Thanksgiving 2010

J and I rotate where we spend the holidays each year. This year we spent Thanksgiving at his parents house and we'll spend Christmas at my parents. Next year we'll rotate it as we always do. This works well for us since his family and my family are located several states apart.

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This year we got to meet J's brother's girlfriend's two little boys. This was RIGHT before their bedtime as you can see below.



While we were spending our time with his family, my family was also celebrating the gender revel of the first grandbaby. As you can see below, my SIL and brother are having a boy! So excited! (Thanks Lar for the picture!) Also pictured is my present for them since we couldn't be there. I wanted our little nephew to have a onesie with a joke that is near and dear to SIL and I! If you don't know what the image on the onesie is, google, "Peanut Butter Jelly Time Video." As soon as I saw it, I KNEW the baby had to have it!



When we got back from our Thanksgiving trip yesterday, J decided he wanted to revamp our bedroom. We painted it the same color we have in the hallway. )It's MUCH lighter than it appears in the picture. It's a pretty gray.) Also pictured is the new white duvet set as an early Christmas present from my parents! Pardon the wrinkles. We got everything together to show my parents how it turned out. It will be nice and neat later. I promise! As you can see, our two kitties wanted to be photographed as well!=)

J's Recent Performance

J and his professional partner recently performed a lovely Waltz and Tango at our studios 6th anniversary party this past Saturday.

They did an excellent job! Everyone thought there waltz was beautiful. They REALLY raved about the tango. Yesterday, their coach gave them some great positive feedback regarding their performances as well.

Here is a picture that one of the students captured from the evening. I wasn't able to upload video as I have in previous posts. I was recording video on his dance partner's camera so they could review it later. Maybe I'll ask Jonathan if she can send it to him later via email!=) If you look to the right of J and his dance partner, you can actually see me in the background taking the video. HA!

I was SUPER proud! They did an EXCELLENT job performing on Saturday!

Shrimp & Grits

I'm way too busy for my own good right now. It's hectic at both work and play. (Although, I LIKE how it is hectic with the latter!) I will have some new interesting items to post very soon.

However, I wanted to share my shrimp and grits story.

(If you aren't aware of this dish, I suggest you try it!)



Some friends and I took a trip to Garden City Beach, SC a few weeks ago. We decided to drive around and find a great local restaurant for some great seafood. We were NOT disappointed! We came across this restaurant, Mr. Fish , that was NOTHING short of delightful!

I decided I wanted to order the good ole South Carolina favorite dish, shrimp & grits. Boy, was I blown away! The food was good and the service was great. We were very glad we stumbled upon this place!

If you ever get a chance to try this dish at a restaurant, go for it. Delish.

Happy Thursday...Here's an AMAZING Cha Cha Final at Blackpool!