I need to get back to my restaurant reviews and "outings". Although the majority of our outings are to the grocery store, a familiar restaurant or Target, there are places we aspire to visit.
I started checking out Groupons more often now. I signed up for Groupon years ago when it first came along, but never got into the craze of it. Now I am addicted and be sure to check my emails everyday for the days latest deal. So far I've only bought 4, two of which were for Jason and golf. The other two are for pizza places. Pizza, imagine that...pizza, we LOVE pizza!
We used our first pizza Groupon this past weekend. A place in Gilbert called Nicantoni's. We took Jackson for his 3 month pictures at JCPenny and decided to hit up the restaurant afterward. It was around 3:00 p.m. when we arrived. No one there of course. It's in a strip mall and doesn't look like a very busy-classy place. I figure the hole in the wall places usually end up with good food, my kind of places! The decor was interesting and had a bit of a hippie feel. Some sort of writings all over, band member pictures on the wall. Tables decorated with band, or American themes. A couch at the front. I don't know why people think a couch is cool to have in a bar or restaurant. A regular couch, nothing special about it, nothing classy about it. Negative for me. We decided to order cokes, garlic bread-Sicily style and a regular pepperoni pizza. Sicily style for the bread was...add cheese. French bread with some seasonings and a slice of mozzarella cheese on top. The bread was over cooked. I couldn't even bite it off. Negative #2 for me. Of course Jackson just had to have a diaper blowout while we were there. Off to the bathroom we went. No diaper changing station, on the floor we go. Good thing I have a diaper changing mat! Jackson stuck out his lower lip and started to cry. I think he was scared because it was dark in there and the fan was loud and deep sounding. We managed to get it over with and outta that dark pit! It's a pizza place, not a club! Part of why it was dark in there was because the walls were painted black. On to the pizza...It came out about 10 minutes after I got back to the booth. I was feeding Jackson, so I only had one arm available to eat with. I had to use a fork to cut the pizza since it was so hot and fresh from the oven. The cheap fork wouldn't cut through the extreme thin crust pizza. Negative #3. I hate cheap silverware. The pizza was decent, nothing to boast about. For a large pizza it was $11, the Cokes were a cheap $1.25 and the garlic bread was about $2.50. I bought the Groupon for $8 and it was worth $16. I guess if we had water instead and no garlic bread the Groupon would have been more worth it. But we ended up saving maybe only $5 with it all said and done. Not sure it was worth the buy.
Here's to hoping the next pizza Groupon is more worthwhile!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
First Father's Day
I posted this on my baby blog and thought I'd share:
What a day this was! Lets start off with, Jackson went to sleep at 10:30 pm and didn't wake up until the next morning at 6:00 am! Longest sleep thusfar, have had several 5.5 hours or the usual 4 hour stretch and a one time 6.5 hours, but never 7.5 hours! I fed at 6:00 and laid him back down. Around 7:15ish I heard some fussy noises, sucking and "talking". I didn't go in and check, I just let him do his thing and was going to wait until he cried as I usually do. This continued for about 10 minutes then I heard some crying, not hardcore, but it was worth checking out. I walk in and see him laying on his back, sideways, feet sticking out the slates! He rolled over! Since I laid him on his stomach, opposite end of the bed too, I knew he somehow managed to end up on his back way down the other side of the crib, sideways at that. Dang, an active kid we have here! I exclaimed "You rolled over!" ran to grab my camera for proof. He was in such a good mood the whole day too. Very happy and smiley. He played with daddy most of the day.
He slept during the majority of our breakfast at Sweet Tomatoes. He took a 2 hour nap in the afternoon, so did mommy :) and daddy took a small one too. It was such a nice quiet afternoon and much needed. Later that night he was more fussy during our supper at Tom's BBQ, but we made it through by lots of holding. Daddy was presented with a picture frame for his desk, 3 pictures of Jackson holding D and A to spell out DAD.
Jackson loves his daddy. He smiles and coos and has a great time with him. I think we all enjoyed our first Father's Day together.
What a day this was! Lets start off with, Jackson went to sleep at 10:30 pm and didn't wake up until the next morning at 6:00 am! Longest sleep thusfar, have had several 5.5 hours or the usual 4 hour stretch and a one time 6.5 hours, but never 7.5 hours! I fed at 6:00 and laid him back down. Around 7:15ish I heard some fussy noises, sucking and "talking". I didn't go in and check, I just let him do his thing and was going to wait until he cried as I usually do. This continued for about 10 minutes then I heard some crying, not hardcore, but it was worth checking out. I walk in and see him laying on his back, sideways, feet sticking out the slates! He rolled over! Since I laid him on his stomach, opposite end of the bed too, I knew he somehow managed to end up on his back way down the other side of the crib, sideways at that. Dang, an active kid we have here! I exclaimed "You rolled over!" ran to grab my camera for proof. He was in such a good mood the whole day too. Very happy and smiley. He played with daddy most of the day.
He slept during the majority of our breakfast at Sweet Tomatoes. He took a 2 hour nap in the afternoon, so did mommy :) and daddy took a small one too. It was such a nice quiet afternoon and much needed. Later that night he was more fussy during our supper at Tom's BBQ, but we made it through by lots of holding. Daddy was presented with a picture frame for his desk, 3 pictures of Jackson holding D and A to spell out DAD.
Jackson loves his daddy. He smiles and coos and has a great time with him. I think we all enjoyed our first Father's Day together.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Vent
Stop commenting on the way I walk or how slow I walk. I'm pregnant, carrying 6 or more pounds extremely low, baby sitting on my bladder, what do you think!! Stop saying I look like I'm going to pop. Stop asking me every single day "how am I feeling" "when are you due again" "what are you having". The same people over and over ask the same questions over and over. Listen, open your ears, If you're really not interested then don't ask every day. Thank goodness I only have 1 more week of work left, so I only need to put up with this one more week. Then my "vacation" before baby arrives. Looking forward to sleeping in, enjoying the nice weather outside, quiet time, naps, relaxing. All the good things before all hell breaks loose!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Home and Baby
I can't believe I am a mere 9 weeks away from giving birth and seeing my little one. The pregnancy has not been enjoyable, but I can't wait to see what we created together. As we finish settling into our new home we are slowly getting everything ready for baby. We've taken our hospital tour and that is when it all sunk in for me. I have to deliver this baby! I don't know how it's going to happen or what will come of this, but just as long as our baby arrives safe and healthy. I can't wait to hold the one that kicks me, hiccups, rolls, tumbles and stretches inside of me all day long.
I hope Tory will be able to adjust to the newness and all the madness that will follow. I know Tory will be motherly and sweet, just like she always is.
Jason and I start our childbirth classes tomorrow. They will be once a week for 4 weeks. After these 4 weeks there will only be 5 more weeks left until birth! Crazy!!
I hope Tory will be able to adjust to the newness and all the madness that will follow. I know Tory will be motherly and sweet, just like she always is.
Jason and I start our childbirth classes tomorrow. They will be once a week for 4 weeks. After these 4 weeks there will only be 5 more weeks left until birth! Crazy!!
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