Twisted Root Burgers

As most of you know, I am a huge Man vs Food and Diners, Drive Inns and Dives fan. You may also remember that I am having a competition with the guys at work to see who can go to the most locations. Well, the boys managed to get ahead of my by one, they went to 9 spots! So this week when I was in Dallas I made a point of finding a few spots and picking at least one to go to. I went to the Twisted Root Burger Co in "Deep Ellum" in Dallas. I think Deep Ellum is kind of like an "artsy" kind of area, check out the metal sculpture, there were lots of those in the area and lots of murals on the walls of buildings. My good friend Rachel met up with me and, after we did a little damage at Sephora, we had some burgers together. It was a pretty cool restaurant, lots funny sayings on the walls and windows, and a funny staff- check out the picture of them behind the counter. I had the green chili, pepper jack cheese and guacomole burger and it was delicious. We also had the fried food basket with deep fried pickles and sweet potato chips- Yum. This is a spot I would definitely go back to. It was nice to see Rachel and relax for a few hours, it almost made being away from home fun, I still missed the family though.

The Crafty Scrapper- Waxahachie, Texas

When I travel I usually look up local scrapbook stores and try to fit in a stop if there is time. I got off work at 5:00 tonight and had just enough time to go to the cutest little scrapbook store in Texas- The Crafty Scrapper.  I took my camera in with me thinking I "might" want to take a few pictures- DUH- they had tons of goodies to drool over. They had new October Afternoon, Bo Bunny Mamarazzi (I've been dying to get my hands on this), and some fun new We R Memory Keepers I couldn't live without. I even found some adorable dingle balls in some amazing colors, a butter yellow and a gray/blue I "had" to have. They match the paper I bought....... LOL.  I spent at least a half hour, probably more, in the store. Thanks Sherri for being so sweet and patient with me, she even snapped a few pictures for me. Love the Texas hospitality! If you are ever in Texas and happen to be passing through Waxahachie you need to stop on by, but in case you dont get a chance, here's a link to their site. http://www.thecraftyscrapper.com/

Love these guys

 I got home  a little early on Friday and no one was home so I headed out to the Loveshack to try to get a page done. I got a good start and ended up finishing on Saturday afternoon. The picture is from the photo shoot I did of the kids earlier this year and it's one of my favorite pictures. We have such good kids- I look at them and appreciate each of them for what they bring to our family "mix". I'm off to Texas this week for business and I get meet my dear friend Rachel in Dallas for dinner tomorrow night. The last time I saw her was over a year ago when her mother passed away unexpectedly. It will be nice to catch up with her and relax for the evening. Have a great week everyone.

The floors are done!!

Yippe, the floors are completely done now. Jim has been hard at work every night after work and most days on the weekends. I haven't been much help, I've been running to my parents house alot.We drove up to the Old Cannery furniture store last weekend to look for a new sofa for the other living room. We ended up finding one for less than $400- I love the Cannery! They always have a really great selection of reasonably priced furniture that can fit pretty much anyones style. I'm so happy with the way the house looks now, it's perfect. Now it makes me want to do more renovating, maybe my bedroom.....

Finally a page

I made it out to the Love Shack one day this week and managed to actually complete a page. It's been a couple of weeks since I've even thought about scrapping and it really was difficult to get back into the swing of things. I had this page all laid out from the crop I went to withTiffany last month so it was as good a place as any to start. I had so much fun driving on the frozen lake in Minnesota I knew I would have to scrap it and I'm glad I got it done. My mood has really been "off" since my Dad was inthe hospital , I think it really has affected my ability to relax and scrap. Hoepfully, now that he seems to be on the mend, I can get back to my normal groove. Wish me luck!

Easter Day 2010

Here are a few pictures from Easter Sunday dinner at my sister Melissa's house. Pretty much all of the family made it over, only Morgan and Charlee Jo were missing. Morgan had to work and Charlee was at a friends house. This is the first year we haven't had an egg hunt, I don't think anyone other than me even missed it. I just love watching the excitement of the hunt and the chance to find a little money or candy. It was just too busy this year for me to plan and get eggs so I just had to "let it go". It was a peaceful afternoon, and it was good to get everyone together after the stressful weeks we have had. Hope you all had a Happy Easter.

Oh, I scrapped a page last night.... I'll post it tomorrow.

Cameron's 14th Birthday

Friday night we had a little birthday celebration for Cameron. He kind of got lost in the shuffle this year since my Dad got sick, most of my spare time has been spent over at my parents house. Grandma Twyla sent a super cute card and of course some cash too. Getting their card from Twyla is one of the kids' favorite parts of their birthday- thanks for always remembering, we love you for it! We had presents and cake and then Jim took the boys to the driving range on Saturday afternoon. We also went and saw Clash of the Titans with all of the kids late Saturday night. Happy Birthday Cameron!!