"So Stinkin' Cute!!!"

The weekend's over... again!!! *Sigh* It went by too fast! We didn't do much, which was the whole purpose of this long weekend. Actually, I DIDN'T DO MUCH, because Rob worked all weekend. Their company have been doing some remodeling and moving their offices around... So, Rob had to rewire their networks, maintain the servers, assemble their desktops and make sure the phones are all connected and working like they're suppose to... It was nice to have some peace and quiet around the house. LOL! It's just that when Rob's around, he's always doing stuff like playing video games, experimenting with computers and wires, networking, working in his garage, etc...

So, what did we end up doing? Well, Friday night, we hung out at my parents' with the Tanguiligs. We always try to get together every now and then, even when there are no special occasions. Knowing it is one of my favorite dishes, they brought me some yummy Calamari!!! It was soo good! Thanks again, Tita Edith, for the Calamari :-)

On Saturday, Rob and JB went to their basketball practice. Kevin stayed home because he worked earlier that day and he was rather tired. So, yeah, JB's on their team too... Actually, last Wednesday night, during their first game, JB didn't play because he was working. Sadly, they ended up losing... but then the next night (Thursday), JB played and they won!!! 'Ey dude, I know you're always reading my blog... the team needs ya, man! You know Louie ain't got THE game, so bring it! Peace.. LOL!!!

Speaking of which... I know EXACTLY WHO reads my blog... I have it hardcoded (hidden Javascript program, of course!!!) that captures each and every IP address, city, state, country, date, time, web browser, OS, resolution, etc... and everytime I check it, I'm just amazed at how many people actually do read my blog on a daily basis!!! I get hits from far away places like Israel, Australia, France, Austria, Germany, UK, Malaysia, and especially the Philippines :-) And of course, I get a ton from the U.S. I'm not going to list names, or states because there are too many and you know who you are!!! It's just really flattering to have all these readers!

Anyways, Saturday night, we had salad and pizza from Momo's. They have the biggest pizzas in Florida... maybe even the country!!! Their pizza box is as big as our dining room table!!! We love Momo's and if you've ever been a college student in Tallahassee, you know that's the place to hang out on Saturday nights! After dinner, we had karaoke!!! Haha... YES, magic Mic karaoke! We finally got our very own with 2,100 songs! It was great!!! Kathryn and Kevin sang their hearts out... LOL!

On Sunday, I was finally able to have some reading time... I've read magazines--Redbook is my favorite, People mag, as well as Travel magazines. My subscriptions kept coming and stacking up, which was putting me way behind in reading, so I am now back on track :-) We had dinner at mom and dad's on Sunday night. We have this little activity which started months ago, when after dinner, we would watch old home videos of Rob and Spencer. So, after dinner, we watched one of Rob's when he was about 7-9... It was just really amazing to see Rob as a little boy... Not only was he sooo adorable, he was also quite the dare-devil... haha! I've learned so much from his childhood through those videos. For instance, he loved Sports, more so than he does now. He had his own batting cage in his parents' backyard. He had his very own personal baseball trainer. He played soccer and football, which he didn't continue through high school because baseball WAS and IS his passion! He was such an avid skier. He loved jumping on the trampoline, as well as diving competitions with his cousins at Aunt Helen's pool or at Grandma Purvis'! He loved slip and slides and being pulled around in a floater behind Jimmy's Go-Kart one snowy winter morning (Yes, it snowed once in Tally in the late 80's)!!! He was always the first one to try new things... He had so much energy!!! I've also learned what a great son Rob was and even more touching--what a great brother he was to Spencer! All this, while sitting by me, mom reminisces, with the occasional "Oooh"s and "Awww"s, and every now and then... "They were SO STINKIN' CUTE!!!" or "Geez, Ken, look how young we were!!!" It was great and we're looking forward to the next home video!

On Monday, while Rob was at work, I went shopping at Ann Taylor, the Gap, and Banana... I did our grocery shopping and when I got home, I started reading one of the books I've been dying to read. So, I'm currently reading "The Mermaid Chair" By Sue Monk Kidd. I've read her first novel "The Secret Life of Bees" and I just loved it! So far, her second novel, is equally entertaining and amusing. I need to finish this book ASAP as I've got 4 others waiting to be read--"A Wedding in December" by Anita Shreve, "The Power of a Praying Wife" by Stormie Omartian, rereading "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, and "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards--which mom just read and and loves! She also told me she's got 2 more books by Anita Shreve that I must read--"The Pilot's Wife" and "Sea Glass"... We've got this unofficial book club amongst the women in Rob's family--me, mom, Aunt Helen, Jenny, Emily, Caroline and Pam. We've passed around several books such as "Cold Mountain", "The Da Vinci Code", "The Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood", "Little Altars Everywhere" to name a few... It's really neat, but I just need to keep up with them... which is hard to do since they're mostly retired and stay-at-home moms... LOL!

This week's going to be a little hectic...
* Tonight is Rob and Kevin's 3rd game at Cobb (7 pm)
* Tomorrow night, FSU vs. Virginia Tech basketball at 7:30!
* Thursday, another basketball game at Cobb (7 pm)
* Friday night, Crop party at Jenny's (mom's going with me this time to work on her version of our wedding scrapbook!)

Have a great week, guys :-)