Kneecap Recap

This post really has nothing to do with my knee cap... it just rhymed. I'm a poet and I didn't even know it! =)

I've had quite the eventful week/weekend. Last week was crazy busy with work meetings. I also went to Zumba Thursday night and pulled a butt muscle. It was a sad night.

Friday, I took a late lunch and went shopping for crazy Zumbathon attire with Val. We hit up the Sonic, the Wal-Marts (3 times I might add), ate a Reeses Peanut Butter Egg (somebody stop me - seriously), Maurices, JC Penny's, and then met Terese, David, and Grandma Jo for Chinese food. She was feisty that night - cracked me up. =) After supper we went BACK to Wal-Mart and then settled in for a night of crafts. Krystle joined us as we watched ridiculous YouTube tutorials and listened to Zumba tunes. We each cut up and crazified our shirts for the Zumbathon.

Saturday, Dac and I slept in for a wee bit, then grabbed breakfast at Braums before heading to Target. Oh Target... I feel like it's been too long. Anyway, we picked up a fun little prize for our little friend Ruby before meeting her and her parents (John and Anna) at The Anchor. Dac and John were each able to try a fun beer and we all ate some lip smackin' good food including fried pickles, hummus and pitas. Dac, John, and Anna all got fish and chips (some with sweet potato fries and others with regular). Last time I was there I got the fish and chips too (pretty tasty) with sweet potato fries, so I branched out this time (Dad and Dac... please take note of this!! haha) and got a cheddar burgar on jalepeno bread. The bread wasn't exactly what I was picturing, but it was still pretty good. I got the regular fries this time too. Oh - and I drank my weight in jumbo Diet Dr. Peppers. ALL DAY, I did this. It was so great to see them (again - in such a short period of time) and to see Ruby this time too. She is growin' like a weed, I tell ya. =) After lunch we stopped by the beer world for Dac and headed home.

I downed a few birthday cake Oreos and some jelly beans before getting into my ridiculous outfit and heading to the Zumbathon. It was a fundraiser for ALS and it was super fun. It was 2-hours (although, thankfully, we took breaks) of booty-shakin' fun. The music and the girls there made it a blast. Afterward, we met Dac, Cori, Steve, and Charli for supper at our regular spot - La Fiesta. Fun times! Then, I set the clock forward. No bueno.

The back was all cut up too... I'll spare you that pic though. =) Ooh - and Animal glows in the dark. haha!

Sunday, we went to church (that's two weeks in a row if you're counting), Val and I went to Wal-Mart AGAIN for some groceries, then stopped by Sonic for some breakfast and drinkages. We ate and hung out with Dac for a while, practiced the ol' planets-are-aligned broom trick, and then she went home and I did laundry and cleaned up our casa. Oh boy! =) The fun never ends.

I also made some of Paula Deen's mac and cheese. LOTS of it. Holy ravioli I didn't know the big box would make quite this much. haha! This always happens to me.

Dac went to his soccer game, Val picked me up, and we went to David and Terese's to eat for G-ma Jo's birthday. It was pretty fun and the food was delicious (chicken fried steaks, etc...). Normally when we hang out with Val, Cori, and Steve... we end up on teams. There's a number of team combinations but a lot of times it ends up being Dac and Cori against Steve and I with Val being a neutral party (or picking a side - depending on the topic). I think this explains why we get along so well. I can be good friends with Cori b/c she's so much like Dac, etc... Steve would have you believe he and I are EXACTLY alike. I smile and nod, but the truth is, I'm quite a bit funnier. Oh... no? =( Well, I at least have prettier hair... when I fix it! =) Well yesterday it was an all out Guys vs. Girls challenge. It went back and forth for a few rounds but ultimately the girls won in the final round with two back-to-back zingers from Cori. haha!! My goodness, you'd think we hated each other the way we go back and forth. It's all in love though. Right guys? RIGHT!?!? =) PS - did I mention Val and I decided Steve needed to put on his big girl panties earlier in the day? Wellllll.... I made him these. =) He didn't find them nearly as amusing as I did... but c'mon - that's pretty good!! I even woke Dac up from his nap to show them to him - I was so stinkin' proud!

We finished the night off with another load of laundry, the installation of one of our new smoke detectors, and two episodes of 24. In other news, I didn't sleep worth a dang last night and am not looking to this particularly long work day.