Our Weekend

Chris was back in town this weekend and we finally had a long overdue date night. Just the two of us. It was a beautiful evening to sit outside on Friday so we tried out Flip Daddy’s, known for their burgers and beers. Since I’ve never eaten goetta I really had no idea how much a local thing it really is. If you aren’t from the Cincinnati area and I have no idea what I’m talking about, just known that it’s a meat product. I don’t encourage you to Google it. Anyway, Chris got the Cincinnati Sunrise burger which was piled with goetta, egg and cheese and he even added jalapeños to feed his love of all things hot and spicy. I kept it meatless and went with the black bean burger with onions and garlic and herb aoli. We both traded out fries for grilled mac n cheese sides and everything was so amazing I was sad my stomach couldn’t handle all of it.

Saturday turned out to be the perfect day for a wedding with an outdoor reception and that’s where we celebrated with friends and family. Great people, good food, open bar, a little dancing and it was a wonderful way to spend a summer evening. It was tough to get good pictures with all the twinkle lights but I think you can tell we had a lot of fun.

Sunday we had a slow, lazy morning catching up on our shows and eating donuts. Then we headed out to find a new home for the less than furry babies, our turtles. No, we aren’t giving them away. Really? Not our style. Red eared slider turtles can grow very large (sometimes to the size of a dinner plate!) and live many years if they are well cared for. Mike Tyson and John Wayne turned 4 this year and are happy, healthy and growing by the day. So it’s time for a bigger tank. They’ve been living in a 55 gallon aquarium for the past few years but they’ve outgrown it and really need a tank specifically for turtles. Of course it’s not all that common to need a 90 gallon turtle tank with stand and top screen so we had to have everything ordered. We will pick it up in 2 weeks and our shelled family members should have a nice new palace to swim around and sunbath in.

Anyone else have the all my weekday shows are on hiatus blues? 1 month until Grey’s Anatomy comes back on!!! Happy Tuesday!