with me for over 13 years now.  I love you honey with all of my heart and thank God that he sent you my way all of those many years ago. 

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for stopping by! :)

 

Lots of love and hugs,

Sick Husband, Birthday and More Snow

Happy Saturday my friends. Thursday was a crazy day. It all started off nice and smooth but by the time I got to work my poor husband, who was off work came down sick with either a stomach bug or food poisoning - we don't know which. Either way he began by 9 am throwing up and having severe diarrhea and when he gets that way he usually ends up in the hospital.  Needless to say, I left work at 11:30 came home to him, threw him in the shower and then got him to the dr. all by 1:00 p.m.  He was still so sick he stayed in the bathroom for most of the entire hour they had us waiting before we could see the dr.  After the dr. finally came to see us, he gave him a shot and prescriptions and we were on our way home.  I took him home and got him to bed and then I ran to get things we needed and his meds filled. 

On Friday I went to work and our daughter stayed home with him just in case he needed anything or got really sick again.  Good thing too as we woke up to even MORE darn snow falling on Friday morning and I was really worried about the traveling part of things.  But, I was able to get to the place I needed to catch the bus with no worries and even got home in the afternoon within 45 minutes which says a LOT especially when it was snowing so much.  NYC and even NJ actually kept up with the roads and prepared them well before the snow began to fall so all of our roads were very clear thankfully.  Thankfully, the shot and the meds really seemed to help as he's been feeling much much better today. He even went to town with me to get some stuff taken care of.

Also, since I haven't been sleeping well the last 2 months, when I went to the dr. for my blood tests results he gave me a prescription for Ambien sleeping pills.  He told me to take one on Friday night to see how it would affect me before I began taking them during the week.  Well, needless to say, I took it at 8 p.m. last night and finally went to bed around 10 p.m.   I slept all the way until 11 a.m. this morning and had a really hard time getting out of bed.  I don't think this is something I can take during the week or I will never make it to work on time.  I bought some Advil PM and will try taking that each night to see if it will help.  Do any of you take any kind of sleeping pills like Advil or Tylenol PM to help you sleep at night?  I even have begun drinking hot tea (thanks to my good friend, Ellen, who got me started on it) to help me try and rest and sleep at night.  I don't see that it's really helping the sleeping part but it definitely is a nice treat in the evenings before bed.

On another note, I wanted to give a shout out to my baby sister who just turned 39 on Thursday and I didn't get the post up in time.  She is 4 years younger than me and one of, if not my very bestest, friend ever.  I love her and miss her terribly and hope that we get to move back home or closer to her and the rest of my family in the near future so we can spend more time together.  I miss her terribly.  Without further adieu - here is a picture of my beautiful sweet baby sister so you can see what I mean:

See, I told ya - she's BEEEAAAUUTTTIFFFULLLL right?! :)  Anyway, Happy birthday, little sis - I love you and can't wait to see you very very soon! 

Well my friends, I hope you've had a wonderful weekend thus far.  Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great rest of the day!

Lots of love and hugs,

Sick Husband, Birthday and More Snow

Happy Saturday my friends. Thursday was a crazy day. It all started off nice and smooth but by the time I got to work my poor husband, who was off work came down sick with either a stomach bug or food poisoning - we don't know which. Either way he began by 9 am throwing up and having severe diarrhea and when he gets that way he usually ends up in the hospital.  Needless to say, I left work at 11:30 came home to him, threw him in the shower and then got him to the dr. all by 1:00 p.m.  He was still so sick he stayed in the bathroom for most of the entire hour they had us waiting before we could see the dr.  After the dr. finally came to see us, he gave him a shot and prescriptions and we were on our way home.  I took him home and got him to bed and then I ran to get things we needed and his meds filled. 

On Friday I went to work and our daughter stayed home with him just in case he needed anything or got really sick again.  Good thing too as we woke up to even MORE darn snow falling on Friday morning and I was really worried about the traveling part of things.  But, I was able to get to the place I needed to catch the bus with no worries and even got home in the afternoon within 45 minutes which says a LOT especially when it was snowing so much.  NYC and even NJ actually kept up with the roads and prepared them well before the snow began to fall so all of our roads were very clear thankfully.  Thankfully, the shot and the meds really seemed to help as he's been feeling much much better today. He even went to town with me to get some stuff taken care of.

Also, since I haven't been sleeping well the last 2 months, when I went to the dr. for my blood tests results he gave me a prescription for Ambien sleeping pills.  He told me to take one on Friday night to see how it would affect me before I began taking them during the week.  Well, needless to say, I took it at 8 p.m. last night and finally went to bed around 10 p.m.   I slept all the way until 11 a.m. this morning and had a really hard time getting out of bed.  I don't think this is something I can take during the week or I will never make it to work on time.  I bought some Advil PM and will try taking that each night to see if it will help.  Do any of you take any kind of sleeping pills like Advil or Tylenol PM to help you sleep at night?  I even have begun drinking hot tea (thanks to my good friend, Ellen, who got me started on it) to help me try and rest and sleep at night.  I don't see that it's really helping the sleeping part but it definitely is a nice treat in the evenings before bed.

On another note, I wanted to give a shout out to my baby sister who just turned 39 on Thursday and I didn't get the post up in time.  She is 4 years younger than me and one of, if not my very bestest, friend ever.  I love her and miss her terribly and hope that we get to move back home or closer to her and the rest of my family in the near future so we can spend more time together.  I miss her terribly.  Without further adieu - here is a picture of my beautiful sweet baby sister so you can see what I mean:

See, I told ya - she's BEEEAAAUUTTTIFFFULLLL right?! :)  Anyway, Happy birthday, little sis - I love you and can't wait to see you very very soon! 

Well my friends, I hope you've had a wonderful weekend thus far.  Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great rest of the day!

Lots of love and hugs,