Day 71: September 8th Alexandria Hearings

Headed down to Alexandria for 341 meetings.  Had a good time, the trustee tried to give me a heart attack but everything went smoothly and lovely-y.

I always park on Princess because I like the cobblestone street.  Alexandria is so pretty!  I wish I could get a cute little house downtown, maybe it's time to start scouring the foreclosure listings...

Of course I still have a lease until April so maybe it's not the best time.

Day 70: September 7th New Calendar

Don't ya love it when you can rip off the old month and have a whole new clean one laid out in front of you?  I know that I do!

Got some good news today, I'll share later in the week :)

Day 69: September 6th Sunspots

Relaxing end to a long weekend.  Happy Labor Day everyone!  Had a cook-out at my parents house and I get to go to the airport tonight to pick Mark up from his weekend of debauchery :)

Day 68: September 5th A Magnificent Meat Loaf!

Mom came back from her trip today and had gone yard-sale shopping.  She brought back this cookbook from the 80s....

I looked through the whole thing and there was only one thing that I would have eaten (this is NOT one of them).  How did people survive on this!  Surprised the end of the world didn't happen in 1985 when everyone in the US dropped from heart attacks!

Red meat filled with eggs and pickles and covered in puff pastry...wow

Day 67: September 4th Drawing of Dixie

I haven't sketched in awhile!  Figured since I had the time I'd look at pictures of the cute little Boston.  I think it turned out rather well :)  Already finished with Season 1 of Veronica Mars too!

What a productive holiday ;)

Day 66: September 3rd Mark's off to New Orleans and I have a Chihuahua

You remember Gabby everyone right?  Well I'm watching her while my mom and Russ are in PA for the holiday weekend.  Ain't she cute? 

Mark got on a plane (eventually) for New Orleans so I am raring up for a grand ol' weekend of tv watching anything I want, bring on the HGTV and Veronica Mars!

Day 65: September 2 The Sound of Music

Went to Wolftrap this evening to see the Sound of Music.  It was great!  We had lawn tickets and brought a picnic and wine and laid our on the grass and had a perfect shot of the stage.

The production was very good and we had a great time!  I love Wolftrap :)

Day 64: September 1st Look what big dogs!

Well Mark and my Mom got me on pinch and punch today although I stealthed out Russ :)  Helped my mom get the travel van from the Algonquian park and while we were driving through we saw all kinds of deer!

Day 63: August 31st Power Outage

Power went out for a couple of hours this evening, not much to do then except read by the light of the candle.  I did get to make my jalapeno honey-lime chicken this evening though.  That was pretty awesome!

Day 62: August 30th Clean Stove of Glory

Don't you just love a nice clean stove?  Going to make some chicken tomorrow evening in that Le Cruset!  Have it all planned out already so needed to get everything tidied the day before :)

Day 61: August 29th Day at the Pool

Had a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon.  Mark and I headed over to the gym for about half an hour.  They keep that bad boy HOT!  So I know I burned about 300 calories and climbed 298 floors on the stairstepper.  That sucker is hard!

We then went to the pool and spent about two hours laying out and getting in.  I used sunscreen but I need to make sure that I change tops each time so that I don't get tan lines just in case.

Day 60: August 28th Helicopter at the Hospital

Went out to the hospital to visit my grandfather today.  Took a good picture of the emergency helicopter taking off.

Grandpa is doing really well, he's in a lot of pain but he is speaking clearly and knows what is going on, he remembered what bills needed to be paid, etc.

I am really amazed by the human body and what it can overcome :)

Day 59: August 27th Depositions in Alexandria

Headed to Alexandria because a client was being deposed.  Ended up being 5 1/2 hours of sitting there listening to the crazy-ass person on the other side of the table ask inane questions that have absolutely no relevance to anything.  Headed back home for hopefully a weekend of relaxation.  Mark and I were going to go white water rafting but at this point in the summer before the wedding...everything just seems like a hassle!

Day 58: August 26th Curb

Ya know...just in case you couldn't tell what it was.

Day 57: August 25th and don't take my BALL

I do love how protective Bixbonator gets about his little piggy ball.  It doesn't make noise anymore because he pretty much destroyed that the first day he had it.  He has two of these toys which are almost identical.  One is a green pig and one is a green cat.  He only really chews on the pig and ignores the cat...I think he can really tell the difference.

Day 56: August 24th Another Day at the Office

This is my daily quote/story of the day about Lawyers.  I do look forward to flipping each one to see what's coming up.  Was at work pretty late tonight trying to get everything caught up in a controlled way.  Not looking forward to the winter and leaving after dark every night.

Day 55: August 23rd Nightime without time

Headed back into work and had a long day, not too much to talk about.  Grandpa is still doing ok, we're checking in on him often.

Day 54: August 22nd Happy Birthday (two days later) Mom!

Here are those lobsters I was promising you yesterday!  I experienced my first killing...it was sad but if you can't kill your own food then you shouldn't be eating living things.

Mark and I headed over to give mom presents and spend some time and have dinner.  We had lobster, corn, and big salads.  Real Lean and Green :)

After dinner we had some fun with the puppies, Gabby is so gosh darned cute!

In the middle of play an owl landed in the tree off the deck so we had to keep a tight hold on the lil' dogs so Mr. Owl didn't decide to take three licks off a chihuahua.

Day 53: August 21st Hospital Visits and Fishmongers

Went to go to see grandpa today, he's still unconscious but he pulled through and is no longer bleeding internally so he's a strong guy.  He's looking actually much better than I think anyone expected.

After leaving the hospital, Mark and I went over to a nearby ethnic supermarket to see what it was like in preparation of my mother's birthday which is now to be celebrated tomorrow.

It was pretty sweet, lines of roasted duck, durian, and the fish market!  They have eel, frogs, turtles (although we're going to stick with the lobster)

Day 52: August 20th Grandpa's in the Hospital

No picture today, my grandfather is in the hospital undergoing surgery and it is pretty serious.  He pulled through but it is going to be a long recovery.  Rescheduling of Mom's birthday until Sunday.