Happy Birthday Midnight

....we think. Being that he was a stray, we don't know his actual date of birth. The end of September was the adoption agencies best guess. So, that makes Mr. Midnight Evans Guido 5 years old. I can't believe we've had him for almost 5 years. In 2004, we adopted him from the Delmarva Cat Connection that had a booth at a craft fair in Ocean City. I held him and didn't want to let him go. Aww. I'm always asking Joe if we can add to our cat family but really, neither of us wants to clean up after more than one furry friend. So, while I'm probably the perfect candidate to become a crazy cat lady, Midnight remains an only child.

I just asked him to pose for a picture for the blog and this is what I got. He is a ham.

And speaking of animals, last weekend Joe and I visited the National Zoo. Saturday was gorgeous - low 70s and sunny, so we just wanted to be outside. I'm thankful it's free because I don't know if I'd pay any amount of money to be trampled by small children the whole time. But regardless, we had a good time.

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L&J +0 Update

Joe is on a flag football team at work. I watched a game this past week. He made some good catches and scored a touchdown - yay Joey! But, he also spent a fair amount of time yelling at the refs - a side of Joe most of you have never seen before. I am working to adjust his bad sports attitude.

Last weekend, I went to IKEA. I purchased:

A lantern which is now on our bedroom dresser.

Sticks aka "dried plants." They are in a clear vase beside our TV in the family room.And, a wine rack for Jill.

I also got some plants. Gotta love IKEA. Unfortunately, when I was packing up to leave, a lady pulled in the parking spot in front of my car and bumped it! UGH! She didn't even back her car up before going inside. Thankfully, there wasn't any damage done to my car.

Speaking of cars, this week I got pulled over for the second time in my life. And for the second time, I didn't get a ticket. Phew! I was doing 29 in a 20 in my very own neighborhood. There have apparently been a lot of complaints about speeding. I understand the annoyance with people who fly down neighborhood streets but I don't consider speed under 30 to be that dangerous. To maintain 20mph on most of the roads I have to ride my brakes the whole time because there are hills. 20mph is agonizingly sllllooowwww.

In other news, I had a girls night with some pals last weekend. We met The Captain.

I'm also excited because we recently purchased tickets to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra when they come to D.C. in December. They play rockin' Christmas music and we are music nerds that appreciate it.

Now we've been once - can I put an OBX sticker on my car too?

Back to reality. This past Saturday ended our week vacation at the Outer Banks. Thankfully, the labor day holiday provided us with extra recovery time before returning to work. How was vacation you ask? Well, I'll gladly fill you in. We....

Went to the beach!

Climbed sand dunes.

Explored.

Mini golfed.

Celebrated our anniversary.

We really loved relaxing and the few moments we got to soak up some sun. We enjoyed meals at the Outer Banks Brewery, Colington Cafe, Barefoot Bernies, and the Kill Devil Grill. On the other nights, we cooked our own meals at the house. This was our first real visit to OBX and I'd say it met our expectations. Joe and I are already discussing where we want to vacation next - if only our leave accumulated a little faster!