Dear Weekend

Where did you go? You went by way too fast. I needed about an 8 day weekend. That would have been nice. So where did the time go? Well...the boy (that's right I mentioned him) and I went and saw, Grown Ups. 

If you haven't seen it then get in your car right now and go. I loved it. I thought it was funny, touching and all around a great movie. I'll definitely be adding it to my dvd collection. Adam Sandler and the group did not disappoint. 

Saturday, we got a group together and went to Shogun. 

I don't know how many of these are out there but it's a Japanese steakhouse. They fix the food right in front of you. Throw shrimp in your mouth for fun, give you saki shots, etc. It was so good, I loved it! There was only one problem....they gave me way too much food. So in true Jennifer style, I had to get a to-go box. 

Then Sunday was my Mother's Birthday. She wanted me to tell you all, "Thank you, for the sweet messages." She had a really great day. Here's a few pictures from her special day. 

I had blown up about what felt like 100 balloons. I thought I was gonna need an iron lung for sure afterwards. PS: Sorry for the craptastic photos, they were all taken with my iphone. 

Who doesn't love a good cupcake on their birthday?!?

Now that it's Monday, it's off to get my car's new inspection sticker... considering that it expired in May. Ooppsies!

What Not to say/do on a date Valentine's Edition

Normally in these segments I would tell you about the awful horrendous bad dates that I've had the fork in the eye privilege of going out on. However, this time I'm going to tell you about one of the best dates I've ever went on. 

It took place at the Newport Aquarium. 

Now if you know anything about me you know that I love tropical fish and sea turtles so this place was right up my alley. Neither my date nor I had ever been to this particular aquarium so we were both really excited. We went on a weekday so it wasn't crowded at all. 

We got to walk around, holding hands all the while being surrounded by beautiful sea creatures. While we were there we got to see....

the diving show

The penguins swimming and walking around

and they even had alligators! When one of the alligators moved (which I didn't know was sitting there) I jumped about 3 feet in the air. I'm pretty for sure I left the boy with a permanent bruise on his hand from squeezing it so tight. 

I think what made the date one of my best was the fact that we could walk around together and just talk. We laughed and smiled and got to really enjoy each others company. After we left the aquarium we hit up some of the shops that surround it, including the giant Barnes & Noble.

It was and always will be one of my most memorable and fun dates ever.