Category Archives: What am I listening to?

Music I like and that you should like too!

What am I listening to?

Posted on by
2

What am I listening to? Right now I am listening to The Avett Brothers.

images

The Avett Brothers are an American band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers—Scott Avett, playing the banjo and Seth Avett, playing the guitar—and Bob Crawford, who plays the stand-up bass. ( from Wikipedia). My Man and I have seen them once in concert and in May we are taking The Boy to see them at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, as part of his Birthday gift (but to be honest, we would have taken him anyway).

The two CD’s I have been listening to are The Carpenter and I and Love and You. Check them out! BTW…Both brothers have perfect teeth. Ask my girl Dee, she will agree with me!

images-1

Veggies, Flowers and More Veggies!

Posted on by
4
Basil

Basil

Weekend

It has been so beautiful out this weekend in the ATL. I think Spring has finally sprung! Saturday I took The Boy to guitar practice in the morning. Afterwards we hit Lowes and I bought a ton of bulbs to plant in my front yard. Now, for those who have never seen Hotel Yorba, it is located up on a hill. I have one of those steep driveways that frightens most people. Now, trust me and our garbage man, when I say it really isn’t that big of a deal. Anyway, apparently my house is built on top of one large ass rock. I can not begin to explain what a pain in my (now firmer) pale as paste, ass it is to dig a simple hole. AWWWW!! If it wasn’t rock, it was clay. After a lot of sweat, scratches and bad language, I planted most of the ones I bought. I still have a little more to do but that can wait till next weekend. I had enough!

After a quick lunch, I moved on to the backyard. I had bought eleven tomato plants and some purple and sweet basil to plant. The herbs are planted in containers that I have on our porch. The tomatoes and other veggies are planted in our garden.

Tomato

Tomato

After I was done, I realized only got one cherry tomato plant. My Man likes to use cherry tomatoes on his salads that he takes to work, so today I headed back to Lowes. This time I bought two more tomato plants, two cucumber plants (the only two I could find!), cucumber seeds, two yellow squash plants, rosemary and two soaker hoses. When I went in the backyard to plant, I let The Girls out. Poppy took a dirt bath and Turbo did lots of scratching. I found a few grubs (I think that is what they are called) for her to eat, while I was planting. She comes running when I call her and eats them right out of my hand. Don’t be too grossed out, I wear gloves. And just so you know, I try to give them to Poppy but she does not come when I call her! Silly Chicken! I still have to plant beets, carrots and radishes in the coming weeks.

So the pain in my (now firmer) pale as paste, ass moment was laying that damn hose out! Ugh! Once again there was bad language and several times I looked over to find Poppy laughing at me! No Grubs for you Poppy!  By the time I got done, I was soaking wet and pissed off. I better have to best garden ever this year!!

Garden

Garden

Garden

Garden

One cool thing that happened this weekend is that our friends, who live in Kentucky, stopped to spend the night on their way back from FL. It hd been awhile since I had seen them and it was a lot of fun catching up. It just sucked to see them go this morning!

Bye-Bye

Bye-Bye

What am I listing to

The Civil Wars

http://thecivilwars.com/index.php

The Hunger Games Soundtrack

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hunger-Games-District-Beyond/dp/B0072HTHKS

Is that an Owl in your lettuce?

Is that an Owl in your lettuce?

What Would SK Do?

Posted on by
3
Bagels

Bagels

This morning it was my turn to take The Boy to camp. I decided that we should get a bagel from my favorite place Bruegger’s Bagels. I got the breakfast sandwich “skinny” on an olive oil and rosemary bagel. Yummy! The boy got a plain bagel with cream cheese. We then headed to camp. The boy is going to camp at our gym. We are members of LifeTime Athletics. Our location has been open for almost a year. I must say, I love our gym. First of all, it is really, really nice. They keep it clean, the employees are helpful, there is a cafe, a spa (The Boy gets his hair cut there), indoor and outdoor pools (with water slides!), squash courts, yoga studio and more. They have a wonder kids club and host Spring Break and Summer Camps. During the summer camps they take the kids on field trips to the Zoo, Braves Games, Six Flags and more. The loves going there.

