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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Birthday Weekend

My weekend started off pretty crazy. Friday after work, I ran errands, watched a little more Outer Banks and then as we were getting ready to pick up the girls, we noticed smoke in our neighborhood. We went around the block and down a bit to see a massive fire in the garage of a house. The family was trying to put it out, but were not getting anywhere. 

We left, picked up the girls and headed back to see what was going on. By that time, firefighters, police, ambulances, etc. had arrived. We parked by our house and walked down the street. The house fire was just awful. When all was said and done, they pretty much lost their house (the outside structure is ok in parts, but the inside is pretty much gone), three pets passed away (2 dogs and 1 bird) and two firefighters were injured. It was absolutely horrific and devastating to see that happen. I am still so somber over this. And I can't get over the animals passing away. We witnessed that and I am heartbroken.

Here are some photos from when it happened and the following day when I went to see the damage.





These photos don't even show how bad it really is.

After the fire debacle, I finished getting ready and then met some of my friends for a birthday dinner. We have strict rules about how many people can get together, so it was four of us eating outside on a patio. The views were beautiful, the conversation was amazing and the food/wine were all sooo good. It was definitely a great night!
And I wore that brand new Amazon skirt.

Saturday, we ran some errands around town and hung out at home. I made this Vegetarian Greek Lemon Soup and it was amazing. You need to make this!

Sunday morning, we got up and I went and had a golf lesson as part of my birthday present. Rory and the girls hit golf balls while I had my hour lesson. Then I came over with them and hit balls for another hour. It was a great workout and I learned so much more. We perfected my stance and how I hit my irons. I can't wait for the next lesson.

After my lesson, we came home and I got my free Starbucks drink and this tartine as my lunch. Rory had a brie and fig bagette with proscuitto. The girls had a peanut butter sandwich at home.
A special bread with ricotta, apricots, honey, pistachios and a bit of sea salt.

I relaxed that afternoon and watched more of my show and did some gardening. Rory and the girls also gave me some pjs from Honeydew Intimates that were on my birthday wish-list. Then we got ready and Rory took me out to dinner while his parents watched the girls. We went to a steakhouse and had the best meal. Totally gorged ourselves out.
A vodka martini at the bar across from the restaurant.


Calamari with a sweet chili sauce.

Caesar salad.

A 6 oz. filet with a crab cake, bernaise sauce and asparagus.

Roasted garlic mashed potatoes to share.

And a vanilla bean cheesecake (even though I was sooo full).

After dinner, we walked around for awhile and then headed home. My in-laws gave me their gift (the Madewell Medium Transport Tote and another is on its way, but backordered) and hung out catching up about schooling and what is going on in our lives. It was the perfect quarantine birthday.

How was your weekend? It has been awhile since I did a weekend update.

23 comments :

  1. Your skirt looks so cute on you, and love the dress you wore to dinner with Rory. Sounds like you got to have some fun and amazing food for your birthday! I cant believe that fire, wow. So sad about their pets, and the house. Hopefully they are able to get back on their feet.

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    1. Thank you to both of the compliments. I loved both the skirt and the dress. I know they haven't been at the house obviously, but I walked by it yesterday and it was just awful. It smelled sooo gross.

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  2. Im so glad that you had a nice birthday weekend. That is truly crazy about your neighbors house - just devastating!

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    1. It is sooo devastating. I still have a hard time going by it. And thank you!

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  3. You looked just beautiful and the food looks delicious. I’m so sorry for your neighbors!

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  4. Your poor neighbors. I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm glad you were able to get out and about for your birthday! You look so dang cute in that skirt! And all of the food looks amazing. I miss eating like that. B and I may have to sneak off somewhere soon if we can do it safely. People here aren't following the rules well so it makes it hard for us to know what's safe and what's not. :o(

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    1. Thank you so much. I still have a hard time going by their house. Not only does it smell, but that memory is stuck in my brain now. Ugh. We were very safe on the dinner out. We wore masks the whole time we were inside except at our table. If we got up, you had to put it back on. And the servers wore them the whole time. It was a great dinner and we were left alone a lot so that was nice. WE have very strict orders around here for masks and social distancing. Very strict.

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  5. Outer Banks is so good! I binged that one in a couple of days. How are you liking it? I’m so sorry for your neighbor’s housefire. That’s devastating. Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday weekend.

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    1. I LOVE it. I just finished it last night. I can't wait for season 2. The house fire is just awful and I can't get over how bad it is. But my birthday was amazing!

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  6. OMG that is awful. That happened near me too, two houses down a fire broke out in the garage the whole thing went up and spread to an annex of the house a kind of closed in patio. It spread to the trees, it was bad. Luckily the fire fighters got there just in time to keep it from spreading to the house though the siding in back was all melted. Luckily it broke out at 10:45 at night when everyone was still awake and it was a calm night with low winds. A very big tree almost went up if that had happened they would have needed helicopters. But no one was hurt and it was just the garage for the most part.

    But glad you had such a great birthday!

    Allie of
    www.allienyc.com

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    1. That is good news that no one was hurt in that fire. It is just awful. Luckily this one happened during the day and not at night too. But three animals passed away and that breaks my heart. Ugh.

      Thank you!

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  7. Sounds like a nice celebration! Sorry about that house though!

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    1. It was a good birthday weekend other than the fire happening so close to us.

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  8. Yay for birthday celebrations - loving that skirt you wore for a night out with the girls. I can't believe that fire, but glad they are ok. Wow!

    Green Fashionista

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    1. I love that skirt too. I have it in green as well. It just works with everything. The fire is just awful. It smells sooo bad still. Ugh.

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  9. That is awful about the fire. Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday and that steak dinner does look absolutely amazing!!

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    1. The steak dinner was amazing. I loved it so much. And it was nice to get out and go to a place that really cares about what is going on and enforces wearing masks and keeping a distance.

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  10. Oh, that fire is so awful. I'm most devastated about the pets - I know that sounds horrible, but lives lost just crushes me. I'm glad you had a great birthday celebration though!

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    1. That is exactly how I feel. I am heartbroken over the pets. I can't get over it. I cried over it and the girls didn't understand since they were not our pets. I had to explain to them that the pets are innocent and they couldn't help themselves and that is why my heart hurts so much. I hate seeing pets pass. I am definitely like you in those situations. My birthday was pretty awesome and I am glad that I still got to do a bit but still be safe.

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  11. I saw your IG story with that fire & that's just awful!!!! So scary. I would have been nervous with those cars so close to the fire too!

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  12. Happy belated birthday! That calamari looks really good.

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