THANKSGIVING 2015

Nothing like a delicious JOYful meal to serve ...and especially one catered :)

After packing up the goodies on Wednesday, I headed to Anderson, SC to spend the holiday with Tony.

When I arrived, Tony surprised me with the news we were going to get massages...Gosh, I love this boy!!....Before we left,  I attempted to make a napkin turkey...let's just say my nails looked better :)

Since my family back home was celebrating a day early, I was able to FaceTime with almost all the nieces and the nephews who were wound up from the delicious sweets and food they gobbled up.

I set the table when I got back with several items from Dollar General (DG).  Yup, and they were 70% off. Can't beat that....  I think this entire table design cost $20 and that is solely b/c of the table cloth which was purchased at HomeGoods.  Teal Chargers, letter G, thankful cards, and glass jar were from Michaels. and everything else was DG.

On Thankgiving morning, I headed to a 5k at the local Anderson mall.  It was a fun race, but my legs were not feeling it on mile 3.  So it was a slower race for me, but it made room for the yummy food and pie I grabbed at Cracker Barrell.

I also added a few candles I got at Cracker Barrell to make it smell good :)

Labeled the tree...and called it good for the decor....so I moved on to prepping the meal. and then making time to get ready for the possible company.

And then it was time to relax and watch the beginning of the football game before the food was ready to EAT!!

All the food on the table was catered...most from Mimi's, but ham was Honeybaked Ham, cream of corn from the Gitt farm in Nebraska via mom, and the pecan pie was CB.  I made the macaroni and cheese dish plus made everything look like I made it ;)

Tony was ready to go....and I have never seen him eat so fast in my life (or talk to a pie about what he plans to do to it the next few days)..ironically, neither of us had pie b/c we were to full, but we did have some wine we purchased from Burntshirt Vineyards.

After a visit from his brother, sister and a friend, the Panthers capped the day off by going 11-0 for the season defeating the Dallas Cowboys.  WOOHOO!! (oh, I did sneak out later and go Black Friday shopping at JCP & Target for some bedding and AppleTV...but definitely after the crowds were gone, and no lines to wait in)

WHAT A DAY: August 15, 2015

When your man kindly asks if you have a desire to go watch his FAVORITE football team scrimmage in a city that has Fazoli's Restaurants...you kindly oblige despite the 91* temps which cause part of your spray tan to rub off on your white shirt :).

Round 1 of Fazoli's - lunch.

This is Tony's "heaven on earth" locale.
 He was so in his element & I loved seeing him so happy to have the time to experience these moments. 
And I love being with him for it.

Round 2 - dinner before going back to Charlotte.

 

WHAT A DAY....&....WHAT FUN WE HAD!!!

WHAT A DAY: WHAT A WEEK! June 19, 2015

Let's just try and avoid the drama as it is still continuing as of today ...and focus on the fun I had in Greenville, SC with Tony.

Day 1:  rain, checked in to Clarion Hotel, facials, and Steak-Out for dinner.  We watched a movie "The Good Lie"on HBO and the new "Naked & Afraid". (also the start of the car drama)

 

Day 2: breakfast at hotel, run at park nearby, lunch at Stax Omega ( I had Shrimp & Grits), movie "Ant Man" (Tony fell asleep), dinner at Longhorn, and more facials.

 

Day 3:  switched to Microtel, dinner at Carraba's, started a new book and did a lot of drawing

Day 4: lunch at Bad Daddy's and enjoyed a free banana pudding with strawberries, Tony makes fun of my photo taking, checked in to Days Inn, layed out, redid nails, drew,  ate a sundae (this was when the car drama got to me...i.e. too many desserts.)

Day 5:  off to the mall to waste time, grabbed a new flavor Strawberry Acai Refresher, shopped, lunch at Tijuana Flats, headed to Anderson for the night, counted all of Tony's change, went to see "Southpaw"

 

Day 6: lunch at Jake's Wayback Burgers, visited SC Botanical Gardens, Krispy Kreme and Enterprise Rental..(yes, the car drama was still going strong)

And the "Egg" was the car I was given...super small but good on gas mileage....It hopefully will get returned tomorrow or Friday when my car is finally repaired....and I say FINALLY!!  I will definitely never go to Big O Dodge...and never deal with the service Advisor Matthew Floyd EVER AGAIN.