Thai, Wine & Tools....Oh My!

 

Holy Birthay Batman.  I'm worn out from the marathon celebration, Lord knows how my poor husband must feel. 

Last night he made us some Lobster tails & when I tried to give him the bigger one he refused to take it because it was (albeit the end) still my "Birthday Week."  Poor guy. 

He's going to need birthday rehab to recover from the past 7 days. 

He was a two time breakfast in bed chef....

 

Homemade Heart Shaped Glazed AND Filled Doughnuts 

Heart felt gift giver, A fantastic dinner date three nights in a row & and he became a wine guzzler connoisseur Saturday afternoon at the winery in which he polished off his first bottle of wine,

ALL on his own. My babies all grown up.

 Dang I love that kid. 

But I gotta say, he didn't come out empty handed.  He's a big time Justin Moore fan so I surprised him with tickets to the Outlaw Tour coming to Kansas City in March.

 

I just love this picture of Jon when he was a little tot!

 

Added the text with my iPhone app, got it printed & made it into a card.

Needless to say, he was pretty stoked. 

In fact he requested we have the card up on display in our living room.

And it's still there, 5 days later.

 

We wrapped up Valentines Day with a heart shaped pizza that I burnt the hell out of, then the Birthday festivities began!

 

Carnival wished me a Happy Birthday...but no free cruise? 

Cheap asses.

I mean, their boat broke down in the Gulf of Mexico.  The least they could do is give free cruises to all of America.  Side note, did anyone else think some of those passengers on the stranded ship were being a little dramatic about the whole ordeal? They complained that Carnival opened the bar up while stranded at sea.  C'mon folks.  If I was stranded at sea and had to urinate in a bag, the least they could do would be to provide free booze.

 

Moving on.

 

We had a WONDERFUL dinner Friday night with both sets of parents at

Jon & I's favorite local Thai Place. 

It truly filled my heart to have everyone there to celebrate with! 

 

  

Top the evening off with my own set of pink tools.  Double score.

 

Saturday morning we took off to Excelsior Springs, the town where

we got married a couple years ago.

I still get butterflies pulling up to the resort.

 

We got checked in & took off to their quaint little downtown strip to enjoy the afternoon. 

 

 

 

We spent the last few afternoon hours at The Mercantile Winery where had our rehearsal dinner. The owner, Daphne is always so gracious to us when we show up....big hugs & all. 

Reason #78690 why I'm so thankful we wed in such a small town.

 

And for the record, if we were pregnant, I SO would've bought that Vino Bambino Onesie.

Or did I?

But I did score this little beauty.  A wreath filled with wine corks. 

Hell to the yes.

 

After we had polished off a couple bottles of wine, we headed back to The Elms for some

Hottie Toddies & Hot Tub Time.

Only to end the day with a little stroll down to the Gazebo where our ceremony was held. 

Cue Goosebumps. 

Everytime.

 

And yes, I definitely played Train's Marry Me on my iPhone while strolling down the sidewalk aisle.

 

Yes folks, if you're new around here, I am THAT cheesy.

 

We capped off the weekend with roomservice in bed before hitting the road back home.

 

 

It was a weekend for the books & If you're still here....thanks for sticking around for me to share it with you.

 

I took today off work to blog recover.

(THANK YOU JESUS)

 

Hope everyone is having a fantastic start to their week!

 

 Linking up with Sami for her weekend wrap up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, Hello Weekend.

I'm convinced that there is NO better feeling than a Friday morning.  You roll over & hit snooze on your alarm only to realize that it's the LAST day you'll do that for the week. 

My feet (and my donkey booty) hit the ground dancing with excitement & the rest of the day is spent smiling & being nice to people I'm typically not nice too, well, because it's Friday. 

I know that rest & relaxation (and booze) is waiting for me....just a few hours away.

This Saturday we have a day trip planned to a little nearby town called Weston.  Ya 'all.  It's adorable!

We are hitting up a couple wineries in town...

And then ending with a brewery tour of their local Pub, O'Malley's. 

