Game Night

The other Sunday the mister and I decided we need to turn off the TV and enjoy each other. So we had some wine, enjoyed our fire, and played some games. Some classic games like Jenga and battleship. Just in case you were wondering I won battleship...but he won Jenga.Well he won the second game, the first one he knocked over by banging his knee on the coffee table.

Brunch

I really wanted to go to brunch this past Sunday, but unfortunately the mister reminded me we don't have the money right now. So I say Brunch be damned. Who needs that when you can have frozen French toast and burnt muffins. Not this girl that's who!!

Let's just say that muffins have never been my strong suit and that French toast did get warmed up but it wasn't anything fancy. Seriously who needs amazing homemade waffles and omelets?? Want to come over for breakfast this coming weekend. We may do round 2 of this special meal.

GardenFest

This weekend the mister and I decided we needed to see the Lewis Ginter GardenFest light show. Truth be told we have lived in Richmond for going on 6 years and never even been to the beautiful Lewis Ginter gardens. We had a total blast checking out all their pretty lights.

Loved the little mushrooms.

The greenhouse/garden room thingy was just a really pretty building.

Typical Emily, being a total loser in front of the camera.

A really nice person volunteered to take this picture of A and I and I have to say it's one of our best. Will be framing this sucker for sure.

We had a total blast walking around the gardens and seeing all the pretty lights. It was packed as it was a Saturday and I may or may not have shoved politely asked a few kids/tweens to move along or not stop dead in the middle of the walk way. I mean I am all for admiring but really, MOVE OVER!

After the pretty lights we went to a new restaurant, the mill, and had too much some nice wine and enjoyed the evening. It was quit a nice way to spend a Saturday night.

Hope you had a great weekend, and are preparing for a lovely week!

Our 2011 Thanksgiving

Just a few photos from our Thanksgiving weekend. This visit with my parents was my first time seeing them in a year. I missed them so I almost cried when I first saw them.

Photos top to bottom:

2 of the best dishes to go with thanksgiving cooking away, asparagus casserole and green bean casserole. With me sporting my frily apron and supervising.

2 bums watching a little god father and chilaxin while the turkey cooks.

Some photos with my parents. Other than my wedding photos, I can't remember the last time I had a nice picture with them. Too bad the only one where my mom and I are both looking at the camera I have some kind of funny lip thing going on. Oh well it's still a good shot.

A picture of the turkey baster himself with the pup.

Instax Lovin

We have one of those handy dandy hipster instax cameras. Which I have to admit is quit possibly the most fun camera I have ever had. I mean look at those mugs up there. Aren't we the cutest? Before you ask, yes that is my cat in the sink. He is such a funny cat. He thinks if he lays there we will turn the sink on so he can drink some water. Little does his dumb ass know that he can't drink it, he can only get wet if he lays in the sink.

It's that time of year

The time of year when the Smolaks burn about a billion fires...mainly because we have no isulation in our 1940s house and it is colder than a well diggers ass in here. Yes I did use that analogy...that's a foobs one. So yeah this past Saturday we lite a fire around 3:30 when it was still 60 out and enjoyed it into the night. Needless to say no one enjoyed it quite as much a Moby. I am pretty sure he is a fire slut!

730 days

Yesterday the mister and I celebrated 730 days of wedded bliss. Okay not always bliss but marriage none the less. It has been 2 years of growing, learning, and loving. We have gained knowledge about each other and most importantly about ourselves. I have loved before in my life, but never loved so deeply. I love my man with all  my heart.

Adventures

My best friend of forevah gave this journal to the mister and I on our wedding day. It is so sweet and make me think of her every time we use it. We took it on our honeymoon and wrote all about our adventures and our feelings. It will always be so special to me, and the saying is so perfect for a newly married couple.

Life without power

Extension cords to the generator, the life saving generator, the only fan we had in the whole house. Thank god the weather was really nice.

Dinner on the grill, that is your only choice. Remember without power you don't have a stove that works. That night we had grilled cheese and fries.

Those are our pouty no power faces, Andrew jamming on his dulcimer because well...what else can you do. The dog panting because well no AC makes for a hot dog, and Moby laying in the fire hazard of cords.

Welcome to what life was like around our house during the 7 days we did not have power!! You read the correctly folks it was 7 days without power. That means no hot showers, no lights of course, no AC and a whole list of other things. We would have been totally up shit creek if it hadn't been for Andrew's genius in purchasing a generator. So with that we were able to run the fridge and keep food cold. Let's just say that this past week was quit possibly one of the most stressful and frustrating weeks of my life and it was birthday week to boot. Oh well can't win em all.

Although the lack of power was not fun. You can see we still had some fun, and I still had a great birthday thanks to my mister.