change of plans

We were so excited to head up to Breckenridge with the Carlson Crew. It had been on the calendar for quite a long time and it appeared we had two healthy families.  We packed for the snow conditions, loaded the car, picked up the girls, and B bravely drove through the worsening weather. We had planned to meet in Idaho Springs for dinner, but we could already tell the snow was going to make us late. As we were preparing to jump on the highway, I pulled out my phone to let the Carlson's know we were going to be late only to find a text from Jennifer that poor Jack had thrown up in the car. He was not feeling well so we pulled over to give them a call. The whole car was covered in vomit and they were turning around to head home. Poor, poor little Jack...and his parents too!! We decided the snow was coming down pretty heavy and although getting snowed-in at the condo sounded lovely, we turned around too and headed home. No Breck this weekend. Very sad about all the fun we surely missed out on with the Carlson's.

As we were driving home we quickly realized we had two hungry girls and no food in the house. We drove by Ruby Tuesday's and the harrassment started. I have no idea where this joke started but for years now whenever I ask B if he wants to go out for dinner he says "sure, Ruby Tuesdays?". We've never been and I have no idea why but I think that joke is H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S every time! It cracks me up and Ruby Tuesday's has become the punchline of many inside jokes...."you know who has a really burger?", "you know what sounds good tonight?", "you know B's favorite restaurant?", "where should we go for B's birthday?"...the answer is always the same and I always laugh...Ruby Tuesday's! Yeah, I know it's not funny but after 15 years we seem to have our own idea of funny that works for us. Imagine my surprise when we actually pulled into the Ruby Tuesday's parking lot for dinner tonight!! The food was ok, my company was wonderful and the girls received lots of attention, but my concern is that the joke is now dead. Now that we've been is it really all that funny? Was it really ever funny? I guess that's between me and B...

I let Annabelle stay up past her bedtime to watch "Annie" with me. "Annie" was my favorite movie when I was growing up. To say I loved it would be a complete understatement. My parents let me pick my younger sister's middle name which is Ann and Annabelle's name is a variation as well because I couldn't convince B to name her Annie. I couldn't have been happier when Annabelle started singing and dancing along to the music. She learned the words to "Tomorrow" and was screaming for Miss Hannagan to be nice to Sandy! Oh, I've never been so proud!!! I am keeping my finger crossed that Annabelle receives her very own copy of the movie from Santa.