Busy, busy, busy

Lots of things to share in the next few weeks! Coming up Alex and I have a very busy November. We have come up with some travel plans and they are as follows.

November 14-15th - Heading to Maryland for the Redskins vs. Broncos game.
We will be heading to the compound first and it will be my first official visit to Chestertown! I get the privilege of meeting Alex's parents for the very first time! We won't have much time together, but I'm certainly excited. After lunch, we are going to head to Maryland to stay with the Huntington's! This will be Alex's first visit to GBurg and I know he 's looking forward to this. He has already made a special request for mom's empanadas (imagine him saying this with no annunciation)...I told Mechy and she 100% committed to buying them from the Spanish lady down the street. Awesome! From there we will travel to Fed Ex Field and enjoy the Redskins getting creamed by the Denver Broncos. Dad has promised to look for his Redskins jersey that says Huntington on the back for me and even made a promise to look for the Denver Broncos vest Lucy and I used to wear to school when we lived in Colorado. Alex loved this idea and he's looking forward to meeting Dad so much. From what he's heard, he just thinks, "Dad sounds like a super nice guy"
Awwwwwwww.

The  next weekend we will be both heading to our respective households for Thanksgiving. Alex to the Compound and Linda to the Burg. We will get to spend time with our families and then Alex is going to ship off (literally)for a few weeks and get the boat ready for us. His dad said that we can sail the boat down to Florida/Bahamas and we are going to take him up on his offer. This means that we will be apart for a bit, but as a bonus we will get to spend the end of December, my birthday and New Years together in the Bahamas!!!!

This brings me to 2010...can you believe it??? With that being said, I am happy to announce that I will be joining the Ray's this year on their annual family trip to the Bahamas!!!!! I wanted to go so badly last year, but Alex and I had just started dating....I'm so excited to get to spend time with him and his family away from everyone else and in the Bahamas!!!! Alex's family had a house growing up in the Abaco Islands. They have since sold the us but continue to vacation there every year and this year...I'm the newest addition to the group. Words can not describe how happy this makes me.

More to come....

No New Adventures

Thanks Sondi for the great idea and title of this entry! Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Ray (our dining reservation name) have been under the weather for the last few weeks. Alex had a bad cold and I had a terrible bladder infection leaving  us both with no good stories to share. On the flip side, our austerity plan has been going quite well. We have spent most of our weekends in and I have gotten the opportunity to cook lots of dinners for Alex. He continues to say "everything you make is great" but I'm not certain that's the truth. I mean lets face it- the other day, I made blueberry pancakes and I burned most of them. (That damn cast iron pan Lucy got me gets me every time!!!! Although I love it and will continue to endure a smoke filled apartment every time I use it.)
Anyway, he ate every last bite of them....which as a cook is always nice to see. We always have Darcy to clean up the scraps too.
The next few weeks are going to be very adventurous...We have lots to do and several different outings with our friends and family. Our tentative Thanksgiving plans include me visiting the Maryland compound to finally meet The Fun Bunch. I'm super excited and hoping that Alex's mom will teach me to make one of her famous pies. Baking is a big weak point for me and Alex constantly talks about those pies. Til next time. xoxoxoxo