I was scheduled to workout with my trainer Sara Kate at 8am. However she was unable to make it due to a death in the family. I told her not to worry, I would go in and do a “What Would SK Do?” workout. I first warmed up by walking on the treadmill for 10 minutes. Cool thing about their treadmills is that I can play solitaire while I walk! Next, I hit the machines. I worked on my arms, legs, and abs. I did each machine (total of 11) three times each, 15 reps. I think I did a pretty good job on my own. I got to listen to my “Rock” playlist that I had made for The Boy.

Now it is time to work! Have a great day!

The Boys “Rock” playlist

  1. Forest Whitaker-Bad Books
  2. Back Against The Wall-Cage The Elephant
  3. Virgin-Manchester Orchestra
  4. Crawling-Linkin Park
  5. Ball & Biscuit-The White Stripes
  6. I’ve Got Friends-Manchester Orchestra
  7. Son’s Gonna Rise-Citizen Cope & Santana
  8. April Fool- Manchester Orchestra
  9. Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground-The White Stripes
  10. Gigantic-Pixies
  11. Hotel Yorba-The White Stripes
  12. Shake It Out-Manchester Orchestra
  13. The Hardest Button to Button-The White Stripes

 

So it begins…

Posted on by
Reply

Here I am on Easter working on getting my first “real” blog set up. I woke up last night a 3am and sat in bed for 2 hours trying to figure out why I was having such a problem setting this dam thing up! When that (and My Man’s snoring) almost drove me to the edge, I thought of what I wanted to share to the world on my blog…you now the fun stuff! So, as I fumble my way through setting this up, here are a few things I am planning to include:

            • Food Porn- I love to eat really good food. I really like it when I don’t make it, serve it or clean up after it, so I will be reviewing my favorite restaurants and not so favorite.

              Pan Roasted Wild Striped Bass

              Pan Roasted Wild Striped Bass

            • Getting Fit- Like I said, I love food. However, I don’t like the side effects. Also, I am turning the big 40 soon and I would like to be in the best shape of my adulthood as I enter a new stage in life. Plus, the clothes! Love the clothes! I will let you know where I get them, deals I find and oh, the workouts I like.
My Bike

My Bike

          • What am I listening to- We love music here at Hotel Yorba! I will up date you on not only what I am listening to but also what My Man and The Boy are listening to.
          • The Illness- I have had cancer three times over the past 11 years. I know, I know, I couldn’t just have it once! No!! Had to have three times! I am still on this jounery and will be for the rest of my life. I will inform you about my type of cancer and update you on my health. Right now all is well!
          • The Leg- This ties into The Illness and Getting Fit
          • The Job- I have my own business, which is great cause I am the boss and in charge. But is is also is hard cause I am the boss and in charge! The buck stops here as they say. I will talk about the day to day issues a working mom has to deal with. I am in finance and due to the strict guidelines  set up by the SEC, NYSE, my broker dealer, my compliance officer and everyone else out there who likes to make rules, I will not be discussing what I do on a day to day regarding my business. You want financial advice? Find a financial advisor! We rock!
          • Whatcha Reading?- I LOVE to read! I read all kinds of books and will let you know what I think is good, bad, funny, sad and steamy! You have a book you want me to read, let me know.
          • The Kids & The Girls- The Kids are the four legged members of our family. They are our cats Simon and Pandora. They also go by the names of Chunky Monkey and Porky Panny. The Girls are our two legged members of our family. Our Chickens Turbo and Poppy.
Turbo

Turbo

Sleepy Girl

Sleepy Girl

There will also be the day to day updates on what the heck is going on down here in the ATL. I am going to start out by letting a few friends and family know about My Hotel Yorba, but please share it with your friends and family. Once everything is up and running smoothly, I am planning on updating one to two times a day. Any suggestions you may have are welcomed!!

For all those who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter! For those of you who do not, Happy Sunday! And for those whose kids are on Spring Break this week like The Boy is, Happy Spring Break!!

-Shay