Today is my sweetie's 50th birthday and Sunday we will celebrate 22 years of marriage, only I won't be here to celebrate as I am leaving on a jet plane for St. Petersburg, Florida first thing Sunday morning for a business trip. I'll be coming back home Thursday night.
Fred loved his presents. We got him the gaming mouse that he wanted, a new coffee mug and tickets to two concerts, Government Mule on July 10th and Little Feat on August 30th.
We went out to lunch at Panera Bread which is a big deal because I LOVE Panera Bread and he turns his nose up at it every time I suggest it. Now, keep in mind that he's never eaten there, so why he would turn his nose up is anyone's guess....my guess?..is that they don't serve GINORMOUS portions of greasy, cholesterol laden, artery clogging food that he seems to be addicted to.....lol
I really really wanted him to try it, so he did and was pleasantly surprised by how good his Italian sandwich was. It was the only thing on the menu that looked like it have enough meat on it to satisfy him....me, I adore the tomato, basil and mozzarella panini with a cup of french onion soup.
He spent his afternoon playing WOW while I went and had a desparately needed pedicure, manicure and waxing. It had been a couple of months and you could tell. I also got the pantry and refridgerator stocked for them while I'm gone. They shouldn't have to worry about food while I'm gone unless they run out of milk.
This evening we went downtown to the Des Moines Art Festival. Collective Soul and Gavin DeGraw were putting on a free show at the US Cellular stage and we also wanted to walk around and look at the art. I'm glad we went when we did as we found a fabulous parking spot, was able to walk the festival relatively crowd free and found a spot to park our blanket for the concert which started at 7:00. Within an hour or so after we got there, the crowds started. In fact the lines to the beer were at least 50 feet long and when we bought ours, we walked right up to the table.
Unfortunately, the band was having BIG TIME trouble with their sound. I would have had the sound crews ASS. The band was playing just fine and their song set was awesome, but the speakers and mike keep cutting out.....bummer.....so we stayed for about 45 minutes and were just getting ready to call it quits when the band announced they were taking a break to see if they could get the sound fixed. We decided to make our exit then. We had some good eats while we were there.....Fred and I split a excellent BBQ pulled pork sandwich on texas toast and an Italian Sausage sandwich with marinara sauce, peppers and melted cheese. We also split a Pina Colado Banana smoothie along with our beers. Connor, of course had pizza...when doesn't he have pizza? when he has grilled cheese or pasta...lol
All in all it was a good time and I'm glad we took the time to spend it together.
Tomorrow we're suppose to go to KGGO's Summer Jam, but if it's going to be hot and humid, I'm bowing out....my cousin Jennifer (my Uncle Dic's daughter) is coming to town from California and she's going to stay in our quest room while she's here visiting her Dad, so because I'm leaving Sunday morning, I want to spend a bit of time with her, because she's leaving Saturday, the 4th and I don't come back until Thursday, the 2nd, so we don't have alot of time. I've never met her 3 year old daughter, Kendall IRL, just seen pictures, so I'm anxious to meet the little cutie pie!
While in St. Petersburg, I'll be offline. I've decided that I don't want to take my laptop with me. I need a break from everything internet for a few days. I'm going to take a couple of books with me and our portable DVD player. THAT should keep me entertained when I'm not busy with the meetings and conference that I'm attending.
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