Weekend update

I had a wonderful weekend.

My husband and I saw the movie Young Adult Friday. Charlize Theron plays the main character Mavis. After her divorce, Mavis returns to her small Minnesota hometown to try to get back with her ex-boyfriend. The only problem is her ex-boyfriend is now married with a daughter. If you want to see the movie, skip the next paragraph.

Mavis tries for the entire movie to get back with him. I'm glad that she didn't get her happy ending. She leaves her hometown empty handed and returns to her life in the big city of Minneapolis. There are some laugh out loud parts in the movie, but it is a dark comedy. Which I like. I thought Patton Oswalt did a great job with his character and his flaws.

My husband and I hosted a family dinner after Christmas mass Saturday. We had a total of 11 family members in our house. If we had anymore, there wouldn't have been any place for them to sit. For appetizers, we started with a meat and cheese tray; cookies and bread and olive oil. For dinner, we served salad, pot roast, potatoes, onions and carrots. To end the meal, we had a choice of cake, eggnog cheesecake or pumpkin pie. Everyone enjoyed dinner. Family, conversation and great food made the night wonderful. Hosting a huge family dinner on Christmas Eve is my favorite holiday tradition.

My husband slept until 11:15 a.m. on Christmas morning. Since I had plenty of time, I ran 20 miles that morning. But before running, I looked in my stocking. "Santa", aka my husband bought me a variety of Clif bars, a big box of Nerds and two of Adele's CDs, 19 & 21. I've been wanting Adele's 21 for a long time. Very excited to see it in my stocking. In my husband's stocking was Pecan Sandie's cookies, gift cards, Michael Jackson's Thriller CD and three sample bottles of vodka, Grey Goose and Absolut. When we were buying wine for his stepfather, he mentioned that he would like to try the different vodkas.

As for gifts, I received a stack of books, clothes, new running shoes and license plates. Yes, the license plates that I have been drooling over. My husband bought me a set of all 50 states. My husband and I discussed remodeling our porch and hanging the plates on the wall. Above a counter, the plates would act as a back splash and using more plates as a border near the ceiling of the porch. As for the plates that won't fit in the porch, they will most likely end up on the wall in our basement. My husband surprised me with the newest Mizuno Wave Rider 15. They are so pretty and bright yellow. The colors are lemon and dark shadow. I love my shoes to be a bright color and different from everyone else. I like to be different and stand out.

I had today off from work. The office was closed to recognize Christmas. I have enjoyed my five days off. I have been taking advantage of this time off. I have been running, catching up on work, reading, spending time with my family and napping. It has been great. Tomorrow, it will be back to the grind.