Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day!!

This year, Craig made Valentine's Day very special!

I received these beautiful flowers at work on Monday! There is a pretty funny story about these flowers! Craig doesn't typically buy me flowers for special occasions. I think the last time he sent me flowers was the day before we got married, 6 years ago.
These Valentine flowers were all his idea - he didn't get them for me because I hinted around or mentioned them. Craig thought of them all on his own and ordered them last week to be a total surprise and delivered on Monday. So Sunday afternoon, Craig and I were sitting on the couch talking (no tv, music, other sounds) and his cell phone rang. He answered the phone and I overheard, "Hello, this is Ellettsville Flower Shop..." BUSTED! The flower shop was calling to confirm his order and inadvertently ruined the surprise! So while I still love the flowers, it wasn't quite the surprise that Craig was hoping for!


Craig made 6:00 reservations for dinner at Farm.

I couldn't help but take a picture of the appetizer - Artichoke Heart Crostini because of the cute heart presentation. So that first picture led to the next, photographing the whole wonderful meal!

Roasted Love Apple (Tomato) Veloute with Oyster and Basil
The soup was very good. The oyster was on the bottom of the soup and I decided to give it a try since I have never tried oyster before. My opinion of oyster: squishy eyeball. I tried my hardest to not show my disgust on my face and try to act civilized in public, but it was very hard. I like to try different foods, but I think oyster is crossed off the list to never try again!

Craig picked a very good house Rose wine.

"Good Life Farm" Greens with Danish Bleu Cheese, Pomegranate, and Chinnuts: Wonderful!


Citrus Broiled Salmon, Roasted Root Vegetables, Roasted Red Pepper Coulis
This was the thickest, most moist piece of salmon I have ever tasted. It was great!

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Mocha Cream and Raspberries
Amazing dessert!

Great day, wonderful meal, best husband ever!

When I got home I was surprised to find more flowers - a dozen white roses! Craig couldn't let the day go by without a flower surprise!

5K!!

Only 80 days until the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon!!

We participated in the race's 5K training series last weekend. And we did awesome!

Race stats:
1384 Finishers
730 Females
654 Males
31:59 Average Pace

Since Ben and Amanda have never run a 5K, they set a personal best! Craig also cut his best time by 3 minutes. It was a great, chilly morning for a fun run!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Skiing at Paoli Peaks!

It had been several years, but we tried out our skiing skills this past weekend and had a blast!!


We went with our friends, Amanda and Ben

Our first trip up, remembering how to get on and off the ski lift!


Amanda looked like a pro with her goggles!

It was COLD, but SO much FUN!


A & B

View from the bottom of the hill

Last ride up the lift - frozen and exhausted!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Ice!

This shot is from the inside of car looking out the side window! We finally took on the project of getting our cars thawed out. It actually took a while to get through the ice to get inside the car!


This is my front windshield.

View from the back window! If it wasn't for the spare scraper that we found in a box in the house, we would have never gotten in the cars. The defrost really helped the process too!

Front Deck View
We heard lots of wind over night, but most of the ice hanging on the trees was gone in the morning. I woke up to huge flakes falling, but it really hasn't accumulated to very much over the whole day. The mailman was delivering our mail when I was chipping away at the ice and he said the main roads are pretty good. I'm assuming it will be back to work tomorrow!

Back Deck View

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Happy February 1st!

We are in the process of round 2 of this winter ice storm! Our power is currently flickering! I just got the call - our office is closed again on Wednesday. Hope everyone stays safe!



Over the weekend we got to shop around with Sarah and Eric and "help" them register for their baby needs! We weren't much help figuring out what to register for, but it was a lot of fun to tag along! Baby Lindley sure is growing! Just one trimester left!!

When we were broiling some salmon last week, Craig took the dish out of the oven to turn the salmon over. He touched the salmon with the spatula and heard a loud pop! The dish cracked about 1 inch below the top - all the way around. We can't really figure out why it happened in a nice Pyrex dish that we have had since the wedding.

Weird!


Some of the Cincinnati Reds came to Bloomington Mall on Friday!

Brandon Phillips - pretty cool dude with his sunglasses and texting on his phone!

Devin Mesoraco
Craig stood in line for almost 2 hours to get some autographs for one of his friends that is a Reds fan!