Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday!

I woke up to Hubs playing this song today in a feeble attempt to wake me (he may or may not have been dancing as well. Laughing= good start to the day) :) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

(sorry once again I don't know how to post a video, but go watch it if you haven't)

Ah it is Friday! This week just literally flew by. I was sick on Monday from allergies. I mean seriously, Houston....very bad for my allergies. I've gotten sick 4-5 times since moving down here and everytime I go to the Dr. and they say it's just really bad hay fever. Luckily I have my little cocktail of meds that I know to take now so I don't have to go in each time, but I'm really hoping that my body adjusts to this soon. I can now watch the weather reports and when the pollen increases I can pretty much guarantee you I will be sick. Ugh, ok no more complaining it's Friday!

So that was my Monday, then Tues/Wed got to go to Baylor for recruiting for work. It's just so wonderful anytime that I can be in Waco! I'm very proud of our Lady Bears right now as well, so was fun to feel some of that energy as the tournament was in Waco this week.

Then it was Thursday and playing catch up at work, and now it's Friday!

Tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes after...wards. (just go watch above mentioned video if you still haven't)

On another note, I bought my second Groupon this week and am really excited about it! I was going to go to the Post Impressionist special art exhibit at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts anyway, but now Jonathan and I get to go for the price of one!

I've been a big fan of Monet and his watercolor paintings ever since a GT lesson segment in elementary school on famous artists. Then I got to see so many of his wonderful works at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris during college and to top it all off got to visit Monet's actual home in Giverny, France. Watergardens and all. It was amazing.

Things I'm Loving Thursday

1. St. Patrick's Day! I just love holidays! Even if I do have to be at work, St. Patrick's Day just makes the day a little more fun. I'm wearing green, and so were all the constructions workers I passed on my way to work. Don't know why but thought was kind of neat. Their job doesn't necessarily give them a reason to dress up, but they did and I'm sure it makes their day a little more fun like it does mine. Already thinking about what dessert I could make tonight that would be St. Patty's Day inspired...

Some St. Patrick's Day trivia: St. Patrick was not born in Ireland. He was actually born in Britain and captured as a slave at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland. He escaped sometime later and became a bishop and then returned to Ireland later and eventually became their patron saint.

2. More Tulips for Spring. This weather has just been wonderful and is only supposed to be getting better. I got more tulips and they make our home so cheerful and ready to welcome spring on Sunday!

3. Burger week at my house. This week I decided to really simplify meals since I didn't know how much I would be working and have done a trio of different gourmet burgers/sandwiches.

The first was possibly the best and actually wasn't a technical "burger", but I'll call it one anyway. It was a Crabcake Burger. This is by far the easiest and best crabcake recipe I've ever made. I don't know if I'll ever make a different recipe for them as it was just wonderful! Sorry I didn't get a picture, they were too good and we ate them too fast!

Crabcake Burger Recipe from Eating Well.com http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/crab_cake_burgers.html

Then we made Bison Burgers with fresh sage, peppered turkey bacon, sage cheese, and barbeque sauce. Oh wow, this was amazing!

Lastly, we made Turkey Burgers last night!

Happy Thursday/St. Patrick's Day Everyone!

Bath & Body Works Product Loves

I went to Bath & Body Works this weekend as I needed to stock up on hand soaps. When we moved into our house, I tried the whole chrome soap dispensers for every room/kitchen/bathroom etc. that matched the waste basket, and tissue holder and toothbrush holder, and tried to save money and refill them with jugs of soap from the grocery store.

Well, that worked for awhile, until they all started turning colors/clogging/leaking and in general I just stopped liking using that jelly type of soap. I don't feel it lathers well etc. Anyway...there's a point to my rambling....

I was given one of their foam soaps by my sister-in-law, and I just fell in love with the way it cleans my hands! So at 4 for $15 I stocked up for every sink in my house this weekend and I don't even care that the colors may not match perfectly, and that the containers aren't chrome. I'm obsessed with the following soaps and scents:

Fresh Lime Basil for my kitchen

Japanese Cherry Blossom for my master bath

Twilight Woods for the powder bath.

Then, I had forgotten about what is possibly my favorite bath product/scent of all time until I noticed it on sale as well. I discovered it sometime back in high school when I got it as a gift and I have forgotten about it since.

It is the Stress Relieving line in the Aromatherapy collection in the Eucalyptus Spearmint fragrance.

In particular, the pillow mist is out of this world at relaxing you for bed.

Things I'm Loving Thursday

1. Lunch date with my momma!!

Since my mom is in town with my dad for a speech convention, I got to have a lunch date with my mom today while Daddy played golf. We went to Benjy's. They have a great lunch menu and the atmosphere is just fun!

2. Tulips. I am seeing Tulips everywhere and bought some for my house this week. They are just so gorgeous right now! I would love to go to the Netherlands/Norway someday and see the Tulips there. They are truly my favorite flower!

My Tulips!

3. Thoughts of trips and vacations. In May we are going to Disney World, in July we are going to Maui and Honolulu, and in November we are going back to Disney World for Thanksgiving with my family. Plus we have a few weekend getaways planned for the year for various weddings and trips with just the Dub and me. These thoughts of time away help get me through the more rigorous workdays. Can't wait until I'm seeing something like this again: