Mark's Birthday

My husband, Mark, always went to Pancho's Mexican Buffet for his birthday when he was growing up. We continued the tradition after we got married, but a few years ago, they closed the Pancho's in Baton Rouge. This past year though, they re-opened one in Metairie (about an hour and a half away). We planned to take our girls there and let them experience Mexican food at it's finest. (That's semi-sarcastic as my opinion of Mexican buffet is not very high but Mark loves it so that's good enough for me.) Mark's brother Paul, his wife Brenda, their boys Justin & Timmy, and Mark's oldest friend DJ & his wife Shelly came too. Mark was so excited to celebrate his birthday with us all at his favorite bday spot! Afterward, Paul & Brenda took our girls home with them and Mark & I had a night in a nice hotel nearby. Now I love hotels...LOVE them! Cassie has picked this up from me because she thinks the greatest vacations in the world need to only be at a hotel...doesn't matter where. I just love lounging around, ordering room service and sleeping until I can't sleep anymore with my favorite person in the world...my hubby.

The next morning we went to see an IMAX movie, then walked around the French Quarter for awhile browsing art galleries. Mark is a big art buff. Me? I could really care less, but it made him happy so I stuck it out. Some of the galleries were actually interesting. The FQ still smelled like Mardi Gras though...you know that lovely combo of alcohol, urine and garbage? Guess the area needed more time to air out after the parades earlier last week. But we had fun anyway. I just love spending time with Mark. I wasn't feeling well and was getting in a bad mood so we went ahead and went to Paul & Brenda's to pick up the kids. They'd had a wonderful time with their Aunt B & Uncle Paul. In fact, they didn't want to leave! If something startled them, they'd run right past me and jump in Aunt B's lap. If I started to feel offended for a minute, it passed quickly as I realized that they'd just spend their first night away from home and me & Mark and had a great time!

Now I wonder if Nana will let them all stay overnight at her house next weekend?! Just a thought. Ha ha~!

Have you ever...

Have you ever seen someone do something and later wish you'd reacted differently? The other day my husband (Mark) and I had an afternoon date. We went to a movie by the mall and then shopped for awhile. When we were pulling out of the parking lot, the car in front of us stopped abruptly. The driver reached over and began choking the passenger. And I don't mean playing. There was some serious thrashing going on. My instinct was to reach over and honk our horn long and loud just to make them stop. When I did, they stopped and took off. It really shook me up! I couldn't tell if the driver was a man or woman...just that they were bigger than the passenger. The passenger could have been a woman or an older child. I didn't get the license plate and then I was kicking myself later for not getting it. I was so worried that the passenger was being abused and instead of doing something to help, like get the plate # and call the police, I just panicked and honked the horn, just wanting it to stop. Lord, please protect them! Anyway, just pray for them if you think about this story later.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

I can hardly believe that the Saints won the Super Bowl!!!!! Wow! What a great game. I'm not a huge football fan but this season I've really gotten into it. Of course, that's easy to do when your team is winning. Mark & I woke Olivia up with our excitement over the win (plus the fireworks going off all around us). Mark went in the nursery and picked her up and tried to dance around with her saying "WE WON" but she wasn't happy about it. Now someone's driving around the neighborhood honking their horn and hollering out of their window. If it's this exciting in Watson, I bet it's WILD in New Orleans tonight. WHO DAT!!