Mood:  hungry

It has been brought to my attention through some emails that I have been ignoring you all. That isn’t 100% true. With finally starting my new job and training the new girl, I really haven’t had a whole lot of time to sit down and blog. I have been Twittering but I know most of you don’t follow that site. I am going to try to do better about blogging but until I get a hang of my new duties it may be a bit sporadic.

I had a fantastic weekend. Marie came down on Friday but didn’t get here till about 7pm. Of course we have to sit and chat for an hour so by the time we finally got to dinner I was too tired to hit the clubs. The plan was then to go Saturday after the festival but I guess spending all day in the sun and wind took a lot out of us because we were both yawning at the pub and decided that our girl’s night out would not happen Sat. either. So we are aiming for Oct in Charlotte. LOL We are determined this time.

The festival was great even though it was a bit windy. I didn’t win the costume contest and was a little pissed that two people in the final 3 bought their outfits instead of made them but oh well. There were some great dresses and costumes and certainly gives me some ideas for the future. The new location was great even thought he tournament field was small. They do need some more food vendors because we had to wait in line for about 20 minutes to get something to eat. Also got to meet artist Ed Beard and got him to autograph something for Justin.

I was going to try to post pictures here but that function isn't working at the moement. So if you want to see them just let me know and I will email you then to you.

Sunday we spent the afternoon at the dog park and then stopped in Wake Forest at the cutest little ice cream parlor and got some chocolate cones for us and a little dish of vanilla for the dog. Just a perfect day.

Yesterday I started my 5/4/9 schedule which means I have off every other Monday. I did laundry in the morning and then headed over to Maria’s to see the new baby. Patrick is about a month old now and is just as cute as he can be. I took my camera over and managed to get some good shots for them. We then headed over to Olive Garden to meet up with Lennie for dinner and was shocked that the little one slept through it all. It was great to see Maria. I always enjoy spending time with her.

This month is going to be crazy for me. This weekend is Easter and I still have to try to figure out what I am going to cook. I think right now I am leaning towards my herb encrusted leg of lamb but I will have to wait to see if I can find what I need at the store. If not it will just be boring ol’ ham.

The next weekend is the Falls Lake Festival. I have volunteered to work as long as I am authorized the over time. Then the weekend after that is my first weekend duty shift of the year. I am apparently leading an Osprey hike at the song bird celebration and my dad is planning to be in town for some kind of shooting tournament. He was hoping I would go with him but shucks Dad I have to work. I don’t know how many times I have to tell him that I don’t like guns.

Well it is just about lunch time so I am going to end it here. Hope everyone had a great weekend.