365 Blog-Day 157

Adrianne had another going away party with her first CI and her daughter Angela and their cousins. We ate at BJs and had a wonderful meal of assorted pizza and flatbread and topped it off with a Pazookie. If you don't know what it is, please find out for yourself. (Fresh baked cookie with ice cream on top-we got chocolate chip, chocolate chunk, and, my favorite, red velvet and cream cheese cookie.) Afterwards, we went to see the 8th and final Harry Potter movie and I loved it! So glad Adrianne introduced me to these movies!

Here we are when I tried on Adrianne's glasses.

365 Blog-Day 156

Adrianne gave her inservice on interactive metronomes, so I got to be the guinea pig to try it out for the first time. It was right before I went to bed, so I am sporting my polka dot pjs ;)

365 Blog-Day 155

Here's my new friend, Abby. Adrianne's supervisor invited me out to dinner for Adrianne's going away party. We ate at Interurban and then went back to her house with her daughter and had a night time swim. I got to meet their little white puppy! They said that she doesn't usually like strangers, but it didn't take us long to get aquainted.

365 Blog-Day 154

Adrianne's friend, Angela, is a professional photographer and wanted some practice, so she recruited Adrianne and me. We got dressed up, ate fajitas from Ted's Escondito's, watched Harry Potter, and then took some glamour shots! :) It was a fun night.

365 Blog-Day 153

I had a "first" today. I had never been a part of a hotel evacuation before, but now I can say that I have. After we got back from the wedding at 11:30 or so, we all crashed asleep. At 12:45 or so, we all sat straight up in bed and looked at each other thinking, "Is this a dream?" There was a loud alarm going off, a bright flashing light, and a man's voice on the intercom saying, "Attention, all hotel guests and personnel, please evacuate the building immediately. This is an emergency. Avoid the elevators. Please take the stairs." Becky said, "Ok, let's go!" and we took off out the door. We went down the wrong hallway and then had to go back to get mom's purse and then found the stairs. Everyone else in the hotel was evacuating as well. All 10 floors or so were making their way to the streets. We sat on the curb for a long while before we were allowed back in. Apparently a water line broke in the broiler room. We were all running on adrenaline and couldn't sleep, so we watched a few episodes of house hunters and then finally went to sleep around 2:30 or 3AM. So, we slept in this morning and then shopped and ate at Corner Bakery before heading back home. What an adventure! haha

Here's mom and me in our matching polka-dot pjs sitting on the curb at 1 something in the morning along with everyone else in the hotel :)

365 Blog-Day 152

Marci, Michael, Sarah L., and I got up and had breakfast at Cafe Brazil. Yummy! Another Dallas favorite! Then, I met up with mom, Aunt Becky, and McKinley at Cheesecake Factory for mom's birthday lunch. We even split a vanilla bean and turtle cheesecake. It just happened to be National Cheesecake Day, so we got 50% off! What a deal! Then, we went to my 3rd cousin's wedding. It was so fun to have a girl's weekend.

365 Blog-Day 151

What a wonderful treat! I got to eat at Rusty Taco (my favorite Dallas fast food) with all of these fabulous people. My home group all got together for a fun night of food and putt-putting. From the left, Rachel, me, Sarah Beth, Sarah, April, Sarah L., Marci, Michael, Christy, Brandon, Maggie, Natalie, and Megan! Whew! What a group! I'm sure Rusty Taco was glad we decided to eat there. Parking was a nightmare though haha. At least no one got towed this time! Sarah L., Marci, and Michael and I watched Unknown afterwards and the gals had a slumber party. It was so fun to hang out with my friends!