Tonight was so much fun. Today was so much fun. I worked from home today and got a lot done on this project I’m working on. The crazy part of it is this HUGE project is due in just a couple of weeks. It’s wild to think that what I’m working on is going to go out to the entire company. It’s a lot of pressure and means a lot of working day and night, week days and weekends to get it all done by the deadline.

Tonight was great though because we went over to our friend Ed and Livia’s house for a BBQ dinner. Ed and Livia have three kids that are just adorable. The youngest is Emmy a little girl about 4 years old. She’s so cute I wanted to just scoop her up and hug her all night. She’s a little monkey too and spent most of the night climbing all over things, especially her mom. Alex and Grayson (the boys) are so incredibly cute and the most well-mannered boys I’ve ever met. Ed and Livia should be proud.

Last night Eric made some great salmon, Livia made a wonderful spinach salad and we had rice too. Oh and I made dessert of cobbler. It was such a yummy dinner. It was great that we all helped make the dinner too. Ed broke out some great wine. I forget what it was but it was tasty and one of the wines served at our reception last year. The night was so nice. We sat and joked, laughed, chatted about all sorts of things and enjoyed a wonderful relaxing night with friends. It really made me appreciate my friends. On the drive home Eric and I talked a lot about friends and how great they can make you feel. How you can go months and not see or talk to a good friend but then you talk on the phone and the months seem to dissolve and it’s like only a day has passed. I think that’s really true from my very best friend LeAnne or Jim. I can go months without talking to either of them and then either I pick up the phone or they do and we talk forever. Friends are great!

Well, it’s late and should get to bed. I’ve got a great book to read right now….

Eric turned 30 this year…. He’s not young anymore….For his birthday dinner we went to PF Chang’s. It was such a wonderful night after an exhausting day for everyone. We had a great time at Chang’s. We need up getting something like 6 different dishes and having a bit of everything. it was so yummy. The best was dessert. We go two of the great wall of chocolate cake desserts. It was awesome, six layers of chocolate cake, a little warm and everything. Tasty.

Happy Birthday Eric!!!

I was just reading my last post and realized just how unhappy I was. I can now say I’m feeling better. Eric’s parents came for a visit last weekend. It was so nice to see them. I felt like we had a great visit. They were down to see the new addition to the family, Greg and Hollie’s baby, Beth. She’s so cute.

Friday night they took us out to dinner at “In Good Taste” it’s the store/restaurant/cooking school place that they got us gift certificates for Christmas. We went to the Malbec tasting and dinner. It was so awesome. We sat there and watched the cook make dinner for us and serve it while enjoying some great wine. The dinner was super. We had a great salad and then dinner. It was HUGE. It was a whole truck load of smoked food. There was sausage, beef, chicken and pork. There was so much I couldn’t eat it. It was so good. It was just nice to sit, meet a whole bunch of different people, have great company and great food. Thanks Bob and Julie… again.