Kick off your shoes

First off, you should probably know that I am very organized and I like to plan things in advance. I love my color coded agenda book.

However, what I'm about to type will shock you.

I received a text message from my friend April while I was at work Saturday.

At 2:30pm she asked me what time I got off of work and if I had plans.

Well, let me tell you...I had the most random yet exciting weekend that I've had in a long time!

I left work, went home, threw random clothes in a bag and hit the road!

90 minutes later I was in A & K's driveway

and we were on our way here:

Keith and April waiting for the fun to begin!

April and I!

Now April and I have been friends since my freshman year of college, her senior year. We've had a ton of fun times together. I mean, I was her MOH when she and Keith got married, so clearly, the 3 of us get along great! However, we learned that things don't change as we age which is great! April and I dance and have a grand ol time and Keith hangs out watching and shaking his head!

Sunday for lunch we went to one of the fine dining establishments I miss the most...

Tokyo Express

and I enjoyed Teriyaki Chicken with Fried Rice, Broccoli and Carrots. Sweet Tea to wash it down.

April and I went grocery shopping, home to bake some cookies and just lounge and then I went to visit the kids I used to babysit.

We watched the Panthers win, ate dinner and then Susan and I decided to be creative and make Tyler's Halloween costume. He's going to be an Indian (MJ's going to be a Cowgirl). Well, we stopped in the gas station for the Sunday paper since it always has a 50% off coupon for ACMoore and my college suite mate Katrina (who I saw at Steph's wedding) happened to be in the same gas station on her way to Chapel Hill! however, I saw her car, looked around the store, couldn't find her, checked out, called her and she had already hit the highway so we missed one another...but how random!
Anyway, next to ACMoore is a massive Halloween store so we bought Tyler a costume (he's only 22 months old) and found this:

Overall, it was a random but amazingly exciting/fun weekend!

It's kind of nice to not have a schedule.

1st Pops in the Park

A few weeks ago, Steph, Marcus and I met and went to Pops in the Park. We had always wanted to go but none of us were ever able. Marcus went and put our blanket down that morning...before lunch...and we were set!

Being new to the whole Pops in the Park experience, we were definitely unprepared! We packed pretzels, crackers, M&Ms, wine and water. I will say I am in LOVE with my Tarjay picnic basket!!!!

We also happened to buy the same "on sale chair in a bag" bags! Complete with arm rests and cup holders! Woo hoo!

This was the view we had directly in front of us! It's puzzle worthy! HA!

This people were SERIOUS! A whole lotta wine, a bucket of koozies and bug spray! I could be friends with these people!

We had so much fun for our first Pops experience that we went back for the Patriotic July 4th show on July 3rd! Sad thing is, it's over until next summer!

music

I have no musical talent. It's rather sad. I wish I could play an instrument and frankly, the people around me probably wish that I could sing...but I'll sing anyway! Yep, I'm that person that tends to have random dance parties while driving. Oh well...such is life when you travel long distances home, alone.

Anyway, I'm not much of a tv person, but now that the shows that I do enjoy are on hiatus until the holiday season is over, I was flipping the channels the other day and got sucked into watching the Sing Off on NBC. I'm all about some a capella music and wowsers!

So, I fell in love with the Beelzebubs from Tufts University. They made it to the finals, along with Nota...Nota's from somewhere not in America but I forget where. Anyway, I REALLY wanted the Bubs to win (yea I can call em the Bubs cause we're tight like that) because the winner gets a Sony record deal and man oh man I could so listen to a Bubs cd on repeat! But, sadly, Nota won. I mean I'm happy for them--like they said, winning will change their lives but hey, winning would change the Bubs life too! Oh well!

Congrats to all of you that can sing. I wish I had some musical talent!