Thoughtful Thursdays: First Dates

So, I'm having one of "those days" where the wheels are barely spinning in my brain. "Wake up, hamsters!!! Run faster!!" :)

So, since I am faaaaarrrr from being full of thoughts today, how about y'all dig up some thoughts?

One of my favorite things to reflect back on in life is my relationship with my now-husband. Our friendship relationship, dating relationship, engagement and now marriage. I could seriously write a book on all my thoughts and memories on that topic!!!

So today, let's all clear out the cob webs in our archive filing cabinets of life and reflect back on our First Dates!!! It can be your first date ever, first date with your husband, a hilarious date, your worst date, anything!!!

So, to get us started, here's my story I'd like to share:

Zack and I had been best friends for 4-5 months. One Friday night, we were supposed to meet up with a group of friends to go ice skating, but we never found them (or at least that's what Zack said...he was driving!). So finally, we decided just to hang out on our own and do our own thing.

We went to the canal and looked at all the beautiful lights (it was Christmas time!). We even took a picture of ourselves! Then we went to the Gardens, walked around, talked, and laughed. At that point, we were pretty hungry, so Zack decided we should get a bite to eat. When the bill came, he realized he left his wallet in the car, so I ended up paying!!!!

Afterwards, we headed out to the restaurant playground. Remember, its December so it is FREEZING. we sat on the teeter totter for 2 hours and talked. We ended up holding hands, keeping each others hands warm :) I think at that point we realized it had turned into a date, because we had had those flirty feelings for each other for awhile now, and we both knew it :)

To this day, we still share with others and joke that I had to pay for our first date!

ok, your turn...

Hilarities: Super Stev

As I was collecting my hiliarities for today, my dad, Super Stev, called me and shared a hilarious story that happened to him yesterday. I asked him if I could feature him on The Pink Potpourri today, and he gave me his consent :)

So, my wonderful readers, meet Super Stev, pictured here with his 3 girls, and grand-dog, Fez.

The Resort (where my grandparents and parents live) has had a bad case of ants. Super Stev took care of the problem, and ended the project with caulk, which is white. The outside of the house is tan, so Super Stev decided to paint it so it matched.

He brought the 5-gallon container of paint out on the deck and shook the tar out of that bad boy to mix everything up. Now, the round plastic lid has those tabs you have to break in order to remove the lid. Probably something like this:Well, as he started pulling the lid off, one of the tabs stuck. And the lid flew off...

Are you picturing this scenario in your mind??? What do you think happens next? There are a million different ways this could go wrong...

The lid flies into the air, lands on the deck vertically, like a wheel, and starts rolling ALLLL the way down the deck, down the stairs, across the concrete sidewalk and 2 feet into the yard.

I am sure you are all relieved...NOT the worse case scenario. But wait..

As the lid is rolling, the paint is spraying EVERYWHERE!!! All over the deck, all over the brick wall, all over the concrete and all over the grass. Super Stev's first instict is to bring out the hose and scrub brush, which he does, and successfully removes most of the paint. But he only sprays the water as he goes, not wetting down ALL the paint at once. So the paint dried on the concrete.

Poor Stev.

Oh but wait...here's another one from the archives...

Back in high school, my sister and I worked for my Grandpa as secretaries. One day, Super Stev came down and asked us girls if we had any chapstick...

Now, Super Stev being an office man, I was pretty sure this joke would just be a "ha ha, you're funny" thing. Being the jokester that I am, I handed him a bright purple glue stick, and figured he would just laugh. You know, he would probably know what a glue stick looks like.

Not this particular one.

I look up at him, and he's heavily applying the glue to his lips, and then pressing them together to evenly spread out the glue...

My sister and I were staring at him in shock...too long to say anything to him before the damage was done...and then laughing hysterically :)

Oh, Super Stev...thank you so much for your hiliarites today!

Trendy Tuesday - Seats & Silver

Ok, I don't know why, but today I want to do 2 (tw0!) trends. And I guess cause I'm in charge, I can do it :)

First, how incredibly super cute is this!?! Do you have to have kids to legitimately purchase one of these Plush Toy Chairs???

This looks like a kids dream furniture. When I was little, I can remember stacking all my stuffed animals together and cuddling with them, jumping on them, or hiding under them. I have no idea how much one of these costs, but if your child has a bagillion (yes, I invented that number) stuffed animals lying around, and no one will buy them on Craigslist, you can totally make one of these chairs!!!

Trend #2 of today...
InStyle says that anything goes! Mix and match metals as you please...its looks great!!! Look at all those color, texture and size varities. You can't go wrong. LOVE IT!

Monday Mayhem

It's a bit brisk here at The Pink Potpourri headquarters. It was 62 degrees on the way in this morning. Brrrr...

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But luckily, cooler temps make for the most wonderful days spent outside. Saturday afternoon, I "manned up", put on some gardening gloves and attacked the invasion of weeds in our front yard. It was a beast. Seriously.

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Well, I got 3/4 of the way done, and almost collapsed. I had to go inside and lay down. Wuss, I know. But, safety first, folks!

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Sunday afternoon, we enjoyed a family bike ride downtown. We went on the riverfront, over to the skateboarding park, and down the streets of the city.

Fez LOVES riding in the bicycle basket. He fits perfectly. We trained him with his leash on, and now that he's such a pro, he doesn't need it anymore. He's a big boy now. He's 3 :)

LOOK at this most beautiful chandelier! Look familiar? Well, how about if it was all black :) And look at those cute penguins!

Anyways, Happy Monday! And thanks to everyone for your Thoughts about the Swap! I'll let you know this week what the verdict is!

FGF - Beth's Stationery

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

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Congratulations to Comment #26

Amy!

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Thank you to everyone who entered!!! Remember, we have a giveaway every weekend! And if you have/make/sell anything you'd like to donate and be featured for a giveaway, please email me!

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Happy Friday one and all!!! Welcome back to The Pink Potpourri!

FYI...in case you didn't see yesterday's Thought-FULL Thursday, we are going to do a SWAP!!! I want to hear your thoughts and opinions on what kind of swap we should do, so be sure to visit yesterday's post and leave me your opinion!

Now...onto FREE GIVEAWAY FRIDAY!!!

Its giveaway time!

This week's Free Giveaway is graciously donated to us by my wonderful friend, Beth! She has donated this adorable 10 card "thank you" stationery set. It is one of her many super cute items from her Etsy page, BethaBee Designs!

Aren't those adorable? Here's how to win this week:

Rules:
1) Leave me a comment answering the question below. One comment per person, please!

2) Please mention my giveaway and blog link on your blog!!! If you do so, you may leave ONE more comment on my page for an extra chance to win!!

3) Winner will be posted Monday morning at 9 am. You have until 8 am Monday morning to enter to win! I will use random.org to pick a comment number winner.

4) Tell alllllll your lovely friends to enter for a chance to win! Who doesn't want to win an awesome gift like this?

Question:
Go to BethaBee's Etsy Page. Look around, come back here and leave me a comment telling me what your favorite item is on her etsy page!