Diamond

Monday, May 7, 2012


Talk about a knockout, right? And that chartreuse shade inspired a whole week of gorgeous green color I just know you'll love!

John and I are nothing if not creatures of habit, and this weekend was a wild, wonderful departure from our routine. After a busy week at work, we came home and curled up together with our eye on my parents' arrival time. John's little brother Mike surprised us just as we were getting ready to head to the airport, and he hopped in the car to go along for the ride! Their flight was delayed, so our dinner plan and early bedtime was out the window, and we ended up bumping into John's high school friends, visiting from Texas, when we went to grab a late night dinner! We were in bed just before 1, which made my very early Saturday alarm all the more painful. While I would have loved to spend John's birthday brunching in the shade, our big office move went smoothly and we were lucky to have help from some of our amazing colleagues, who spent their Saturday building white boards and scrubbing our shiny new kitchen!

I headed home after a very long day, showered off the move and about an inch of dust, and meet up with my parents. We grabbed a few bottles of rosé and headed to our favorite Indian place (we needed a little familiarity this weekend!) where our parents finally met! Everyone spent the meal in stitches, and with all that laughing, it's amazing that we devoured such an enormous feast! I was relieved to get home early, and fell asleep mid-sentence, leaving John chuckling.

We woke up early on Sunday morning and decided to invite everyone over for a simple breakfast; a few hours later I took John to school, and finally it was time for his recital! After so many months of work, he played beautifully and we celebrated over tacos and margaritas at Tres, then took the party back to our apartment where John showed off his other talent–Old Fashioneds. After we said goodnight to our guests, John and Mike headed to the beach with his birthday gift–a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel; they stumbled home close to dawn and covered in sand, and I found Mike the next morning asleep on the kitchen floor! With last night's antics I'm craving a few more hours of sleep, but with today's excitement over our new office space, I'm sure this week will only be busier than the last!


Tell me, what were you up to this weekend? Are you feeling ready for the week, or already craving Friday night happy hour?


Image by Jose Villa.

22 comments:

  1. How exciting!! So glad to hear there was laughter...parents meeting parents is VERY stressful!!

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  2. Congratulations to John on his recital! It sounds like a lovely weekend and I'm glad the parents meeting went well!

    I had a couple of grad-school graduation parties on the docket this weekend, which were fun, and then on Sunday morning, the pastor of the church where I sing got married during the service -- slightly more fun and interesting than your typical church service. ;) Aside from that, it was pretty uneventful. I'm still ready for it t be Friday again though!

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  3. Yay, so happy your parents enjoyed each other! I remember being so, so nervous when our parents met. It went so well I wondered why I had stressed so much :-)

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  4. Sounds like a great weekend! I'm glad the parents meeting went so smoothly :)

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  5. I was SO nervous when our parents met for the first time :-) Glad you all had such a blast!

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  6. Glad to hear the meeting of yalls parents went so well. That always nerve wrecking :)

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  7. I'm so glad the parental meet up went so well!

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  8. Wow...I am tired just reading this post for you. Well...congrats to John and here's to hoping a few winks more tonight.

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  9. You just go go go go (you too, John!) And that's what I love about you. No go go go go call your bff in Michigan because she hates playing phone tag with you :) xoxo

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  10. so glad to hear it all went great!!!!!! oh, and that diamond hurts my eyes LOL xoxoox

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  11. Ah every part of it sounds wonderful Lena. Especially the last part about the friend asleep in the kitchen. Ha!

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  12. Wow, this ring is stunning!!
    Sounds like you had a entertaining weekend as always!
    Glad to hear the parent meet went well and that John's recital was a smash!

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  13. What a perfect weekend! I love the anecdote about John and the whiskey - sounds familiar :) Good luck recuperating this weekend, I'll be doing the same!

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  14. Hooray for a successful weekend on all fronts, and oh wow indeed, what a stunner of a ring!

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  15. I'm a creature of habit myself. And yes, it feels really good to break from that sometimes.

    Falling asleep mid-sentence...I do that all the time too! It's pretty funny to find out the next morning from the bf. I'm usually saying something nonsensical, so it's always amusing.

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  16. i'm so happy to hear all that! the move finally happened and went well, not to mention your parents finally meeting! i would have been a ball of nerves! but best of all is hearing that john's recital went well, that's just great! glad to hear you had a fabulous weekend : )

    life spelled jen

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  17. That's wonderful that your parents got along so well, and that John's recital was a smashing success! Sounds like a fun weekend! :)

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  18. yay! so glad the parents hit it off!

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  19. Another amazing weekend! I love family meetings. So glad you had a wonderful time. Emma and I had guests over that left yesterday morning. We went on boat rides, comedy shows, ate pizza at the promenade and basically continued eating until they left. So happy :) It's been a great week so far. xoxo

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  20. Okay this all sounds SO GOOD. My favorite part is the finding Mike on the kitchen floor the next morning.

    Cinco de Mayo found me whining in the middle of the night/morning on Sunday for waaaa-ter! I feeeeel horrrrible. haaaalp me.

    Suffice to say Chris was in stitches. Me? Not so much.

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  21. Sounds like a very, very fun weekend! Hope John had a wonderful birthday.

    I enjoyed a medieval feast & open bar at Sydney's "Customs House" in honour of a friend's art exhibition there on Friday night. Saturday night my hubby & I actually got to have a night in (it's been a while) watching our favourite tv shows and I made some delicious creme brulees!! Sunday we enjoyed a relaxed BBQ for a friend's 30th birthday. A lovely weekend.

    ~ Clare x

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  22. Even your drunken nights sound better then mine ;) I planted some pots and soaked up some rays.

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