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This past weekend Chad and I were off together and had no plans, no commitments, no worries...just us :) Thanks to cedar setting a record high, the city of Austin quickly transformed into one itchy, stuffed up nose. No stopping us! We had a whole weekend to get out and enjoy our city!

Country Strong came out and we caught the matinee on Friday. We both agreed it's been the best country movie to premiere since Pure Country...cast no judgement on George's acting skills...he makes up for it with his serenade of "I Cross My Heart" in the final scene :) Anyhow, Country Strong was filled with great music, decent actors and a nice message of love. We also decided our "first dance" song would be "Give Into Me" ...you know...when we have our second marriage to one another ha! We love it.

Every time we are downtown we say, "sometime we need to try that Texas Chili Parlor place on Lavaca," and so we did just that! I had the sampler and got to choose three different chilis. Started it off with their White Chili and moved onto Black Bean & Elgin Sausage Chili (Dee-lish) and last, (but certainly not our last visit) was the Original Mild Chili. It was a down home delight! We walked around a bit and then headed for some skillet apple pie at Moonshine Grill. Again, another home run for the evening!

I grew up going to garage sales with my grandpa, or as I like to reference it, garage "sailing." I continued to go throughout college and still do like to catch the occasional sale on my day off. Several times a year, Austin holds a City Wide Garage Sale downtown, so we woke up (slept in) and went "sailing!" Although I did not find the perfect antique TV stand with Hulk-like abilities to sustain our new 60 inch, we still didn't come home empty handed! I found Chad a Houston Oilers glass while he found me an Empire State Building figurine dated 1974 with a special message written on the box, "From Daddy, on his trip to New York." I Love it! We also snatched up some Superman comics to frame for the office and of course a couple of iron nic-nacs for myself, a Fleur De Lei and Flying Pig! With all that excitement a nap was certainly called for. That evening we met Robert for salads and wings at Fowler's, called it a night to go home and watch The Last Exorcism...awful...and Catfish...interesting.

Sunday was our "do nothing" day.

Now that the week has started, it's back to preparing for our annual inventory at the store and Chad is back to "babysitting." We are off Thursday and thinking the midnight showing of The Dilemma is necessary.

I've got an angry little pig begging me to go to bed. Goodnight. Sleeptight.

E & W