Happy New Year

Happy 2009 everyone!!

This will no doubt be the best year of my life and I am so excited to get it going! We just got back last night from an amazing trip to Lake Tahoe. The beauty of the lake is indescribable, but there were a few things that were,,,,um,,, a little drabby. :) Let me walk you through it:

Our flight left Nashville Tues night and of course we had a delayed flight in Vegas. I mean--the city that never sleeps? Get your planes in on time!!!!! Anyway, so I was one of the people who slept on the floor at the airport. We were about an hour late and it was already almost midnight. I kept myself full of food thanks to Sbarro Pizza and strawberries and cream frappachino. Oh-Vegas Sbarro is NOT the real Sbarro. No idea what that was but I ate it anyway...I digress.

We finally land in Reno and had to rent a car. All the car rental places were closed and so Ash had to talk to someother car place. We got the car--Volvo Wagon,,very sheek,,,and drove an hour or so to the hotel. Scratch that--ASh drove---I slept. I am pregnant--I do what I please. :)

Got to the hotel/casino and we got placed in the wrong room but it was almost three in the morning and I was done. Those that know me know that I go to bed like 9:30-10 in true Speck fashion.

Got moved bright and early the next day into a gorgeous room on the top floor overlooking the lake. The bellman told us the New Years eve party in the street was so "righteous". Are we surfing??? He said there would be 50,000 college kids there and we should go. I looked at Ash like---there is NO WAY I am going. Way too old for that. I got the look of agreement from him that we were on the same page. Love the looks you can give each other after so much time together---I got his all down. He is such a dead giveaway.

So we had fun snowboarding--I was careful!!! We ate breakfast buffet every morning,,,I prayed I would fit in my ski clothes everyday and i did thank you very much. At night we ate at several different restaurants throughout the hotel. My fav was Cabo Wabu---the had the best guacomole. Seriously. TDF. It came in a martini glass so I ate the whole thing and nibbled of his dinner. That must not have been enough for me and baby so I had strawberry sundae delivered to the room. Nice. I mean-- I am not even trying to watch what I eat. Yeesh.

Oh-So ASH played Blackjack at night. I didnt go to much cause it was so smokey and I didnt want Baby to come out holding a Marlboro. He lost of course--bless his heart. I played for a few minutes one day after breakfast and was up $75 before I quit. Ash was so excited for me! I was like--this is easy--just walk away when you are winning. Any nimrod could do this,,but oh no. Not Ash--he played till the bitter end:)

So, after days of snowboarding and eating guac and breakfast bars, I was good to go.
Our flights yesterday were somewhat uneventful. I fell asleep on the first one and felt myself jerk. You know when you do that in church or someplace? I did, it woke me up and the dude next to me was totally laughing. I played it off by trying to get something out of my bag on the floor. Next flight I should have one an Oscar for my performance on making our middle seat seem unavailable. I messed with my purse and bag the whole time till people finished walking by/ (tee-hee) So I stretched out that flight.

Last flight I was not so lucky. I tried but ended up moving over to the middle cause heaven forbid Ash sit there. This lady, who had just finished smoking 10 cigs, came to sit by me. She had little to no teeth which is an issue for me. She also kept asking a million questions about out trip. I should have been nicer but I didnt want to inhale that smoke! Baby Clayton was in peril!! So I causally turned myself almost completely sideways and leaned on Ash for about two hours. I had the air full blast on me too. I got a lecture from him to be nice but I was more concerned about baby. Then as er got closer to land she asked if our streets were always this wet looking. I replyed---"Yes. We water our streets everyday." This got a nice nudge in the ribcage from Ash. Obviously it was raining so I answered her ridiculous question with a ridiculous answer. Being preggo has made me quite bold.

so, we are back in one piece. Ash wants us to try to east better. I think its crap cause its the one time in my life I can eat bad and he wants to eat better. Unbelievable.

well, I hope everyone will have a safe new Year!!