The Weekend.

I came home this weekend and searched for apartments in Gastonia on Saturday. I met a friend of mine and he helped me since he's from down there. I don't want to get stuck in the bad part of town! We ate at Tony's for lunch. It's a place right in the middle of Gastonia that is known for their AMAZING ice cream! I left Gastonia, went home for about an hour and then made my way to Union Grove for a family reunion. I don't get to see that side of the family very often, so it was nice. I left there around 8 or 8:30 and came back to Boone. I'm a member of the choir at Boone UMC, so I had to be up and halfway conscious for both services this morning!

There is a painting that I have loved from the first moment I saw it. It was painted by Jack Vettriano and is called "The Singing Butler." I have talked about wanting a copy of it to hang over my bed for over a year now. Well, one weekend when I went home I had told Mom that it had been a challenging week to say the least. She proceeds to take me in the back room and pulls out this huge framed copy of this painting! She said she had found it and had put it back for Christmas, but decided that I could have it as a consolation prize because of the bad week I had just endured. I can hang pictures, but this one was so big that I knew I would need some help. Well, tonight was the night! After a few weeks of it sitting propped against my kitchen bar...it's finally hanging over my bed! A friend of mine had to help me...Ah I love it! Here's a picture...



Tonight was so much fun. My friend Justin and I get together every month, cook dinner, make chocolate covered strawberries and watch a movie. This month we had it at my place. I made Chicken Tetrazzini and we watched Sex and the City (great movie by the way!) Ah, I'm about to be in a sugar coma from all of these amazing chocolate strawberries! Well, I had better go and get my game face on for another long week!