After our tragic yard sale fail, we decided we needed to do something to perk ourselves up.  

We thought some more sleep would do the trick; it was thunderstorming and still dark, so it made perfect sense.

Except when we woke up, the sun was brightly shining, and well, in so many words, pissed us off.  We are trying so hard to put this house together so we can get it on the market; get it on the websites, and finally move the junk out of our basement.

But all to no avail.  We are still stuck with all the crap in the  basement with no open weekend in sight to get rid of it.

We needed to do something.

B suggested a dinner out.  So that’s what we did.

We hit Village Tavern at the Summit on 280 to escape it all.

With our bellies full and still being somewhat tired from waking up so early, and moving all the furniture out, and then back in, we decided to go to bed.

And woke up to this…

and then later on rewarded ourselves with this…

All in all, we are closer to putting the house on the market.  Maybe sometime this week.  🙂

we woke up with a 10% chance of rain this morning.

somehow in the course of ten minutes, it turned into 40% chance of rain.  while it was raining.

you’re probably like, well, who cares?  you live in Alabama, doesn’t it rain all the time?

well yes.  but it shouldn’t while we’re trying to put on a yard sale.  we woke up at 5 am to get everything outside.  the sale included a sofa, a nice suede chair, tables, clothes, etc.  so as soon as it started raining, we had to scramble to cover all the heavy stuff.

we had one shopper that came early and bought $25 worth of stuff.  

then we had to pack it up for the day.

this is what we were faced with this morning.  so we moved everything back into the basement.  all the while, i’m complaining about how heavy everything is and how much God hates me.  

so we’ll try again some other weekend.  

stupid rain.

it’s so close to football season.  and i hate saying anything good about the university of alabama, but i will.

this place is pretty good.

we went there over the winter, because B just had to have his iPhone and we had to travel forty-five minutes for it.  and once upon a time, an awesome friend of mine (although she is a crimson tide fan), told me about this restaurant that was hidden from the main drag, and seriously out “in the sticks.”  and she also told me that this “nicademus” drink will pretty much knock you on your butt.

and it did.

we had two.  then they stop you.

p.s.  poor photography quality is apparently what i’m all about.

all in all, you pretty much get what you pay for.  there really wasn’t a wait when we went there.  school was out, and it was pretty late on a week night.  i’ve heard the wait can get pretty long, and that sometimes the staff isn’t so friendly.  i will tell you that they can definitely tell when you’ve never been there.  but all in all, it was a pretty good experience.

even if it wasn’t, i would really remember it.

thanks nicademus.

oh, and having auburn stuff on the back of your car is probably a bad idea too…

b and i have been together for a total of five and a half years.  now we knew each other while we were in college; we worked together; we had accounting together.  

he actually came to my house one time to study.  so he says.  for some reason, i really don’t remember this.  i have a picture of him looking super hot from a party we both went to.

i went to a party at his house and played drinking games with him and other ruby tuesday workers until the wee hours of the night.  

i do have pictures of me and him together from this time in my life.  

but this one…this one is my absolute favorite.

we both look so young in this picture.  my hair is longer and blonde.  my dress is super cute, and we both look so happy.

this is on the rooftop bar in birmingham about 2 years ago.  

amazing what two years can do to your appearance.

ugh, i feel old.