Saturday Night with Pops!

My Dad is staying with us until Thursday when he returned home to Las Vegas. My Uncle Dic (his brother) is now in rehab for the next 6 weeks, so Dad is going to go home for awhile and then come back once Dic is released home.

Last night we took him out to eat at Tsing Tao, our favorite little hole in the wall asian restaurant across the street from Anderson Erickson Dairy.

Back home we all settled in to watch Lakeview Terrace with Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson. It was a pretty good drama. We all indulged in REAL popcorn, popped in oil and drizzled with real butter. I think I was feeling sorry for myself because I gained .4 pounds back when I weighted in Saturday morning....but hey, this morning I made up for it...

Got up early and hit the gym, I hadn't been there since Wednesday and I could tell.
Did a 10 minute warm up on the elliptical, 25 minutes of strength training focusing on the back and then another 25 minutes of high intensity cardio on the treadmill for a total of an hour workout.

On the iPod playlist for today:
Bye, Bye, Bye - Nsync
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
Heart Hotels - Dan Fogelberg
Never Again - Nickelback
Listen to Your Heart - Little Feat
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed, Too - New Radicals
Blame it on Fate - Jude Cole
Fanny Be Tender - The Bee Gees
Never Seen Your Face Before - Maroon 5
No One Else on Earth - Wynonna Judd
Little Queenie - Reo Speedwagon
Hey Baby - Ted Nugent
Hysteria - Def Leppard

Back to work tomorrow, but only for FOUR days, then the annual Winter Scrapbook Retreat that friends host every year out at the Springhill Suites by Marriott in West Des Moines. It's a great time and I'm planning on getting a bunch of scrapbooking done!