Back from Hiatus

I took a brief blogging hiatus, but I'm sure your all thrilled that I have returned. I, or should I say we've, gotten A LOT accomplished over my blogging break. We've officially got all of our furniture moved in, except that we are getting a new dining room table...so still no table in the house :(  Not that we ever actually eat at a dining table, I'm just sick of looking at that big empty space where it belongs. Everything is still a total mess right now, but mark my words, that will change by Friday! I plan on doing some unpacking each night this week so we can fully enjoy the upcoming weekend. We are supposed to have glorious weather here in southwest Florida, low 80s on Saturday...and you know what that means, right? BOATING! Can't. Wait. 


Other than unpacking, I completed this little project this weekend as well...

Thats right...I put that gigantic bookshelf together all by myself. Actually, let's be honest, it's REALLY tiny...but it's just the right size for that corner, plus we don't have that many books anyway.


Valentine's Day was a blast. We had dinner with our former neighbors. We lived next door to them for over 3 years while at the condo and they are the sweetest couple you'll ever meet, Mel and Joy. They're roughly 75 years old and both Scott and I just love listening to their stories. Mel mad us his specialty for dinner, Mel-aroni, which was delightfully full of carbs. I also had a side salad, and proceeded to indulge in 2 small bowls of mint ice cream for dessert. Thats right, not just 1 bowl, 2 bowls. But it was totally not my fault. Here's what happened: Joy went to the kitchen after we'd finished our main courses and started dipping out the ice cream. We didn't exactly know what she was doing...Scott hates anything minty (except toothpaste and gum, thank goodness). So when she brought out the finished product, complete with minty sauce, he asked if he could have a plain bowl. That meant that there was one minty bowl extra. I think it might be against my religion to let ice cream go to waste, so I obliged. When we got home I found a beautiful bouquet of flowers waiting for me...

Scotty knows me all too well. These are my favorite kind, bright pinks and yellows, and a little mixed up. We were also going to see a movie last night, but ended up staying at Mel and Joys telling and listening to stories too long. So, I decided to take a rain check on the movie until this weekend.


Today will be my first day exercising, except for walking the dog which doesn't count, in....(gasp) 5 days!!!! We've just been so busy, and I swear, moving boxes up and down 4 flights of stairs can constitute a workout. Needless to say, I'm itching to get a good sweat on. I still have tons left to do though, so today will just be the old faithful stair stepper at home, some light upper body weights and abs...and probably a trot around the block with the pup.

She's a smart girl...always sitting on a rug, she obviously doesn't like her little bum to be cold. This was her last night begging for some peanuts, crazy thing. 


Well, I'm headed home! It's good to be back, and back on track! Ta ta!


Whitney