Weekend and week so far

Johnny and I had a busy weekend.

We sorta had an impromptu party at our house on Friday night. Which of course, when you do something spontaneous, something will go wrong. For instance, our bathroom decided to have a plumbing issue. Nevertheless, Johnny the hero, fixed all of the problems and still managed to entertain our guest and himself.

On Saturday morning I had errand to run and then Johnny and I went to Monroe to do some shopping. We had planned on going to see Hitch, but didn't make it in time. We went to Target first where I redeemed a wonderful gift card for some work clothes. Next we went to the Mall. Johnny found a new Game Cube game that he wanted and some books. After we left the mall we went to Hobby Lobby, my favorite store. I only spent about 20 minutes in the store and we had to go. Johnny's boss had called and they were having some problems with their servers. Anyways, we came home, I made supper and then we went walking with Maggie around Tech. We actually walked for about an hour and half!

Sunday we got up and went to church. After church we came home, eat lunch and then we went shopping in Ruston for some brown dress shoes for me. Needless to say, their are no closed toe brown dress shoes in Ruston. When we got back I started cleaning the house while Johnny watched some much needed football. He had a really hard week at work. I am glad their was football on that he could watch. The rest of the afternoon we rested and cleaned in preparation for the week and Johnny took me to Chili's for dinner. It was a nice surprise.

Anyways, I hope I haven't bored you so far. We will be leaving for Little Rock, AR on Thursday to go to a garden show. In the mean time I will be trying to get ahead at the house and at work to make up for the days gone. I hope everyone has a great week!

P.S. Maggie is getting bigger by the day. Also, I did added some graduation, mom's piano recital and Seth pictures to the photosite this weekend.

The Weekend

This weekend has been interesting...

It has been sad because Johnny had to go on a business trip to Dallas and I couldn't go with him. It has been good thought because some friends of ours, Shelly & James, invited me to stay with them and their two daughters Julie & Alyssa. I have had a good time and I really appreciate them letting me stay.

Maggie however, is not a happy puppy. James & Shelly have a puppy, but its a small poddle and she stays inside in a crate. They have a fenced yard, but they have an uncovered swimming pool and some other dogs have crawled out under the fence. Giving these uoptions, Maggie has had to stay in a smaller kennel than what we have a home this weekend. I have been taking her walking and playing with her more than usually so she won't be so upset, but today it has been raining, so this hasn't been an option.

Anyways, I am sure she will be fine but she is ready to go home. To be truthful, I am too. Johnny should be here to get us in an hour or so and then we can go home. I had a great weekend and I really enjoyed spending time with the McClung's, but home is home and I am ready to be home with Maggie and Johnny. :)

I hope everyone else had a great weekend and that you all have a good week. Goodbye until next time...

Mardi Gras

Today was Mardi Gras and you wouldn't have known it if you were in Ruston. Of course, growing up in South Louisiana, I know that today is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday as some people refer to it.

I was a little sad today when I was sitting at work and my family called to wish me a happy Mardi Gras while they were out enjoying festivities or just relaxing at home. I just wanted to say that I know what Mardi Gras is suppose to be like, visiting with family and friends enjoying the day.

Even though we live in Louisiana, north and south Louisiana are completely different. The food, the culture and the festivals. But for now, up in north Louisiana I will celebrate listening to the Mardi Gras Mombo dancing with Maggie. :)

P.S. - I will not even talk about the quality of King Cakes up here. (I miss Dad's King Cakes, they were the best).

The Weekend & Carter's Birthday Party

Hey Everyone,

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Johnny & I went to Houston this weekend for our nephew Carter's 2nd birthday party. Johnny had to work late so we didn't get to leave for our 6.5 hour trip until 8 o'clock on Friday night. The drive was really hard. We had to stop several times to get another wind and start going again. To make it even harder, my car was acting up. It was jerking us a good part of the ride. We finally got to the Veillon house around 2:45 on Saturday morning. Johnny and I came inside, got dressed for bed and went to sleep almost immediately.

I actually woke up around 8am and went to see everyone. Carter gave me the sweetest good morning hug. He ran to see me, hugged me and then sat in my lap for a while and hugged me. He is so sweet. Johnny woke up about 10am. We all got ready and started helping get ready for the party. I helped with goodie bags and decorations. I was glad to help and we all had a great time. Johnny helped Chris and the other guys set-up tables and other party equipment outside. The theme of the party was Sesame street and everything was decorated so cute

Carter had a ton of friends come and they had a ball. The moon walk was a hit. All of the kids, and adults really had fun in it. They also had slides and other toys outside for the kids to play with. It was kinda cool but the kids didn't seem to care. They were all running around with their shoes off and eventually all had wet socks from the grass. I think they all had a great time. Johnny walked around with the video camera to capture some of the excitement.
Jennifer and Chris threw a great party!

Some pictures of the party are on my photosite. You can follow the link at the top of the blog to see them.

Johnny and I watched Carter open presents last night before he went to work on my car. He, Chris and Timmy changed the spark plugs and then they went for a test drive. They came back and said everything was good to go.

This morning, we got up and got ready to go. Johnny and I slept late to get ready for the drive again. We ate breakfast and packed up to go. Before we left we all went to Cafe' Adobe to eat lunch. It's a Mexican Restaurant in Sugar Land that has become a Burris favorite. We went to eat their to celebrate mom's birthday that actually is on February 9th, Tuesday. We had a good time visiting with everyone, but it was time to go. We still had a long drive ahead of us.

On the drive home, we started having some car problems again, the check engine light kept coming on and then going off, coming on and going off. We were praying we would make it back to Ruston! Thankfully we did. On our way to our apartment, we stopped by Auto Zone and had them put their montior thing on it to see why the light was on. It's said that their was a cylinder misfire. Johnny knew what this meant and went inside to get neccessary supplies. While we were in Houston, he had replaced the spark plugs, but they said we now needed some new spark plug cables. We bought these and then when we got home Johnny installed them, while listening to the Super Bowl. Kinda not the way either of us wanted him to hear the game, but he was insistent on gettting it done. After he finished, we went for a test drive to the grocery store and everything was great. Johnny of course peeling out leaving the house, and immediately said, oh yeah, she's good to go.

Anyways, all is well in our household, except we can't pick Maggie up from the doggy motel till tomorrow morning, so it's a little lonely without her. But, we can get her at 8 am in the morning and we will all be happy again.

I hope everyone has a great week and we will talk to you soon.