Weekend Recap! (and last weeks) Project of the week!

Work has been taking up my blog time again, but not to worry, I am still playing Powerball so I am sure to hit it one day.

Last week restaurant week was wonderful. I had the opportunity to check out four restaurants that I had not been to, they were all very good and we really enjoyed them although I must say I think that Oceanaire was probably my favorite but I loved the ambiance at The Chop House and because I was not expecting much was pleasantly surprised. I will say though that the company at Oceanaire definitely added to the whole experience, sister J and T. joined us and it was just a nice relaxing evening.
The boy chose chocolate chip cookies and milk for his dessert, I thought the presentation was wonderful and he looks excited to dive right in.
I have also been busy with the boy working on a few projects lately. First there was this little table that I picked up at an estate sale for my office. I love the three shelf thing it has going on and I think it will be a big help in organizing my office and my days! Here is the before
and after. I like the way it turned out.
This one I need a little help with. I picked this up an occasional sale a few weeks back, it was kind of tough to paint, so the boy helped me out with this one, he loves to paint anyway. . . here is a before
during
and after.
I like the way that it turned out, and we all know that I need all of the space I can get to store wine, but I just cannot figure out where to put it. It doesn't really look right on the floor, I have these other two wine racks,
but I just can't seem to figure out what to do with this one. . . .I am still working on it but suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

We had a really good weekend, did some treasure hunting on Saturday morning and then needing to refuel we stopped at Matt's for a Juicy Lucy which is a hamburger with the cheese on the inside, SO GOOD, and such a dive!

We spend the weekends at the boys, so we headed up that way by way of a couple of movies and some popcorn. We caught Definitely, Maybe which I highly recommend if for nothing else than the scenery. Some great shots of New York, and if this is even possible which I guess it is, homesick. We also saw Be Kind, Rewind with Jack Black. That is a skip it. SO not as funny as we were hoping it would be. Not really even all that entertaining.

Sunday we decided to try out a place for brunch. We both love brunch and while there are not a ton of places up near him, Bella is a place that we both enjoy so we figured we would give it a shot. It was not too bad, but not in my top 5. I think we will stick to HH's and dinners here.

The rest of the day was spent running errands and getting things crossed off of the ta-da list. I stopped by my parents to make sure everything was good there. When I spoke with my parents, they said if it doesn't warm up here and since Easter is so early this year, they may not be back in time. I am sure they were kidding, but with my dad and his golf addiction one never knows. Typically we have dinner with the boys parents on Sunday evenings, but they left for a warmer climate and will be gone for a few weeks so we decided to head back to my house to avoid morning rush hour and to get ready for the week.

Work is interesting at the moment and I had an early meeting this morning in St. Paul. I may have some news later this week, and it could be very good news so keep your fingers crossed! Now I am off to finish some work and later I am off to shop for a new suit for a work meeting Thursday. . . something like this. . .
now if only I was more relaxed so I could wear something cute like this. . .do you think this is too casual for a work meeting? The people I am meeting with are casual, but I just think I should have a more professional appearance, what do you think?