-Huntsville for Thanksgiving w/the fam and Joseph, which include birthday celebration for Jeremy, Maura and Joseph. It was so wonderful to be home. I hadn't been since August and I was lucky enough to be off work Monday through Thursday! We had our traditional favorites, then packed a lot of it up, and Joseph, Maura, Jeremy and I headed back to Tuscaloosa for Iron Bowl weekend. I had to work Friday, but I got put on call Saturday so I was able to spent the day with everyone! Of course I love going home, but I also love when my family comes here and I can host and just show them what my life is like here.
-Joseph's Birthday, as well as our 2 year anniversary! We went up to a French bistro in Birmingham we've been wanting to try called Chez Fon Fon. The food, wine, entire experience was wonderful! They had everything safe (ex. Croque Monsieur) to adventurous (ex. steak tartare, escargot) and all in between. I love going places like this with Joseph, because I can order the traditional egg dishes, fish dishes, cheese plates, wine, etc. that call my name, and I also get a taste of all the exotics that Joseph craves (which I like, but not more than the aforementioned). Now let me tell you what... Joseph just LOVES this plan. He is such a wonderful food sharer. :) Then there is a heavenly dessert, Chocolate pot de creme! This is a giant pot of creamy chocolate, eaten with chocolate biscotti and a spoon. Of course coffee was a must with it, so needless to say I was up all night.
-We went canoeing out on the lake at our friends' place. The dog idea was scary, but were guaranteed that the dog would help keep the canoe steady, instead of knocking us over. (It was probably 40 degrees). It was SO beautiful out there at sunset, as you can see.
-Making Christmas plans! I was able to set up my work schedule so that I can travel to Detroit to see my family between Christmas and New Years, and so that I can go to San Diego with Joseph for a week in January. Yay! I've also purchased my first Christmas tree! Still in the process of decorating it, but hey, baby steps.
-I purchased my first TV! After shopping for quite awhile, I finally gave in and bought a 40 inch Samsung! I was going to go bigger, but now that it's set up in my apartment, I realize that this is plenty big and the picture and sound is just phenomenal! I wasn't going to give into paying for HD, but turns out I was able to get it for only $7.99 more a month. Now how could I pass up that. I'm enjoying using my netflix and other internet apps. I had no idea I could do so much on a TV!
-Me cooking in all my spare time! I have really gotten into it lately. I'll be posting some of my recipes I've been trying out the last few weeks.
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