#15 - Cook home meal (14/143)

Tuesday night I made my favorite cheesy shrimp jambalaya, salad with tomatoes, fresh bread from HEB and some wine.    I even had enough shrimp left over to enjoy a shrimp cocktail appetizer.  Great company and Van Wilder completed the evening.

#109 - Go to a rodeo! Yeehaw!

Last night I attended my very first rodeo!  The Star of TX Fair and Rodeo lasts about three weeks, so there's plenty to see and do.  My friend Charles (who's a regular dance partner of mine at Dallas & GCS) was able to obtain 2 free tickets from a friend.  He knew I'd never been to a rodeo before so off we went!  We headed out there around 8pm, it was freezing out last night too so we were all bundled up.  We missed the Mutton Bustin (where the kids ride the sheep) but we caught some bareback riding, team roping, the calf scramble, saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, barrel racing and of course bull riding!  The rodeo clowns were hilarious, they were all wearing pink for The Race for the Cure ("tough enough to wear pink"), including bright pink stockings!  They even had it out with one of the 'playful' bulls.  It was all very entertaining.  To cap off the evening there was a concert featuring Gretchen Wilson.  I really liked her stuff and would totally go back again!  And yes, I did wear my belt buckle.  Not to mention I had my first corndog in probably 10 years as well! 

#97 - Take dogs to the dog park (5/33)

I must say I'm doing quite well with this task.  I've managed to take the dogs to Emma Long Park the last three weekends in a row.  I LOVE these walks.  It's great exercise for me and the dogs, plus it allows me time to ponder life.    I just love being outside.  I find that it helps me center myself and I always feel revived afterwards.  There's just something about walking (and sometimes running) the trails through the woods that rejuvenates the soul.

Busy busy week

Wow, last week was incredibly busy.  You already know about Wed from the blog below...but I'll recap.

Tues - GNO
Wed - Softball and then Dallas Nite Club
Thurs - HH at Sam's boat...I was out much later than I intended to be, didn't get home till after 10pm!
Fri - Another HH at Sherlock's.  I stayed strong and was only out for about an hour, I wanted to rest at home before heading out to GCS for yet more dancing!    I think I was out until at least 1:30am.  Go me!  I don't know where I get the energy.
Sat - Cleaned house, did laundry and then met up with some friends downtown.  We had a late dinner at Guero's and then over to Botticelli's, they have an outside bar behind the restaurant.  I never would have known it was there!  It was a nice relaxing evening.  I called it quits around 12:30am though, the week had finally caught up to me!  I was exhausted.
Sun - I slept in and then took the dogs to the dog park.  It was beautiful outside!   Tammy came over later that evening to watch a couple DVD's and we ordered pizza.  Couldn't have asked for a better week/end. 

Failure - I didn't make any home meals last week.  However, since I made 2 home meals the week before I think that should count.  ;)

Wild Wednesday

#44 - Work out at least 3x's a week [IP] .  I must say I'm doing a stellar job keeping up with this one.  I attend my cardio class every Monday and Wednesday at lunch time.  This Monday our instructor, Brenda, made us all cry and moan.  She made us double up on our weights for lifting and squats...my legs are still sore today!  I must say that my legs look great in a skirt because of these classes.  Since joining my co-ed sports team, I have softball games Wednesday nights, so I count this as a work out.  It is a sport and I do run the bases and chase balls.    This Wednesday I also went to Dallas Nite Club (after softball mind you) and danced the night away with my girls.  This is a great way to exercise and have fun while doing it!  I was out until 1:30am enjoying a boot-scootin' good time.     Livin' la vida loca and enjoying every minute of it.

#97 - Take dogs to the dog park (3/33)

Sunday was a beautiful day!  I slept in until about 10am and then decided to attend the 11am service at my Church.  After that I grabbed a burger and went back home to change.  It was just too nice out not to enjoy the weather so the dogs and I decided to head out to Emma Long Park for a nice hike.   We even ran through some of the trails, it was exhilarating!  Surprisingly it wasn't even muddy after all the rain on Saturday.  We hiked for 1.5 hrs before calling it a day.  Later I watched a DVD, caught up on some TV shows, filed all my bills/papers for 2007 , started my files for 2008 and even did some WORK work.

Gold stars for me!

Recap

#15 - Cook a home meal weekly (13/143).  Tuesday I made Sunday Football Chili.  This dish is so easy, leave it in the crock-pot all day.  Then when you arrive home you have a great smelling dish just waiting for you.  Some shredded cheese on top of the chili, a couple of beers and a movie make for a nice relaxing evening.  That's 2 meals in one week!  I'm on a roll.  :-D

2/13 - Wed night I had another softball game (We play every Wed).  The first game I was completely off and couldn't even hit the ball.  However, the past two games I've had an excellent hitting game.  My field skills could use some work though.  And this last game they put me at 3rd base instead of outfield!!  I did OK, made a few mistakes, and we creamed the other team.  Thank goodness I can hit! 

 2/14 - HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!  I spent Thursday night with Monica and Brandy.  After work I hit up HEB for some wine, then stopped at Pluckers to have a drink with Niko and Mike.  They bought me two shots and two beers!  How sweet of them.    I had to leave around 6:30 to get home since the girls were coming over around 7pm.  Boy was I already feeling good!  The girls arrived and we had the chili that I had made on Tues (there is still a lot left over), cheese (because we LOVE cheese), and a couple bottles of red wine.  Let me tell you, I was feeling REALLY good.     We also made some cookie dough to eat!  Then we had a LOST marathon and watched the 3 new episodes from this season...too bad I don't remember the new one from last night, I'll have to re-watch it.  It was an interesting and fun night.  There was only one small disaster, I forgot about a bottle of wine I had put in the freezer to get cold and it kinda exploded.    So we spent about 15 mins cleaning that up, at least it was frozen!  I'm sure it would have been funny to watch us clean while inebriated.  We hung out until midnight before calling it a night.  It was a great night with the girls!