One of the oldest...

restaurants in Louisville is the Cottage Inn located on Eastern Parkway. It has been family owned and originally opened in 1929. It definitely has that "homey" feel going on...no doubt because it IS a house! You walk in, sit where you like and prepare your bellies for REAL down home cooking. Which is a little oxymorish (is that a word? LOL!) because it's now owned by a Bosnian family that immigrated here about 15 years ago. BUT, the food is AWESOME! They say they have the best fried chicken, and while I'm not a big fried bird fan I must say it was the best I had ever had. I'm telling you, this is how grandma used to cook and they have perfected it. They have a variety of entrees to choose from all of which where mouthwatering making it hard to choose when Blake and I visited on Saturday. They have many sides as well...all the regular country sides including their homemade mashed potatoes!!!! WOOHOO!!! And you all know how fond I am of smashed starches. :) The most amazing thing about this place is how cheap it is! Most entrees are around 9 to 10 bucks and the portions sizes are huge. You can't beat this place, especially if you are on a budget in this economy. Let's keep Louisville's little piece of history alive and be patrons of the Cottage Inn!!! Tell em' Dana sent ya. Yeah, you won't get anything for doing that but it would be fun!

New favorite thing to do....

If you've got extra time to spare go to my new favorite website www.faceinhole.com. Hours of fun will ensue! WOOHOO! You can pick from various layouts from celebrities, tv shows to costumes and add your adorable face and create some FUN FUN FUN! Here are some of the pics that I've created so far. You can even change the hue, contrast, brightness, etc. of your own picture to match the colors in the layout. HILARIOUS!

Why do people have to be so mean?

This is a rant so just stay with me and I'll be fine tomorrow. I just don't understand while people feel the need to be so mean sometimes. I know dealing with the public can be a very hard but it has been absolutely ridiculous at work lately. There is no reason that because you are so miserable that you have to try to bring me down to your level. I'm very blessed in the fact that I have super awesome clients that I love, but there is always one person every now and then that puts a kink in my happy chain. I'm here to tell you mean people : Arrogance, having a huge ego, flaunting your money, and acting like a queen bitch is not attractive. You ARE NOT special and are no better than the bum on the street begging for money. In fact you are a piece of dog poop on the bottom of that bum's shoe that has been rotting in the hot sun for a week. I despise you and I hope that you learn to be a happy person or you will die an early death....which now that I think about it wouldn't hurt my feelings that much. I guess I'm being mean (sinking down to their level) with this rant but I just had to get this out before I haul off and bitch slap (like in the picture) the next hoity toity (spelling?) rich bastard that walks through the door at work. It's not that hard to be pleasant, happy, smiley, sharing, joyful, etc. It's quite simple really and it's infectious. Enjoy your life! Awwwww.....I feel better already.

We got to meet Jules!

One of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen!!! 8lbs 11oz of pure cuteness with a head full of hair. Mom and Dad are doing great and Jules is as healthy as can be. When we got there she immediately opened her eyes and looked at us and of course made the cutest faces. Her Dad Jay told us that she had been asleep all day long until we got there. I FEEL SPECIAL. I say she knows us because we talked to her so much while Ashley was pregnant. :) Wishful thinking I'm sure. Blake went crazy with the camera and we have so many pictures of the little bundle of joy. Of course Blake made the comment on the way home to "not get any ideas". LOL!

Jules has arrived!!!

8 lbs. 11 oz and as cute as can be. This is the first and only picture I have of her since she was born too late and I couldn't visit. :( Her momma sent this over her phone. I can't wait to see her in person!!!! We're going tomorrow to the hospital and I'll have updates then! Congrats Jay and Ashley, she's gorgeous. :)

Baby Jules is on her way!

1. Sometime tomorrow little baby Jules will be here for all the world to see. Her Mom and Dad, Ashley and Jay are have been waiting with excited anticipation!! Ashley will be induced tomorrow and Jules will be here before we know it. I will update this blog with tons of pics of the new happy family. WOOHOO!! She's going to be beautiful.
   

State Park

I think this will be my last post about vacation. I'm running out of pics to share with you guys and there really isn't much more to tell you about. One thing I can share is our amazing trip the State Park which was right down the street from where we were staying. One of the closest things that we did visit! It was absolutely gorgeous!!! We visited the Bay side of the Cape in the State Park and saw many natural wonders including, calm seas, pelicans, hermit crabs in the biggest shells you have ever seen (weird seeing this huge shells just walking around), live clams, and other sea life. But the best part was our hike down a trail. We saw a bald eagle (no kidding, they do live close to the beach) and we were even warned about the bears!!! WHO KNEW!? It was a beautiful day and a lovely hike and I wasn't aware of how much flora grows at the beach. BEAUTIFUL! OH and since we are on the subject of flora and fauna...did I ever mention that we saw a 6 foot bull shark 2 days in a row at the beach?!?!? It came up so close one time that it almost got completely beached. It was really neat to see it but it was also really intense! Well I'm signing off on the vacation pics and stories, I hope you guys have enjoyed taking part in our wonderful week of rest and relaxation!