The Weekend Roundup

The weekend was awesome! Why the heck don't we have 3-day weekends more often? I would be a much more productive, happy person if only I could have more 3 day weekend. Mr. President, are you hearing me? You really need to sign this into law. I imagine there would be a whole lot less crime if people didn't have to work so much.

Anyway, I won't totally bore you with everything we did this past weekend, so I'll just give you a brief synopsis:

1. Had dinner Friday night in Shirlington at Aladins. Love, Love, Love their hummos chicken plate. Came home to another Mabel chewing disaster. Will explain later.
2. Slept in A LOT. I've been fighting some kind of something since last weekend and I definitely think the combination of vitamins, sleep, and water this weekend has helped immensely.
3. Went to Westwood to the pool. Twice. But B only lasted 10 minutes the second time. I didn't bring enough "toys"with me to keep him occupied. Yes, I know he sounds like a 5 year old. I assure you, he will be 34 this year.
4. Had dinner and drinks in DC with K&S (our friends/neighbors) and their house guests. Amazingly surprised by the food at Fados! Will definitely be returning soon for more corn beef and cabbage. And had a great time hanging out at Rocket Bar. Unfortunately, unable to snag the skee ball or a shuffle board table. Next time.
5. Slept some more. B golfed while I slept.
6. Puppy play date!! More below. CUTENESS ALERT! DO NOT MISS THE PICTURES BELOW!
7. Re-organized our bedroom by getting rid of a dresser. Looks fantastic now and a whole lot less cluttered. Although I did have to give up 7 whole dresser drawers. it was tragic. but i'm getting over it. And returned a whole bunch of crap to Pottery Barn and Home Goods we didn't need. Felt good about that.
8. More hanging out with our neighbors and our new friend/other neighbor, the Cop. This time outside on the sidewalk between our condos. It was such a beautiful night. B claims, he's back into red wine now. Mabel and Taurie played the entire time with us outside. Also adorable.
9. Italian Store. pizza. subs. tiramisu. Need I say more?
10. Afternoon margaritas and Mexican at Guapos. What could be better than a margarita at 2 PM on your day off?! Nothing.
11. And managed to bake some banana strusell muffins.

All-in-all a pretty freakin' fantastic weekend. Couldn't have asked for a better weekend. And next weekend should prove to be much of the same. T minus 5 days until the big anniversary surprise! :)

Without further ado, here is the cuteness I promised earlier. The dog that looks like Mabel is her Mom, Phoebe. Mabe; and Phoebe were adopted the same day from A Forever Home (we exchange email info. with her parents) and her Mom, Margaret put together the puppy play date. We got together at her flower shop, Gathered Stems, in McLean. She has a fantastic grassy area behind her shop for the pups to play.

Phoebe is about 1.5 to 2 years old and it's thought that this is her second liter. She was rescued out of a West Virginia kill shelter when she was pregnant with Mabel and her six other pups. The pups were born in a foster home and than separated from Phoebe after a few weeks. The black and white dog is one of Mabel's sisters, Midge. Midge was adopted first and was the runt of the liter. She has such a different coat than Mabel, but has a similar body shape and the same eyes. All three of them instantly bonded on Sunday and spent 2 hours running, rolling, and frolicking around. With some humping threw in between (phoebe really took to mabel!). We can't wait until the next puppy play date and to hopefully meet more of Mabel's brothers and sisters.

Mabel's in front and Phoebe's sitting in back.

Midge's Mom and Dad gave Mabel a new toy. She LOVES it and has been playing with it constantly ever since!

Midge came to say hi to me! She's super sweet and super friendly. Mabel didn't get this particular trait. She's still afraid of strangers.

Hope you all had a happy Memorial Day and took some time to reflect on and remember all the service men and women who have put and are currently putting their lives on the line to protect the freedom's that we as Americans enjoy every single day. Can't thank you all enough for what you have and continue to sacrifice for us.