Lately...

We enjoyed a quick, but relaxing trip to Myrtle Beach.  We found a deal on Groupon, so off we went. We stayed at a resort, which had pools, lazy rivers, a putt putt course, and of course, the beach!

We ate at one really great place and several okay places. Since my parents are heading that way soon, I will quickly detail them. :)

Damon's- the food was okay. There was not a big selection of seafood, which is one reason we went to the beach.
The Beach House- The porch was nice to sit on, but that was about it. The shrimp wasn't very fresh tasting and the service was poor.  The fries were good though!

 

Noizy Oyster- SO worth the wait! They are big Ravens fans, and there happened to be a pre-season game on, so it took a while to get seated. Crab cake= amazing. Steamed shrimp=amazing. If we are ever in Myrtle again, we will go back!

Ultimate California Pizza- Good selection, pizza was pretty good

River City Cafe- average burger and fries... plenty of other options, so we'd skip it in the future.

It did rain some, but overall it was a great trip. I didn't think about going back to work at all! We did to the putt putt course at our resort. What a joke! I can't believe we would have had to pay for another round. There are tons around that would have been way more fun.

I started back to work Monday. At first, I was wondering what I was going to do for 5 workdays. Now I am wondering where the time went!! I still have so much to do, and I have 2 days of workshops next week. It has been an adjustment waking up early everyday. Coffee is my BFF.

In other random news, I finally made homemade lasagna! I actually made it 3 weeks ago during my freezer cooking session. We cooked it tonight.  It was so good! I can't believe I have never made it before. I made spinach lasagna this time, but I will probably make something a little different next time.

Other than that, there isn't much going on around here. Our life is basically work/gym/sleep repeat with church thrown in some. :) And grad school work. So basically, don't expect an exciting update until.... June?! Ha, just kidding... hopefully.

Lazy Weekend

Now that I have figured out how to blog from my phone, I hope to blog more often...

 

We stocked up on groceries and other essentials. I can't believe school starts back Thursday. And works starts Monday.

We watched a little PGA action.

 

And I watched a little Harry Potter.

 

I also watched a little Gilmore Girls. Perfect Lazy Weekend.

Wordless Wednesday

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Working hard..

So while I have spent the past week in Stars Hollow (watching Gilmore Girls) and Hogwarts (rereading Harry Potter), before all that I had been doing lots of work. Thankfully, Marion was still here and helped me out! :)

We can finally sit at our dining room table that we bought in February! Of course, we have only eaten at it once, but at least we can. With just the two of us, we usually eat at the smaller table in the kitchen. So now we can have company over and all sit together! I spent hours searching craigslist and thrift shops to get the chairs. Then hours sanding and priming. Marion helped me paint and distress them, which I am sure you guessed, took hours. We then bought fabric and reupholstered them ourselves. Including the chairs, we spent just a little over $200 for 6 chairs! Not bad for custom chairs. We still plan on getting two more eventually, but I am not up for all the work right now! We have almost everything we need to paint and cover those, so besides the cost of the chairs, it shouldn't cost too much.

I have also talked about, but I don't think I have put a picture up of the Roman shade I made for the kitchen.  I lined it after I made it, so it is still a little stiff, but it does block out the light well! We usually only open it halfway since the view of the neighbors' living room isn't that interesting.

We also enjoyed a Durham Bulls game this week. We bought a Living Social deal in April and time was running out for us to use it. We went with some of our friends, and the weather was perfect! I can't believe we weren't sweating to death in August. The game was boring, but the food and company was good. Which is the only reason I even wanted to go to the game. The Bulls won 1-0. And of course, J bought a shirt afterwards. I guess that means we will have to go again!

In a couple of weeks, we are heading to Myrtle Beach for the weekend. I can't believe school starts back in just over 2 weeks! I'm not ready!