We've been here before, but just to get intoxicated.

By doing the tour, we'll actually learn some history.....while getting intoxicated.

It just makes us sound better.

They're having their Irish Music Awards show in the afternoon.  You know, kind of like the MTV Music Awards, minus Britney Spears & Madonna making out.

This brewery was first established in 1842 & 2 out of the 5 orignial cellars are still in operation!  The best part....it's entirely underground.

I'm going to have an Instagram hay-day with this one.

Follow along @annexenos.

Have a great weekend ya'all!

Weekend Update: The Anatomy of a List

 

You know what I love MOST about blogging?

(Outside of the relationships I've built of course)

 

All of the GREAT ideas I get from you gals! 

Everyday, every week, there's always new ideas & a fresh perspective to be found & I just love it.

 

The latest idea I've snagged is compliments of this crazy cat who loves Basset Hounds.

 

 

Make Lists.

 

I'm one of those crazy cats who just CAN'T sit still. I like to pretend like I'm one of those girls who can curl up on the couch with a great book & hot cup of coffee & just read the afternoon away.

Yeah frickin' right.

 

What I call relaxing on a Saturday is running frantically around the house starting 8 different projects & barely finishing one of them at days end.

 

So when Sarah mentioned she & her husband made a list of things they wanted to accomplish over a weekends time, I snatched that idea up like my Chihuahua eats her food.

And for the record, she eats super fast.

 

So with my newfound wisdom I approached this weekend with a different mentality.

A list making mentality. And I loved it.

 

Did my weekend consist of anything exciting to normal people?

  Hell no. 

 

But for my junk drawer, so super exciting.

 Organized.

Check.

 

 We bought a new laptop.

 

Check.

 

Finished plastering hearts all over my entire house in honor of Valentines Day.

 

 

Check.

 

Gave myself a French mani.

 

 

Check.

 

And hey, I managed to squeeze in about five miles on the pavement.

Good for my ass? Yes.  Good for my energy level?  Hell yes.

 

I smell many more lists in my future.

 

 

Now, time to take on another Monday morning.  But hey, at least I have a new mani. 

Makes a Monday morning SO much easier.

 

Linking up with Sami & Leeann...you should too.

 

Well, hello there relaxation.

This. weekend. was. delicious.

Jon & I had ZERO plans and it. was. glorius.

But definitely doesn't make for an exciting post full of photos.  My apologies.

Friday night we stayed in & ate pizza....the exact same way we ended our Sunday.  Pizza goin' into the weekend and pizza goin' out. 

Don't judge.

At least I ran off SOME of the pizza calories Saturday morning.

Saturday night was full of vino, food, bourbon & more food.  Aka:  Xenos Date Night.

Hey, the local saloon had happy hour from 9-10:00 pm.  $2.50 everything.

We had to take full advantage.

Sunday morning I got all house-wifey on Jon's ass & made breakfast for two...

Or three.

 

Breakfast was followed by....

And then play time.

All in all.

Great weekend full of great pizza.

I hope your weekends were just as glorius.

Of course I'm linking up with the fabulous girls for their weekly link-up.

Looking forward to perusing around blog land to see what all of you beauties were up to as well!

And in closing, can I just say...these next 48 hours are going. to. be. torturous. 

Closing Day:  Wednesday.

Get. here. now.

Why I LOVE Weddings.

There is just something SO romantic about watching friends exchange vows & commit their lives to one another! 

Yes, I am THAT girl that tears up in every wedding I go to. 

It could be a complete stranger.  I mean, it could be Obama & I'd be the creep in the corner with mascara running down my face.  Hey, I'll own it.

I just LOVE weddings!

This past weekend we got to witness one of my DEAR friends & TriDelta sister say "I Do!" 

And boy did we celebrate.

And you know me, I have a photo to prove it.

Don't tell my husband this is on the internet.

I mean, when I'm reunited with these girls....

I just can't help myself.

How about you all...how was YOUR weekend? 

Link up with these three beauties (Dana, Sami & Leeann) & tell us about it!