Fantastic Weekend

I love three day weekends! Matt and had such a good few days together. They went by in a blur to me! Friday, we went night skiing again at Keystone. All was well until the last run, when we decided to upgrade to a blue run. That was the scariest thing I have done in a while! It was very steep, long and a little icy. I’m sure it would have been more fun if the snow was better. Still, I have a lot of fun on the greens.
Saturday, a window guy came to our house to estimate how much work needs to be done on them. We have been promised window work by our landlord since we moved in! Apparently, they are pretty bad. Not only are they nailed shut so we can’t open them (a previous tenant was a little paranoid of a break-in so she had them nailed shut), but they are very leaky as well. Still, Matt and I are not too upset about our gas bills this winter. The weather has been mild, but even during cold snaps, we paid more in the winter for our much smaller house in Roeland Park, which had TERRIBLE insulation. It would be nice to have the windows un-nailed so that we can open them in the spring. The weather out here is too wonderful to keep them closed all the time!
For Valentine’s Day, Matt did something really cool for me. Well actually a couple cool things. The first being that he woke up on Saturday morning early with the dogs and went out and got us Einstein Brothers bagels and my favorite coffee. He also cut up some fresh fruit to go along with it.
Second, he printed all of our honeymoon pictures and put them in albums. We had over 500 pictures from both of our cameras! It is so nice to have them in front of us to look at. I got him what any guy would want…car accessories! He now has a KU Alumni license plate frame and some heavy duty Jayhawk floor mats for the Highlander. It looks pretty spiffy!
Later that night, we fajitas for two at our favorite Mexican food place and then went to see “He’s Just Not That Into You.” It was a good movie, but a little depressing for Valentine’s day in some parts.
Sunday, I did some school work and we took the dogs for a romp in the dog park. (They went every day this weekend!) Perdi is now experimenting with the creek. She likes to wade in it on some days. It’s not very deep, so she is never actually swimming. She has inspired Pongo, who used to HATE the water. He will now get in it and chase her around. They get very rambunctious when they are wet.
Sunday night was Liz’s birthday celebration! We had a blast! We went to dinner with a bunch of her friends at Hibachi, a Japanese restaurant where they cook the food right in front of you. We had the full experience, from egg rolls to seasoned filet minon to warm sake. Matt even tried some sushi. After that, we went to a smoky karaoke bar and watched people sing songs from the 80’s. It was fun.Monday turned into my Sunday this week, so I spent much of it cleaning and working on school, with a break for the dog park and Wal-Mart in between. It was sad to see such a fun weekend end.