Catching Up...

I have been a bad blogger lately...  it's been too long.

And to make matters worse.... we had a great weekend and I have nothing to show for it.  I took very few pictures.  I just wasn't in the mood to fool with the camera this weekend.  Troy is worried about me ;-)

Our weekend began with Chinese Friday.  Jason, Sam, Troy and I get together as often as we can for Chinese Friday.  We wear our pajamas (most of us), eat Chinese food and do absolutely nothing together.  It's the perfect way to end the work-week.

As I said, I was very lazy with picture taking this weekend, but here are a couple of shots of Chinese Friday.

What friends can you lay around on the sofa watching movies with on a Friday night? What friends can you invite to your house and not care about what it looks like.....what you look like.... or if they will have a nice enough time?  Friends that are like family!! 

We love them :)

On Saturday we attended a barbecue with Troy's department to welcome the new first year residents.  Emily (a 3rd year resident with Troy) and her husband, hosted the event at their home.  It was very nice.

Troy loved their dog. "Bourbon," is a Charpe (wrinkle dog), and Troy couldn't get enough.  

   

At one point he took the camera from me and said he was going to take a few pictures of the gathering.  I was thankful because I hadn't taken any. When I later looked at the photos to see what he had shot.....they were all of the dog.

He does the same thing when we're at the beach.  He will take the camera and shoot 4,000 photos of the seagulls.  Seagull walking in sand, seagull flying over water, seagull on top of boat, seagull walking around pool....  it goes on and on. :)  He is an animal lover.

I found this little guy to keep me company :)

He sat in my lap the whole evening.  

I'm convinced that he wanted to come home with me.  

Troy is convinced that Bourbon wanted to come home with him.  Neither one of us would compromise, so both Bourbon and baby stayed behind.

This is Emily (our hostess) and her little girl, Nola Bell.  Aren't they both so pretty?

Though all we have are dog pictures to prove it....   it was a nice evening :)

I spent most of today with my boys......

I had planned on taking Will and Max to the zoo today.  When I asked them this morning if they were excited to go, Will said that he really just wanted to go swimming in our pool (neighborhood pool).  I offered to take them to the zoo, a movie, bowling, etc., but all they wanted to do was swim.  What good boys they are!  So easy to please.

We had the pool all to ourselves for most of the day!

Poor Max, he wanted so badly for these goggles to stay on properly.  He said he just couldn't possibly "catch fish" without them.  When Troy saw the photo of him wearing them he said "well poor little guy, you bought him cheap goggles!  Those are the junkie kind."  ?? Sorry Max!

Both of the boys were so good!!  The only scuffle that occurred between them was a small argument over whether a man o' war fish, or a puffer fish is larger.....  ????.....which I settled by Google-ing :)  I have no idea where they get this stuff!?


Have a good evening :)

Love,

Kristin

Happy Friday :)

How is your week going?

If I'm being honest- I'm exhausted!  My coworker is out this week (we are a small office- just the two of us and the doctor) and I miss her terribly.  We are a great team, her and I, and when one of us is gone, the other suffers!  ;-)  Hurry back partner and friend- my life is crazy and chaotic without you! :)

I did get treated to a wonderful lunch/afternoon today though..... compliments of my friend Cheryl S.  

It was as if she knew I was having a crazy week.  She surprised me with a gift from Williams-Sonoma and a new recipe book!?  Wasn't that sweet?  Just out of the blue....  no reason at all.

She had lunch waiting for me when we I got there, and then taught me how to make homemade Swedish meatballs!  They were delicious.

She also made brownies from scratch...

As always- she sent me home with enough to last a week- and Troy enjoyed it for dinner tonight :)

I've said it before, but I have NO idea why Cheryl spoils me the way she does.  She is one of the most generous and loving people.  I couldn't be more thankful for her.  We have the best time cooking, chatting and I thoroughly enjoy every minute of her company.  I love when God brings GOOD people into my life.

Speaking of good people- my favorite text of the week goes to my sweet sister-in-law- Christy.  It was a simple text- but I think that's what made it so perfect. :)

It's one thing to get an out of the blue "I love you" from your husband or your mom.... we're all used to those.  But to get one from your sister-in-law is something extra special.


And while we're on the subject of texting.  Troy sent me a text the other day that said something to the effect of  "Hi honey, hope you are having a good day, my day is busy, I found a picture of myself in a medical magazine earlier, I hope to be home around 5:00, I love you."

Wait....what?  You found yourself in a magazine!?

Who just FINDS themselves in a magazine??  If I was present while a photographer was shooting something for a possible ad or magazine, i would STALK them until the photos surfaced.  Not Troy, he said it had been awhile since the photos were taken, and he had forgotten all about it.

????

Anyhoo, I told Troy to make sure to bring that magazine home and he said he couldn't because it.... "wasn't his."

???

I told him I didn't care WHOSE it was, it was a magazine, not a wallet- finders keepers- to bring it home, and not to krinkle, wrinkle or mess it up along the way :)

Would you believe he didn't bring it home?  He said it didn't belong to him, it had another doctor's name on it.

Oh for the love.

Shortly after learning that he didn't bring this magazine home, I went out to the mail box and there was a totally different medical magazine, with the SAME picture/advertisement in it.  YES!!  I got my OWN magazine after all.

Troy is on the left/middle.  The guy in front of him is really on my nerves....   how dare he block my husband!? ;)

I had Troy hold the magazine and get his picture made....  he looks thrilled doesn't he? :)

The very next morning, while I was getting ready for work, I saw a commercial for University Hospital and up popped my husband's picture :)

I instantly hit record so that I could show Troy....

Tonight I had him pose next to the tv.  He covered his face and said "you are joking right?"

I have the camera in my hand.....  does it look like I'm joking? ;-)

He said that I was silly....  that you could barely see him. 

But I don't care how small he is....   he's there, it's a memory- and I LOVE it :)  The funny thing is....  Troy and I have seen this commercial a dozen times.  UofL is airing it a lot right now and we've both commented on how we think it's a good commercial.  We never noticed him...    okay....  maybe it is a little small :)

So as it turns out, I didn't need the magazine (that he wouldn't steal)....  because it seems UofL is using this photo in all of their advertisements right now (several different medical magazines) and even in their commercial :)  Yay!!

It doesn't take much to excite me :)

We have the MOST wonderful weekend planned.  Wanna know what we're doing?  

NOTHING.

I can't wait!! :)  We were originally scheduled to have dinner with friends, but upon our request, they were sweet enough to move it to the following weekend.  We are tired, we need to be lazy.  We need a pajama and movie kind of weekend.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday.  If you see a medical related magazine laying around- steal all copies that you see for me please... and DON'T tell Troy ;-)  HA!

Love,

Kristin