Oak&Toile

Our week was rolling along nicely, albeit with intensely HOT weather. Until...
A nasty storm blew through on Thursday afternoon. Power went out at work and I got to leave early, and I was excited thinking of the head start I would get on dinner/cleaning up. And then I saw the cones and police tape around our block. Oh hell, lighting had struck our neighbor's tree, caught on fire, and then brought down the power lines with it. (Ralph, the pup, was super traumatized from this because it happened right outside his window :( poor guy, we gave him extra treats!)

We were officially sans power. And I didn't stress it because I knew the whole town was out and figured someone was on the case. So we made cool cocktails and chatted about the South before A/C. And we walked the dog and scouted the neighborhood. And grilled out burgers, all while making jokes about camping.

And then it was bedtime. With no A/C or fans. Well, needless to say we didn't get any sleep that night and really appreciated the workers getting the power right back on when our alarm went off at 6:00 am. Argh, what a fiasco! I was just glad we got it back that day.


We'd been doing a "diet" of sorts - just refraining from alcohol, caffeine and junk food during the week. The lack of caffeine had been well, tiring. Whew, it was hard for me not to dive into the Coke Zero in the afternoons. Overall, I felt a lot better and was making more time for better workouts.
May still have a coffee on Monday mornings but I've been making an effort with snacking on my new fave:

Almonds and craisins - yum, salty and sweet.

Also! One night a made a few servings of brown rice, so in the morning I would put salsa, shredded mozzarella and leftover grilled chicken together for a healthy and yummy lunch.

We went out Friday for our 1 year anniversary for a nice dinner. We've been dying to go to Bateaux and it didn't disappoint in the least. We enjoyed a fabulous bottle of wine, dinner and dessert. All fresh, all local and we had a fantastic view of the water/marsh. It was perfect!

The rest of the weekend we drove up to Charleston for a rugby game and to hang out downtown. Charleston is just buzzing right now and I always seem to find a new favorite store every time I go. I'll try to find the link of one store but I found an antique where I could have seriously bought ALL items. Such neat antiques. AND they are getting a LV store. Watch out now! We stopped at a roadside stand on the way up and had the BEST sweet tea and homeade pimento cheese. And boiled peanuts. These kinds of places make me smile.

Today was our real anniversary date and we didn't do anything too special. We took a scenic route home, went for a jog, relaxed and I made spaghetti for dinner. Good times.

I promise I'll get around to better updating. Later gators.