Did I mention that I really enjoy food?

I guess I kind of slept in this morning. I woke up at 8, took Lucy out, then played with her a little. I started watching Sportscenter as I like to do in the mornings, and Lucy I guess was sleepy 'cause she started snoring beside me. I drifted off to sleep too around 9 I think and woke up again a little after 10. I'm not sure if that is sleeping in, or a nap, but either way it felt good.

I got up and got ready. Lucy tried to chew on my computer power cable again, and we had a chat about how that is seriously not acceptable. After I got dressed we went for a walk. It was really chilly and I was glad I wore shoes and not flip-flops. I love flip-flops, so the cold weather makes me a little sad as I know it soon will be shoe weather every day. My friend Caleb says that he never sees me wear shoes with shoestrings, and oddly enough, I really don't ever wear shoes with shoestrings with the exception of when I play sports. Ever since Birkenstocks were cool I have just preferred shoes that I don't have to tie. It's just more convenient.

After we got back from the walk I got started doing some cleaning. Actually, I think I ate lunch first, but the pizza was not very appetizing, so I didn't really eat much. Anyways, I did start cleaning, which took a while. I swept, vacuumed, mopped, and dusted, and everything looked quite nice when I was done. I called me mom while I cleaned. She had some tests done today, so I wanted to make sure she was feeling alright. She wasn't supposed to drive, but I wanted her advice on some landscaping ideas, so we decided that I would go pick her up at 3 and look at all of her plants while I was at her house.

I left around 2:45 and left Lucy in the sunroom. She has been doing fine with the baby gate up blocking her from leaving that room, and I figure being in a small room with your bed and all your toys has to be more fun than being in a crate.

When I got to my parents' house Mom and I walked around their yard and she pointed out all the different plants to me. They have very large mulch beds, and it was always so time consuming to weed them, blow leaves out of them, and mulch them each year. You would think having large mulch beds would be easier than grass, but trust me they are a pain. I would much rather mow a little more grass every week or so. I can't remember every plant she showed me, but I noted the ones that I really liked. When we were done she came home with me and looked at our new mulch bed shapes. She gave me some good ideas on what to plant.

Kristi came home early, and then her mom and grandmother came over. Karen had also been working on ideas for our landscaping and had even graphed some stuff out on paper. Both our moms are very knowledgeable about flowers and shrubbery, and they both have very nice landscaping that they have maintained, so I feel like we can't help but do a good job on our yard. We went through the ideas that Karen had and then decided to go over to the Boyds' house to look at their plants also. On a side note, Lucy was really good with the visitors. I think she has finally become comfortable with Kristi's grandmother, who is a person she used to growl and bark at. It could be all the treats she kept feeding her...I'm not sure.

We all headed over to the Boyds' house and looked at the plants. While we were there the Starrs brought their son over to Kristi. Kristi was also going to babysit their daughter, but she didn't need to be picked up from where she was until 7:30. Since I had to drive Mom home I ended up going to eat with her and Dad while Kristi just ate with the kids. That wasn't really ideal because I don't get to eat with Kristi on Tuesdays or Wednesdays either, but we couldn't think of a better way to do everything. My parents and I went to Applebees, which was better than I remember. They had this Garlic chicken breast on the Weight Watchers that came with roasted potatoes and broccoli. I thought it looked really good, but I was concerned that it would be a really small portion. I ended up getting some pasta, but my mom got that item, and it really did look amazing. I pretty much was envious the whole time, which I think made me not enjoy my meal as much. Oh well, at least now I know what I want to try next time I'm at an Applebees

I got home a little before Kristi and just watched The Office and some football until she got home. We will need to talk through our final decision on landscaping before Saturday, but I was tired of thinking about bushes for the day.

Tomorrow I've got work like usual, and then tomorrow night our community group is having a date night with the couples. We are going to Carrabbas, which I am excited about. Actually, the meal that I think I am best at making I completely copied from a meal I had at Carrabbas one time. It was so tasty that I looked at the description on the menu and then tried to copy it. It didn't end up being exactly the same, but it is delicious. The great thing about getting it at Carrabbas is I don't have to cook it!