Weekend Wrap-Up

For the most part, I eat really well. I admit that there are times at work where I'm like "Y'know what would go really good with this coffee? Mother effin' Tagalongs." NOM NOM NOM. I'm a pretty firm believer in not depriving myself of something I want. Otherwise those Tagalongs would turn into "And a donut. AND a Hershey bar! AND A PIECE OF APPLE CRUMBLE!!!" That would not go over well. This weekend was one of those weekends where if I wanted it, I ate it.

Friday, the girls at work and I met up for lunch at a local diner. If I wasn't about 90% sure that Guy Fieri would turn them into the health department for whatever he found in his few hours behind the counter, I would submit them for Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I'm talkin' about Mr. Hot Dog. Home of (probably) the best coney dog you'll find in Michigan. I get mine with a dill pickle spear on it and I'm in heaven. Plus, when you go with people you really like, it doesn't get much better!

{MY DREAM CONEY DOG}

Saturday, we went over to my dad's for a family get-together. We celebrated my step-sister's 15th birthday with another Bay City favorite, B&C Pizza. Oh man, it was sooo good. My mouth was saying yes and then about an hour later my stomach was saying "NO... OH, GOD. WHY?!" I mean, doesn't extra cheese with green olives, sausage, pepperoni and mushrooms on top of a crispy, golden brown crust sound delicious? My dad ruined his, though. How, you ask? Well...

{CUE THE CRIES OF WOMEN & CHILDREN EVERYWHERE}

We watched Tab open all of her gifts. We got her a pair of boots that she had wanted, a new pair of headphones for her iPod, an iTunes gift card and a tiny little bracelet with the word "sisters" etched on it. That one was more from me, I'm the sappy one. :)

{TAB & BREANN}

We watched Autumn eat her pizza and the dogs pout since my dad wouldn't even let them near her. Little scavengers.

{MMM, PIZZA.}

{COPPER JAY, WATCHING FOR FALLING PIECES}

{BUDDY BOY, PRETENDING TO HAVE MANNERS}

And we watched my dad with Autumn, one of my favorite things to do. She absolutely adores him... All of his quirky noises and faces make him a celebrity to the kids. He's easily the family favorite. He was tickling Autumn and she was cracking up. Which was making him crack up. And when I snapped this, I cracked up. I don't even care that their heads are a little out of focus from them laughing. I love it.

{AUTUMN & PAPA}

Today, we met up with the family again and had lunch at Chen's, a buffet style Chinese restaurant. I ate way too much lo mein, not enough crab rangoon and successfully used the ice cream machine for a perfect bowl of Twist (chocolate & vanilla swirl). Something I've yet to live down, though it happened about 18 years ago, was the time I convinced my father I could operate the ice cream machine by myself. It started out fine, but when the time came for me to turn it off, I couldn't pull the lever down. Umm, just picture me panicking and leaving the machine to continue unloading ice cream into my bowl while I tried to tell my dad maybe I shouldn't be doing this by myself yet. By the time we made it back to the machine, ice cream was EVERYWHERE. Thankfully, it was laughed about then and unfortunately, still laughed about now.