Weekend Wrap-Up

This weekend has been pretty nice.  To start things off Grant and I went out to dinner and did a little shopping. We decided to go to On the Border which was alright but we weren't that impressed.  Those hole in the wall mexican places are better lol.  We were in the Town Center shopping center, so we went to a few stores.  I ended up getting a new pair of stud earrings at Macy's which I love!  They're super cute.

Saturday Grant and I got up around 8am and had breakfast together.  Then we went back home and just hung out till about 1pm when I left to go to my grandma's place where her, my aunt, and I went to the Mother Daughter (Grand Daughter) Valentine's Tea Party.  They had a couple who played music and sang throughout the tea which was nice, and also raffled off some candy.  There were easily over 150 women there.  They had punch, finger sandwiches, candy, cake, and cookies.  It was pretty good.  It was really nice to see my grandma and aunt and talk to them.  I'm glad I'm so close to them now and we can get together more often!  :)  After I got back to Grant's house, we went to Target to get some things Grant needed around the house and groceries and what not.  I made spaghetti and meat sauce and some garlic toast for us for dinner.  It was pretty good.  We ended up watching more Sopranos last night before getting to bed around midnight.

Sunday we got up around 8am again, and I made breakfast burritos for us.  Today has been a very lazy day.  We continued watching some more episodes of the Sopranos and Big Love today.  For dinner I made FROM SCRATCH mashed potatoes.  lol  They really aren't that much of a pain, so I don't know why I was thinking it would take forever.  I guess I just hadn't made them in a while.  With the mashed potatoes I made pork tenderloin and for dessert Grant wanted brownies, so I baked a batch of those as well.  It was another pretty good dinner.  I just don't want the day to end!  Luckily I do have tuesday off for that seminar, so hopefully that will be a nice break from work.  We decided to stay in on tuesday for Valentine's Day, and I'm going to fix dinner for us.  I'll get off work at 5pm that day, and get stuff cooked and ready for Grant when he gets home at 8pm.  Should be a nice low key night in at his place.  :)

Well, hope you all had a great weekend!  Time for the work week!

Behavioral design is all about feeling in control. Includes: usability, understanding, but also the feel.  - Don Norman

Best,
Megan

And so the work week begins...

Oh Mondays...  I wish I actually wanted to get up and go to work this morning.  But today actually wasn't all that bad.  There wasn't much for me to do, but I've learned that I just have to make sure I look busy even if I don't have much to do.  One of the girls keeps insuring me that they will get more work for me to do (instead of organizing and filing all day) they're just in sort of a transitional period right now.  Today was definitely better than any of the other days though so far, so it makes me hopeful.

Hopefully this week goes by quickly. I want the weekend to be here again already!  lol  This past weekend was really great, being able to be with Grant and hang out.  As most of you know, I really like to cook, and Grant really likes when I cook for him.  lol  So Sunday night I made us a pretty good dinner.  We went grocery shopping earlier that day and got some pork tenderloin (one of his favorites).  I decided to make some potatoes along with the tenderloin, and came up with this great sauce to go on them.  So I was thinking that I wanted to do something that incorporated dill cause I just love dill.  Basically what I did was mix sour cream, a little honey mustard, a little olive oil to thin it out a bit, just a pinch of garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dill.  Mix all of that up, and then pour over the potatoes and stir.  They were pretty darn delicious, and I've already got requests to make them again.  :-P

Yummy Sunday dinner for Grant and I

Tonight after work my dad and I moved in my old dresser that I had when I was a kid, and so now I have somewhere to put all my clothes that I couldn't hang up.  I got some of the stuff put away, so my room is starting to come together.  I can't wait till its nice and organized; that will make me happy.  I really just have to go through stuff every night after work, and get what I don't need out put downstairs and out of the way.

remember this!

Well I think I'm going to get a few more things put away, then get ready for bed.  Going to bed at midnight and waking up at 7am makes me tired!  lol  My former college self is disappoint.


Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up.  - Tate Linden

Best,
Megan